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Spring 2026 Area Studies Courses

Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

4535 International Economic Development (3 credits)

4540 International Commerce and the World Economy (3 credits)

4597.01 Food, Population, and the Environment (3 credits)

6400 Regional and International Development (3 credits)

 

Business Administration

3760 Exploring Culture in International Environments (3 credits)

4189 Advanced Field Study: Doing Business in a Global Region (3 credits)

 

Business Administration: Management and Human Resources

2000 Introduction to International Business (1.5 credits)

4000 Advanced International Business (3 credits)

4010 International Business Strategies (3 credits)

4021 International Business Institutions (3 credits)

 

Communications

3597.01 International Perspectives on Communication (3 credits)

 

Comparative Studies

1100 Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3 credits)

1100H Honors

3302 Translating Literatures and Cultures (3 credits)

3302E Honors

4597.02 Global Culture

4597.03 - Global Folklore 

 

Chinese

2451 Chinese Calligraphy

4301 Chinese Literature in Translation

4405 Chinese Drama 

4404 China in Chinese Film

4406 China Pop: Contemporary Popular Culture and Media in Greater China

5381 History of the Chinese Language

5400 Performance Traditions of China

8500 Chinese Bibliography and Research Methods 

 

Dance

3402 - Dance in Global Contexts 

 

Economics

4130 World Economic Development in Historical Perspective (3 credits)

 

East Asian Languages and Literatures

1231 East Asian Humanities (3 credits)

2284 Tea Culture in East Asia

3405 Introducing East Asia through Martial Arts Cinema

3446 Asian American Film

4200 Topics in East Asian Culture

5383 Scripts of East Asia

5475 Women Writers, Culture and Society in East Asia

7700 Learning East Asian Languages in Cross-Cultural Contexts

7705 Seminar in the Learning of East Asian Languages and Cultures

7706 Teaching Practicum in East Asian Cultures, Literatures, and Linguistics

7897 Introduction to Graduate-level East Asian Studies

 

Food Science & Technology

3100 Global Cuisines: Food Science and Health

 

Geography

2750 World Regional Geography

2800 Our Global Environment

3597.01 World Urbanization

3650 A World Divided? Place, Space, and Regions in World Affairs

3701 The Making of the Modern World

5503 Urban China: Space, Place and Urban Transformation

 

History

1681 World History to 1500

1682 World History from 1500 to Present

2642 Global History 1500 to Present

2702 Food in World History

3426 History of Modern Japan

3570 World War II

3708 Vaccines: A Global History

4410 Seminar in Chinese History

 

History of Art 

2003 The Art and Visual Culture of East Asia

2901 Introduction to World Cinema

3605 East West Photography (3 credits)

3901 World Cinema Today (3 credits)

4820 The Arts of Japan

5002    Topics in Asian and Non-Western Art

5822 Japanese Art: Painting and Prints

 

International Studies

2580 Feast or Famine: the Global Business of Food

3650 A World Divided? Place, Space, and Regions in World Affairs

3850 Introduction to Globalization (3 credits)

4195 Selected Problems in International Studies: China in the World (3 credits)

4535 International Economic Development (3 credits)

4540 International Commerce and the World Economy (3 credits)

4597.01 Food, Population, and the Environment (3 credits)

4850 Understanding the Global Information Society (3 credits)

4852 Research in Globalization (3 credits)

5051 East Asia in the Post-Cold War Era: Issues in Regional Security & Economic Development (3 credits) 

 

Kinesiology: Sport, Fitness and Health Program

1169.02 Martial Arts Forms: Judo I (1 credit)

1169.02 Martial Arts Forms: Karate I (1 credit) 

1169.07 Martial Arts Forms: Tae Kwon Do I (1 credit)

1169.13 Martial Arts Culture Around the World

 

Korean

2231 Elements of Korean Culture (3 credits)

2451 Korean Literature in Translation (3 credits)

5256 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Korean Politics and Society

5315 - Korean Language: Structure, Culture, and Communication

5405 - Korean Dramatic Traditions

 

Law

7230 International Business Transactions (3credits)

7236 International Trade (2 credits)

7712 International Law (3 credits)

7814 International Intellectual Property (3 credits)

 

Linguistics

3603 Language Across Cultures (3 credits)

 

Music

2250 Music Cultures of the World

2251 The World of Classical Music

3340 Global Music Histories (3 credits) 

 

Philosophy

2120 Asian Philosophies (3 credits)

 

Political Science

1300 Global Politics (3 credits)

3460 - Global Justice 

3380 - Political Analysis of International Economic Relations 

4231 - China: State and Society 

4315 - International Security and the Causes of War 

4330 - Global Governance 

4335 - International Environmental Politics

4893 - Topics in International Politics 

7193.03 - International Politics 

7334 - International Organization: Rationalist Approaches

7380 - Theories of International Political Economy 

 

Public Health

2010 - Critical Issues in Global Public Health 

6000 Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)

 

Public Affairs 

5610 - Innovation, Policy, and the Global Economy 

 

Sociology

3597.01 World Problems in Global Context (3 credits)

3597.02 - World Population Problems