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Global Studies: Global Cultures Emphasis

Description

Enrich your understanding of global cultural flows in our increasingly interconnected world with the Global Studies: Global Cultures Emphasis. In this emphasis, students will explore the critical role that cultural production, representation, and consumption play in shaping the international landscape. Through interdisciplinary coursework, students will develop the cross-cultural competency necessary to examine the intricate interplay of cultural identities, social forces, and local currents within broader processes of globalization. Students will become more adaptable to unfamiliar environments and develop their ability to communicate ethically and meaningfully with individuals and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to analyze how local, regional, and/or national cultures have been impacted by globalizing forces.

Emphasis Courses

AFAS/LAS 310: Afro-Latin American Literature

AFAS/FREN 314: Caribbean Literature and Culture (West Indies)

AFAS/ENGL/GWS 342: Writers, Women and the Gods

AFAS 371: Hip-Hop Cinema

AFAS/FREN 373: US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures

AFAS/ENGL 377: Digital Africana Studies: Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance

AFAS 378: AfroFuturism and Black Speculative Fiction

AFAS/AIS/RELI 381: African/Indigenous Religions

AFAS/ENGL 423: Topics in Caribbean Culture, Literature and Identity

AIS 336: History and Philosophy of the Dine People

AIS 403: Globalization and Indigenous People

AIS/RELI 490: Indian Religions and Spirituality

ANTH/GWS/LING 303: Language and Gender

ANTH 305: Cultural Change

ANTH 307: Ecological Anthropology

ANTH/SOC 310: Culture and the Individual

ANTH 321: Sacred Places

ANTH 329: Cultures and Societies of Africa

ANTH 339: Archaeology of Death

ANTH/CLAS 349: Archaeological Evidence for Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome

ANTH/CLAS 350A: The Archaeology of Ancient Athletics

ANTH 372: Critical Issues for Museums in the 21st Century

ARB/MENA 448: Arabic Literature in English Translation

ARB 460: Ethnolinguistic and Religious Diversity in the Arab World

ARB 490: Advanced Arabic Media

ARH 312: Survey of Medieval Art and Architecture

ARH 314: Art and Culture of Renaissance Europe

ARH 320: Introduction to European Modern Art

ARH/LAS 322: Introduction to Prehistoric, Hispanic, and Chicano Art

BJP 410: Latinx & the News Media in the United States

BJP 411: Global Latinxs: Diasporic Transnationalism and Media in Latin America, Europe & Asia

CHN 345: Buddhists, Bandits, and Beauties: Masterworks of Chinese Fiction from the 1500s to the Digital Age

CHN/ANTH 410B: The Anthropology of Contemporary China

CHN 444: Chinese Media and Culture

CLAS/ANTH/ARH 300:The Classical Ideal: From Greece and Rome through the 1930s

CLAS 301A: The Literature of the Ancient Greeks: from Homer to the Novel

CLAS 301B: The Literature of the Ancient Romans: Latin Literature in English Translation

CLAS/RELI 305: Greek & Roman Religion

CLAS/ RELI 306: Christianity in the Greco-Roman World

CLAS 315: Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece

CLAS/ ANTH 323: Ancient Empires

CLAS/ARH/ART 329: Art History of the Cinema

CLAS 335: The Roman Empire: Rulers and Ruled

CLAS/ANTH/ARH 338: Introduction to Roman Art and Archaeology

CLAS/ANTH/ARH/ART 340A: Introduction to Greek Art and Archaeology

CLAS 342: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Tradition

CLAS 346: Ancient Greek Drama

CLAS 352: Pirates, Witches, Barbarians, and True Love: The Ancient Novel

CLAS 353: Heroes, Gods, Gore: Roman Epic in its Cultural Context

CLAS/GWS 362: Women and Gender in Antiquity

CLAS/RELI 401A: Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts

CLAS/HIST 403C: Social & Cultural History of Classical Greece

CLAS/ANTH/ARH 454: Greek and Roman Sculpture: Symbols and Society in Antiquity

CLAS/ ARH 456: Greek & Roman Painting

CLAS/ANTH/ARH 477: Greek Architecture

CLAS/ARH/CLAS 484: Roman Art and Architecture

EAS/RELI  333: Buddhist Meditation Traditions

EAS/ RELI 384: Religion and Conflict in Asia

EAS/HIST/RELI 402: East Asian Buddhism in Regional Perspective

EAS 444: East Asia and Global Capitalism

EAS/ PAH  456: Creative Humanities and Art Practices: International Perspectives

EAS/HIST/RELI 484: History of East Asian Buddhism

ENGL 300: Literature and Film

ENGL 347: English Literature with an Accent: Hearing and Reading Difference

ENGL 360: 21st Century British Literature

ENGL 454B: Revolutionary 20th Century Ireland

ENGL 476: Windrush and After: Contemporary Black British Writers

ENGL/AIS 477: Studies of Native American Literature

ENGL/ AFAS 478: African American Literature

FREN/AFAS 374: Dynamics of Protest in Africa and the Diaspora

FREN 375: Franco-American Relations

FREN 410: Film and Fiction

FREN 420: Cultural History

FREN 425: Paris: Capsule/Capital of French Cultural History

FREN 440: Topics in French Literature

FREN 442: French Narratives and Film

FREN 443: Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema

FREN 444: Topics in French Culture

FREN 445: Francophone Cultures and Traditions

FREN 447: Topics in Francophone Studies

FREN 473: Contemporary French Cinema

FTV 356: World Cinemas

GEOG 340: Cultural Geography

GEOG 465: Global Cities: Urbanization, Globalization, and Citizenship

GER 312: War, Death, and the Hero: Medieval Epics: Beowulf, Nibelungenlied, and Rolandslied

GER 320: History of Tolerance from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century and Beyond

GER/FTV 325: German Cinema

GER 327: Recycling Culture: Environmentalism Made in Germany

GER 371: Contemporary German Culture

GER/JUS 376: German-Jewish Writers

GER/ RELI 379: Religion in German Culture

GER 380: The Middle Ages: The Enigmatic Precursor to Modern Europe

GER 422: When African Americans Came to Berlin

GER/ JUS 440: Images of Jews and Judaism in German Culture

GLO 301: Media, Culture and Societies

GLO/COMM/JOUR 403: Media & Global Terrorism

GLO/GWS/JOUR 430: Social Movement Media in a Global Context

GLO 435: Media Ethics and Representation in a Global Context

GLO 440: Freedom of Expression and the Right to Information

GLO 445: Media, War & Peace

GLO 450: Media & the Environment

GLO 455: Media & Human Rights

GLO 460: Disinformation & Information Security in Global Media Context

GLO 470: Documentary Stories

GLO/JOUR/MENA 490: Media and Humanitarian Crises

GWS/ENGL/MAS  312: Latina/o Pop: Race, Gender, Sexuality & Popular Culture

GWS/MAS 307: Chicana Feminisms: History, Theory and Practice

GWS/MAS 358: U.S. 3rd World Feminisms: Theory, History, Practice

GWS/ ARH 430: Queer Cinema

GWS/ANTH/ENGL/HIST 496P: Women's Life Writing: Autobiography, Diary, Oral History, Biography....

HIST 307: Perpetual Revolutions: The History of the Bicycle

HIST/LAS 309: Banned! Histories of Censorship in the Americas

HIST 316: Warfare and Violence in History

HIST/ FOOD 328: Cuisine, Culture, and Power

HIST/PA/SOC 349: History of Crime in America

HIST 375: History of Memories

HIST 375A: History of Memories in the 19th Century

HIST/EAS 376: Communist China: History and Narrative

HIST/MENA/RELI 383: Religion and State in Islam

HIST/CLAS/GWS 404C: Cleopatra: Power, Passion, Propaganda (

HIST/FOOD 405C: Food in The Global Middle Ages

HIST 448: The Latin Image in American Film

HIST 452: American Ethnic History

HIST 483: Mapping the Past: The History of Cartography

HIST 486: The Ancient World in Film

HIST/CLAS/MENA 488: Priests, Prostitutes and Conquerors: Modern Imagination and the Ancient Near East

HRTS 305: Human Rights Stories

HRTS/ RSSS 461: Human Rights in Eurasia 

HUMS 375: Globalization and Transnational Cinema

HUMS/AFAS 376: Global Soccer

ITAL 330A: Resisting Facism

ITAL 330B: Once Upon A Time in Italian American Cinema

ITAL 330C: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Italian Cinema

ITAL 330D: Empowered Women in Italian Literature and Culture

ITAL 410: Italian Fiction/Film

ITAL 420: Framing Italy

ITAL/RELI 431: The Divine Comedy by Dante

ITAL 496A: Advanced Topics in Italian Studies

JPN 310: Japanese Literature and War

JPN/ANTH/GWS/LING 402: Gender and Language in Japan

JPN/ANTH 425A: Anthropology of Japan: Images and Realities

JPN/HIST 362A: The Culture of Food and Health in Japan

JUS 301: Jewish Civilization: A Gateway Course

JUS/ GWS/RELI 321: Women in Judaism

JUS/HIST/ MENA/ RELI 372A: Interpreting the Bible (Old Testament): Approaches to Understanding Israelite Religion and Society

JUS/ RELI 332: The Holocaust: Witnesses and Representations

JUS/HIST/ RELI 454: Persecution in the Spanish & American Inquisitions: Honor, Shame, Violence & Freedom of Conscience

LAS/ANTH 308: Health, Harm, and Healing in Latin America

LAS/ANTH/GWS/RELI 316: Sex and Salvation in Latin America

LAS/ANTH/SPAN/PORT/AFAS 363: #BlackLivesMatter Across the Americas

LAS/FOOD 405: Sabores de Mexico: From Farm to Table

LAS/GWS 460: Film and Feminism in Latin America

MAS/GWS 485: Mexican/Chicana Women’s History

MENA/ANTH/LING 330: Languages and Societies of the Middle East

MENA/RELI 334: Islamic Thought

MENA/PRS 342: The Persian World: Arts, Culture, and History

MENA/PRS 353: Islamic Spirituality through the Poetry of Rumi

MENA/ANTH 354: Food Traditions of the Middle East & North Africa

MENA/ANTH 375: Ethnography of the Middle East

MENA/ANTH/HIST/POL 417A: North African Societies: History, Culture, & Politics

MENA/ANTH/PRS 432: Iranian Culture and Society

MENA/PRS 436: Love, Sex and Desire in the Islamicate Imaginary

MENA/HIST/ MENA/ RELI 444: Islamic Mysticism

MENA/ANTH/HIST 459A:Turkey: Culture, Power and History

MENA/GWS/PRS 463: Gender Issues and Women’s Literature in the Middle East

MENA/ARB  470: Trends in Modern and Contemporary Arabic Intellectual Thought

MENA/ GWS/ PRS 471: Iranian Cinema, Gender Issues, and Social Change

MENA/HIST 480: The Middle East in the 20th Century

MENA/HIST 485P: Palestinian Culture and Society, 1900-present

MENA/ANTH/GWS 490: Women in Middle Eastern Society

MENA/PRS 496A: Topics in Classical and Ancient Persian Literature and Culture

MENA/ GWS/ HIST 496C: The Literature of Identity in the Modern Middle East

MENA/ HIST 496D: The Late Ottoman Empire

MENA/PRS 496E: Marxism and the Middle East

MENA/POL/ RELI 496G: Islamic Law and Society

MENA/HIST/ POL 496S: Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism

MUS 334: Global Sounds

MUS/LAS/MAS 337: Survey of Mexican Folk Music 

MUS 344: Arab and Asian Music

PAH 372: Intercultural Competence: Culture, Identity, Adaptation, and Intercultural Relations

PORT 350: Brazilian Voices in Literature and Culture

RELI/AFAS/ LAS 335: Rap, Culture and God

RELI 345: Religion and the Arts in India

RELI 350: Hindu Mythology

RELI/EAS 358:Tibetan Buddhism: Liberation, Identity, and Representation

RELI/EAS 359: Buddhism and Healing

RELI 360: Religion, Nature, and Climate Change

RELI 363: Religion and Sex

RELI 367: Yoga

RELI 406: Religious Diversity in Healthcare: Intercultural Training

RELI/ AIS 407: Religion, Spirituality, and the Sacred in Native North America

RELI 412: Religion and Literature in Latin America

RSSS 304: A History of Soviet and Post-Soviet Film

RSSS 311: Love for Sale: Fallen Women in Art and Literature

RSSS 315: Werewolves and Vampires: Slavic Folklore in our Culture

RSSS/ RELI 325: Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age

RSSS/GWS, RUSS 328: Women in Russian Literature and Culture

RSSS 345: World War II: The Soviet Cultural Experience

SPAN/LAS 350: Readings in the Literary Genres

SPAN 352: Reading Politics and Culture in the Hispanic World

SPAN 430: Issues in Spanish Culture

SPAN 431:Issues in Spanish American Culture

SPAN/LAS/MAS 433: Issues in Mexican and Mexican-American Culture

SPAN 449A:Topics in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies

SPAN 449B: Topics in Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies

SPAN 455A: The Story of Spanish

SPAN 458: Spanish in the Community

TLS 386: Global Citizenship: Reading the World and the Word

TURK 410: Topics in Turkish Language, Literature, Culture, History & Society