Global Societies & Cultures Study Abroad Courses

The Global Studies major requires you to take two upper-division Disciplinary courses and three upper-division Region courses in your chosen area of focus. You can apply up to three upper-division Study Abroad courses toward the major.

The courses listed below have been approved by faculty to satisfy the Disciplinary and Region requirements for the Global Societies and Cultures concentration. Before enrolling, make sure your selected Study Abroad course is upper-division and worth at least three semester units. Once enrolled, make sure to take it for a letter grade. You'll also need to email a copy of the syllabus (once it's available) to the Global Studies advisor.

Disciplinary Courses for the Global Society & Cultures Concentration

(Two courses from one Disciplinary Category)

Disciplinary Category I: THE ARTS 

KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON

  • EAP FILM 116: Film History: 1980 to the Present

  • EAP SOCIOL 138: Fashion, Dress and Identity

  • EAP ARTS 103: Performing Culture

  • EAP GWS 159: Gender and Media

  • EAP MUSIC 131: The Music Industry

  • EAP FILM 143: Film Music

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

  • EAP FILM 122: Stage and Screen

KOREA UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA

  • EAP FILM: Popular Culture and Society

YONSEI UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA

  • EAP ENGLISH 123: 19th Century English Novel

  • EAP FILM 120: Human Rights and Cinema

  • EAP ENGLISH 119: Plot in Fiction and Film

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL

  • EAP ANTHRO 126:Anthropology of Music

  • EAP LATAMST 145: Activism and Resistance: Latin American Art and Performance in Global Context

Disciplinary Category II: HISTORICAL STUDIES AND LITERATURE 

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO,EGYPT

  • EAP ENGLISH 115:Literature and Philosophy: The Origins of Drama

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL

  • EAP COMPLIT 114:Images, Myths, Modern Literature

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

  • EAP COMP LIT 103: Strange Times: Issues in Literature

KOREA UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA

  • EAP HIST 108: Contemporary Western History

Disciplinary Category III: PHILOSOPHY, THEORY, AND RHETORIC 

MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

  • EAP SOCIOL 151: Gender and Society

  • EAP LING 144: Language, Meaning, and Social Action

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

  • EAP LINGUISTICS 109: Language Culture and Mind 

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

  • EAP SOCIOL 131:Social Justice and Inequality

  • EAP SOCIOL 104:Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality

  • EAP RELSTD 129:Religion, Sexuality and Gender

  • EAP GWS 105L:Gender, Sexuality & Politics

COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, SPAIN

  • EAP PHILOS 106: History of Modern Philosophy

  • EAP GWS 121: Feminist Theory and Criticism

KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON

  • EAP ENGLISH 121: The Shocks of the New Modernist Poetry and Prose

Region/Area Courses for the Global Societies & Cultures Concentration

(Three courses from one region)

AFRICA (North and Sub-Saharan)

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

  • EAP 119 ENGLISH:South African Politics

  • EAP POLI SCI 129: Politics of Africa and Global South

  • EAP HISTORY 141:Africa since 1800 - From Colonial Rule to Independence

  • EAP AFRSTD 151: Language, Power & Freedom in Africa

  • EAP SOCIOL 104:Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality

  • EAP RELSTD 129:Religion, Sexuality and Gender

  • EAP GWS 105L:Gender, Sexuality & Politics

  • EAP AFRSTD 151:Language, Power, Freedom in Africa

  • EAP AFRSTD 116:Culture, Identity & Globalization in Africa

SCIENCES PO, PARIS

  • EAP HIST 147: International History of Africa

AMERICAS

UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

  • EAP LATAMST 162: Human Rights, Politics and Culture in Argentina

  • EAP LATAMST 166:Memory and Human Rights: Chilean Literature, Film and Media

  • EAP HISTORY N100G:The History and Culture of Food in Argentina

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL

  • EAP LATAMST 116: Brazilian Pop Music

  • EAP FILM 116:Brazilian Cinema

  • EAP HISTORY 122:History of Brazil I

  • EAP SOCIOL 149:Brazilian Culture

  • EAP COMPLIT 114:Images, Myths, Modern Literature

  • EAP ANTHRO 126:Anthropology of Music

  • EAP INTLSTD 136: Race and Culture in International Relations

  • EAP LATAMST 145: Activism and Resistance: Latin American Art and Performance in Global Context

  • EAP LATAMST 172: Brazilian History

  • EAP ARTHIST 147: History of 20th Century Brazilian Art and Culture

  • EAP PORTUGUESE 173: Brazilian Language, Culture and Stereotypes

UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, CHILE

  • EAP LATAMST 162:Human Rights, Politics and Culture in Argentina

  • EAP SOCIOL 168: Human Rights and Memory in Argentina

  • EAP LATAMST 164:Human Rights, Social Justice, and Transitional Justice in Chile

  • EAP LATAMST 166: Memory and Human Rights: Chilean Literature, Film and Media

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, CHILE

  • EAP HISTORY 108: History of Gender in Chile

  • EAP LATAMST 105: Latin American Music

  • EAP FILM  102:Chilean Documentary Film Theory

  • EAP LATAMST 106:Quechua Language & Culture

  • EAP SPANISH 139: Chilean Folklore

  • EAP SPANISH 151: Contemporary Theatre: Body, Word and Document

  • EAP ARTHS 117: Introduction to Latin American Art

  • EAP LATAMST 112: Cinema and Latin American History

  • EAP SPANISH 155:Detective Fiction

  • EAP LATAMST 133: Latin American Culture & Society

  • EAP SPANISH 168: Chilean and Latin American Poetry I

  • EAP SPANISH 101:Chilean Poets: Gabriela Mistral and Violet Parra

  • EAP ARTHS 104:20th Century Chilean Art: 1950-2000

  • EAP LATAMST 108:20C Chilean Rock and the Contemporary World

  • EAP ANTHRO 119: Contemporary Debates: Mapuche & Chilean History and Culture

  • EAP SPANISH 127: Advanced Spanish Literature III

  • EAP SPANISH 153:Chilean and Latin American Essays

  • EAP SPANISH 115: Chilean and Hispanic American Thought and Essay

  • EAP HISTORY 131: Contemporary Latin American History

  • EAP LATAMST 110: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Revolutions and Dictatorships 1959-Present

  • EAP HISTORY 109: Fashion and Society in 20C Chile

  • EAP LATAMST 121:Latin American and Chilean Film

UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, CHILE

  • EAP SPANISH 138: The Issue of Violence in Contemporary Chilean Narrative

  • EAP FILM 102A:Chilean Documentary Film Theory

  • EAP SPANISH 151:Contemporary Theater: Body, Word and Document

  • EAP SPANISH 116: Literature and Society in Europe and Spain between the 12th and 17th Centuries

  • EAP ARTHS 117: Introduction to Latin American Art

  • EAP LATAMST 160:Social Memories, Subjectivities, and Aesthetic Representation: Art and State Violence in Chile

  • EAP LATAMST 160:Cinema and Latin American History

  • EAP LATAMST 157:Indigenous Societies of Chile

  • EAP LATAMST 147: Indigenous Societies in America

ENTRE DOS MUNOS/BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, PUEBLA, MEXICO

  • EAP SPANISH 123:Mexican Language, History, and Culture

  • EAP HISTORY 172: Issues in Contemporary Mexican History

NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

  • EAP SOCIOL 131: Sociology of Gender

  • EAP SPANISH 138A: Twentieth-Century Mexican Literature I

  • EAP SOCIOL 152: Civil Society and Feminism Against Violence

  • EAP SOCIOL 107: Indigenous Language I: PURPECHA

  • EAP HISTORY 120: Contemporary Mexico

  • EAP SPANISH 153B:Latin American Literature II

  • EAP LATAMST 135: Mexico & North American Relations

  • EAP LING 144:Language, Meaning, and Social Action

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y de  ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES de MONTERREY, MEXICO

  • EAP HISTORY 100: Modern and Contemporary Mexico

  • EAP ANTHRO 108: Cultural Heritage of Mexico

  • EAP ARTHIST 110: Global Cultural Heritage: Art and Aesthetics

ASIA

MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, JAPAN

  • EAP HISTORY 129:Modern East Asian History

  • EAP SOCIOL 151: Gender and Society

  • EAP SOCIOL 128:Japanese Minority Groups

  • EAP SOCIOL 119:Contemporary Japanese Society

  • EAP ASIANSTD 128:Buddhist Culture

  • EAP LING 144: Language, Meaning, and Social Action

KOREA UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA

  • EAP INTLSTD 161: Korean Cultural Diplomacy

  • EAP SOCIOL 113: Korean Society and Culture

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

  • EAP ASSTD 116: Japanese Philosophy and Thought

  • EAP PHILOS 122: Buddhist Philosophy 

  • EAP ARTHIST 109: Art of Modern and Contemporary China

  • EAP ENGLISH 114: Singapore Literature in Context

  • EAP SSEAS 127: Traditional Dance in South East Asia

YONSEI UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA

  • EAP ARTHIST 110: Arts of Asia

  • EAP ARTHIST 102: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art

  • EAP PHILOS 101: Philosophy in East Asian Literature

  • EAP COMP LIT 140: Korean Classical Literature and Cultural Content Industry

  • EAP COMP LIT 127: Korean Language and Literature for Content Creation and Curation

EUROPE & RUSSIA

UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, SPAIN

  • EAP SPANISH 108A / B:Barcelona: A Meeting Place for Spanish and Latin American Literature I / II

  • EAP SPANISH 103:Twentieth Century Latin American Literature

CARLOS III UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, SPAIN

  • EAP SPANISH 140: The Short Story in Spain and Latin America

  • EAP HISTORY 140:Latin American History and Politics

  • EAP SPANISH 161: Survey of 20th-Century Latin American Literature

  • EAP SPANISH 138: Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Literature

COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID, SPAIN

  • EAP ENGLISH 122: Shakespeare: A Critical Reading

  • EAP ENGLISH 133: English Poetry: 1950-Present

  • EAP ENGLISH 132:Contemporary British Fiction

KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON

  • EAP FRENCH 151: French Cinema and Other

  • EAP ARTHIST 113: Venice: History and Art

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, LONDON

  • EAP ENGLISH 109:English Literature and Society

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA)

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO,EGYPT

  • EAP ARTHIST 105:The World of Islamic Architecture from the Beginnings to Present Day

  • EAP HISTORY 121: State and Society in the Middle East, 1906-Present

  • EAP FILM 123:Cinema in Egypt and the Arab World

  • EAP ART HIST 125: The City of Cairo

  • EAP HISTORY 135:Social & Political History of Modern Cairo

CIEE, AMMAN

  • EAP NES 112:Culture and Cuisine in Jordan