Fall 2021 courses:
Current Learning Abroad Courses
Learning Abroad and Study Away courses have been temporarily postponed. We anticipate resuming travel by spring 2022. Please return to Learning Abroad website for updated information.
50:480:101 Introduction to Global Studies
This course will introduce students to interdisciplinary analyses of contemporary global issues surrounding development and globalization such as social and economic inequalities, security, health, human rights, language, and sustainability. The analyses will include historical, cultural, geographical, ecological, economic, political, and other perspectives.
Global Studies Special Topics
50:070:385 GLOBAL HEALTH, Cross-Listed: 50:480:392:01, 50:499:458:01, 50:014:382:02
The course will examine issues in global health, focusing on Latin America and Africa, from health infrastructure, to the management of epidemics and competing and alternative perspectives of health and healing. As an anthropology course, the focus will be on health and healing as the product of social relations and everyday
50:443:210 GLOBAL GENDER ISSUES
This course is an introduction to contemporary gender issues both nationally and globally. Students will examine gender issues such as masculinity, feminism, transgender identity, LGBTQIA+ issues in current culture and related to topics such as health, education, trade, work, sexual identity, politics, and the environment.
50:975:236 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL URBANIZATION
This course offers a broad overview of patterns of urbanization in the developing world and the challenges facing global cities. We will consider issues related to rapid population growth, development, governance, and the policy process. In particular, we will explore issues related to illegal settlements, community development, and the impact of globalization on cities. Themes will also include migration, environmental sustainability and employment. Case studies will illustrate the opportunities and challenges in comparative perspective.
Current Electives Courses
Anthropology
- 50:014:317 RACE IN LATIN AMERICA
- 50:070:101 INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Art History
- 50:082:101 INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY I
- 50:082:102 INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II
- 50:082:104 INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF ASIA
- 50:082:203 MEDIEVAL ART AND CULTURE
- 50:082:210 ARTS OF POWER 17 & 18TH CENTURY EUROPE
- 50:082:303 ART OF THE SILK ROAD
- 50:082:380 HISTORY OF ANIMATION
Criminal Justice
- 50:202:354 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: TERRORISM
- 50:202:420 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND JUSTICE
- 50:202:320 NATIONAL SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS
Economics
- 50:220:210 HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
- 50:220:316 HEALTH ECONOMICS
English
- 50:350:205 RESPONSES TO LANDSCAPE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
- 50:350:251 TEN BOOKS I SHOULD HAVE READ BY NOW
- 50:350:300 FOUNDATIONS OF LITERATURE
- 50:350:319 GOTHIC WRITING
- 50:350:372 IRISH LITERATURE
- 50:350:391 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGLISH: FAERIE QUEENE: ALLEGORY ROOT OF EMPIRE
Film Studies
- 50:354:350 MAJOR FILMMAKERS: POLANSKI AND KUBRICK
- 50:354:392 SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM: MEDIEVAL FILM
French
- 50:420:131 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH
- 50:420:132 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II
- 50:420:201 MODERN FRENCH READNG
- 50:420:243 AFRICAN & CARRIBEAN LIT
- 50:420:357 FRENCH ANIMATION
- 50:420:360 FRENCH CIVILIZATION
Gender Studies
- 50:443:201 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
- 50:443:298 SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENDER STUDIES: PHILOSOPHY OF SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY
German
- 50:470:102 ELEMENTARY GERMAN II
- 50:470:339 GERMAN CULT & CIVIL
History
- 50:516:211 HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA I
- 50:516:233 SAMURAI JAPAN
- 50:516:342 MODERN JAPAN: FROM SAMURAI TO ANIME
- 50:516:350 THE CARIBBEAN
Latin American Studies
- 50:590:391 SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES: TRANSCULTURAL HEALTH AND DIVERSITY. Cross-listed with: 50:516:350:01
- 50:590:392SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES: RACE IN LATIN AMERICA. Cross-Listed with: 50:920:317:01, 50:014:317:01
Marketing
- 52:630:371 INTERNATNL MARKETING
- 52:630:426 LEARNING ABROAD: DOING BUSINESS PORTUGAL
Music
- 50:700:102 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC HISTORY
- 50:700:121 INTRODUCTION TO OPERA
- 50:700:292 HISTORY OF MUSIC II
- 50:700:412 HISTORY OF JAZZ
Nursing
- 57:705:313 AGING AND HEALTH IN GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
- 57:705:413 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING AND GLOBAL HEALTH-LAB
- 57:705:422 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING AND GLOBAL HEALTH LAB
- 57:705:432 ABS AGING AND HEALTH IN GLOBAL COMMUNITIE
- 57:705:460 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING AND GLOBAL HEALTH-THEORY
- 57:705:461 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING AND GLOBAL HEALTH-LAB
Philosophy
- 50:730:101 INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC, REASONING, AND PERSUASION
- 50:730:105 INTRODUCTION TO CURRENT MORAL AND SOCIALISSUES3
- 50:730:111 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
- 50:730:211 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY I
Political Science
- 50:790:211 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- 50:790:305 WESTERN EUROPEAN POLITICS
- 50:790:322 PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
- 50:790:326 GOVERNMENT AND FREE MARKETS
Religion
- 50:840:101 INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES3
- 50:840:108 INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION & CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
- 50:840:110 INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE
- 50:840:210 PAUL AND THE FOUNDING OF CHRISTIANITY
- 50:840:235 ISLAM AND THE MODERN WORLD
- 50:840:270 GENDER, SEXUALITY AND RELIGION
- 50:840:278 DEATH AND DYING IN RELIGION
- 50:840:318 RELIGION AND LAW
- 50:840:339 GODS AND MONSTERS: UNDERSTANDING POWER
- 50:840:363 MAGIC AND RITUAL POWER
Spanish
- 50:940:102 ELEMENTARY SPANISH II
- 50:940:121 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
- 50:940:122 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II
- 50:940:127 SPANISH FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS I
- 50:940:203 SPANISH COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION
- 50:940:227 SPANISH FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS II
- 50:940:327 SPANISH FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS III
- 50:940:208 SPANISH AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION
- 50:940:250 FROM REGGEATON TO FLAMENCO: INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH DIA
- 50:940:291 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH: LATIN AMER. IDENTITIES IN LIT & CULTURE
- 50:940:392 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH: TEMPTING BOOKS & HEALING IDEAS:SURV LIT.
Theater
- 50:965:101 INTRODUCTION TO THEATER
- 50:965:380 HISTORY OF THEATER I