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Goal 8: Global Perspective

To increase students' understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and develop their ability to apply a comparative perspective to cross-cultural social, economic and political experiences.

ID Course title Goals Credits
ANSO 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANSO 102
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
ANSO 302 Gender in Sociocultural Perspective ANSO 302
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ANSO 304 Social Movements in Global Perspective ANSO 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
ANSO 305 Religion, Culture, and Society ANSO 305
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ANSO 315 Exploring Emotions in World Cultures and Societies ANSO 315
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ANSO 320 Globalization, Culture, and Society ANSO 320
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ANTH 302 Gender in Sociocultural Perspective ANTH 302
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ANTH 304 Religion, Culture, and Society ANTH 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ANTH 310 Anthropology of Masculinity ANTH 310
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
CJS 340 Comparative Criminal Justice CJS 340
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
CJS 340A Comparative Criminal Justice CJS 340A
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 3
COMM 333 Intermediate Intercultural Communication COMM 333
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
 4
COMM 333A Intermediate Intercultural Communication COMM 333A
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
DKTA 100 Dakota Language and Culture DKTA 100
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
ECON 314 International and Comparative Economics ECON 314
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
ETHS 231 Global Native and Indigenous Studies ETHS 231
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
ETHS 270 Global Blackness ETHS 270
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
ETHS 364 Hmong Spirituality ETHS 364
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
GNDR 345 Global Perspectives on Gender GNDR 345
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
HIST 200 Genealogy in Global Context HIST 200
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 2-4
HIST 337 American Empire: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1898 HIST 337
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 341 The Vietnam War HIST 341
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 351 Europe: The Global Power, 1789-Present HIST 351
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 354 History of the Holocaust HIST 354
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 361 Africa: From Ancient Times to 1800 HIST 361
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 362 Africa: From Colonialism to Independence HIST 362
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 366 Palestine/Israel since 1880: Histories of a Conflict HIST 366
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 370 Behind the Great Wall: The Real China HIST 370
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 371 Understanding Modern Japan HIST 371
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 372 History of Japanese Popular Culture HIST 372
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 372A History of Japanese Popular Culture HIST 372A
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 373 US-Japanese Relations from a Racial Perspective HIST 373
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
HIST 380 Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean HIST 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
HIST 382 Colonies, Challenge, and Change: Latin American History to 1910 HIST 382
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 389 Monuments, Memory, and History HIST 389
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 2-6
HIST 394 Comparative Women's History HIST 394
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HMNG 105 HMong Worldview Through Language II HMNG 105
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
HRM 585 International Human Resource Management HRM 585
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
HSCI 309 Global Health Issues HSCI 309
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 3
HUM 105 HMong Worldview Through Language II HUM 105
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
HUM 316 Romanticism HUM 316
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HUM 317 Global Modernisms HUM 317
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HUM 370 African Film HUM 370
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IBUS 311 International Business Environment and Operations IBUS 311
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
IDST 327 Mapping Judaism, Christianity, and Islam IDST 327
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IDST 396T Travel and Culture Theory Seminar IDST 396T
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LING 316 The Nature of Language LING 316
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
 4
LING 326 Language and Culture LING 326
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
 4
LIT 326 Love and Sex in Pre-Modern World Literature LIT 326
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LIT 364 Literature by Immigrants of Color LIT 364
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
LIT 365 Asian Women Writers LIT 365
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LIT 369 African and African Diasporic Literatures LIT 369
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LIT 372 English Literature: 1800-Present LIT 372
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LIT 373 Asian and Asian Diasporic Literatures LIT 373
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LIT 401 Literature of the Global South LIT 401
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
MDST 378 World Cinema MDST 378
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
MKTG 480 International Marketing MKTG 480
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
OJIB 100 Ojibwe Culture and Language OJIB 100
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
OJIB 101 Beginning Ojibwe I OJIB 101
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
POL 304 Social Movements in Global Perspective POL 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
POL 321 Approaches to World Politics POL 321
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
RELS 304 Introduction to World Religions RELS 304
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
RELS 305 Jewish-Christian Encounter RELS 305
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
RELS 308 World of Islam RELS 308
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
RELS 309 Justice, War and Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam RELS 309
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
RELS 312 Religious Traditions of China RELS 312
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
RELS 314 Hmong Spirituality RELS 314
  • Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
RELS 380 Muslim Identities in the United States RELS 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
SOC 304 Social Movements in Global Perspective SOC 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish I SPAN 101
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
SPAN 102 Beginning Spanish II SPAN 102
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I SPAN 201
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II SPAN 202
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4