All courses for the major must be taken for a letter grade of C- or better.

Students are responsible for meeting all departmental pre-requisite courses.

Anthropology

ANTH-101. Foundations of Social Complexity

ANTH-102. Humans are Cultural Animals

ANTH-103. Sociocultural Anthropology

Students may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:

Anthropology: Archaeology (ANAR)

Anthropology: Sociocultural (ANSC)

Chinese Studies

CHIN-182A. Intro to Classical Chinese-Advanced I*

CHIN-185A. Readings in Chinese Culture and Society*

CHIN-185B. Readings in Chinese Culture and Society*

Communication

COMM-104G. Comparative Media Systems: Latin America and the Caribbean

COMM-106G. Cultural Industries: Tourism: Global Industry and Cultural Form

COMM-112G. Interaction and Mediation: Language and Globalization

COMM-114E. Communication and Social Institutions: Gender, Labor, and Culture in the Global Economy

COMM-131. Communication, Dissent, and the Formation of Social Movements

COMM-138. Black Women, Feminism, and Media

COMM-140. Cinema in Latin America

COMM-158. Representations of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

COMM-160. Political Economy and International Communication

COMM-177. Culture, Domination and Resistance

Economics:

ECON-101. International Trade

ECON-102. Globalization

ECON-103. International Monetary Relations

ECON-106: International Economics Agreements

ECON-116. Economic Development

ECON-117. Economic Growth

ECON-125. Demographic Analysis and Forecasting

ECON-129. Cities, Inequality, Innovation*

ECON-130. Public Policy*

ECON-131. Economics of the Environment

ECON-132. Energy Economics

ECON-138. Economics of Discrimination*

ECON-140. Economics of Health Producers*

ECON-144. Economics of Conservation

ECON-145. Economics of Ocean Resources

ECON-161. Global Integration of Latin America

ECON-164. The Indian Economy

ECON-165. Middle East Economics

ECON-168. Economics of Modern Israel*

ECON-181: Building State Capacity: India*

Ethnic Studies:

ETHN-163E. Decolonial Theory*

ETHN-167A: Decolonial Muslim Feminisms

Global Health:

GLBH-101. Aging: Culture and Health in Late Life Human Development*

GLBH-102. Global Health Epidemiology*

GLBH-103. Global Health Disparities*

GLBH-105. Global Health and Inequality

GLBH-106. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Global Health*

GLBH-107. Refugee Health*

GLBH-111. Health Frontiers in Tijuana*

GLBH-113. Women’s Health in Global Perspective

GLBH-114. Latin American Health & Healing*

GLBH-147. Global Health and the Environment

GLBH-148. Global Health and Cultural Diversity 

GLBH-150. Culture and Mental Health

GLBH-181. Essentials of Global Health*

History:

Any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:

History of Africa (HIAF)

History of Europe (HIEU)

History of East Asia (HIEA)

History of the Near East (HINE)

History of Latin America (HILA)

HISA (History of South Asia) course series: HISA 100 - 199

History of Science (HISC)

History Topics (HITO), except HITO 194–199

HIGL-114. History of Modern Vietnam*

HIGL-127. Sport in the Modern World*

Latin American Studies

LATI-140. Decolonial Thought and Practice in Latin America*

LATI-150. Digital Oral History*

LATI-170. Social Science Research in Latin America*

LATI-180. Special Topics in Latin American Studies

Linguistics:

LIGN-105. Law and Language

LIGN-108. Languages of Africa

LIGN-143. Structure of Spanish

LIGN-150. Historical Linguistics

LIGN-152. Indigenous Languages of the Americas

LIGN-155. Evolution of Language

LIGN-174. Gender and Language in Society

LIGN-175. Sociolinguistics

LIGN-176. Language of Politics and Advertising

LIGN-177. Multilingualism

LIGN-178. Spanish Sociolinguistics

Literature:

Literatures in English (LTEN)

LTEN-142. British Novel: 1830-1890*

LTEN-144. British Novel: 1890-present*

LTEN-189. Twentieth-Century Postcolonial Literatures

Literatures of the World (LTWL)

LTWL-140. Novel and History in the Third World

LTWL-150. Modernity and Literature

LTWL-157. Iranian Film

LTWL-160. Women and Literature* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

LTWL-184: Film Studies and Literature: Close Analysis of Filmic Text: Bollywood ***

Literatures of the Americas (LTAM)

LTAM-110. Latin American Literature in Translation

LTAM-111. Comparative Caribbean Discourse

LTAM-130. Reading North by South

Literature/Cultural Studies (LTCS)

LTCS-130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Culture* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

LTCS-131. Topics in Queer Cultures/Queer Subcultures* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

LTCS-133. Globalization and Culture

LTCS-134. Culture and Revolution

LTCS-141. Special Topics in Race and Empire

LTCS-165. Spec Topics: Politics of Food* (Rotating topic – by Petition)

Students may also choose any four-unit, upper-division, non-language course from the following categories:

African Literatures (LTAF)

Literatures in Chinese (LTCH)

East Asian Literatures (LTEA)

European and Eurasian Literature (LTEU)

Literatures in French (LTFR)

Greek Literature (LTGK)

Literatures in German (LTGM)

Literatures in Italian (LTIT)

Korean Literature (LTKO)

Latin Literature (LTLA)

Russian Literature (LTRU) with exception of LTRU-104 A, B, C

Literatures in Spanish (LTSP) with exception of LTSP-151, 154, 160, 162, 166

Music:

MUS-111. Topics/World Music Traditions (ONLY when not on the US)  *student must submit petition and syllabus to ISP Advisors

Philosophy:

PHIL-100. Plato

PHIL-101. Aristotle

PHIL-102. Hellenistic Philosophy

PHIL-107. Hegel

PHIL-110. History of Philosophy: Ancient (Plato, Aristotle)

PHIL-111. History of Philosophy: Early Modern (Descartes, Locke, Hume)

PHIL-112. History of Philosophy: Late Modern (Kant, Hegel)

PHIL-120. Symbolic Logic I

PHIL-122.  Advanced Topics in Logic

PHIL-123.  Philosophy of Logic

PHIL-132. Epistemology*

PHIL -134. Philosophy of Language

PHIL-136. Philosophy of Mind*

PHIL-137. Moral Psychology*

PHIL-138. Responsibility*

PHIL-139. Global Justice

PHIL-148. Philosophy and the Environment

PHIL-155. Mexican Philosophy - DEI Course!

PHIL-156. Latinx Philosophy (Formerly Topics in Asian Philosophy) - DEI Course!

PHIL-158. Topics in Chinese Philosophy*

PHIL-160.  Ethical Theory

PHIL-161. Topics in the History of Ethics (Confucius, Aristotle, Mill)

PHIL-162. Contemporary Moral Issues

PHIL-163.  Biomedical Ethics

PHIL-164.  Technology and Human Values

PHIL-165.  Freedom, Equality, and the Law - DEI Course!

PHIL-166. Classics in Political Philosophy (Plato, Marx, Arendt)

PHIL-167. Contemporary Political Philosophy

PHIL-169. Feminism and Philosophy*

PHIL-170. Philosophy and Race - DEI Course!

PHIL-173.  Topics in Bioethics

PHIL-180. Phenomenology (Brentano, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty)

Political Science:

POLI-113BR. Chinese and Japanese Political Thought I*

POLI-114BR. Marxist Political Thought*

POLI-133: Democracy, Development, and Conflict in South Asia

Comparative Politics:

POLI-120 – POLI-138D*

International Relations

POLI-140A – POLI-154ª

*POLI-120A and POLI-136 will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022.
ªPOLI-142K will not be accepted prior to Fall 2022. 

Sociology:

SOCI-106M. Holocaust Diaries

SOCI-121. Economy and Society

SOCI-123. Japanese Culture Inside/Out: A Transnational Perspective

SOCI-125. Sociology of Immigration

SOCI-133. Immigration in Comparative Perspective

SOCI-134. The Making of Modern Medicine

SOCI-136E. Sociology of Mental Illness: A Historical Approach

SOCI-136F. Sociology of Mental Illness in Contemporary Society

SOCI-148. Political Sociology

SOCI-152. Social Inequality and Public Policy

SOCI-156. Sociology of Religion

SOCI-157. Religion in Contemporary Society

SOCI-158. Islam in the Modern World

SOCI-163. Migration and the Law

SOCI-169. Citizenship, Community, and Culture

SOCI-175. Nationality and Citizenship

SOCI-176. Transnational Japan Research

SOCI-177. International Terrorism

SOCI-178. The Holocaust

SOCI-179. Social Change

SOCI-180. Social Movements and Social Protest

SOCI-181. Modern Western Society

SOCI-182. Ethnicity and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

SOCI-185. Globalization and Social Development

SOCI-187. African Societies through Films

SOCI-188D. Latin America: Society and Politics

SOCI-188E. Community and Social Change in Africa

SOCI-188F. Modern Jewish Societies and Israeli Society

SOCI-188G. Chinese Society

SOCI-188I. The Israeli-Palestinan Conflict

SOCI-188J. Change in Modern South Africa

SOCI-188M. Social Movements in Latin America

SOCI-188O. Settlements and Peacemaking in Israel

SOCI-189. Special Topics in Comparative-Historical Sociology (must be preapproved by program adviser)

Urban Studies and Planning:

USP-171. Sustainable Development*

USP-173. History of Urban Planning and Design

USP-176. International Planning and Development: U.S.-Mexico Border*

USP-189. Special Topics: High-Tech Innovation and the Society: Learning from the Israeli Case

Visual Arts:

VIS-102. Democratizing the City

VIS-103A. Contemporary Arts in South Korea

VIS-103B. Architecture and Urbanism of Korea

VIS-103C. Silk Roads: A Critical Study*

VIS-105D. Art Forms and of Chinese Calligraphy

VIS-105E. Chinese Calligraphy as Installation*

VIS-117I. Western and Non-Western Rituals and Ceremonies

VIS-120A. Greek Art

VIS-120B. Roman Art

VIS-121AN. Art Experience in Middle Ages*

VIS-121B. Church and Mosque: Medieval Art and Architecture between Christianity and Islam

VIS-121C. Art & Bible in Middle Ages*

VIS-121H. Medieval Multiculturalism

VIS-122AN. Renaissance Art

VIS-122B. Baroque*

VIS-122CN. Leonardo da Vinci in Context

VIS-122D. Michelangelo

VIS-123AN. Between Spirit and Flesh

VIS-124D. Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century

VIS-124E. The Production of Nature*

VIS-125E. Faces and Powers*

VIS-126AN. Pre-Columbian Art of the Ancient Mexico and Central America

VIS-126BN. Art and Civilization of the Ancient Maya

VIS-126C. Problems in Meso-American Art History

VIS-126D. Problems in Ancient Maya Iconography and Inscriptions

VIS-126J. African and Afro-American Art

VIS-126K. Oceanic Art

VIS-126P. Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern 1890–1950

VIS-126Q. Latin American Art: Modern to Postmodern 1950–Present

VIS-127B. Arts of China

VIS-127C. Arts of Modern China

VIS-127D. Early Chinese Painting

VIS-127E. Later Chinese Painting

VIS-127F. Japanese Buddhist Art

VIS-127N. Twentieth-Century Art in China and Japan

VIS-127P. Arts of Japan

VIS-127Q. Japanese Painting and Prints

VIS-128D. Topics in Art History of the Americas

VIS-128E. Topics in Art History of Asia

VIS-129D. Seminar in Art History of the Americas*

VIS-152. Film in the Social Context (when International in content)

VIS-156. Latino American Cinema