Current Course Offerings-Global Studies - Carnegie Mellon University

Current Course Offerings: Fall 2013

The following list of courses may be counted toward the Global Studies major for the upcoming semester.  Please schedule an appointment with the academic program manager prior to course registration in order to confirm your remaining requirements and determine an appropriate schedule of courses for the upcoming semester. Students will need to complete the prerequisites for any course as specified by the instructor.

I. Required General Education Course

History 79-104 Global Histories

II. Global Studies Introductory and Capstone Courses

History 79-400 Advanced Seminar in Global Studies

III. Language Requirement

Please see the Modern Languages section of the schedule of classes for a list of courses available this semester.

IV. Theoretical and Topical Core Courses

History 79-292 China Inside Out: Going Global, 19th to 21st Centuries
History 79-297 Dilemmas and Controversies in Anthropology
History 79-314 The Politics and Culture of Memory
History 79-377 Food, Culture, and Power: A History of Eating

V. Transnational, Global, and Regional Courses

Transnational and Global Courses

History 79-251 India/America: Democracy, Diversity, Development
History 79-254 The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America
History 79-295 Race Relations in the Atlantic World
History
79-299
Trafficking Persons: Children in a Global Context
Philosophy
80-244
Environmental Ethics
Philosophy 80-447 Global Justice
Mod. Lang. 82-304 The Francophone World
Mod. Lang. 82-345 Introduction to Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies (The Case of the Hispanic Detective)
SDS 88-326 Theories of International Relations
SDS 88-359 Globalization


Regional Courses

Eastern and Southern Asia and the Pacific
SDS
88-411
The Rise of Asian Economies

The Americas
History 79-221 Development and Democracy in Latin America
History 79-235 Caribbean Cultures
Mod. Lang.
82-343 Latin America: Language and Culture
Mod. Lang. 82-451 Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture (various topics)

Europe
History 79-321 The Rise of the Modern Nation State
History 79-323 Family, Gender, and Sexuality in European History, 500-1800
Mod. Lang. 82-320 Contemporary Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Mod. Lang. 82-415 Topics in French and Francophone Studies (Language, Identities, and Social Relationships in French Theatre and Film)

The Middle East
History 79-229 Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1884-1948


VI. Electives

*Category IV and V courses listed above that are not used to fulfill those requirements may be counted as electives in addition to the courses listed below.

Thematic Courses

Business
70-365 International Trade and International Law
English 76-239 Introduction to Film Studies
English 76-241 Introduction to Gender Studies
English 76-386 Language and Culture
History 79-281 Introduction to Religion
History 79-229 Health and the Environment in US History
History 79-331 Body Politics: Women and Health in America
History 79-506 Global Studies Internship
Mod. Lang.
82-215 Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature and Culture (taught in English)
Mod. Lang.
82-311
Arabic Language and Culture I
Mod. Lang.
82-506 Hispanic Studies Internship
SDS 88-357 Comparative Foreign Policy: China, Russia, and the US
SDS 88-362 Diplomacy and Statecraft
SDS 88-384 Conflict and Conflict Resolution in International Relations


Nation-based Courses

History 79-309 20th Century China Through Film
Mod. Lang. 82-333 Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture (taught in English)
Mod. Lang. 82-440 Studies in Chinese Literature and Culture
Univ. Wide 99-332 China Today (mini, 3 units)
Mod. Lang.
82-303
French Culture
Mod. Lang. 82-305 French in its Social Contexts
Mod. Lang.
82-327 The Emergence of the German Speaking World
Mod. Lang. 82-425 Studies in German Literature (German Theater, Literature, and Film following World War II)
Mod. Lang. 82-361 Introduction to Italian Culture
History 79-255 Irish History
Mod. Lang.
82-273
Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture (taught in English)
Mod. Lang.
82-278
Japanese Literature in Translation
Mod. Lang.
82-473
Topics in Japanese Studies
History 79-265 Russian History from the First to the Last Tsar
Mod. Lang.
82-342 Spain: Language and Culture
Mod. Lang. 82-344 US Latinos: Language and Culture