Global Awareness

Learn about environments, cultures, and issues in nations and regions outside the US.

Global Awareness Co-Curricular Experiences

End Gender-Based Violence
Social Justice Learning Community
UC Education Abroad Program

Global Awareness Courses

ANTH 001: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
ANTH 003: Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology
ANTH 005: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 100: History of Anthropological Thought and Practice
ANTH 110: Migration, Diaspora and Transnational Belonging
ANTH 111: The Anthropology of Globalization
ANTH 112: Political Anthropology
ANTH 113: Urban Anthropology
ANTH 114: Social Memory
ANTH 116: Indigenous Activism in the Americas
ANTH 117: The Anthropology of Citizenship
ANTH 120: Introduction to Medical Anthropology
ANTH 121: Ethnomedicine
ANTH 122: Anthropological Perspectives on Religion and Healing
ANTH 124: Ethnopsychology
ANTH 126: Anthropological Approaches to Gender
ANTH 134: Dynamics of Small-scale Societies
ANTH 140: Cultural Heritage Policy and Practice
ANTH 141: Writing Narrative for Archaeology
ANTH 142: Archaeology of Colonialism
ANTH 144: Archaeology of Religion
ANTH 146: Topics in Small-Scale Societies
ANTH 148: Topics in Complex Societies
ANTH 172: Ethnohistory
BIO 034: Introduction to Marine Science
BIO 043: Biodiversity and Conservation
BIO 113: Sustainability in the Anthropocene
BIO 148: Fundamentals of Ecology
BIO 172: Sustainability of Agricultural Ecosystems
CHEM 194: Ethics and Communication in Chemistry
CHN 001: Elementary Chinese I
CHN 002: Elementary Chinese II
CHN 003: Intermediate Chinese I
CHN 004: Intermediate Chinese II
COGS 005: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
COGS 149: Music, Language, and Cognition
CRES 100: Theories in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
CRES 110: Interdisciplinary Methods in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
CRES 121: Critical Refugee Studies
CRES 150: Asians in the Americas
CRS 010: Introduction to Community Engaged Research
CRS 195: Community Research and Service Experience
ECON 101: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 120: Economics of the Environment and Public Policy
ECON 121: The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions
ECON 142: The Economics of Gender and Poverty
ECON 145: Health Economics
ECON 147: Introduction to Economic Growth
ECON 150: Economic Development
ECON 155: Political Economics
ECON 161: International Finance and Trade
ECON 164: Economics of Emerging Markets
ENG 018: Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture
ENG 056: Introduction to World Drama
ENG 067: Environmental Ethics in Beast Fables
ENG 100: Engaging Texts: Introduction to Critical Practice
ENG 102: Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1660-1830
ENG 103: British and American Literature, 1830-1940
ENG 109: Encounters with Islam in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Literature
ENG 113: U.S. Latino/a Literature
ENG 114: Latinos/as in Children’s Literature and Film
ENG 151: Advanced Shakespeare
ENG 185: Reading from the Margin
ENGR 175: Information Systems for Management
ENGR 180: Spatial Analysis and Modeling
ENGR 190: Engineering Capstone Design
ENVE 190: Environmental Engineering Capstone Design
ESS 001: Introduction to Earth Systems Science
ESS 002: Sustainability Science
ESS 010: Earth Resources and Society
ESS 034: Introduction to Marine Science
ESS 113: Sustainability in the Anthropocene
ESS 148: Fundamentals of Ecology
ESS 172: Sustainability of Agricultural Ecosystems
FRE 001: Elementary French I
FRE 002: Elementary French II
FRE 003: Intermediate French I
FRE 004: Intermediate French II
FRE 103: French Composition and Conversation
GASP 006: Global Art History
GASP 030A: Latin Music Ensemble
GASP 030B: South Asian Music Ensemble
GASP 030C: Swing Band
GASP 030D: Nordic Music Ensemble
GASP 031A: Latin Dance Ensemble
GASP 031B: South Asian Dance Ensemble
GASP 031C: Swing Dance Ensemble
GASP 031D: Nordic Dance Ensemble
GASP 055B: Arts of the Islamic World
GASP 055C: History of European Art and Architecture
GASP 056: Contemporary Art
GASP 060A: Anime and Animation
GASP 065A: Bollywood
GASP 070A: Music of the Pacific World
GASP 070B: Music of the Atlantic World
GASP 070C: Music of the Caribbean World
GASP 075A: Meaning in Music
GASP 075B: Love Songs
GASP 103S: Advanced Shakespeare
GASP 103T: Music, Language, and Cognition
GASP 109: Image and Sound
GASP 130A: Advanced Latin Music Ensemble
GASP 130B: Advanced South Asian Music Ensemble
GASP 130C: Advanced Swing Band
GASP 130D: Advanced Nordic Music Ensemble
GASP 131A: Advanced Latin Dance Ensemble
GASP 131B: Advanced South Asian Dance Ensemble
GASP 131C: Advanced Swing Dance Ensemble
GASP 131D: Advanced Nordic Dance Ensemble
GASP 144A: Art for Social Change
GASP 156A: Visual Arts of the 20th Century
GASP 156B: South Asia After Europe: Visual Cultures of Colonialism & Post-colonialism
GASP 156D: History of Ancient Roman Art and Architecture
GASP 156E: History of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
GASP 158B: Women, Gender, and Art in Islamic Cultures
GASP 159: Topics in Visual Culture
GASP 171: Museums as Contested Sites
GASP 172: Curatorial Methods and Practices
GASP 172B: Global Popular Music
GASP 173A: Theory and Method of Ethnomusicology
GASP 174A: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
GASP 190: Theories of Expressive Culture
GASP 191: Senior Thesis
HIST 008: Topics in World History
HIST 010: Introduction to World History to 1500
HIST 011: Introduction to World History Since 1500
HIST 025: Introduction to Environmental History
HIST 027: History of Food
HIST 030A: Medieval Europe
HIST 030B: Early Modern Europe
HIST 031: Modern European History
HIST 055: Arts of the Islamic World
HIST 060: The Silk Road
HIST 070: History of the Middle East to 1500
HIST 071: History of the Middle East since 1500
HIST 080: History of China Through the Mongol Conquest
HIST 081: History of China Since the Mongol Conquest
HIST 108: Topics in World History
HIST 110: Environmental History of the World
HIST 111: The Legacy of Genghis Khan
HIST 115: Topics in African History
HIST 116: History of Decolonization in the Twentieth Century
HIST 138: Topics in Visual Culture
HIST 141: The African Diaspora
HIST 142: Topics in Latin American History
HIST 143: West Africa and the Making of the Atlantic World
HIST 156B: South Asia After Europe: Visual Cultures of Colonialism & Post-colonialism
HIST 158: Topics in Middle Eastern History
HIST 158R: Topics in Middle Eastern History: Research
HIST 159: History of Iran
HIST 165A: China in the Ancient World
HIST 165B: From Tang to Song: China in the Medieval World
HIST 165C: Late Imperial China
HIST 165D: China in the Modern World
HIST 169: History and Heritage of Tibet
HIST 170: Law and Society in Early Modern England
HIST 170R: Law and Society in Early Modern England: Research
HIST 171: Modern European Intellectual History
HIST 172: Europe and the Early Modern Atlantic World
HIST 173: History of Ancient Roman Art and Architecture
HIST 174: History of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
HIST 179: Topics in European History
HIST 180: The Silk Road
JPN 001: Elementary Japanese I
JPN 002: Elementary Japanese II
JPN 003: Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 004: Intermediate Japanese II
JPN 103: Advanced Japanese I
JPN 104: Advanced Japanese II
ME 170: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design
MGMT 128: Global Markets and Investment Banking
MGMT 170: Information Systems for Management
MIST 175: Information Systems for Management
MSE 120: Materials Capstone Design
PH 001: Introduction to Public Health
PH 005: Global and International Public Health
PH 137: Insects and Public Health
PHIL 104: Ethical Theory
PHIL 108: Political Philosophy
PHIL 109: Philosophy of Law
PHIL 131: Topics in Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 170: Philosophy, Politics and Economics
POLI 003: Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLI 005: Introduction to International Relations
POLI 006: Global Issues
POLI 140: Transitions to Democracy
POLI 142: Contemporary Chinese Politics
POLI 145: Political Violence
POLI 150: Causes of International Conflict
POLI 155: International Political Economy
POLI 158: Politics of Human Rights
POLI 165: International Organizations & Regimes
PSY 145: Human Sexuality
PSY 170: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
SOC 110: Social Movements, Protest and Collective Action
SOC 111: Environmental Sociology
SOC 136: Globalization
SOC 145: Sociology of Health
SOC 160: Gender and Society
SOC 180: Advanced Issues in Race and Ethnicity
SPAN 001: Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 002: Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 003: Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 004: Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 010: Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPAN 011: Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
SPAN 050: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures
SPAN 100: Engaging Texts: Introduction to Critical Practice
SPAN 106: Hispanic Cultures II
SPAN 107: Spanish for Health Professionals
SPAN 108: Spanish for Business and Management
SPAN 111: Empire, The Postcolonial, and Representation: Reading East & West
SPAN 113: U.S. Latino/a Literature
SPAN 114: Latinos/as in Children’s Literature and Film
SPAN 122: Spanish (Peninsular) 18-19 Centuries
SPAN 130: The Transatlantic Baroque
SPAN 131: Transatlantic Modernismo
SPAN 140: Latin American Colonial Literature
SPAN 143: Latin American Literature since Independence
SPAN 144: Caribbean Literatures and Cultures
SPAN 145: Novel of the Latin American Dictator
SPAN 146: Latin American Film and Fiction
SPAN 147: Latin American Boom
SPAN 148: The Narrative World of Mario Vargas Llosa
SPAN 150: Asians in the Americas
SPAN 151: Diasporas and Exiles in Latin America
SPAN 153: Bilingualism and Borders in Hispanic Literatures
SPAN 154: Hispanic Drama and Performing
SPAN 170: Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 172: History of the Spanish Language
SPAN 173: Erotic Novel and Film
SPAN 175: Spanish in the U.S.
SPAN 177: Sociolinguistics and Latino Health
SPAN 180: Topics in Hispanic Languages and Cultures
SPAN 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research
WH 110: 3D Modeling Cultural Heritage
WH 140: Cultural Heritage Policy and Practice
WH 160: Methods in Digital Heritage
WH 169: History and Heritage of Tibet
WRI 141: Writing Narrative for Archaeology

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