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Global Studies
	GLOS 3500 - Culture and Change in Africa 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: AAS 1140, AAS 2010 , ANTH 2020 , or SOCI 1101 with a grade of C or higher, or consent of instructor. Description (Same as ANTH 3500 ). Provides an introduction to the ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights change and resistance to change and seeks to understand the historical and cultural conditions underpinning current predicaments facing African societies, as well as the fact that tragedy is only one facet of African lives and experiences. Suitable for students majoring in Global Studies, Anthropology, African-American Studies, History, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3510 - Medieval Mediterranean/ Islamic World 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 3510 ). Overview of the history of the Medieval Mediterranean World, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Atlantic World (500-1500). Topics will include the origins and spread of Islam, cross-cultural contacts around the Mediterranean, the Crusades, and the other examples of Islamic/Christian/Jewish interaction. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3515 - North Africa and the World to 1800 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3515 . Political, economic, cultural and social history of North Africa and its interactions with the Mediterranean world, Sub-Saharan Africa and the broader world system. Examines the history of the Berbers alongside the history of Arab and European influences in the region from Roman times to 1800. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3520 - Early Modern Europe,1500-1789 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3520 . The transition from medieval to modern Europe; special attention to the Northern Renaissance, the Protestant, and Catholic Reformations; the emergence of a competitive state system; the evolution of nation-states; gender roles and the pre-industrial economy; and the conceptual revolution in science and philosophy. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3530 - Europe since 1789 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3530 . Society and politics since the age of enlightenment; special attention to revolution, reaction, and reform; class, gender, and industrial capitalism; imperialism and nationalism; democracy, fascism, and communism; economic integration: citizenship, immigration, and new social movements. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3540 - Film and the Holocaust 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 3540 ). Explores the history of intersections among feature and documentary films and the Holocaust, with an emphasis on the ways filmmakers have interpreted and represented the causes, events, consequences, and recollections of the mass murder of European Jews and other groups during World War II. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3615 - The Indian Ocean World 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 3615 ). The Indian Ocean world is a geographical zone running from East Africa to China and has been a highway of commercial and cultural exchanges since ancient times. This course introduces students to the empires, trade, and cultures in monsoons Asia and their role in the world economy from non-Western and non-Eurocentric perspectives. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3620 - The Atlantic World: Encounters, Empires, Diasporas, Revolutions 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3620 . The Atlantic World as a space of cross-cultural contact, empire and nation-building, diasporas, and revolutions since the fifteenth century; transatlantic encounters in Africa, Europe, and the Americas; conquest, colonialism, and creolization; slavery, emancipation, and capitalism; indigenous survival, subaltern resistance, and popular religion; Atlantic world legacies in cultural and political identities. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3630 - Empires in the Modern World 3 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3630 . This course explores the interactive history of empires, both horizontally among great powers and vertically between rulers and subjects, since the sixteenth century. These interactions shaped, restructured, and dissolved supposedly monolithic empires. We will interrogate the cross-cultural encounters of imperial expansion; the raced and gendered nature of imperial hierarchies, identities, and imaginaries; the lived experience of colonial rule; the interplay of world economy, world war, and anticolonial projects for reform, revival, and revolution in the decline and fall of empire; and the uneven and contradictory transition from an imperial to an international world order. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3645 - Contemporary Africa 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 3645 ). The major historical, political, cultural, and economic developments, which have shaped conditions in Africa since the Second World War. Topics vary but include liberation movements, the Ebola Crisis, and the War on Terror in Africa; historical developments that continue to impact the continent’s current and future prospects. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3650 - Africa and the World 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3650 . This interdisciplinary course explores the long and extensive international history of Africa, focusing on its relations with other civilizations and regions of the world, from medieval times to the present. The weekly inter-related and inter-woven topics will include Medieval African Kingdoms and the Trans-Saharan Trade; the Indian Ocean Trade; European colonialism; Africa, the World Wars and the Cold War; African relations with the US, Western Europe, and the former USSR; China and India in Africa; the UN and other global IGOs/NGOs in Africa; Africa and the global economy; globalization and Africa; and Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3660 - The Twentieth Century World 3 Credit Hours Description This course explores the history of the long twentieth century from the 1890s to the 2000s. We will track the emergence of antagonisms in an imperial world that culminated in the First World War; the effort to construct political and social alternatives through the Second World War; the interplay of the â€œthree worldsâ€ during the Cold War; and the unfolding of global turbulence in a neoliberal world. We will highlight the ongoing challenges of social movements as well as contested visions of global order across this long century. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3700 - China and Japan to 1600 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3700 . Origins and development of two ancient civilizations, with emphasis upon traditional thought, cultures, institutions, and change. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3710 - China and Japan since 1600 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3710 . East Asia in modern transformation from 1600 to the present, emphasizing pre-nineteenth century prosperity, nineteenth-century crises, and twentieth-century change. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3720 - Colonial Latin America 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3720 . Spain’s and Portugal’s conquests and settlements in the Western hemisphere; the organization and collapse of their colonial systems. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3730 - Latin America since 1810 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3730 . Political, economic, and social developments of the major countries, such as Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3780 - Middle East 600-1800 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3780 and MES 4110 . Political, cultural, social, and economic developments in the lands from Spain to Central Asia since the rise of Islam. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3800 - History of India from the Indus Civilization to the Present 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 3800 ). This course provides a broad overview of the political, economic, social, and cultural processes in Indian history from the Indus Civilization (c.2500 BCE) to the present. Students will learn about major developments in the long historical trajectory that have shaped the societies, cultures, polities, and economies of the subcontinent and continue to influence present-day life. A critical evaluation of India’s historical processes during the four and a half millennia will help students understand the contemporary political, social, and economic dynamics of the region. Students will discuss a variety of issues and their historical context, such as caste and social hierarchy, Buddhist-Hindu-Muslim relations, religious radicalism and ethnic violence, economic growth, and India’s position in the modern world economy. Through a combination of reading and analysis of literature and primary sources, watching movies/documentaries, and in-class discussions students will learn about major historical developments and their implications for the peoples, societies, economies, and cultures of the region. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3850 - China, India, and the Modern World Economy 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 3850 ). How to define and understand the modern world economy? What place did China and India have in it? This comparative global history course addresses these questions. It familiarizes students with the main characteristics of the world economy and the place and role of China and India in it. Prior to 1800, China and India were at the forefront of the world economy and since the early 19th century, Europe and North America have held a dominant position in it. Rapid economic growth in China and India since the early 1990s is indicative of a major reconfiguration in the world economy. This course offers historical and contemporary perspectives on the modern world economy and a comparative analysis of the role of states, markets, trade networks, economic institutions, commodity production, consumption, and socio-cultural values in the economies of China, India, and Europe/North America. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 3900 - Human Rights in Historical Perspective 3 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 3900 . Exploration of the historical development of human rights as contested ideal, movement, and institution. Topics may include premodern origins of human rights, modern struggles for the recognition of human rights, and historic and recent controversies around the legitimacy of human rights. Global Scholars course. May be repeated if topic varies.
	GLOS 4040 - Race, Class and Gender in Global Perspective 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ANTH 2020 with a grade of C or higher, or consent of instructor. Description (Same as ANTH 4040  & WGSS 4040 ). Exploration of the various ways that perceptions and designations of race, class, and gender intersect with each other and shape the human experience. This includes an analysis of how categories of class, ethnicity, and gender affect daily life for people in multiethnic, stratified societies, particularly in terms of how inequities of access to wealth, power, and resources have emerged on global and local levels. Structural violence is an important theme of many of the readings in the class. The idea of race as a social construct rather than a biological phenomenon is another key topic. We will examine how gender identity and gender roles are shaped by culture. Globalization and immigration, and their relationship to gender, race, and class, are foci of the latter part of the course. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4114 - Language and Social Justice 4 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ANTH 2020 or ANTH 2040 , or AL 2101 or FORL 2101, or AL 2102 or FORL 2102. Description Same as ANTH 4114 . This course focuses on the linguistic anthropological study of inequality and questions of social justice that arise. From the work of translation in institutional settings that often falls to bilingual children of immigrants to the marked evaluation of African-American English, students will explore how language is integral in processes of exclusion, stigma, and oppression. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4211 - Psychology of Terrorism 3 Credit Hours Description This seminar provides an interdisciplinary examination of the motivations for terrorism with emphasis on communication, political, and applied social psychology perspectives. Topics include defining terrorism, preconditions, recruitment, domestic and international terrorism, as well as case studies and analysis of terrorist organizations. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4212 - International Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Signature Experience course. Description Introduction to the key concepts, frameworks, theories, and techniques of international conflict resolution. Considers the theory and practice of international conflict resolution as it applies to interstate conflicts and intrastate conflicts. Students practice techniques of negotiation, mediation and conflict mapping through simulations.
	GLOS 4215 - Politics of Peace 3 Credit Hours Description Explores the challenges of building stable political systems in the wake of civil war, using cases drawn from all regions of the world. The course is suitable for undergraduate students majoring in Global Studies, Political Science, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4220 - Refugees and Forced Migration 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as ANTH 4220 ). Examines refugees, forced migration processes, and undocumented migration with emphasis on the impact of displacement on social relations and identities at various intersecting levels. Engages with multiple theoretical frameworks for understanding migration, displacement, sovereignty, and the border. Considers policy responses to these phenomena. Signature Experience course. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4225 - Immigrants in America 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 4225 ). History of immigration and the creation of “ethnic” identity in the United States from European contact to the present. Global Scholars course. City Scholars course.
	GLOS 4490 - The Anthropology of Globalization 4 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ANTH 2020 with a grade of C or higher. Description This course critically analyzes the concept of globalization by examining the various components that are often invoked in defining/discussing the concept and the current world structure. We will explicitly examine the anthropological components of globalization and determine the manner in which it shapes culture, constructions of identity, restrictions of the body, distributions of economic and natural resources, intercultural contact, and patterns of global inequality. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4540 - Britain and the World, 1500-1700 4 Credit Hours Description Same as HIST 4540 . The history of the early modern British Isles and their interaction with the wider world. Special attention to the Reformation; changes in governance; civil war; society, gender, and the preindustrial economy. Also includes emphasis on interactions between the different countries of the British Isles, and to contact between Britain and the wider world through imperialism, trade, and travel. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4550 - Domestic Field School 1 to 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description This variable credit course provides participating students with an opportunity to gain practical experience in global studies in the United States. Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
	GLOS 4551 - Britain and the World since 1700 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 4550 ). Exploration of the interconnected histories of the British isles, the British empire, and the wider world since the eighteenth century; rise of British economic, political, and cultural power on a world scale; politics of class, gender, race, and nation in metropole, colonies, and diasporas; vicissitudes of global hegemony and imperial rivalry; decline, decolonization, and globalization. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4560 - International Field Experience 1 to 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: 9 credit hours in Global Studies, minimum GPA of 2.5, and consent of instructor. Description This variable credit course provides participating students with an opportunity to gain practical experience in global studies in another country through an organized study abroad trip. Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
	GLOS 4580 - German History since 1900 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 4580 ). Intellectual, the social, economic, cultural, and political history of Germany since 1900. Special attention to nationalism, effects of WWI, Nazism, WWII, and reunification. Themes include consumerism, the mass media, and relationships between the state, society, and the individual. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4635 - European Intellectual History II: From Marx to Postmodernism 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 4635 ). Explores the social-cultural history of European thought from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s. Topics may include Marx and Marxism, Nietzsche, the avant-garde, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Modernism, Existentialism, Fascism, Second Wave Feminism, the counterculture, and postmodernism. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4640 - The Holocaust 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as SOCI 3228 and HIST 4640 ). Historical and social analysis of the mass deprivation and murder of Jews and other people under the policies and auspices of National Socialist Germany, 1933-1945. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4650 - Special Topics in Global Studies 1 to 4 Credit Hours Description Intensive treatment of specified topics in global studies. Global Scholars course. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
	GLOS 4651 - Special Topics Global Studies - CTW 3 Credit Hours Description Intensive treatment of specified topics in global studies. Critical Thinking through Writing. Global Scholars course. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
	GLOS 4652 - Comparative Global Studies 3 Credit Hours Description Topics may include comparative study of selected countries and regions of the world or themes in comparative analysis of global issues. Global Scholars course. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
	GLOS 4740 - Latin American Revolutions 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as HIST 4740 ). Socio-political and economic revolutions in Latin America with comparisons to other twentieth-century revolutions. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4760 - Research Practicum 1 to 6 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Minimum sophomore standing and consent of instructor who will supervise research. Description Student assists Global Studies Institute faculty with research. The course may include the collection and analysis of primary or secondary sources, coding data, quantitative analysis, assisting with experiments or fieldwork, and other tasks in support of faculty-led research. Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
	GLOS 4761 - Directed Study in Global Studies 1 to 6 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Permission of faculty member who will supervise directed study. Description Students design a directed study under supervision of a faculty member. Varies in topics and themes. Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours total.
	GLOS 4870 - Honors Thesis II 1 to 6 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor. Description A faculty mentor guides a student in the design of individual research topics, the collection and analysis of data, and the composition of a coherent research paper with depth. Global Perspectives course. Signature Experience course.
	GLOS 4880 - Honors Thesis II 1 to 6 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor. Description Writing or production of honors thesis or project. Signature Experience course. Global Scholars course.
	GLOS 4910 - Internship in Global Studies 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: 9 credits in Global Studies, minimum GPA of 2.5, and consent of instructor. Description This course provides participating students with an opportunity to gain practical experience working in an organization dedicated to navigating the complex demands of the global workplace, and to engage in critical reflection regarding this work. Global Perspectives Course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
	GLOS 4990 - Topics in International Development Methods 1 to 3 Credit Hours Description Special topics in international development methods. Global Scholars course. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
	GLOS 4996 - Study Abroad: European Studies in Strasbourg, France 3 Credit Hours Description Contemporary politics and political economy of European integration. Designed specifically for those students participating in Georgia State University Study Abroad Program. This course may include a Signature Experience component. Global Perspectives Course.
Graphic Design
	GRD 3000 - Introduction to Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ART 1010 and ART 1020 with grades of C- or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee $20.00. Description Introduction to concepts and practices of graphic design through combining of type and images; introduction to Macintosh-based graphics software; graphics presentation techniques.
	GRD 3150 - Introduction to Typography 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ART 1010 and ART 1020 with grades of C- or higher. Pre/Corequisites: GRD 3000 must be taken as a prerequisite or corequisite. Requirements: Lab Fee $20.00. Description Aesthetics and legibility of type through applied design. Specifying type, type terminology, type as compositional element, cultural considerations of type and image. Introduction to drawing and page layout software.
	GRD 3200 - Intermediate Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3000 with a grade of C- or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Student must have completed or be currently enrolled in GRD 3150 in order to enroll in this course. Continued development of conceptual and traditional/digital media skills including art direction, image-making, and specialized problem areas.
	GRD 3300 - Illustration: Concepts through Images 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3000 with a grade of C- or higher. Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Traditional and experimental illustrative techniques with digital and non-digital media; applications to advertising, editorial design, corporate, collateral, and design specializations.
	GRD 3400 - Graphic Design Survey 3 Credit Hours Not for Graphic Design majors. Description Communicating effectively with type and images; creative problem solving; organizing information; using computers and traditional media to create print and digital graphics. Emphasizes integration with other disciplines.
	GRD 3910 - History of Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher and consent of instructor. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Survey of aesthetic, cultural, and technological influences on written and printed media including sources of modern design.
	GRD 4020 - Advanced Typographic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Advanced concepts in typographic design within a studio problem-solving format; advanced digital techniques, formal, and experimental applications of typography.
	GRD 4100 - Print and Editorial Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Advanced editorial design concepts within a studio problem-solving format; print and electronic publishing applications, identity, and format design; art direction and image-making of material with issue orientation and/or controversial content.
	GRD 4150 - Design for Education 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Requirements: Lab Fee $20.00. Description Advanced graphic concepts in instructional and educational applications; using data visualization to translate concepts; designing in systems.
	GRD 4200 - Corporate Identity Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Advanced design concepts applied to corporate and/or institutional contexts; presented in studio problem-solving format; logotype and identity design; design systems; print technology, strategic communications, and system applications.
	GRD 4250 - Graphic Design in Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Chronology of popular culture through graphic design from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century; presented in a studio problem-solving format; sociological and cultural impact of design and design technology.
	GRD 4300 - Internship in Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 4020 , GRD 4100 , and GRD 4310 with grades of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Specialized field training allowing practical professional experience with major design firms, advertising agencies, and corporations. This course may include a Signature Experience component.
	GRD 4310 - Interactive Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Exploration of interactive media design for screen and online applications in studio problem-solving format; creating and managing systems of content for nonlinear view; professional practices and project scheduling; research-based proposals and working on creative teams.
	GRD 4350 - Graphic Design through Advertising 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Applications of graphic design in advertising in a studio problem-solving format; collaboration and art direction on creative teams; visual marketing concepts; campaign development, copywriting; development of presentation skills.
	GRD 4400 - Motion Design and Time-Based Media 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Design of motion graphics and time-based media for screen and online applications; demonstrations and/or practical experience with various motion systems; professional practices; the contemporary use of typography, imagery, animation, and digital systems, including audio.
	GRD 4450 - Professional Practices in Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Practical client-based professional experiences; field trips; presentation techniques; implementation of projects through supervision of printing process or appropriate media; principles unique to the business of graphic design.
	GRD 4550 - Specialized Applications of Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Specialized and alternative applications of graphic designs in a studio format; identity through packaging; point of purchase design; signage and display.
	GRD 4600 - Senior Workshop in Graphic Design 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Lab Fee: $20.00. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Advanced exploration of multimedia including illustrative and photographic animation, interactivity, internet applications, and strategic communication. Professional practices in digital media.
	GRD 4840 - Computer Graphic Imaging 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: ART 1020 and ART 1030 or ART 1050 with grades of C- or higher. Description (Same as CSC 4840 and FLME 4840 ). Study the theories, techniques and tools for creating 3D graphics content. Topics include 3D modeling, camera, lighting, materials, texture mapping, physics based modeling, basic animation, and rendering techniques (such as tracing and radiosity).
	GRD 4950 - Graphic Design Portfolio-CTW 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: GRD 3200 with a grade of C or higher. Requirements: Serves as one of the two Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) courses required of all Graphic Design majors. Description Restricted to students who have been accepted into the BFA program. Preparation of final professional portfolio; consolidation and revision of previous projects; addition of projects reflecting student’s specialized interests; self-promotion; presentation; interviewing; the language of graphic design in the context of the fine arts. Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course.
	GRD 4980 - Special Problems 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and of school director. Description Independent studies initiated by the student. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.
GSU New Student Orientation
	GSU 1010 - New Student Orientation 1 to 3 Credit Hours Description Introduction to the academic life of the university; interdisciplinary study of urban Atlanta and the Georgia State community; introduction to the academic demands, learning resources, and rules and procedures of the institution. Three lecture hours a week.
	GSU 1050 - Survival Skills for College 1 to 3 Credit Hours Description Two class hours and one lab hour per week. Designed to help students improve their academic skills to survive the college experience. Special attention will be given to the academic, social, family, work, career, and personal issues that affect students’ success. This class is appropriate for students with less than a 2.0 cumulative Georgia State GPA. (Formerly AcF 1050.)
Health Administration
	HA 3900 - Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. Description This course introduces and describes the health care system in the United States. Students learn how the system devel- oped, how health care services in the U.S. are organized and financed, and the key problems facing the health care sector.
	HA 3910 - Health Policy in the United States: An Introduction 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. Description This course introduces and describes health policy in the United States. Students learn about health policy at the federal, state, and local levels and how health policy is developed for hospitals, employers, HMOs, and other health services organizations. Key policy issues facing the health care sector are discussed.
	HA 3970 - Health Information Systems 3 Credit Hours Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. Description The course provides a broad overview of the critical role of information systems in the health sector and its strategic importance to health management. While hardware, software, and Internet applications will be discussed, the focus is on the use of information systems throughout the whole health care sector, including health systems, hospitals, medical practices, and businesses. This course is appropriate for students interested in health informatics, computers, business, and health sciences.
	HA 4389 - Directed Readings in Health Administration 1 to 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours. Description
Hindi
	HIN 1001 - Elementary Hindi I 3 Credit Hours Description This is the first part of a four-year Hindi course designed to develop listening, speaking, writing, and reading skills while building a background in basic grammar for the purpose of functional command of Hindi that will allow students to use the language for communication, for understanding other cultures as well as the student’s own (cultures), as a tool for instruction in other areas of knowledge (connections), for comparing and contrasting languages and cultures (comparisons), and for extending learning experiences from the classroom to the home and to multilingual and multicultural communities locally and in a global society (communities).
	HIN 1002 - Elementary Hindi II 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Elementary Hindi 1001 with a grade of C or higher or placement in 1002 by instructor approval. Description Development of basic skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing; acquisition of grammatical structures. Students are introduced to various aspects of Indian culture. This is the second semester of a four-year course for the functional command of Hindi for communication, for understanding culture(s), as a tool for critical thinking, and for applications in multilingual and multicultural communities locally and globally.
History
	HIST 1111 - Survey of World History to 1500 3 Credit Hours Description A survey of world history to early modern times.
	HIST 1112 - Survey of World History since 1500 3 Credit Hours Description A survey of world history from early modern times to the present.
	HIST 1141 - Introduction to African and African American History to 1865 3 Credit Hours Description An introductory survey of African-American History that provides engagement with significant topics, themes and issues in the African American experience from pre-colonial Africa, through enslavement in North America.
	HIST 1142 - Introduction to African American History Since 1865 3 Credit Hours Description An introductory survey of African-American History that provides engagement with significant topics, themes and issues in the African American experience from Reconstruction in to the present.
	HIST 1200 - Introduction to the Middle East 3 Credit Hours Prerequisites: Exit or exemption from ENGL 0989 or all ESL requirements except ENSL 0091 This course focuses on the key political, cultural, social, religious changes that occurred in the Middle East 1800 Century to the present. Description
	HIST 2030 - Introduction to Asian Studies 3 Credit Hours Description This course provides a broad overview of Asia’s historical, political, socio-economic, and cultural diversity and dynamics. Students will learn what Asia is all about and how it has been conceptualized and understood in the West by critically engaging with the “Orientalism,” “Asian modernity,” and “great divergence” debates. They will study Asian societies, economies, cultures, and politics in a multidisciplinary framework and from global and comparative perspectives. Anyone interested in Asian politics, history, economies, and cultures will find this course interesting and useful.
	HIST 2110 - Survey of United States History 3 Credit Hours Description A thematic survey of U.S. history to the present.
	HIST 2200 - Women In American History 3 Credit Hours Description This course will examine the historical development of the United States of America from colonial times to the present with special reference to the contributions of women. The course will review changes in feminism, gender, and the Constitution of the United States, i.e., the 19th amendment, the Suffragettes, their relationship to abolition and other feminist campaigns. This course includes an analysis of the social and economic disparity between women and men, women’s roles within state, local, and federal governments, their intellectual, cultural, and social interaction in the larger society. It explores the issues of women in major ethnic groups in the United States, and interaction of women within and outside each group. Topics include colonial women, frontier women, progressivism, unions, birth control, discrimination, sectional conflict from the perspective of women, WWII, “Rosie the Riveter”, Vietnam, the modern industrial complex, globalization, and urban demographic patterns as they relate to the lives of women.
	HIST 3000 - Introduction to Historical Studies-CTW 4 Credit Hours Requirements: Serves as one of the two Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) courses required of all History majors. (History majors should take History 3000 as the first course among their upper-division selections). Description The nature of historical knowledge and analysis, historical resources in Atlanta-area research libraries and archives, and exercises in historical writing and thinking. Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course.
	HIST 3100 - Introduction to Global History 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as GLOS 3100)). What is the story behind globalization, the processes and effects of integration and disruption on a world scale in the contemporary moment? This course explores the exciting field of global history, with its emphasis on the shaping force of contexts and connections linking societies and regions in recent centuries. We will highlight the value of historicizing global conditions and relations by following the unfolding of key economic, political, cultural, and environmental processes. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3200 - North America before 1800 4 Credit Hours Description Development of Native American cultures before European contact; cultural interactions among Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans during conquest and colonization; emergence of United States of America as dominant economic and political force in North America.
	HIST 3210 - United States in the Nineteenth Century 4 Credit Hours Description Major developments in United States history from 1800 to 1900, including the growth of political parties and the changing role of the presidency; sectionalism and the Civil War and Reconstruction; immigration, economic expansion, and the American response to industrialization; changes in American social classes and American life.
	HIST 3220 - United States in the Twentieth Century 4 Credit Hours Description Major developments in the United States from 1900 to the present.
	HIST 3230 - American Environmental History 4 Credit Hours Description History of interactions with the natural world from the 17th through the 20th century, focusing on the US and its global influence. Explores the history of nature’s effects on culture and economy, the history of people’s activities on their environments, conceptions of nature, and environmental politics. Topics include urban growth, pollution, colonialism, natural resource issues, the history of parks and wild lands, and global environmental problems.
	HIST 3240 - History of Sports and Leisure 3 Credit Hours Description Examines diverse examples of sports and leisure in human history, with special focus on their relationship to industrialization, nation-building, and empire. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3250 - Religion in American Life 3 to 4 Credit Hours Description This course will explore the history of religion in the United States from the early colonial period to the present.
	HIST 3260 - The Harlem Renaissance 3 Credit Hours Requirements: City Scholars course. Description Harlem became the epicenter of Black America in the 1920s and 1930s. This course explores the historical social, political, and economic forces that set the stage for the emergence of this dynamic urban community and the contributions by writers, artists, journalists, folklorists, political leaders, organizations, and working class African Americans.
	HIST 3270 - History of the 1970s and 1980s 3 to 4 Credit Hours Description From the persistence of post-1960s radical politics to the media revolution represented by MTV to the fall of the Soviet Union, the 1970s and 1980s have had profound effects on the way we experience the world today. This class will challenge students to rethink what we know/remember about these two decades from a broader, deeper, historical perspective. As a 3000-level survey, the class will consider many approaches to the history of these decades, including political, social, military, economic, cultural, and intellectual history. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3300 - History of Capitalism 3 to 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as GLOS 3300). This course examines the intellectual, cultural and social history of capitalism from the eighteenth century to the present. Readings include texts written by historians, economists, sociologists, and social and political theorists; topics range from the emergence of free market economics, the formation of social classes, the rise of the corporation, the cultural impact of consumerism, and the global reach of capitalism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Global Scholars course. City Scholars course.
	HIST 3400 - History of Sex 3 to 4 Credit Hours Description Sex has a history. Topics may vary, but include the theory and history of sexuality, the science of sexual difference, and the social and cultural ramifications of â€œsexual revolutionâ€, the historical dimensions of population management and â€œfamily planningâ€, as well as sex as identity, metaphor, and ideology. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3410 - History of Food 4 Credit Hours Description What does soup have to do with labor rights in 16th-century France? Why did the ancient Romans legislate how many chickens could be served at a dinner party? How did Chicago change the American farming landscape? This course examines the ways that people have used food to engage with their social worlds and debate issues such as health, industrialization, and power structures. Looking at the way food has been produced and consumed, the course considers a wide range of topics, including: the history of cookbooks, public eating and restaurants, agriculture from its origins to â€œurban farms,” hunger, food taboos, networks of food production, disordered eating, and modern food movements. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3420 - Historical Aspects of Public Health and Medicine 3 Credit Hours Description This course will cover the major discoveries, developments, and advances in the field of medicine and public health. It will examine the intellectual and technological processes that produce advancements, and critically examine the public and professional debates about the application of such changes in society at large. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3500 - The Ancient Mediterranean 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as MES 3110). Political, cultural, religious, economic, and social developments of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome and their influence on Western Civilization. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3505 - Classical and Early Modern Western Political Thought 3 Credit Hours Description (Same as Phil 3855 and PolS 3530). A survey of the historical writings in political thought from Plato to Machiavelli. Special emphasis on the contributions these thinkers made to Western conceptions of democracy, equality, human nature, citizenship, etc., as well as the continuing relevance of the texts for explaining contemporary political phenomena. Global Scholars course.
	HIST 3510 - Medieval Mediterranean/Islamic World 4 Credit Hours Description (Same as GLOS 3510). Overview of the history of the Medieval Mediterranean World, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Atlantic World (500-1500). Topics will include the origins and spread of Islam, cross-cultural contacts around the Mediterranean, the Crusades, and the other examples of Islamic/Christian/Jewish interaction. Global Scholars course.

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Course Credit Hours

Prerequisites

GLOS 3500 - Culture and Change in Africa

GLOS 3510 - Medieval Mediterranean/ Islamic World

GLOS 3515 - North Africa and the World to 1800

GLOS 3520 - Early Modern Europe,1500-1789

GLOS 3530 - Europe since 1789

GLOS 3540 - Film and the Holocaust

GLOS 3615 - The Indian Ocean World

GLOS 3620 - The Atlantic World: Encounters, Empires, Diasporas, Revolutions

GLOS 3630 - Empires in the Modern World

GLOS 3645 - Contemporary Africa

GLOS 3650 - Africa and the World

GLOS 3660 - The Twentieth Century World

GLOS 3700 - China and Japan to 1600

GLOS 3710 - China and Japan since 1600

GLOS 3720 - Colonial Latin America

GLOS 3730 - Latin America since 1810

GLOS 3780 - Middle East 600-1800

GLOS 3800 - History of India from the Indus Civilization to the Present

GLOS 3850 - China, India, and the Modern World Economy

GLOS 3900 - Human Rights in Historical Perspective

GLOS 4040 - Race, Class and Gender in Global Perspective

GLOS 4114 - Language and Social Justice

GLOS 4211 - Psychology of Terrorism

GLOS 4212 - International Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice

GLOS 4215 - Politics of Peace

GLOS 4220 - Refugees and Forced Migration

GLOS 4225 - Immigrants in America

GLOS 4490 - The Anthropology of Globalization

GLOS 4540 - Britain and the World, 1500-1700

GLOS 4550 - Domestic Field School

GLOS 4551 - Britain and the World since 1700

GLOS 4560 - International Field Experience

GLOS 4580 - German History since 1900

GLOS 4635 - European Intellectual History II: From Marx to Postmodernism

GLOS 4640 - The Holocaust

GLOS 4650 - Special Topics in Global Studies

GLOS 4651 - Special Topics Global Studies - CTW

GLOS 4652 - Comparative Global Studies

GLOS 4740 - Latin American Revolutions

GLOS 4760 - Research Practicum

GLOS 4761 - Directed Study in Global Studies

GLOS 4870 - Honors Thesis II

GLOS 4880 - Honors Thesis II

GLOS 4910 - Internship in Global Studies

GLOS 4990 - Topics in International Development Methods

GLOS 4996 - Study Abroad: European Studies in Strasbourg, France

GRD 3000 - Introduction to Graphic Design

GRD 3150 - Introduction to Typography

GRD 3200 - Intermediate Graphic Design

GRD 3300 - Illustration: Concepts through Images

GRD 3400 - Graphic Design Survey

GRD 3910 - History of Graphic Design

GRD 4020 - Advanced Typographic Design

GRD 4100 - Print and Editorial Design

GRD 4150 - Design for Education

GRD 4200 - Corporate Identity Design

GRD 4250 - Graphic Design in Popular Culture

GRD 4300 - Internship in Graphic Design

GRD 4310 - Interactive Design

GRD 4350 - Graphic Design through Advertising

GRD 4400 - Motion Design and Time-Based Media

GRD 4450 - Professional Practices in Graphic Design

GRD 4550 - Specialized Applications of Graphic Design

GRD 4600 - Senior Workshop in Graphic Design

GRD 4840 - Computer Graphic Imaging

GRD 4950 - Graphic Design Portfolio-CTW

GRD 4980 - Special Problems

GSU 1010 - New Student Orientation

GSU 1050 - Survival Skills for College

HA 3900 - Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System

HA 3910 - Health Policy in the United States: An Introduction

HA 3970 - Health Information Systems

HA 4389 - Directed Readings in Health Administration

HIN 1001 - Elementary Hindi I

HIN 1002 - Elementary Hindi II