Global Studies Course List

Spring 2020

Additional courses may be reviewed and petitioned for a category when the course content is consistent with the objectives of the major. Email Dr. Paul Gellert at pgellert@utk.edu for more information.

*** Indicates petition paperwork is required, but course will be accepted. Email Emilie Aslinger at easlinge@utk.edu for assistance.

Prerquisite

• GLBS 250 - Intro/Global Studies

Society & Culture

• ***ARAB 415 - Top Arab Lang/Lit/Hist/Culture
• ***ANTH 423 – Anthropology of Gender
• ENGL 331 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature
• ENGL 454 - 20th-Century International Novel
• GEOG 345 - People and Environment
• GEOG 375 – Society/Spaces of South Asia
• ***MFLL 300 - Global Texts and Cultures section 002 
• ***MUCO 380 - Music in World Cultures
• REST 232 - Religions in Global Perspective
• REST 302 – Anthropology of Religion
• REST 376 – Buddhism South/Southeast Asia
• ***SOCI 363 – Food, Agriculture, and Society

Politics & Economy

• AREC 420 – International Agricultural Trade and Marketing
• ECON 421 - International Economics
• FWF 420 - International Natural Resource Issues
• ***GEOG 309 – Geography of Genocide
• ***GEOG 343 - Geography of Human Rights
• ***GEOG 344 – Population Geography
• ***GEOG 441 – Cities as Economic Engines
• GEOG 449 – Geography of Transportation
• GEOG 451 – The Global Economy
• PHIL 441 - Global Justice and Human Rights
• POLS 265 - Introduction to International Relations
• POLS 350 - Political Change in Developing Areas
• ***POLS 370 – Contemporary International Problems
• POLS 461 - Comparative Public Policy
• POLS 471 - International Political Economy
• POLS 474 - International Organization
• ***POLS 479 – Region Analysis/International Politics
• RCS 421 – Global Retailing and Sourcing
• ***SOCI 342 – Globalization and Justice
• ***SOCI 363 – Food, Agriculture, and Society
• SOCI 442 - Comparative Poverty and Development
• SOCI 446 - The Modern World System
• ***SOCI 460 – Global Capitalism and Racism

Regional Studies

• AFST 335 – African Literature
• ***ANTH 301 – South Asian Cinema: Bollywood & Beyond
• ANTH 313 – Cultures Mexico/Centrl America
• ***ARAB 415 - Top Arab Lang/Lit/Hist/Culture
• ARTH 414 - Art of China: Yuan through Qing Dynasties
• ARTH 416 – Chinese Art: 20th and 21st Century
• ***ARTH 475 - Hist: 19th Cent Paint/Scul Eur
• ***CNST 320 – Middle Eastern Film
• ***CNST 422 – Special Topics in Italian Cinema
• ***GEOG 343 - Geography of Human Rights
• GEOG 373 – Landscapes/Cultures of Latin America
• GEOG 375 – Society/Spaces of South Asia
• ***GERM 323 – German Film Survey
• ***HIAF 372 – African History Since 1880
• ***HIAS 389 – Pre-Modern Chinese History
• ***HILA 370 – Latin American History at Movies
• ***JAPA 314 – Food in Modern Japanese Fiction and Film
• **JAPA 321 – Japanese Graphic Novel/Anime
• LAC 319 – Caribbean Cultures/Societies
• ***LAC 315 – Aspect/Luso-Brazil Literature
• ***POLS 453 – Western European Politics
• POLS 454 - Government and Politics of China and Japan
• ***POLS 455 – South Asian Government & Politics
• POLS 456 - Latin American Government and Politics
• ***REST 280 -Religions of Asia
• ***REST 339 – Islam in the Modern World
• ***REST 356 - Rastafari Afro-Carib Religions
• ***REST 376 – Buddhism South/Southeast Asia
• SPAN 331 - Introduction to Hispanic Culture
• SPAN 333 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature: 1700-Present

Methods of Language

• ANTH 410 - Principles of Cultural Anthropology
• GEOG 320 - Cultural Geography: Core Concepts
• PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science
• POLS 301 - Research Methods
• SOCI 331 - Sociological Research

Note: No more than 3 credit hours may be taken under the 300-level. Any courses taken to fulfill a core requirement (Society & Culture/Politics & Economy) cannot be used to fulfill a regional studies or methods/foreign language requirement.