Approved Majors, Minors, and Courses

Approved Global and Foreign Language Majors and Minors

Offered as a Major or both Major and Minor:

African American Studies
Anthropology
Applied Linguistics
Art History
Chinese Studies
French
Media Studies
Mexican American and Latino/a Studies
Religious Studies
Spanish
Supply Chain and Logistics Technology
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
World Cultures and Literatures

Offered as a Minor or Specialization Only:

American Cultures
Arab Studies
Asian American Studies
Classical Studies
Creative Work
Energy and Sustainability
Film Studies
Finance-Global Energy Management Program (Specialization)
Food and Society
French for the Business-Related Professions
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Studies
German
German Area Studies
Global Engagement & Research
Global & Intercultural Communication
Greek
Hispanic Journalism & Media
India Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Medicine and Society
Mexican American Studies
National Security Studies
Phronesis Politics and Ethics
Spanish for the Global Professions
U.S. Ethnic Studies
World Cities

Approved Global Courses

Students may only receive a maximum of two points for global coursework (one point per global course for up to two global courses). The courses listed below have been approved as global courses and are organized by College and Course Prefix. If you believe you have taken an upper-division course that has at least 25% global or multicultural content but it is not on the list, you may submit a syllabus to be reviewed.

Check here to see if any global course below is a CORE course according to the most updated UH undergraduate catalog: www.uh.edu/academics/corecurriculum

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Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Architecture:

ARCH 3311 - Topics in Design History: Cold War Visual Culture
ARCH 3329 - Architecture of the Three Faiths of Abraham: Synagogues, Churches, and Mosques
ARCH 3341 - Contemporary Japanese Architecture
ARCH 3343 - Latin American Architecture
ARCH 3353 - Architecture of Middle Ages
ARCH 3356 - City as Palimpsest: Paris
ARCH 3358 - History of Asian Arch and Art
ARCH 3374 - World Cities
ARCH 3397 - The Design of Cities: Social Aspects
ARCH 3397- Synagogues, Churches, and Mosques
ARCH 4373 - Urban Environments
ARCH 4376 - Community Design Workshop

Interior Architecture:

INAR 3300: History of Interior Architecture

Katherine G McGovern College of the Arts

Art:

ART 4381 – Pursuing Utopia

Art History:

ARTH 3311 – Greek Art
ARTH 3312 – Pre-Columbian Art
ARTH 3313 – Roman Art
ARTH 3314 – Latin American Art
ARTH 3315- History of Prints in the West
ARTH 3317 – Ancient Near Eastern Art
ARTH 3318 – Art and Architecture of India
ARTH 3325- 18 ^th Century European Art
ARTH 3326- European Romanticism
ARTH 3327- Visual Culture of French Rev
ARTH 3328- Late 19 ^th Century Art & Culture
ARTH 3333- Issues in Contemporary Design
ARTH 3378- Global History of Photography
ARTH 3379- History 20 ^th & 21 ^st Century Photo
ARTH 3380- 17 ^th Century Dutch Art
ARTH 3382- Northern Renaissance
ARTH 3389- Italian Gothic Art and Patronage
ARTH 4310 – The Human Body in Non-Western Art
ARTH 4311- Medieval Arts, Artist, Patrons
ARTH 4314- Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
ARTH 4315- Reading Medieval Art
ARTH 4380- Museums & Problem of Display
ARTH 4381- Seminar on Rembrandt

Dance:

DAN 3310- Dance History I

Music:

MUSI 3300 - Listening to Music Masterworks
MUSI 3301 - Listening to World Music
MUSI 3303 - Popular Music of the Americas Since 1840
MUSI 3363 - History of Music II
MUSI 3364 - History of Music III
MUSI 4357- Music in the 17 ^th Century
MUSI 4358 - Music of Bach and Handel
MUSI 4360 - Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
MUSI 4361 - Music of the Romantic Period I
MUSI 4363 - Music-Romantic Period II
MUSI 4364 - Music in the 20 ^th Century I
MUSI 4378 - History of Jazz I
MUSI 4379 - History of Jazz II
MUSI 4397 - Art Music in Latin America and the Caribbean
MUSI 4397 - Selected Topics in Music: Franz Schubert
MUSI 4397 - Selected Topics in Music: Igor Stravinsky
MUSI 4397 - Selected Topics in Music: Women Composers and Women Critics

Theatre:

THEA 3335 – History of the Theatre I (Antiquity to Early Modern Era)
THEA 3336 – History of the Theatre II (18th century to the Present)
THEA 3369- Acting Shakespeare I
THEA 3370- Acting Shakespeare II

C.T. Bauer College of Business

Finance:

FINA 4355 - International Risk Management
FINA 4360 - International Finance Management
FINA 4370 - Energy Trading
FINA 4371 - Energy Value Chain
FINA 4373 - Petrochem & Refining Economics
FINA 4397 - Selected Topics in Finance: The Energy Transition

International Business:

INTB 3355 – Global Environment of Business
INTB 3361- Global Engagement and Research
INTB 4397- Selected Topics in INB

Management:

MANA 4348 - Global Leadership
MANA 4350 - International Management
MANA 4356 - Managing Diversity
MANA 4397 - Selected Topics in Management: International Human Resource Management
MANA 4397 - Selected Topics in Management: Global Sports Business

Marketing:

MARK 4363 - International Marketing

Supply Chain Management:

SCM 4301 - Logistics Management
SCM 4350 - Strategic Supply Management
SCM 4390 - Supply Chain Strategy

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

African American Studies:

AAS 3301- Hip Hop History and Culture
AAS 3307- Africana Spirit Transformation in the Social Sciences
AAS 3310- African-American Experience Through Theatre
AAS 3330- African American Oral History
AAS 3340- African American Sociolinguistics
AAS 3348- African Americans and the Law
AAS 3349- African Americans, Politics, and Legal Studies
AAS 3350- Slavery and Race Relations
AAS 3354- AF Nationalist Thought Ethics/US
AAS 3356- Africana Thought & Philosophy
AAS 3379- Africana Oratory
AAS 4300- African Philosophy
AAS 4330- The Black Church in America
AAS 4370- Seminar in African American Studies
AAS 4373- Black Leaders of 20th Century
AAS 4440- Model African Union Seminar

Anthropology:

ANTH 3304 – Demographic Anthropology
ANTH 3305- Psych Anthropology
ANTH 3306- Sex & Culture
ANTH 3312- Mexican-American Culture
ANTH 3313- Brown Girls, Brown Stories: Black Female Protagonists in Novels & Films
ANTH 3316 – Society and Culture of India
ANTH 3320 - Ritual & Performance
ANTH 3324 – Peoples and Culture of Latin America
ANTH 3335 – Black Atlantic Religions
ANTH 3336 – Caribbean Societies and Cultures
ANTH 3338 – Peoples of Africa
ANTH 3341 – Cultural Ecology
ANTH 3342 – Food and Culture
ANTH 3347 – Anthropology of Women
ANTH 3348 – Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 3350 – Women, Health and Culture
ANTH 3351- Politics of Healthcare and the Latino Community
ANTH 3363 – Race and Anthropology
ANTH 3364 – Disease in Antiquity
ANTH 3365 - Principles and Practices of Global Engagement
ANTH 3375 – North American Archaeology
ANTH 3377 – Archaeology of Central America
ANTH 3378- Archaeology of Historic North America
ANTH 3381 – Global Hinduism
ANTH 4301 – Language and Cultural Cognition
ANTH 4310 - Theories of Culture
ANTH 4337 – Anthropology of the Life Cycle
ANTH 4340 – Anthropology Through Literature
ANTH 4342 – Anthropology of Wine
ANTH 4354 - Social Theory from the Global South
ANTH 4360- Citizenship & Political Culture
ANTH 4361 - Migration, Borders, Citizenship
ANTH 4363 - Race, Racialization, and the Politics of Culture
ANTH 4372 – Maya Archaeology
ANTH 4373 – Aztec Archaeology
ANTH 4377 – Archaeology of the African Diaspora
ANTH 4384 – Anthropology of HIV

Arab Studies:

ARAB 3305 – Introduction to Arabic Culture, Language, and Islam
ARAB 3306 – Introduction to Arabic Culture, Language, and Islam
ARAB 3312 – Introduction to Arabic Literature in Translation
ARAB 3313 – Qur'an as Literature
ARAB 3314 – Women and Gender in Arabic Literature
ARAB 3340 – Modernity and Rationalism in Islamic Tradition
ARAB 3377 - Energy, Society, and the Middle East

Chinese Studies:

CHNS 3305- Survey of Chinese Literature
CHNS 3342 - Tales of East Asian Cities
CHNS 3343 - Chinese Popular Culture
CHNS 3344 - Modern and Contemporary Global Chinese Literature
CHNS 3346 - Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Contemporary China
CHNS 3350 – Chinese Culture Through Films
CHNS 3352 – Chinese Culture and Society Through Modern Literature
CHNS 3354 – Chinese Culture and Language
CHNS 3359 – Chinese Culture Through History
CHNS 3360 – A Look Into Modern China
CHNS 3396 – Selected Topics
CHNS 4396 – Selected Topics

Classical Studies:

CLAS 3307 – Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes
CLAS 3308 – Myths and Cult of the Greek Gods
CLAS 3341- The Roman Republic
CLAS 3345 – Myth and Performance in Greek Tragedy
CLAS 3350 – Law & Society in Roman Empire
CLAS 3371- Ancient Comedy & Its Influence
CLAS 3373- Ancient Satire & Its Influence
CLAS 3366 – The Trojan War
CLAS 3374 – Women in the Ancient World
CLAS 3375 – Roman, Jew, and Christian: The Politics and Sociology of Religion in the First Century A.D.
CLAS 3380- Epic Masculinity
CLAS 3381- From Homer to Hollywood
CLAS 3397- Selected Topics Greek & Roman Civilizations
CLAS 4305 – Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History
CLAS 4350- Age of Augustus
CLAS 4353 – Classics and Modernity: The Uses of Antiquity in Modern and Postmodern Contexts
CLAS 4370 – Comparative Epic
CLAS 4374 – Sex and Gender in Antiquity
CLAS 4375- Gender and Race in Greek Myths
CLAS 4380- Greek Classics in Translation
CLAS 4381 – Latin Classics in Translation

Communication:

COMM 3304- Multicultural Health Communication
COMM 3312- Future of Global Journalism
COMM 3322 - Latino Journalism
COMM 3370 – History of Cinema
COMM 3372 – Gender and Media
COMM 3375 - International Communication
COMM 4302 - Latinx Media Studies
COMM 4314 – Social Issues in Journalism
COMM 4357 - Intercultural Communication and Organizations
COMM 4370 – Social Aspects of Film
COMM 4372 – Media, Power, and Society
COMM 4373 - Intercultural Public Relations
COMM 4375 – Propaganda and Mass Communication
COMM 4378 – Social Impact of Information Technology
COMM 4386 - Reporting on Immigration, Hispanics, and Data
COMM 4388 - Media, Hispanics, and Development
COMM 4389 - Media for Social Justice: Digital Media & Activism in Latin America & Houston

Communication Disorders:

COMD 3301 - History and Culture of the American Deaf Community
COMD 3321 - Multicultural Considerations in Communication Disorders

Comparative Cultural Studies:

CCS 3350 – Brazilian Cultures and Their Histories
CCS 3351 – African Religious Practices in the Americas
CCS 3393 – Comparative Indigenous Cultures
CCS 4398 - Independent Study in Comparative Cultural Studies

Economics:

ECON 3340 – Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 3341 – Russian and Chinese Transformation
ECON 3342 - Global Issues in Economic Development
ECON 3344 – History of Economic Doctrines
ECON 3347- Capital Market Economics
ECON 3348 - Food, Population, Agriculture, and the Environment
ECON 3351 – Economics of Development
ECON 3355 – Economic Development of Asia
ECON 3361 - Economics of Globalization
ECON 3363 – Environmental Economics
ECON 3385 – Economics of Energy
ECON 4335- Economic Growth Theory
ECON 4368- International Monetary Eco
ECON 4370- International Trade
ECON 4372- Economics of Education
ECON 4378- Chinese Economy

English:

ENGL 3300 – Ancient and Classical Literature
ENGL 3302 – Medieval Literature
ENGL 3304 - Chaucer
ENGL 3305 – English Renaissance
ENGL 3306 – Shakespeare: The Major Works
ENGL 3309 – Renaissance Drama
ENGL 3311- John Milton
ENGL 3312 – Literature of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 3313 – Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
ENGL 3315 – The Romantic Movement
ENGL 3316 – Literature of the Victorian Age
ENGL 3317 – The British Novel Before 1832
ENGL 3318 – The British Novel Since 1832
ENGL 3321 – Modern British Literature
ENGL 3322 – Contemporary Novel
ENGL 3324 – The Development of the Novel
ENGL 3327- Masterpieces of British Literature to the Eighteenth Century
ENGL 3328 – Masterpieces of British Literature from the Eighteenth Century
ENGL 3345- Nobel Prize Winners in Lit
ENGL 3349 - Native American Literature
ENGL 3358 – Hong Kong Cinema
ENGL 3360 – Survey of African American Literature
ENGL 3361- Mexican American Literature
ENGL 3363- Masterpieces of African American Fiction
ENGL 3364 – African American Poetry and Drama
ENGL 3365 – Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 3366- Jewish American Literature
ENGL 3367- Gay and Lesbian Literature
ENGL 3368 – Caribbean Novels
ENGL 3369 – Caribbean Literatures
ENGL 3370- Modern Irish Literature
ENGL 3371- Contemporary Irish Literature
ENGL 3379- African Literature
ENGL 3380- Modern Indian Literature
ENGL 4303- Teaching English as a Second Language
ENGL 4330- European Renaissance
ENGL 4332- Modern and Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 4340 - Feminist Criticism and Theory
ENGL 4341- Queer Theory
ENGL 4360- Bible as Literature
ENGL 4364- Minorities in Lit
ENGL 4366 – Introduction to Folklore
ENGL 4367 – Documenting Community Culture
ENGL 4370 – Folktale
ENGL 4373- Film, Text, and Politics
ENGL 4374 – Film, Text, and Politics
ENGL 4380- Greek Classics in Translation
ENGL 4381 – Latin Classics in Translation
ENGL 4394 – Topics in the Historical Novel

French:

FREN 3316- Survey of French Culture and Civilization
FREN 3317 - Business French
FREN 3318 – History of French Cinema
FREN 3319- History of the French Cinema
FREN 3321 – Cinema of French-Speaking Africa
FREN 3322- Francophone African Cinema
FREN 3335 – French Popular Music
FREN 3341- Women in French Cinema
FREN 3352- Youth in Francophone Film
FREN 3362- Paris and Berlin Since 1800
FREN 3364 – Writing Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide
FREN 4301- Survey French Lit to 1800
FREN 4326-19 ^th Century French Lit
FREN 4329- 20 ^th Century French Novel
FREN 4332- Jung and French Literature
FREN 4334- Writing Across the Disciplines
FREN 4342- French Women Writers

Geography:

GEOG 3322 - Geography of Eurasia
GEOG 3327 – Political Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth

German Area Studies:

GERM 3350 – Understanding the 20th Century through German Culture
GERM 3362 – Paris and Berlin since 1800
GERM 3363 – Themes in German Drama
GERM 3364 - Writing Holocausts
GERM 3369- World War I in Literature
GERM 3380- German Women Film Directors
GERM 3381 – History of German Cinema
GERM 3384 – Fascism and German Cinema
GERM 3385 – East German Cinema
GERM 3386- Films of Fassbinder
GERM 3387- Films of Herzog
GERM 3388- Films of Wenders
GERM 3395 – Topics in German Cinema
GERM 4357 - German Literature 1890-1945
GERM 4359 – Germany since Reunification

Greek:

GREK 3301- Classical Greek Literature
GREK 3302- Advanced Readings in Classical Greek Literature II

Hispanic Studies:

HISP 2373 – Spanish Culture and Civilization

History:

HIST 3306- Race and Modern Africa
HIST 3307- Houston: Migration and Immigration
HIST 3310- Religions of Am to 1865
HIST 3311- Religions of Am Since 1865
HIST 3312- Diplomatic History US to 1898
HIST 3313- US Diplomatic History from 1898
HIST 3317 – Making of Ethnic America
HIST 3319 – Plagues and Pestilence: Epidemics in World History
HIST 3322- The Vietnam War
HIST 3330- African American History to 1865
HIST 3331- African American History Since 1865
HIST 3332- Chicano History to 1910
HIST 3333- Chicano History Since 1910
HIST 3334- Chicana History
HIST 3335 – Barbarians and the Birth of Europe to 1050 A.D.
HIST 3336 – Europe in the Age of Chivalry: The High Middle Ages 1050-1350
HIST 3337- Tex-Mex Music in 20 ^th Century
HIST 3339 – Ancient Greece
HIST 3340 – Ancient Rome
HIST 3341- Latino Struggles for Ed Equality
HIST 3342- Texas-Mexican History
HIST 3347 – Comparative European Revolutions - English, French, and Russian
HIST 3348- The Ancient World through Film
HIST 3349- War, Globalization, and Terror
HIST 3350- Russia at War
HIST 3351- Work & Family Life in Modern Europe
HIST 3352- Mod France Since 1870
HIST 3353- England to 1689
HIST 3354- English Since 1689
HIST 3355 – British Empire Since 1500
HIST 3356- France & Europe 1750-1815
HIST 3357- Germany 1815-1918
HIST 3358- Germany Since 1918
HIST 3359- Comparative WWII Home Fronts
HIST 3362 – Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
HIST 3363 – Pirates and Smugglers in the Modern World
HIST 3364- History of Energy in Russia
HIST 3365- Russian Revolution in Film and Fiction
HIST 3366- Europe since 1900
HIST 3367- Japan Since 1600
HIST 3368 – World Environmental History to 1800
HIST 3369- Colonial Mexico
HIST 3370 – Twentieth Century Revolutions in Latin America
HIST 3371- The US and Latin America
HIST 3372- The Americas 1492-1776
HIST 3373- Americans in Mexico Since 1865
HIST 3374- History of Brazil
HIST 3375- CIA in the 3 ^rd World
HIST 3376 – Caribbean History
HIST 3377- Middle East Since 1300
HIST 3378- The Modern Middle East
HIST 3379 – World Civilizations to 1500
HIST 3380 – World Civilization Since 1500
HIST 3381 – African Civilization to 1750
HIST 3382 – African Civilization Since 1750
HIST 3383 – World Revolutions
HIST 3384- Palestine and the Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
HIST 3385- China Since 1600
HIST 3386- China: Early Civilization to 1600
HIST 3387- Freud & Psychoanalysis
HIST 3389 – China Since 1600
HIST 3390 – Middle East: Pictures & Words
HIST 3391 – Africans, Islam, and the Indian Ocean World
HIST 3392 – Central Africans and the Atlantic Diaspora
HIST 3394- Selected Topics- US History
HIST 3395 – Russian Empire and Revolutions
HIST 3396- Selected Top- Latin American History
HIST 3397 – Selected Topics in African History
HIST 4315- Slavery and American Society
HIST 4316- History of Racism in Film
HIST 4317- Health and Healing in Africa
HIST 4318 – Africa and the Oil Industry
HIST 4321- The History of Jewish Food
HIST 4323 – Witchcraft in the Old & New World
HIST 4327 – Europe 1930-1945
HIST 4328 – The Vikings
HIST 4329 – The Viking and Norman Worlds
HIST 4330 – Flowering of the Middle Ages
HIST 4331 – The Normans
HIST 4332 – The Crusades
HIST 4333 – Europe in the Renaissance
HIST 4334 – The Reformation in Europe
HIST 4335 – Greek and Roman Historians
HIST 4336- History of Histories
HIST 4338- Enlightenment Stories
HIST 4339- Modern European Intellectual History
HIST 4341- Europe 1919-1933
HIST 4343- Russian Revolutions and Stalinism
HIST 4346- Tudor England 1485-1603
HIST 4347- Stuart England 1603-1714
HIST 4348- Social History of Early Modern England
HIST 4349- British Empire Capstone
HIST 4350- Alexander the Great
HIST 4360- Seminar on Globalization
HIST 4361 – 20 ^th Century Genocides
HIST 4364- Consumer Culture Latin America
HIST 4365- Women in Latin America
HIST 4366 – Latin American History through the Novel
HIST 4367- U.S. Latina/o Food History
HIST 4368 – Food, Drink, and Drugs of Latin America
HIST 4369- Modern Mexico 1810 to Present
HIST 4370- The U.S. and Mexico
HIST 4371- Latin American History Through Film
HIST 4372- African Experience in Latin America & Caribbean
HIST 4373- History of the US-Mexico Borderlands
HIST 4375- The Atlantic World since 1450: Slaves and Capitalists, Rebels and Zombies
HIST 4376- Revolutionary Cuba
HIST 4377- Blacks in Latin America & Caribbean in the 20c
HIST 4381- Arab Revolutions II 1948- Present
HIST 4382- History of Medieval/Early Modern Muslim Empires
HIST 4384- East Asian Women in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
HIST 4386- Africa 1945 to Present
HIST 4387- Southern Africa to 1870
HIST 4388- Southern Africa 1870 On
HIST 4389- From Blues Era to Hip Hop World: Black Life in the 20th Century
HIST 4392- Selected Topics in Asian History
HIST 4393- Selected Topics: Middle East
HIST 4395- Selected Tops- European History
HIST 4396 – Selected Topics in Latin American History
HIST 4397- Selected Tops- African History

India Studies:

INDI 3355- Yoga and Philosophy
INDI 3356- Comparative Modernisms: The Global South
INDI 3372- Indian Film: Bollywood & Beyond
INDI 3378- Debating India and the World
INDI 3379- Media & Post-Millennial Writings in India
INDI 3397- Selected Topics in India Studies

International and Global Studies:

IGS 3396 - Selected Topics in Global Studies
IGS 4350- Global Business Culture: India and the U.S.

Italian Studies:

ITAL 3301- Readings Italian Lit to 18 ^th Century
ITAL 3302- Readings Italian Lit Since 18 ^th Century
ITAL 3304 – Culture of Italy
ITAL 3305 – Italian Culture through Films
ITAL 3306 – Italian Cinema
ITAL 3307- Italian Renaissance
ITAL 3308 – Italian Heritage
ITAL 3309- Women Writers & Filmmakers
ITAL 3335 – Survey of Italian Literature
ITAL 3336 – Survey of Italian Literation in Translation
ITAL 3345- Theatre in Italy
ITAL 3346- Theatre in Italy
ITAL 3397- Women Writers and Filmmakers of Modern and Postmodern Italy
ITAL 3396- Selected Top- Italian Language, Culture & Literature
ITAL 4304- Italian Culture in Translation
ITAL 4307- Italian Renaissance
ITAL 4308- Dante and His World

Jewish Studies:

JWST 3371 - Women in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
JWST 3373 - Jews in the Ancient World
JWST 3374 - Jewish Film
JWST 3380 - American Jewish Culture
JWST 3384 - Jewish Women Biography
JWST 3385 - History of the Jewish People
JWST 4380- Jewish Expulsion and Aftermath, After 1492

Latin American Studies:

LAST 3300 – Latin America: Hemispheric and Global Perspectives
LAST 3396- Selected Tops- Latin American Study
LAST 4396- Selected Tops- Latin American Study

Mexican American Studies:

MAS 3340- Mexican American Urban Communities
MAS 3341 – Mexican American Experience Through Film
MAS 3342- Mexican Immigration to the U.S.
MAS 3343—Latino Psychology
MAS 3345- Latino Leadership, Activism & Organizing
MAS 3348- Pre-Columbian Life and Religion in Mexico
MAS 3395- Selected Topics Mexican American Study

Nutrition:

NUTR 4353- Cultural Competency for Nutrition Professionals

Philosophy:

PHIL 3304- History of 17 ^th Century Philosophy
PHIL 3358- Classics in History of Ethics
PHIL 3371 – Depiction, Narration, and Critical Theory
PHIL 3377- Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 3382- Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 3383- History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 3386- 19 ^th Century Philosophy

Political Science:

POLS 3309 - Democratization
POLS 3311 – Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS 3313 – Introduction to International Relations
POLS 3315- International Organization
POLS 3320 – Government and Politics in Great Britain
POLS 3321 – Politics of Mexico
POLS 3322 – Introduction to Latin American Politics
POLS 3323- Government and Politics of India
POLS 3324 – Government and Politics in Contemporary Germany
POLS 3325 – Government and Politics of Russia and the Commonwealth
POLS 3326 – Government and Politics in the Middle East
POLS 3328 – Politics of the Developing Areas
POLS 3329 – The Nations of Europe
POLS 3330 – International Political Economy
POLS 3331 – American Foreign Policy
POLS 3335 – Political Terrorism
POLS 3336 - Globalization
POLS 3340 – Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
POLS 3341 – Foundations of Modern Politics
POLS 3343 – Democratic Theory
POLS 3344 – International Law and the Law of War
POLS 3352 - Immigration: Politics and Policy in the U.S.
POLS 3382- Politics and Religion in South Asia
POLS 3389 – European Union Politics
POLS 4328- Party Politics Latin America
POLS 4333 – Islam and Democracy
POLS 4344 – Equality, Justice, and Democracy
POLS 4346 – Greek Political Thought
POLS 4347- Religion and Politics
POLS 4348 – Contemporary Islamic Political Thought
POLS 4349- International Energy Politics
POLS 4360- Seminar in Globalization
POLS 4365- National Defense Policy
POLS 4396- Selected Topics- Comparative & International Politics

Psychology:

PSYC 3331 – Psychology of Gender
PSYC 4343 – Perception
PSYC 4344 – Cultural Psychology

Religious Studies:

RELS 3320 – Ritual and Performance
RELS 3321- Catholic Mysticism
RELS 3322 - The Catholic Intel Tradition
RELS 3323 - Continuities: Jewish and Christian Texts and Traditions
RELS 3330 - Christianity
RELS 3333 - Religion and Literature
RELS 3334 - Us and Them: Ethical Decision-Making in Complex Cultures
RELS 3335 - Black Atlantic Religions
RELS 3336 - Caribbean Societies and Cultures
RELS 3355 - Yoga and Philosophy
RELS 3360 - Muslim-Christian Relations
RELS 3366 - Magic and Occult
RELS 3370 - The Bible and Modern Science
RELS 3371 - Women in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
RELS 3373 - Jews in the Ancient World
RELS 3375 - Christianity and Ethics
RELS 3376 - Themes in Comparative Religion
RELS 3377 - Belief and Unbelief: The Search for Meaning
RELS 3380 - Introduction to Asian Religions
RELS 3381 - Global Hinduism
RELS 3382 – Politics and Religion in South Asia
RELS 3396- Comparative Creation Myths: Texts, Criticism, and Big Histories
RELS 4320- Religion and Personality
RELS 4360 – Clash of Civilizations

Russian Studies:

RUSS 3303 – Third-Year Conversation and Composition
RUSS 3304 – Post-Soviet Russia
RUSS 3306 – Third-Year Literacy Readings
RUSS 3307 – Soviet and Post-Soviet Cinema
RUSS 3398 – Special Problems
RUSS 4398 – Independent Study

Sociology:

SOC 3321 - African-American Family
SOC 3324 – Hispanic Identity
SOC 3326 – Immigration in U.S. Society
SOC 3327 – Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States
SOC 3328 – Race and Ethnicity in World Perspective
SOC 3340 – Sociology of Film
SOC 3349 - Sociology of Culture
SOC 3355 – Sociology of India
SOC 3360 – Sociology of Food
SOC 3361 - Sociology of Gender and Food
SOC 3362 - Sociology of Religion of India
SOC 3372 - Mexican American Family
SOC 3375 - Religion and Society
SOC 3380 – Introduction to the Sociology of Health Care
SOC 3385 – Sociology of World Religions
SOC 3390 - Sociology of Gender
SOC 3392 - Sociology of Latino in Houston
SOC 3397 - Global Sociology
SOC 4383 – Senior Seminar in Sociology

Spanish:

SPAN 3311 – Advanced Composition and Creative Writing
SPAN 3331 – Mexican-American Literature
SPAN 3339 – Spanish for the Global Professional
SPAN 3341 – Language of Business and Trade
SPAN 3342 – Cross-Cultural Business Contexts: U.S./Latin America
SPAN 3345 – Hispanic Folklore of the Southwest
SPAN 3350 – Women in Hispanic Literature
SPAN 3373 – Spanish Culture and Civilization
SPAN 3374 – Spanish American Culture and Civilization
SPAN 3375 – United States Hispanic Culture and Civilization
SPAN 3384 – Introduction to Hispanic Literature
SPAN 3386 – Screen Memories: Spanish Culture Through Film
SPAN 4311 - Spanish Literature to 1700
SPAN 4337- Contemporary Spanish-American Lit
SPAN 4339 - Contemporary Spanish American Short Story
SPAN 4343- Health & Society in Hispanic World
SPAN 4366 - History of Spanish Language
SPAN 4367- US Hispanics and Language
SPAN 4368 - Mexican Literature in the Twentieth Century
SPAN 4369 - Contemporary Spanish Literature
SPAN 4372- Literature & Visual Arts in Modern Spain
SPAN 4388 - Image of Women: Spanish American Film/Literature
SPAN 4391 - Latin American and Latino Cultural Studies
SPAN 4396 - Topics Spanish Language & Linguistics
SPAN 4397 - Topics in Hispanic Writing

Vietnamese Studies:

VIET 3300 – The Global Vietnamese Diaspora
VIET 3331 – Introduction to Vietnamese Culture: Modernity and Media of Imagining

World Cultures & Literatures:

WCL 3341- Early Islamic Society
WCL 3342- Tales of East Asian Cities
WCL 3346 – Terrorism: Past and Present
WCL 3351 – Introduction to Latino Cultural Studies
WCL 3355 – Female Divinities
WCL 3356 - Comparative Modernisms: The Global South
WCL 3362- U.S. Latino Literature
WCL 3364- World TV
WCL 3365 – World Fiction & Reportage
WCL 3366- Latin American and Latino Film
WCL 3367- National Cinema in Global Perspective
WCL 3368- Pop Cultures and World Media
WCL 3371- Cities in Film and Arts
WCL 3372- Indian Film: Bollywood and Beyond
WCL 3373- Gender and Sexuality in Film
WCL 3374 - Jewish Film
WCL 3375- Black Cuba in Literature and Visual Culture
WCL 3376- Visual Stories- Local & Global
WCL 3377 – The Modern Middle East: Literature, Politics, and Ideas
WCL 3378- Debating India and the World
WCL 3379- Media & Post-Millennial Writings in India
WCL 3380- American Jewish Culture
WCL 3381- Global Representations of Aids
WCL 3382- Global Queer Culture
WCL 3384- Jewish Women Biography
WCL 3392- Intro Latin American Cultural Studies
WCL 3397- Selected Topics in WCL
WCL 4301 – Culture and Communication: Methods in Linguistic Anthropology
WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I- History of Ideas from 1780-1940
WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization
WCL 4353 - Frames of Modernity III: Classics and Modernity
WCL 4355- Frames of Modernity V: The Global South from WWII to Present
WCL 4356- World Film and Film Theory
WCL 4362- Latin American & Latino Literatures
WCL 4364- North-Central European Drama
WCL 4365- World Documentary Film
WCL 4367- Voices from Exile and Diaspora
WCL 4374- Sex and Gender in Antiquity
WCL 4378- Cultures of Dissent
WCL 4379 – Critical Theory and Globalization
WCL 4380- Jewish Expulsion from Spain
WCL 4381- Latin Amer. & Latino Cultural Studies
WCL 4382- Post-Conflict Literatures: Europe, Africa and the Americas
WCL 4394- Sexuality in Latino Culture
WCL 4396- Selected Topics in WCL

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies:

WGSS 3321 - Gender in Transnational Perspective
WGSS 3322- Intersectionalities of Race, Class, Age, Disability & Gender
WGSS 3350- Gender, Society & Feminist Theory
WGSS 3351- Gender and Work
WGSS 3360- Sexuality and Queer Theory
WGSS 3396 – Selected Topics in LGBT Studies

College of Education

Asian American Studies

AAMS 3310- Asian American in Popular Culture
AAMS 3315- Asian American Migration and Transnationalism
AAMS 3325- Asian American Cinema
AAMS 4300- Asian American Cultures and Communities
AAMS 4320- Asian American Literature
AAMS 4321- Vietnamese American Community and Ethnography
AAMS 4322- Ethnography and Asian American Community
AAMS 4397- Selected Topics in Asian American Studies

Cultural and Urban Studies:

CUST 3320 - Multicultural Environments
CUST 4300 – Asian American Cultures

Curriculum and Instruction:

CUIN 3302- Social Education
CUIN 3310- Bilingual Education

Health Education:

HLT 3380: Culture & Health

Human Development & Family Studies:

HDFS 4315 – Culture and Diversity in Human Development

Cullen College of Engineering

Industrial Engineering:

INDE 4315: Supply Chain Design Management

Borders, Trade, and Immigration Security:

BTIS 3320 - US Border Management and Policy
BTIS 3323 - Border Security and Cross-Border Challenges
BTIS 3330 - Fundamentals of Transportation Law and Border Regulations
BTIS 4300 - Customs, Regulations, and Procedures
BTIS 4320- Border Trade Policy
BTIS 4325 - Border Interagency Coordination
BTIS 4397 - Selected Topics in Border, Trade, Immigration, and Security

Human Resource Development:

HRD 3350- Global Human Resource Development
HRD 4301- Global Leadership in Training and Development

Supply Chain and Logistics Technology:

SCLT 3340- Geography for GSC
SCLT 3375- Maritime Operations
SCLT 3376- Global Trade Intermediaries
SCLT 3384- Logistics Technology and Processes
SCLT 3385- Transport Economics and Policy
SCLT 3389- Transportation Law
SCLT 4312- Inventory and Materials Handling
SCLT 4375- Global Supply Chain
SCLT 4386- Project Logistics
SCLT 4389- Practicum in Supply Chain & Logistics Technology
SCLT 4397- Project Logistics

Technology Leadership and Innovation Management:

TLIM 3340- Organizational Leadership and Supervision
TLIM 4371- Leading Change in the Workplace
TLIM 4378- Senior Project Practicum

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership

Hotel and Restaurant Management:

GHL 3345 - Wine Appreciation
GHL 3371 - Multicultural Etiquette in the Hospitality Industry
GHL 3445 - Global Wine Immersion
GHL 4372 - Global Hospitality Leadership: Asian Community
GHL 4374 - Korean Food, Culture, and Tourism Management
GHL 4388 - Managing Diversity in the Hospitality Industry
GHL 4397 - Selected Topics in Hospitality Management

Honors College

Energy & Sustainability:

ENRG 3310 – Introduction to Energy and Sustainability
ENRG 3377- Energy, Society, and the Middle East
ENRG 4397- Selected Topics in Energy and Sustainability

Honors:

HON 3306 - Health and Human Rights
HON 3341 - Medicine, Science & Technology in the Pre-Modern World
HON 3360 - Principles and Practices of Global Engagement
HON 3361 - Global Engagement and Research
HON 3374 - History and Politics of the Hebrew Bible
HON 3375 - Law & Ethics in the Ancient Near East
HON 3397 - Russian History Through Literature
HON 3397 - Your World and Your Voice
HON 4301 - Medicine, Science, & Technology in the Ancient World
HON 4302 - The Holocaust and Medical Ethics
HON 4360 - Capstone Seminar on Globalization
HON 4390 - Antiquity Revisited

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Geology:

GEOL 3342 - Principles of Air Pollution
GEOL 3377 - Oceanography
GEOL 4338 - Advanced Climate Change
GEOL 4347 - Atmospheric Biogeochemistry

Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

NURS 4215 - Maternal, Newborn, and Women's Health Concepts of Care
NURS 4217 - Maternal, Newborn, and Women's Health Clinical
NURS 4521 - Community Health Nursing

Hobby School of Public Affairs

Public Policy:

POLC 3313 - Contemporary Political Philosophy and Policy
POLC 3341 - State Authority and Freedom
POLC 4344 - Policy and Global Justice

Approved Undergraduate Language Courses

The language courses below are listed by main areas according to the Undergraduate Catalog.

Language Courses

ARAB 2301 – Intermediate Arabic I
ARAB 2302 – Intermediate Arabic II
ARAB 2307 – Arabic for Native Speakers I
ARAB 2308 – Arabic for Native Speakers II
ARAB 3301 – Advanced Modern Standard Arabic I
ARAB 3302 – Advanced Modern Standard Arabic II
ARAB 3304 – Oral Communication in Arabic
CHNS 2207 – Conversational Chinese I
CHNS 2208 – Conversational Chinese II
CHNS 2301 – Intermediate Chinese I
CHNS 2302 – Intermediate Chinese II
CHNS 3301 – Advanced Mandarin Chinese I
CHNS 3302 – Advanced Mandarin Chinese II
CHNS 3304 – Business Chinese
CHNS 4301 – Public Speaking in Chinese
CHNS 4302 – Integrated Chinese
FREN 2301 – Intermediate French I
FREN 2302 – Intermediate French II
FREN 3311 – French Phonetics
FREN 3312 – Oral Communication
FREN 3313 – Advanced Grammar and Composition I
FREN 3314 – Advanced Grammar and Composition II
FREN 3315 – Practical Translation
FREN 4313 – Advanced Translation
FREN 4317 – Advanced Business French
GERM 2111 – Intermediate Conversational German I
GERM 2112 – Intermediate Conversational German II
GERM 2331 – Intermediate German I
GERM 2332 – Intermediate German II
GERM 3111 – Advanced Conversational German I
GERM 3112 – Advanced Conversational German II
GERM 3330 – Reading German Texts
GERM 3333 –German Conversation and Composition I
GERM 3334 –German Conversation and Composition II
GERM 4329 – Advanced Translation
GREK 2301 – Intermediate Greek I
GREK 2302 – Intermediate Greek II
GREK 2305 – Intermediate Modern Greek I
GREK 2306 – Intermediate Modern Greek II
HIND 2301 – Intermediate Hindi I
HIND 2302 – Intermediate Hindi II
ITAL 2101 – Intermediate Italian Conversation I
ITAL 2102 – Intermediate Italian Conversation II
ITAL 2301 – Second-Year Italian I
ITAL 2302 – Second-Year Italian II
ITAL 3303 – Italian Conversation and Composition
KORE 2311 - Intermediate Korean I
JPNS 2501 – Intermediate Japanese I
JPNS 2502 – Intermediate Japanese II
LATN 2301 – Intermediate Latin I
LATN 2302 – Intermediate Latin II
RUSS 2301 – Second-Year Russian I
RUSS 2302 – Second-Year Russian II
SPAN 2301 - Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 2302 – Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 2307 – Spanish for Hispanic Heritage Learners I
SPAN 2308 – Spanish for Hispanic Heritage Learners II
SPAN 2605 – Intensive Intermediate Spanish for Honors
SPAN 2610 – Intensive Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 3301 – Spanish Oral Communication for Critical Thinking
SPAN 3302 – Advanced Spanish for Non-Heritage Learners
SPAN 3305 – Spanish Grammar Review
SPAN 3306 – Intro to the Study of the Spanish Language
SPAN 3307 – Public Speaking in Spanish
SPAN 3308 – Written Communication for Hispanic Heritage Learners
SPAN 3312 – Fundamentals of English/Spanish Translation
SPAN 3343 – Spanish for the Health Professions
VIET 2301 – Intermediate Vietnamese I
VIET 2302 – Intermediate Vietnamese II

Approved Graduate Global Degree Programs and Certificates

Global Degree Programs:

Anthropology, MA
Art History, MA
Business Administration, MBA - Global Energy Executive
Global Energy Leadership, MS
Global Hospitality Business, MS
Global Retailing, MS
Hispanic Studies, MA
History, MA, PhD - European History
History, MA, PhD - Latin American History
History, MA, PhD - Transnational History
International Law, LLM
Political Science, MA & PhD - Comparative Politics
Political Science, MA & PhD - International Relations
Spanish, MA
Spanish, PhD
Supply Chain and Logistics Technology, MS
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - Chinese
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - Comparative Literacy & Cultural Studies
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - European Cultural Studies
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - French
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - German
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - Global Cinema Studies
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - Italian
World Cultures & Literatures, MA - Latin American Cultural Studies

Global Graduate Certificate Programs:

African American Studies
Applied Linguistics in Teaching Chinese
Economics of the Energy Value Chain Certificate
Global Cinema Studies
Global Climate, Energy & Environment
Global Energy, Development & Sustainability
Global Hospitality Management
Global Management
Hispanic Healthcare in Pharmacy
Public Policy - Energy Policy
Spanish as a Heritage Language
Supply Chain Management Certificate
Translation Studies
Women's Studies

Approved Graduate Global Courses

Students may only receive a maximum of two points for global coursework (one point per global course for up to two global courses). The courses listed below have been approved as global courses and are organized by College and Course Prefix. If you believe you have taken a graduate-level course that has at least 25% global or multicultural content but it is not on the list, you may submit a syllabus to be reviewed.

Click on the links below to see the courses by college:

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Architecture:

ARCH 6340 - Architectural History Survey I
ARCH 6341 - Architectural History Survey II
ARCH 6343 - Latin America Architecture
ARCH 6356 - City as Palimpsest: Paris
ARCH 6358 - History of Asian Art and Architecture
ARCH 6374 - World Cities

Katherine G. McGovern College of the Arts

Art:

ARTS 6394 – Selected Topics in Contemporary Art: Pursuing Utopia

Art History:

ARTH 6310 - Greek Art
ARTH 6311 - Roman Art
ARTH 6312 - Ancient Near Eastern Art
ARTH 6313 - Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
ARTH 6314 - Medieval Arts, Artist, Patrons
ARTH 6315 - Italian Gothic Art and Patrona
ARTH 6321 - Northern Renaissance Art
ARTH 6322 - 17th Century Dutch Art
ARTH 6325 - 18th Century European Art
ARTH 6326 - European Romanticism
ARTH 6327 - Visual Culture of French Revolution
ARTH 6328 - Late 19th Century Art & Culture
ARTH 6340 - Pre-Columbian Art
ARTH 6341 - Human Body in Non-Western Art
ARTH 6394 - Selected Topics in Art History: Latin American Art
ARTH 7310 - Italian Gothic Images and Society
ARTH 7320 - Dutch Art in Houston
ARTH 7321 - Problems in Dutch Genre Paintings
ARTH 7340 - Non-Western Objects & Histories
ARTH 7341 - Ancient Traditions of Veracruz

Music:

MUSI 6344 - Franz Schubert
MUSI 6347 - Igor Stravinsky
MUSI 6354 - Music of the Medieval Period (450-1450)
MUSI 6357 - Music in the 17th Century
MUSI 6358 - Music of Bach and Handel
MUSI 6360 - Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
MUSI 6361 - Music of the Romantic Period I (1800-1848)
MUSI 6362 - The Mendelssohns
MUSI 6363 - Music of the Romantic Period II (1848-1914)
MUSI 6367 - French Music 1830-1870
MUSI 6374 - Music and Nationalism

C.T. Bauer College of Business

Accounting:

ACCT 7350 - International Financial Reporting & Analysis

Finance:

FINA 7360 - International Finance
FINA 7364 - International Business and Political Risk Management
FINA 7371 - Energy Value Chain
FINA 7373 - Petrochemical and Refining Economics
FINA 7376 - Energy Trading
FINA 7397 - Selected Topics in Finance: The Energy Transition

International Business:

INTB 7343 - International Legal Environment of Management
INTB 7351 - Managing Global Organizations
INTB 7352 - International Management of Technology
INTB 7353 - Regional Issues in Global Management
INTB 7364 - Experience in Emerging Market Economies
INTB 7365 - Business and World Economy
INTB 7375 - Seminar in International Business
INTB 7397 - Selected Topics in International Business

Management:

MANA 7343 - International Legal Environment of Management
MANA 7346 - Global Human Resource Management
MANA 7351 - Management of Global Organizations
MANA 7353 - Regional Issues in Global Management
MANA 7354 - Cultural Issues in Global Management
MANA 7356 - Diversity Management
MANA 7375 - Global Leadership
MANA 7393 - Global Strategy

Marketing:

MARK 7369 - International Marketing

Supply Chain Management:

SCM 7335 - Logistics Management
SCM 7350 - Strategic Supply Management
SCM 7390 - Global Supply Chain Strategy

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

African American Studies:

AAS 6300 - Africana Study Theory & Method
AAS 6307 - Seminar On MLK Jr. & Malcolm X
AAS 6308 - Africana Religion & Biography
AAS 6311 - African American Social and Philosophical Foundations

Anthropology:

ANTH 6301 - Language and Culture
ANTH 6311 - Issues and Debates in Social/Cultural Theory
ANTH 6317 - Anthropology and Gender
ANTH 6319 - African Myth, Cosmology & Symbol
ANTH 6320 - Seminar in Citizenship and Political Culture
ANTH 6332 - Migration/Borders/Citizenship
ANTH 6337 - Anthropology of the Life Cycle and Aging
ANTH 6340 - Anthropology and Literature
ANTH 6342 - Food and Culture
ANTH 6363 - Race, Racialization, and the Politics of Culture
ANTH 6377 - Archaeology of the African Diaspora

Chinese Studies:

CHIN 6350 - Studies in Chinese Cinema
CHIN 6352 - Chinese Culture and Society Through Modern Literature
CHIN 6355 - Readings in Chinese Literature in English Translation
CHIN 6382 - Tales of East Asian Cities
CHIN 6383 - Chinese Popular Culture
CHIN 6384 - Global Chinese Literature

Classics:

CLAS 6305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History
CLAS 6350 - Law and Society in Ancient Rome
CLAS 6366 - Greek Art and Archaeology
CLAS 6374 - Women in the Ancient World
CLAS 6382 - Classical Antiquity in Cinema

Communication:

COMM 6325 - Intercultural Communication and Organizations
COMM 6339 - Multicultural Health Communication
COMM 6363 - Media, Globalization & Social Change
COMM 6375 - Intercultural and Global PR

Economics:

ECON 6368 - International Economics
ECON 7382 - Intranational Macroeconomics
ECON 8396 - International Trade

English:

ENGL 6318 - Queer Theory
ENGL 7365 - Presem: 19Th-C Brit Lit
ENGL 7366 - Presem: Modern Brit Lit
ENGL 8354 - The English Novel
ENGL 8355 - English Romanticism
ENGL 8383 - African Amer Poetry/Dra
ENGL 8384 - African American Fic
ENGL 8385 - Mexican-American Literature

French:

FREN 6316 - Contemporary France
FREN 6318 - French Cinema
FREN 6321 - Francophone Cinema
FREN 6331 - 20th Century French Theatre
FREN 6334 - Jung and French Literature
FREN 6340 - French Women Writers
FREN 6350 - Sex and the Other in French Literature

German:

GERM 6333 - The Age of Enlightenment
GERM 6343 - The Romantic Movement
GERM 6354 - 19th Century Drama
GERM 6355 - 19th Century Prose and Poetry
GERM 6360 - Weimar Germany
GERM 6361 - History and Memory in German Cinema
GERM 6362 - The Holocaust in Literature and Visual Arts
GERM 6363 - Post-Reunification German Culture
GERM 6366 - Twentieth Century Drama
GERM 6367 - 20th Century Narrative
GERM 6370 - Vienna 1900 - The Birth of the Modern
GERM 6396 - Selected Topics-German Literature

Greek:

GREK 6300 - Advanced Study in Ancient Greek
GREK 6302 - Homeric Greek
GREK 6303 - Selected Readings from Greek Tragedy

History:

HIST 6310 - Colonial Latin American Historiography
HIST 6311 - Res Sem in Col Latin America
HIST 6312 - Modern Latin American Historiography
HIST 6313 - Res Seminar in Modern Latin America
HIST 6314 - Mexican Historiography
HIST 6315 - Res Sem in Mexican History
HIST 6321 - European Historiography To 1600
HIST 6322 - European Historiography From 1600
HIST 6332 - Historiography of the Medieval and Early Modern Islamic World
HIST 6334 - Research Seminar in Middle Eastern History (Medieval and Early Modern Islamic World)
HIST 6340 - Research Seminar in European History
HIST 6348 - Soc Modern France & Germany
HIST 6349 - Readings in Modern French History
HIST 6373 - Seminar in Latin American History
HIST 6374 - Readings in Latina/Latino History
HIST 6390 - Comparative Slavery & Forced Labor
HIST 6391 - World History Theory & Teaching
HIST 6392 - World History Readings
HIST 6395 - Topics European History
HIST 6396 - Topics in Latin-American History

Italian:

ITAL 6303 - Medieval Renaissance Studies
ITAL 6306 - Advanced Italian Cinema
ITAL 6308 - Italian Heritage
ITAL 6309 - Advanced Studies in Women Writers and Filmmakers
ITAL 6365 - Dante's Legacy
ITAL 6367 - Italy's Culture in a Transnational Context
ITAL 6397 - Selected Topics in Italian Literature
ITAL 6398 - Special Problems Italian Culture

Health and Human Performance:

NUTR 6314 - Gender and Culture Issues in Physical Activity and Fitness
PEP 7327 - Diversity Issues in Sport and Fitness Administration

Philosophy:

PHIL 6382 - History of Medieval Philosophy

Political Science:

POLS 6313 - Seminar in International Relations
POLS 6318 - Immigration Policy
POLS 6328 - Comparative Political Institutions
POLS 6332 - Formal Models in International Relations
POLS 6340 - Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
POLS 6363 - Race and Ethnic Politics

Sociology:

SOC 6321 - Seminar in Sociology of Culture
SOC 6325 - Seminar in Race and Ethnic Relations

Spanish:

SPAN 6310 - US Latinx Literature for Children and YA
SPAN 6333 - 19Th Century Span Literature
SPAN 6335 - Golden Age Drama
SPAN 6344 - US Hispanic Literature
SPAN 6345 - Las Mujeres Reescriben America
SPAN 6366 - Spanish-American Literature To 1830
SPAN 6368 - Span-American Modernism
SPAN 6371 - Latin American Literature of the 19th Century
SPAN 6375 - Modern Spanish-American Narratives to 1950
SPAN 6379 - Spanish-American Narratives 1950 to Present
SPAN 6382 - Golden Age Prose
SPAN 6385 - Contemporary Spanish-American Poetry
SPAN 6386 - Contemporary Spanish Fiction
SPAN 6396 - Topics in Spanish Lit
SPAN 6397 - Topics in Spanish-American Lit
SPAN 7301 - Methods Hisp Lit & Lang
SPAN 7391 - Selected Topics Spanish Amer Lit
SPAN 7394 - Selected Topics Span Literature
SPAN 7395 - Selected Topics in US Hispanic Lit
SPAN 7396 - Selected Topics Hist Hispanic Ideas

World Cultures and Literatures:

WCL 6301 - Methods in Linguistic Anthropology
WCL 6305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History
WCL 6351 - Frames of Modernity
WCL 6352 - Postmodernity & Globalization
WCL 6353 - Frames of Modernity III: Classics and Modernity
WCL 6354 - Studies in Global Cinema
WCL 6355 - Utopias and Dystopias
WCL 6356 - Studies in World Film and Film Theory
WCL 6357 - Studies in National and Transnational Cinema
WCL 6358 - Studies in Asian Cinema
WCL 6359 - World Film, Gender, and Sexuality
WCL 6362 - Latin American & Latino Literatures
WCL 6363 - Drama of North-Central Europe
WCL 6364 - Holocaust Representations
WCL 6365 - World Documentary Film
WCL 6366 - Latin American & Latino Film Studies
WCL 6367 - 20th Century German Narrative
WCL 6368 - Paris-Berlin
WCL 6370 - Comparative Epic
WCL 6378 - Cultures of Dissent: A Global Perspective
WCL 6379 - Critical Theory & Globalization
WCL 6380 - Jewish Expulsion From Spain
WCL 6385 - Seminar in Latin American-Latino Cultural Studies
WCL 6395 - Sexuality in Latino Culture

College of Education

Curriculum and Instruction:

CUIN 7339 - Global/International Education
CUIN 8338 - Global/International Education
CUIN 8342 - Social Justice and Equity

Cultural and Urban Studies:

CUST 6311 – Education in a Multicultural Society
CUST 6370 - Cultural Foundation of American Education
CUST 7360 - Global Education

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies:

ELCS 6301 - Leadership for Equity in Diverse Schools
ELCS 7365 - Race & Ethnic Diversity in Education
SPEC 6360 - Individuals with Disabilities

Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences:

PHLS 6370 - Intro To Cross-Cultural Counseling
PHLS 7325 - Cross-Cultural Aspects of Health
PHLS 8311 - Educational Disparities and Social Injustice
PHLS 8337 - Multicultural Issues in Counseling Psychology

Cullen College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering:

BIOE 6343 - Global Healthcare

Civil & Environmental Engineering:

GCEE 6310 - Global Climate: Energy, Environment, and Economy
GCEE 6320 - Global Climate: Physical Models
GCEE 6330 - Global Climate: Economic Models

Graduate College of Social Work

SOCW 6304 - Women’s Issues
SOCW 6308 - Human Diversity and Human Development
SOCW 7313 - Global Social Work: Women and Human Rights
SOCW 7316 - Clinical Social Work Practice with Latinos
SOCW 7321 - Multi-Cultural Practice
SOCW 7352 - Social Work with Latino Immigrants
SOCW 7360 - International Social Work: A Comparative Approach
SOCW 7372 - Global Social Justice
SOCW 7373 - Human Sexuality
SOCW 7397 - Selected Topics in Social Work: Human Trafficking
SOCW 7397 - Selected Topics in Social Work: Global Social Work: Women and Human Rights

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership

GHL 6319 - Korean Food, Culture, and Tourism Management
GHL 6321 - Hosp. Business Strategies in Asia
GHL 6324 - Hospitality Business Strategies in the Americas & the Caribbean
GHL 6345 - Wine Appreciation
GHL 6372 - Global Hospitality Leadership: Asian Community

University of Houston Law Center

LAW 5124 - Immigration Clinic II
LAW 5147 - Houston Journal of Int'l Law
LAW 5205 - Immigration Clinic II
LAW 5211 - Energy and the Environment
LAW 5218 - Human Trafficking Law
LAW 5221 - Int'l Commercial Arbitration
LAW 5222 - Introduction to the Law of Mexico
LAW 5246 - International Litigation
LAW 5247 - Houston Journal of Int'l Law
LAW 5248 - International Corporate Compliance
LAW 5269 - Immigration Law
LAW 5276 - Immigration and Business Law
LAW 5282 - Terrorism and the Law
LAW 5301 - Immigration Clinic II
LAW 5313 - International Corporate Compliance
LAW 5324 - International Trade
LAW 5334 - Terrorism and the Law
LAW 5370 - International Law
LAW 5371 - Int'l Petroleum Transaction
LAW 5387 - International Tax
LAW 5389 - Immigration Law
LAW 5391 - Immigration and Family Law
LAW 5392 - Int Business Trans
LAW 5393 - Intl Criminal Law
LAW 5394 - Crimmigration
LAW 5405 - Immigration Clinic
LAW 5414 - Immigration Clinic II
LAW 6208 - International Arbitration Advocacy
LAW 6230 - Current Crisis in the Middle East
LAW 6238 - International Risk Management
LAW 6302 - Foreign Relations Law
LAW 6303 - Family Immigration Law
LAW 6317 - International Energy Law
LAW 6333 - Int'l Intellectual Property
LAW 6343 - International Risk Management
LAW 6351 - Transnational Petroleum Law
LAW 6366 - International Arbitration Advocacy
LAW 6395 - Race and the Law
LAW 7334 - WRS: International Law & Use of Force

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Geology:

GEOL 6338 - Paleoclimate and Global Change
GEOL 6370 - Atmospheric Biogeochemistry
GEOL 6375 - Tectonics of the Himalayan-Tibet Orogen
GEOL 6383 - Petroleum Geology of Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic

Hobby School of Public Affairs

POLC 6397 - Selected Topics in Public Policy: Institutions and Development

Approved Graduate Language Courses

The language courses below are listed alphabetically by College and subject area.

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

CHIN 6301 - Speech & Rhetorical Studies
CHIN 6302 - Chinese Language Teaching Practicum
CHIN 6364 - Issues in Chinese Language & Culture
CHIN 6366 - History of the Chinese Language
CHIN 6371 - Teaching Chinese as a 2nd Language
CHIN 6372 - Studies of Chinese Language Acquisition
CHIN 6373 - Chinese Second Language Curriculum Design and Instruction
COMD 7282 - Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Issues in Speech-Language Pathology
ENGL 7336 - Methods of Teaching English as an Additional Language
ENGL 7337 - Second Lang Acquisition
FREN 6313 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics
FREN 6315 - Advanced Translation
FREN 6392 - French For Non-Majors
GERM 6392 - Reading German/Non-Majors I
GERM 6393 - Reading German/Non-Majors II
GERM 6395 - Selected Topics in German Language and Literature
ITAL 6302 - Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition
ITAL 6305 - Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language
SPAN 6305 - Teaching Spanish for Acquisition
SPAN 6308 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 6320 - Research in Spanish Second Language Acquisition
SPAN 6330 - Language Variation and Change
SPAN 6331 - Historical Grammar
SPAN 6352 - Sociolinguistic Aspects of U.S. Spanish
SPAN 6353 - Spanish-English Contrastive Analysis
SPAN 6354 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonetic Variation
SPAN 6355 - Spanish Phonology
SPAN 6356 - Spanish Syntax
SPAN 6358 - Spanish Sociolinguistics
SPAN 6389 - Methods of Teaching Spanish Heritage Learners
SPAN 6390 - Research in Heritage Language Education
SPAN 6392 - Reading Spanish for Non-Majors I
SPAN 6394 - Topics - Teaching Spanish
SPAN 6395 - Topics – Language & Linguistics
SPAN 7393 - Selected Topics in Meth Span Linguistics
WCL 6330 - Translation Studies
WCL 6373 - Introduction to Second Language Acquisition

College of Education

CUIN 6313 - Foundations of Bilingual Education
CUIN 6314 - Spanish/English Bilingual Curriculum
CUIN 6317 - Theories and Research in Second Language Acquisition
CUIN 6318 - Approaches and Techniques in Second/Foreign Language Teaching
CUIN 6319 - Instructional Design and Technology in Second/Foreign Language Education
CUIN 7311 - Teaching Language and Literacy to Bilingual Learners
CUIN 7312 - Curriculum Design in Bilingual Education
CUIN 7314 - Sociocultural Context and Policies in Bilingual Education
CUIN 7315 - Assessment and Evaluation in Bilingual Education
CUIN 8313 - Trends and Issues in Bilingual/Dual Language Education

University of Houston Law Center

LAW 5209 - Legal Spanish for Spanish Speakers
LAW 5242 - Advanced Spanish For Lawyers
LAW 5284 - Spanish for Lawyers

Internship and Volunteer List

Internship and Volunteer Opportunities

Here’s a list of offices and organizations located in Houston that have a global-focus and provide internship and/or volunteer opportunities for UH students. Students may earn 2 points towards the intercultural activities- leadership category by submitting proof of the internship or volunteer position with any of the following offices. Please ask your supervisor to send us a letter or email confirming your name, position, and duration.

We would also approve internships at a multinational corporation with an international business focus or any other office where you interact with international populations. If you feel that an organization or office should be added to the list or if you want to request to earn points for an internship or volunteer experience not on this list, please submit documentation for approval.

Institute for Global Engagement

Students

Contact Information

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Katherine G McGovern College of the Arts

C.T. Bauer College of Business

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

College of Education

Cullen College of Engineering

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership

Honors College

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing

Hobby School of Public Affairs

Language Courses

Global Degree Programs:

Global Graduate Certificate Programs:

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

Katherine G. McGovern College of the Arts

C.T. Bauer College of Business

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

College of Education

Cullen College of Engineering

Graduate College of Social Work

Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership

University of Houston Law Center

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Hobby School of Public Affairs

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

College of Education

University of Houston Law Center

Internship and Volunteer Opportunities

List of Approved Global and Foreign Language Majors and Minors