College Global Education Requirement for the B.A.

The college curriculum provides a framework for students to gain knowledge about individuals, societies, and cultures. All students in Anthropology, Communication, Economics, Journalism, Legal Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and Social Thought and Political Economy are required to satisfy the Global Education requirement, which will provide exposure to diverse cultural perspectives essential to the development of an understanding of society and oneself. Graduates who are more knowledgeable about society and its problems are better prepared to be intelligent and committed citizens of the Commonwealth and the world. There are four options for completion. All options require the completion of at least 15 credits. In general, all options require at least six college-level credits in a foreign language; foreign language coursework must begin at a level beyond high school achievement. Students must declare an option with a college adviser in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Advising Center, at the time they declare a major in the college, by completing a “Requirement and Option Declaration Form.” The completed form must be submitted to the Social and Behavioral Sciences Advising Center. Students who do not declare a Global Education option at the time they declare their major will have an option selected for them by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Advising. The option choice may be changed at any time, at the same office.

Notes on the Global Education Requirement
a. All credits earned to satisfy the Global Education requirement, except those credits earned to meet the Certificate Option (#4, above), must be in addition to credits earned to satisfy General Education and major requirements, and may not be graded on a Pass/Fail basis.
b. Students with documented learning disabilities which impair language acquisition, and students who are certified by the Disability Services Office as having a significant hearing impairment that seriously limits the auditory reception of language, may substitute non-language courses for language courses. The course substitutions must be approved by the college’s Associate Dean for Undergraduate Advising.
c. Whether foreign language courses are beyond high school achievement levels will be determined by university placement exams.
d. Credit earned through Advanced Placement, CLEP, an SAT II exam, or university foreign language placement testing may be applied to the Global Education requirement.
e. Double-major students will not be subject to the Global Education requirement if their primary major is in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, the College of Natural Sciences, the College of Engineering, the Isenberg School of Management, the School of Nursing, or the School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Double-major students should consult with a Global Education adviser as early as possible in their studies.

1. Foreign Language Option: 15 credits of one foreign language beyond high school achievement levels.

2. Regional Study Option: Six credits of one foreign language starting at a level above current ability, as defined previously, and nine credits, in any combination of additional regional foreign language courses or approved courses taught in English which focus on the contemporary culture of the region of the world where the language studied is used. These 9 credits may be chosen from courses in the language department, or in the departments of History, Economics, Anthropology, Political Science, or a related department. The regions, and their approved associated languages and courses, are listed below. The courses listed for this option focus on contemporary cultural understanding and are regularly offered. Experimental, special topics and Five College courses are not included in this list, but may be used to fulfill this requirement with the approval of the Associate Dean. Additionally, all courses offered by the foreign language departments that are conducted in the foreign language may be applied to the regional study option as long as they are within the same regional area. (Even though these language courses are not individually listed, no special approval is required.)

See the lists of approved courses for each regional study option, below.

3. Individualized Regional or International Study Option: Students can create a regional or international study option different from the choices listed above. This must include six credits of one foreign language starting at a level above current ability, as defined previously, and nine credits, in any combination of additional foreign language courses, or courses that focus on a region or country or on international topics. This option requires that the student create a plan of study and receive prior approval from the Associate Dean.

4. Certificate or Minor Option: Successful completion of a University of Massachusetts Amherst or Five College Area Studies or International Relations certificate program, or Modern European Studies Minor program which requires foreign language proficiency. Students may choose from the following certificate programs: African Studies Certificate, Asian and Asian American Studies Certificate, Latin American Studies Certificate, International Relations Certificate or Modern European Studies Minor.

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in Arabic, French or Portuguese, and the following courses taught in English.
AFROAM 111 Survey of African Art
AFROAM 151 Culture and Literature
AFROAM 254 Introduction to African Studies
AFROAM 361 Revolution in the Third World
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 106 Culture through Film
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ANTHRO 470 Cultures of Africa
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COMP-LIT 234 Myths, Folktales, Children’s Literature
COMP-LIT 355 Modern African Literature
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ECON 366 Economic Development
ECON 367 Development in Post-Independence Africa
EDUC 229 International Education
ENGLISH 144 World Literature
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
FRENCHST 353 Francophone African and Caribbean Film
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
GEO-SCI 364 Development
GEO-SCI 372 Urban Issues
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 161 History of Africa Since 1500
JOURNAL 310 Press and the Third World
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
POLISCI 343 Government and Politics of East Africa
POLISCI 346 Government and Politics of West Africa

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in Chinese or Japanese, and the following courses taught in English.
AFROAM 361 Revolution in the Third World
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 106 Culture through Film
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ANTHRO 473 Cultures of Southeast Asia
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
CHINESE 136 Introduction to Chinese Cinema
CHINESE 138 Religion in Chinese Culture
CHINESE 151 Fiction East and West: Asia through Literature
CHINESE 153 Chinese Literature: Poetry
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMP-LIT 141 Good and Evil, East and West
COMP-LIT 151 Fiction East and West
COMP-LIT 233 Fantasy and World Literature
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
COMP-LIT 384 Vietnam: Literature and Film
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 177 Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Economies
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ECON 366 Economic Development
EDUC 229 International Education
ENGLISH 144 World Literature
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 330 East Asia
GEO-SCI 332 Southeast Asia
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
GEO-SCI 372 Urban Issues
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 115 History of Chinese Civilization: Early Modern to the Present
HISTORY 116 History of East Asian Civilization: Japan
HISTORY 341 Asian Mid-East History
HISTORY 346 History of Modern China
HISTORY 386 A Survey of World War II
HISTORY 401 Vietnam and Cambodia
HISTORY 402 U.S. and East Asia Relations
JAPAN 135 Japanese Art and Culture
JAPAN 144 Japanese Literature in Translation
JAPAN 197A Japanese Poetry and Song
JAPAN 291A Japanese Women Writers
JOURNAL 310 Press and the Third World
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
SOCIOL 332 Social Change in China

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in Spanish or Portuguese, and the following courses taught in English.
AFROAM 113 Aesthetics of Pan-African Art
AFROAM 361 Revolution in the Third World
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 106 Culture through Film
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ANTHRO 376 South American Ethnology
ANTHRO 382 Caribbean Cultures
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COMP-LIT 233 Fantasy and World Literature
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ECON 366 Economic Development
ECON 567 Latin American Economic Development
EDUC 229 International Education
ENGLISH 144 World Literature
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 320 Latin America
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 121 Latin American Civilization: The National Period
HISTORY 354 History of Mexico
HISTORY 355 The Caribbean
HISTORY 356 History of Venezuela and Colombia
HISTORY 440 Modern Central America
HISTORY 441 U.S. Relations with Latin America
HISTORY 442 Latin America in the 20th Century
JOURNAL 310 Press and the Third World
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 245 Government and Politics of the English-speaking Caribbean
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
POLISCI 340 Government and Politics of Latin America
POLISCI 341 Government and Politics of Central America and the Caribbean
PORTUG 309 Brazilian Women: A Multi-disciplinary Approach
PORTUG 408 Brazil in Film and Fiction
SPANISH 308 Latin American Literature in Translation
SPANISH 309 Spanish American Women Writers in Translation
WOMENSST 395 Caribbean Women: Feminism of Development

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in Arabic or Hebrew, and the following courses taught in English.
AFROAM 361 Revolution in the Third World
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 106 Culture through Film
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ARABIC 391 Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
ARABIC/JUDAIC 490A Comparative Modern Israeli and Arabic Literature in Translation
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COMP-LIT 233 Fantasy and World Literature
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ECON 366 Economic Development
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 131/MEAST 101 Middle Eastern History II
HISTORY 340 Civilization of Islam I
HISTORY 341 Asian Mid-East History
HISTORY 342 Civilization of Islam II
HISTORY 343 Europe and the Middle East
JUDAIC 102 Jewish People II
JUDAIC 333 Jewish Philosophy of the 20th Century
JUDAIC 345 Making of Modern Jewry
JUDAIC 365 Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
JUDAIC 366 Zionism and the State of Israel
JUDAIC 390B World Jewry Since 1945
JUDAIC 394A Major Issues in Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
POLISCI 333 Government and Politics of the Mideast

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in Dutch, German or Swedish, and the following courses taught in English.
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 262 Introduction to the Cultures of Europe
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ANTHRO 467 Cultures of Alpine Europe
ART-HIST 110 Baroque to Modern
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COMP-LIT 121 International Short Story
COMP-LIT 141 Good and Evil, East and West
COMP-LIT 151 Fiction East and West
COMP-LIT 233 Fantasy and World Literature
COMP-LIT 234 Myth, Folktale, and Children’s Literature
COMP-LIT 321 The Artist Novel
COMP-LIT 381 Self-Reflective Avant-Garde Film
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
COMP-LIT 383 Narrative Avant-Garde Film
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 361 European Economic History
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ENGLISH 126 Western Literature II
ENGLISH 319 Representing the Holocaust
ENGLISH 364 Modern European Drama
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
GERMAN 304 German Film
GERMAN 342 Survey of Modern German Culture: 1700 to the Present
GERMAN 375 Hitler’s Myth of a Thousand-Year Reich
GERMAN 379 Contemporary Germany
HISTORY 101/103H Western Thought Since 1600
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 141/143H European History, 1815 to Present
HISTORY 181 Western Science and Technology II: Enlightenment to the Cold War
HISTORY 310 European Political Diplomacy 1870-1914
HISTORY 311 European Political Diplomacy 1914-1945
HISTORY 312 European Political Diplomacy since 1945
HISTORY 314 European Intellectual History of the 20th Century
HISTORY 321 Modern Scandinavia
HISTORY 325 Military History of Modern Europe: the First World War
HISTORY 329 Social History of Europe since the French Revolution
HISTORY 331 English History 1688 to Present
HISTORY 386 Survey of World War II
HISTORY 387 History of the Holocaust
HISTORY 426 The Irish Experience
HISTORY 427 Fascist Movements and Ideas
JUDAIC 345 Making of Modern Jewry
JUDAIC 365 Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
JUDAIC 390B World Jewry Since 1945
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
PHIL 336 Existentialism
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 239 West European Comparative Politics
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
POLISCI 332 Government and Politics of Scandinavia
THEATER 157 Survey of Costume History

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in Polish, Russian or Yiddish, and the following courses taught in English.
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 262 Introduction to the Cultures of Europe
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ART-HIST 110 Survey of Art: Baroque to Modern
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COMP-LIT 121 International Short Story
COMP-LIT 141 Good and Evil, East and West
COMP-LIT 151 Fiction East and West
COMP-LIT 233 Fantasy and World Literature
COMP-LIT 234 Myth, Folktale, and Children’s Literature
COMP-LIT 321 The Artist Novel
COMP-LIT 381 Self-Reflective Avant-Garde Film
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
COMP-LIT 383 Narrative Avant-Garde Film
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 172 Soviet Economy
ECON 361 European Economic History
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ENGLISH 126 Western Literature II
ENGLISH 319 Representing the Holocaust
ENGLISH 364 Modern European Drama
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
HISTORY 101/103H Western Thought Since 1600
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 141/143H European History, 1815 to Present
HISTORY 181 Western Science and Technology II: Enlightenment to the Cold War
HISTORY 310 European Political Diplomacy 1870-1914
HISTORY 311 European Political Diplomacy 1914-1945
HISTORY 312 European Political Diplomacy since 1945
HISTORY 314 European Intellectual History of the 20th Century
HISTORY 315 History of Russia I, the Tsarist Era
HISTORY 316 History of Russia II, the Soviet Era
HISTORY 317 Russian Revolution
HISTORY 325 Military History of Modern Europe: the First World War
HISTORY 329 Social History of Europe since the French Revolution
HISTORY 386 Survey of World War II
HISTORY 387 History of the Holocaust
HISTORY 427 Fascist Movements and Ideas
JUDAIC 345 Making of Modern Jewry
JUDAIC 365 Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
JUDAIC 385 The Jews of Eastern Europe
JUDAIC 390B World Jewry Since 1945
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
PHIL 336 Existentialism
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 236 Government and Politics of Russia
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
POLISCI 335 Governments of East Central Europe
RUSSIAN 250 Russian Culture
RUSSIAN 251 Modern Russian Culture
RUSSIAN 256 Modern Russian Writers in Translation
RUSSIAN 391 Seminar: Russian Film and World History
THEATER 157 Survey of Costume History

All language, literature or cultural courses conducted in French, Greek, Italian, Latin, Portuguese or Spanish, and the following courses taught in English.
ANTHRO 104 Culture, Society, and People
ANTHRO 208 Human Ecology
ANTHRO 234 Art in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTHRO 235 Ethnomusicology
ANTHRO 262 Introduction to the Cultures of Europe
ANTHRO 336 Political Anthropology
ANTHRO 361 Peoples of Europe: The Western Mediterranean
ANTHRO 467 Cultures of Alpine Europe
ART-HIST 110 Survey of Art: Baroque to Modern
BIOLOGY 276 Human Ecology
COM-HLTH 233 Sex, Drugs and AIDS
COMM 312 Cultural Codes in Communication
COMP-LIT 121 International Short Story
COMP-LIT 141 Good and Evil, East and West
COMP-LIT 151 Fiction East and West
COMP-LIT 223 Fantasy and World Literature
COMP-LIT 234 Myth, Folktale, and Children’s Literature
COMP-LIT 321 The Artist Novel
COMP-LIT 381 Self-Reflective Avant-Garde Film
COMP-LIT 382 Cinema and Psyche
COMP-LIT 383 Narrative Avant-Garde Film
ECON 121 International Economics
ECON 361 European Economic History
ECON 363 History of the World Economy
ENGLISH 126 Western Literature II
ENGLISH 319 Representing the Holocaust
ENGLISH 364 Modern European Drama
FOOD-SCI 102 World Food Habits
FRENCHST 280 Love and Sex in French Culture
FRENCHST 350 French Film
GEO-SCI 102 The Human Landscape
GEO-SCI 360 Economic Geography
HISTORY 101/103H Western Thought Since 1600
HISTORY 112 Introduction to World Religions
HISTORY 141/143H European History, 1815 to Present
HISTORY 181 Western Science and Technology II: Enlightenment to the Cold War
HISTORY 310 European Political Diplomacy 1870-1914
HISTORY 311 European Political Diplomacy 1914-1945
HISTORY 312 European Political Diplomacy since 1945
HISTORY 314 European Intellectual History of the 20th Century
HISTORY 322 France Since 1789
HISTORY 325 Military History of Modern Europe: the First World War
HISTORY 327 Modern Italy
HISTORY 329 Social History of Europe since the French Revolution
HISTORY 386 Survey of World War II
HISTORY 387 History of the Holocaust
HISTORY 427 Fascist Movements and Ideas
ITALIAN 285 Introduction to Italian Studies
ITALIAN 350 Italian Film
ITALIAN 390A Social History in Modern Italy: Popular Culture
ITALIAN 481 Italian Civilization
ITALIAN 487 Contemporary Italian Culture and Society
ITALIAN 497 Italian Critical Thought and Interpretation
JUDAIC 345 Making of Modern Jewry
JUDAIC 365 Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
JUDAIC 390B World Jewry Since 1945
LEGAL 375 Human Rights and Wrongs
LEGAL 465 Globalization
LEGAL 470 Indigenous Peoples: Global Issues
MUSIC 150 The Lively Arts
PHIL 336 Existentialism
POLISCI 111 Comparative Politics
POLISCI 121 World Politics
POLISCI 239 West European Comparative Politics
POLISCI 253 International Environmental Politics and Policies
POLISCI 344 Government and Politics of Spain and Portugal
THEATER 157 Survey of Costume History