Courses in the Transnational Perspectives minor educate students in the problems of the modern world (1490 to the present). Supporting courses in the program have an international, comparative, and/or multicultural focus. Courses that examine issues of race, ethnicity and cultural diversity within one country by placing them in an international and/or comparative context are also an important component of the program.
Supporting Courses and Related Areas (12 Credits)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology:
- ANTH 008: Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas
Art:
- ART H 112: Survey of Western Art II
- ART H 303: Italian Renaissance Art
- ART H 305: European Art from 1780-1860
- ARTS 001: The Arts
Comparative Literature:
- CMLIT 005 (GH, US, IL): Literatures of the New World
- CMLIT 101 (GH, US, IL): The Theme of Identity in World Literature: Race, Gender, and Other Issues of Diversity
Communication:
- COMM 410: International Mass Communications
- COMM 419: World Media Systems
- COMM 452: Topics in International Cinema
- COMMU 402 (IL): International and Intercultural Communication
English:
- ENGL 185: Modern Novel in World Literature
French:
- FR 139 (GH, IL): France and the French-Speaking World
German:
- GER 100 (GH,IL): German Culture and Civilization
- GER 200 (GH, IL): Contemporary German Culture
History:
- HIST 010 (GH, IL): Non-Western Civilizations
- HIST 173: Vietnam at War
- HIST 175 (GH, IL): History of Modern East Asia
- HIST 178: History of Latin America to 1820
- HIST 179: History of Latin America from 1820
- HIST 181 (GH, IL): Intro to Middle East
- HIST 191: Emerging Africa
- HIST 437: Great Britain, 1688 to the Present
- HIST 487/HSTRY 480: American Diplomatic History to 1914
- HIST 488/HSTRY 481: American Diplomatic History from 1914
Political Science:
- PL SC 003: Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PL SC 014: International Relations
- PL SC 020: Comparative Politics - Western Europe
- PL SC 022: Politics of the Developing Areas
- PL SC 412: International Political Economy
- PL SC 456: Latin American Politics
- PL SC 123 (GS, US, IL): Ethnic and Racial Politics
- PL SC 132 (GS, IL): The Politics of International Intolerance
- PL SC 423: Post-Soviet Politics
- PL SC 487/POLSC 479: Intl. Law & Organization
- PL SC 488/POLSC 478: Comparative Public Policy
- POLSC 421: Failure of Communism in Eastern Europe
- POLSC 424W: Russian Foreign Policy
Psychology:
- PSYCH 232: Cross-Cultural Psychology
Religious Studies:
- RL ST 001 (GH, US, IL): Introduction to World Religions
- RL ST 004 (GH, US, IL) (CAMS; J ST): Jewish & Christian Foundations
Russian:
- RUS 100 (GH, IL): Russian Culture and Civilization
- RUS 130 (IL) (WMNST): Women in Russian Literature
Spanish:
- SPAN 130 (GH, IL): Iberian Civilization
- SPAN 131 (GH, IL): Ibero-American Civilization
Women's Studies:
- WMNST 102 (GH, IL) (AAA S): Women of Color: Cross- Cultural Perspective
- WMNST 297: Women in Development
Black School of Business
- ECNS 470: International Trade and Finance
- FIN 471/FNC 470: International Finance
- INT B 411: International Business
- MGMT 461/MANGT 480: International Management
- MKTG 445/MRKTG 470: Global Marketing
School of Science
- PHYS 001: The Science of Physics (International Studies Version, taught by Jonathan Hall)