Global Security Option

In this option, majors explore conditions that challenge the ability of people and societies to survive. Students consider the causes of and solutions to political crises and violent conflicts in interstate, transnational, and domestic settings. Using historical and regional approaches, students develop a better understanding of the dilemmas the state and the global community face when confronted by threats to human rights, peace, and stability.

In addition to the Common Requirements of the International Studies major, complete these requirements specific to the Global Security Option:

Global Security Option Core

Complete two courses:
Mapping, Making, and Representing Colonial Spaces
Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
International Migration, Health, and Human Rights
International Health and Global Society
The History of Punishment
American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present
Topics in Global Security
Contentious Politics
Topics in Global Security
Political Philosophy
Issues in Social Philosophy
Theories of International Security
International Institutions and World Order
American Foreign Policy
Nuclear Weapons and World Politics
The Challenge of Democratization
The Comparative Study of Genocide
Topics in Sociology (Asylum and Refugees)
Social Movements

Global Security Option Issues

15 credits from:
World Hunger and Malnutrition
Ethnicity, Nations, and Nationalism
China and World War II in Asia
History of Southeast Asia Since 1800
Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Proseminar: Studies in Cultures of Asia
Sociodemographic Analysis of Mexican Migration
Topics in Rhetoric and Communication Science (Intercultural Comm Rhetoric)
Communication and Conflict Resolution
Rhetoric of Campaigns and Revolutions
Contemporary Political Discourse
Rhetoric of Globalization and Transnationalism
International Industrial Organizations
Human Rights and Education
Comparative Education
People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems
Global Warming: Science and Impacts
Natural Resources Policy
Assessment of Environmental Impact
Special Topics in Gender, Women and Society (Women and Change in Africa)
Gender and Politics in Comparative Perspective
Global Environmental Issues
International Migration, Health, and Human Rights
Introduction to Geopolitics
Environmental Conservation
World Regions in Global Context
Europe
Africa, South of the Sahara
Human Geography of Southeast Asia
Topics in Geography (International Migration, Health, and Human Rights)
Historical Geography of European Urbanization
Energy Resources
The Historian's Craft (History of Humanitarianism)
The Historian's Craft (WWII Eastern Europe)
The Historian's Craft (Dems Dictators in Spain Italy)
The Historian's Craft (WW II Eastern Front)
The Historian's Craft (Shanghai)
The Historian's Craft (End of Empire: Occupation and Post-War)
The Historian's Craft (Global History of Human Rights)
The Historian's Craft (Global History of Unfree Labor)
The Historian's Craft (Mass Migrations)
The Historian's Craft (Global Christianities)
The Historian's Craft (1945 in Europe)
Explorations in American History (H) (US-Latin Amer Relations)
Explorations in European History (H) (Wars of Religion Since 1914)
Explorations in European History (H) (War, Religion, Race)
Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Humanities) (Mideast Nationalism, Migration)
Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Humanities) (Empire in Eurasia)
Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War
War, Race, and Religion in Europe and the United States, from the Scramble for Africa to Today
The Vietnam Wars
The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century
The Caribbean and its Diasporas
The Second World War
History of Russia
History of Soviet Russia
The History of Punishment
American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present
Revolution and Conflict in Modern Latin America
Making of Modern South Asia
Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima: Japan, the US & The Crisis in Asia
Reading Seminar in History (Chinese Law and Society)
Advanced Seminar in History (Global History of Nonviolence)
Advanced Seminar in History (CIA Covert Wars and US Foreign Policy)
Advanced Seminar in History (European Union in History)
The American Impact Abroad: The Historical Dimension
History of Ecology
Health, Disease and Healing II
International Health and Global Society
Latin American Economic Development
Washington DC Semester in International Affairs Internship Seminar
Globalization and Education
The Cold War - From World War II to End of Soviet Empire
Topics in Global Security
Contentious Politics
The Politics of Human Rights
Study Abroad Topics in Global Security
Women's Global Health and Human Rights
Topics in Global Security
Washington DC Sem in International Affairs Seminar
Health Communication in the Information Age
Mass Communication and Political Behavior
Human Rights in Law and Society
Introduction to Cyberlaw
Topics in Slavic Literatures in Translation (Representing Holocaust in Poland)
Special Topics in German and World Literature/s (Global Migrants Refugees)
Topics in Dutch Literature in Translation (Occupation, Holocaust, Memory in Dutch Literature)
Topics in History of Medicine (Health, Disease Medicine)
Introduction to Global Health
Environmental Ethics
Political Philosophy
Issues in Social Philosophy
Mexican-American Politics
Governments and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Politics of Southeast Asia
Islam and World Politics
Chinese Politics
Social Movements and Revolutions in Latin America
Indian Politics in Comparative Perspective
Politics of East and Southeast Asia
African Politics
German Politics
Russian Politics
Non-Democracies
The European Union: Politics and Political Economy
Israeli Politics and Society
Theories of International Security
The Russian War on Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
Conflict Resolution
China in World Politics
Terrorism
Analysis of International Relations
Global Access to Justice
International Institutions and World Order
Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective
Principles of International Law
States in the World: Comparative Foreign Policy
American Foreign Policy
Islam and Politics
Nuclear Weapons and World Politics
Selected Topics in Political Science (Global Governance)
Selected Topics in Political Science (Nationalism Ethnic Conflict)
Selected Topics in Political Science (Global Access to Justice)
Selected Topics in Political Science (Authoritarianism)
The Challenge of Democratization
Comparative Legal Institutions
Politics of Gender and Women's Rights in the Middle East
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Comparative Political Culture
The Comparative Study of Genocide
African International Relations
Socialism and Transitions to the Market
Politics and Policies in the European Union
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Proseminar: Topics in Political Science (Post-Conflict)
Study Abroad Topics in Political Science: Comparative Politics (Political Economy)
Introduction to Public Health
Contemporary Chinese Society
Environment, Natural Resources, and Society
Social Movements
Population and Society
Literatura Hispanoamericana (Human Rights: Argentina/Chile)
Topics in Hispanic Culture (Topic: Human Rights Culture in Argentina and Chile)
Latin American Literature and Human Rights

Electives

Elective credits to attain the required 35 total credits in the major.  These courses can come from Issues lists for different options or they can be additional Issues classes within their own option. Choose from:

The Environment and the Global Economy
The International Agricultural Economy
World Hunger and Malnutrition
Economic Decision Analysis
Economic Growth and Development in Southeast Asia
Economic Problems of Developing Areas
Agricultural and Economic Development in Africa
Natural Resource Economics
Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Technology
Energy Markets
Introduction to Yoruba Life and Culture
African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction
African Literature in Translation
African Literature and Visual Culture
Islam: Religion and Culture
Theories of African Cultural Studies
Topics in African Cultural Studies (The Problem of Whiteness)
Contemporary African Fiction
Contemporary African and Caribbean Drama
African/Francophone Film
Lusophone African Literature
Modern African Literature in English
Language and Society in Africa
Advanced Topics in Global Black Music Studies
Introduction to African Art and Architecture
Introduction to Afro-American Art
Latin America: An Introduction
Science, Medicine, and Race: A History
Africa: An Introductory Survey
African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction
Cultural Cross Currents: West African Dance/Music in the Americas
The Caribbean and its Diasporas
Art and Visual Culture: Women of the African Diaspora and Africa
Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography
The Origins of Civilization
Topics in Ethnology
Archaeology of Warfare and Human Nature
Political Anthropology
Introduction to the Anthropology of Japan
Medical Anthropology
Undergraduate Seminar
Ethnicity, Nations, and Nationalism
19th Century Painting in Europe
Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim: 1800 to the Present
Great Cities of Islam
Topics in Asian Art
Art in Germany, 1900-1945
Art and History in Africa
Proseminar in Islamic Art and Architecture
Japanese Popular Culture
Japanese Popular Culture
Topics in Asian Studies (Indian Traditions Modern Age)
Social Studies Topics in East Asian Studies (Two Koreas)
Introduction to Comics and Graphic Novels: Theory, History, Method
Modern Indian Literatures
Survey of Modern Chinese Literature
Japanese Ghost Stories
Modern Japanese Literature
Love and Politics: The Tale of Genji
Topics in Chinese Literature
Survey of Chinese Film
Manga
Anime
Cities of Asia
Southeast Asian Literature
Visual Cultures of India
Topics in East Asian Visual Cultures
History of Southeast Asia Since 1800
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
Mapping, Making, and Representing Colonial Spaces
Proseminar: Studies in Cultures of Asia
Proseminar: Studies in Cultures of Asia
Ethnography in Asia
A Survey of Asian American Literature
Weather and Climate
Weather and Climate
Global Change: Atmospheric Issues and Problems
Bioclimatology
Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Pollution
Plants and Humans
Technology and Society
Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability
Community Development
Sociodemographic Analysis of Mexican Migration
Topics in Rhetoric and Communication Science (Intercultural Comm Rhetoric)
Critical Internet Studies
Introduction to Film
Film History to 1960
Communication and Conflict Resolution
Rhetoric of Campaigns and Revolutions
The Rhetoric of Religion
French Film
Global Media Cultures
Italian Film
Contemporary Political Discourse
Contemporary Media Industries
Dynamics of Online Relationships
Introduction to Cross-Cultural Literary Forms
Globalizing Education
Internationalizing Educational Knowledge
Culture and Built Environment
Money and Banking
Economics of Poverty and Inequality
Contemporary Economic Issues
International Macroeconomics
International Trade
The American Economy Since 1865
International Industrial Organizations
Economics of Growth
Education and Public Policy (Human Rights Education)
Comparative Education
Education in East Asia
Globalization and Education
Education for Global Change
Anthropology and Education
Language Politics and Education
History of Radical and Experimental Education in the US and UK
Introduction to Comparative and International Education
Literature and Social Justice
Vladimir Nabokov: Russian and American Writings
Modernist Poetry
British Literature since 1900
Global Spread of English
Topic in British Literature and Culture since 1900
Topic in Postcolonial or World Literature
Diaspora and Theatre
Indian Writers Abroad: Literature, Diaspora and Globalization
Topic in Literature and the Environment
British Drama, 1914 to Present
Principles of Environmental Science
People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems
Global Warming: Science and Impacts
Environmental Economics
Climate Change Governance
Wetlands Ecology
Renewable Energy Systems
Special Topics in the Environment: Biological Aspects of Envir St (Food Systems, Sustainability, and Climate Change)
Special Topics in the Environment: Biological Aspects of Envir St (Conserving Biodiversity)
Special Topics: Environmental Perspectives in the Physical Sciences (Sustainability Science)
Special Topics: Social Perspectives in Environmental Studies (People,Environment)
Government and Natural Resources
Introduction to Environmental Health
Air Pollution and Human Health
Natural Resources Policy
Assessment of Environmental Impact
Green Politics: Global Experience, American Prospects
Energy Economics
Principles of Wildlife Ecology
Special Topics
Principles of Silviculture
Folklore Theory
French Literary and Interdisciplinary Studies
Professional Communication and Culture in the Francophone World
Contemporary Issues in Business, Government and NGOs
Modern French and Francophone Literature
Visual Culture in French/Francophone Studies
Modernity Studies
Francophone Modernity Studies
French/Francophone Cultural Studies Across the Centuries
French/Francophone Film
Aspects of Contemporary French Literature
Women in Literature
Special Topics in Gender, Women and the Humanities (Queer Film)
Special Topics in Gender, Women and the Humanities (Virginia Woolf)
Special Topics in Gender, Women and Society (Women and Change in Africa)
Women in Cross-Societal Perspective
The Female Body in the World: Gender and Contemporary Body Politics in Cross Cultural Perspective
International Development and Gender
Introduction to Human Geography
Introduction to the Earth System
Physical Systems of the Environment
Global Environmental Issues
Revolutions and Social Change
Introduction to the City
The Global Game: Soccer, Politics, and Identity
Universal Basic Income: The Politics Behind a Global Movement
Introduction to Geopolitics
Climatic Environments of the Past
Environmental Biogeography
Environmental Conservation
World Regions in Global Context
Europe
Africa, South of the Sahara
Human Geography of Southeast Asia
People, Wildlife and Landscapes
American Environmental History
Topics in Geography
Historical Geography of European Urbanization
Economic Geography
Environmental Governance: Markets, States and Nature
Culture and Environment
The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence, and Development
Development and Environment in Southeast Asia
Survey of Oceanography
Environmental Geology
Energy Resources
Topics in Dutch Life and Culture (Dutch Tolerance)
Topics in Dutch Life and Culture (Low Lands or High Water)
Topics in German Culture (Kafka and Kafkaesque)
Topics in German Culture (Culture in 20th Century)
Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
Topics in Dutch Literature (Bezetting, Holocaust)
Topics in Dutch Literature (lit:reizen,migratie)
Topics in German Literature (Musik)
Topics in German Literature (Migration in deutscher)
Topics in German Culture (Deutschsprachige Lieder)
Topics in German Culture (Oesterreich)
Topics in German Culture (Deutscher Film)
Topics in German Culture (Theater auf Deutsch)
Topics in German Culture (Green Germany)
Topics in German Culture (China-German Point of View)
Kultur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
Topics in Dutch Culture (Lage landen of hoog water?)
German-Jewish Culture Since the 18th Century
German Film
The Historian's Craft (various)
Explorations in American History (H) (US-Latin Amer Relations)
Explorations in European History (H) (Commodity Culture in Europe)
Explorations in European History (H) (Wars of Religion Since 1914)
Explorations in European History (H) (Cold War in European Culture)
Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Humanities) (South Asians in Diaspora)
Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Humanities) (Pan-Asianism)
Latin America from 1780 to 1940
Modern Latin America
Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines
Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War
The Vietnam Wars
The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century
The Second World War
Women and Gender in Modern Europe
Immigration and Assimilation in American History
History of Russia
History of Soviet Russia
Russian Social and Intellectual History
The History of Punishment
American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present
Revolution and Conflict in Modern Latin America
Making of Modern South Asia
Samurai: History and Image
History of Southeast Asia Since 1800
Multi-Racial Societies in Latin America
Advanced Seminar in History (Global Religious Revivals)
The American Impact Abroad: The Historical Dimension
History of Ecology
Health, Disease and Healing II
International Health and Global Society
World Vegetable Crops
Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts and Humanities (Tocqueville Democracy)
International Business
Intercultural Communication in Business
Contemporary Topics (International Perspectives)
Latin American Economic Development
Lead with Languages: Putting Language Skills to Work
Arabic Literature and Cinema
Washington DC Semester in International Affairs Internship Seminar
Indian Politics in Comparative Perspective
Globalization, Poverty and Development
The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy
Topics in Global Security
Topics in Politics and Policy in the Global Economy
Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization
Contentious Politics
The Politics of Human Rights
The Comparative Study of Genocide
Study Abroad Topics in Global Security
Study Abroad Topics in Politics and Policy in the Global Economy
Study Abroad Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization
Study Abroad Topics in Global Environment
Study Abroad Topics in International Studies
Women's Global Health and Human Rights
Topics in Global Security
Topics in Politics and Policy in the Global Economy
Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization
Topics in International Studies
Washington DC Sem in International Affairs Seminar
Modern Italian Culture
Studies in Italian Literature and Culture II
Special Topics in Italian Literature (Modern Italian Drama)
Special Topics in Italian Literature (From Text to Stage)
Special Topics in Italian Studies: Culture, Film, Language (Culture)
Special Topics in Italian Studies: Culture, Film, Language (Political Fictn/Film in Italy)
Israeli Politics and Society
Israeli Fiction in Translation
Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust
Holocaust: History, Memory and Education
Jewish Literatures in Diaspora
Health Communication in the Information Age
Mass Communication and Political Behavior
International Communication
The Information Society
Information Ethics and Policy
Topics in Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (Labor in the Americas)
Human Rights in Law and Society
Introduction to Cyberlaw
Language and Culture
Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation I
Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation II
Women in Russian Literature in Translation
Chekhov: The Drama of Modern Life
Russia's Greatest Enigma: Nikolai Gogol
Dostoevsky in Translation
Tolstoy in Translation
Tolstoy in Translation
Introduction to Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literature
Soviet Life and Culture Through Literature and Art (from 1917)
Soviet Literature in Translation
Topics in Slavic Literatures in Translation (Representing Holocaust)
Topics in Slavic Literatures in Translation (Russia Jews)
In Translation: Lit of Modern Italy-Existentialism, Fascism, Resistance
German Women Writers in Translation
In Translation: Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature-the 20th Century
Special Topics in German and World Literature/s (Global Migrants and Refugees)
Topics in Twentieth-Century German Literature (in Translation) (German Lit)
Topics in Dutch Literature in Translation (Dutch Lit: Travel Migration)
Vampires
In Translation: Scandinavian Topics in Depth
In Translation: The Art of Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen
Modern Japanese Fiction
Topics in Japanese Literature (Evangelion)
Topics in Japanese Literature (Japanese Ghost Stories)
Topics in Japanese Literature (Writing the Environment)
Modern Serbian and Croatian Literature in Translation
Polish Literature (in Translation) since 1863
Global Marketing Strategy
Topics in History of Medicine (Health, Disease Medicine)
Musical Cultures of the World
Survey of Music in the Twentieth Century
Introduction to Global Health
Environmental Ethics
Political Philosophy
Issues in Social Philosophy
Scientific Background to Global Environmental Problems
Governments and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
Islam and World Politics
Social Movements and Revolutions in Latin America
Politics of East and Southeast Asia
German Politics
Russian Politics
The European Union: Politics and Political Economy
China in World Politics
Terrorism
Analysis of International Relations
International Political Economy
International Institutions and World Order
Principles of International Law
American Foreign Policy
Literature and Politics
Nuclear Weapons and World Politics
Study Abroad Topics in Political Science: International Relations
Topics in Political Science (Middle East Politics)
Selected Topics in Political Science (Global Governance)
Comparative Legal Institutions
Comparative Political Culture
African International Relations
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Politics and Policies in the European Union
Proseminar: Topics in Political Science (Post-Conflict)
The Politics of Development
Politics and Society: Contemporary Eastern Europe
Study Abroad Topics in Political Science: Comparative Politics (Political Economy)
Introduction to Public Health
Brazillian Women Writers
Survey of Portuguese Literature since 1825
Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature
Introduction to Cultural Psychology
Anthropology of Religion
Topics in Religious Studies - Humanities (Indian Traditions Modern Age)
Topics in Religious Studies - Humanities (Belief Unbelief)
Readings in Norwegian Literature
Readings in Swedish Literature
Readings in Danish Literature
Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature: the Twentieth Century
Contemporary Scandinavian Literature
History of Scandinavia Since 1815
The Art of Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen
Topics in Scandinavian Literature (Criminal Utopias)
Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today
Scandinavian Life and Civilization II
Special Topics (Humor and Noir)
Contemporary Scandinavia: Politics and History
Survey of Scandinavian Literature: 1800-1890
Literatures and Cultures of Eastern Europe
Fourth Year Russian I
Fourth Year Russian II
Women in Russian Literature
Chekhov
History of Russian Culture
Contemporary Russian Culture
Soviet Literature
History of Serbo-Croatian Literature
Modern Serbo-Croatian Literature
History of Polish Literature after 1863
Population Problems
Contemporary Chinese Society
Environment, Natural Resources, and Society
Labor in Global Food Systems
Topics in Sociology (Intercultural Dialogues)
Topics in Sociology (The Soviet Jewish Experience)
Environmental Stewardship and Social Justice
Social Movements
Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
Sociology of Organizations
Social Stratification
Sociology of the Family
Race and Ethnic Relations
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Economic Institutions
Population and Society
Earth's Water: Natural Science and Human Use
Soil: Ecosystem and Resource
Soils and Environmental Quality
Race and Culture in the Americas
Survey of Modern Spanish Literature
Survey of Spanish American Literature
Spanish for Business
Spanish Civilization
Spanish American Civilization
Literature of the Twentieth Century
Literatura Hispanoamericana (Latin American Neo-Vanguards)
The Spanish American Short Story
Spanish American Theater and Drama
Spanish American Poetry and Essay
Topics in Hispanic Culture (Documentary Film)
Topics in Hispanic Culture (Minds and Machines)
Topics in Hispanic Culture (Anthropocene:Cult,Econ,Enviro)
Latin American Rock Cultures
Border and Race Studies in Latin America
History of Costume for the Stage
Fundamentals of Asian Stage Discipline
Contemporary World Theatre and Dramatic Literature
The Theatres of China and Japan
Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South
Introductory Ecology
Limnology-Conservation of Aquatic Resources
Laboratory for Limnology-Conservation of Aquatic Resources
Extinction of Species
Ornithology
Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology
Conservation Biology