Courses | The Global Mobility Project

Courses taught by the Global Mobility Team

Anthropology 3419: Migration in Latin America – An intensive ethnographic investigation of Latin American and Caribbean migration (Mexico, Ecuador, The Dominican Republic) including the history of migration; contemporary movement; and transnationalism. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 421.06. Credit Hours: 3.0
Anthropology 5626: More: Culture and Economic Life – An analysis of economic rationality in non-market and market societies; resource allocation, work organization, product disposition, exchange, money, trade, and development. Prereq: 2202 (202) or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 620.15. Credit Hours: 3.0
Anthropology 7805: Human Mobility: The Anthropology of Migration – Human Mobility – migration – defines history. Humans have always moved. This class builds a space for dialogue as we use the anthropological study of migration to talk across disciplinary boundaries. Two goals drive our seminar: 1) to follow the development of migration theory and methods; and 2) understand the costs and benefits of mobility. In addition to classroom discussions of migration theory, students will be asked to share their work. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM). Credit Hours: 3.0
History 2750: Natives and Newcomers: Migration in U.S. History –General survey of (im)migration history in the U.S. from precolonial times to the present. Topics include cultural contact, economic relations, citizenship, politics, family, and sexuality. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 322. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. Credit Hours: 3.0
History 3252: People on the Move: Migration in Modern Europe – Study of migration movements in Europe from the age of industrialization to the present. Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. Credit Hours: 3.0
History 3680: Religion and Law in Comparative Perspective – Comparative, interdisciplinary approach to studying religion and law. Drawing on concrete cases, historical studies, and theoretical literature, the course explores how the relationship between religion and law has been configured differently in different liberal democracies, such as the U.S., France, and Israel, and what this might mean for contemporary debates. Team-taught w/ faculty in Comparative Studies. GE Historical Study and Diversity: Global Studies. Cross-listed in Religious Studies. Taught by Alexander Kaye and Isaac Weiner. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
History 4250H: Readings in Modern European History – Migration, Mobility, and Refugee Politics, 1933-Present – Questions concerning asylum and refugee protection feature prominently in contemporary politics. This seminar aims to help students develop a better understanding of the contemporary immigration debates by studying the historical factors that have shaped it. In our study of the history of mobility and migration in Europe, we will begin our examination with the Nazi rise to power and the forced migrations and mass movements during World War II. We will then shift our discussion to the immediate post war period and the historical challenges posed by millions of Displaced Persons. The final third of the seminar will consider the evolving international legal framework for the protection of migrants and the global impact of migration. Taught by Robin Judd. (AU17 M 1:30-4:20PM)
History 4650: Seminar in World/Global/Transnational History – This course will acquaint student with the literature on global mobility, using a variety of case studies from different geographical locations (Europe, Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and the Americas) to chart the multiple meanings of human mobility in the modern period. In the first half of the semester, students will examine a number of scholarly works, fictional accounts, media reports, and digital resources that offer different perspectives on migrations in a global context. In the second half, each student will choose a topic to explore in more details and write a final historiographical paper on it. Taught by Theodora Dragostinova. (AU17 W 9:35AM-12:20PM)
Slavic/WGSS 5450: Global Trafficking: Reality and Representation – This course will introduce students to the development of human trafficking as it has been understood and represented by governments, policymakers, the media, and popular culture. The class will analyze the progression of anti-trafficking activism and legislation to better comprehend the problem and how understandings of it shape policy. The course will place an emphasis on human trafficking in the United States and Eastern Europe, but will also cover other areas. Credit Hours: 3.0
History 7750: Comparative Historiographies and Theories of Race, Ethnicity, and Nation – Graduate reading course that examines the historical scholarship and theories in race, ethnicity, and nation in comparative geographical and chronological contexts. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. Credit Hours: 3.0
Slavic 7370: Violence and Alterity in the Balkans – Critical and comparative analysis of violence and its expressions in epic, novel, and film in the Balkans. Taught in English. Prereq: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 770.

Along with the above courses, OSU offers a wide variety of courses which engage concepts of migration and mobility. Below are the undergraduate and graduate courses being offered in Autumn 2017.

Undergraduate Courses

African American and African Studies 2080: African American History to 1877 –The study of the African American experience in America from arrival through the era of Reconstruction, focusing on slavery, resistance movements, and African American culture. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. GE historical study course. Cross-listed in History. Taught by Leslie Alexander. (AU17 TuTh 12:45PM – 2:05PM)
African American and African Studies 3310: Global Perspectives on the African Diaspora – Study of historical processes, key figures and ideas, and cultural expressions of the worldwide dispersion of people of African descent from different times and places. Taught by Lupenga Mphande. (AU17 WeFr 11:10AM-12:30PM)
African American and African Studies 3376: Arts and Cultures of Africa and the Diaspora – An overview of African and African diaspora cultures from a historical perspective. Cultural media will include art, literature, film, dance, and photography. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 376 or HistArt 3102. GE VPA and diversity global studies course. Cross-listed in HistArt 3102. (AU17 MoWe 2:20-PM – 3:40PM)
African American and African Studies 5240: Race and Public Policy in the United States – This course explores Race and Public Policy in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. In particular, the class is designed to look at the long list of “hot topics” in the current policy landscape, including policing, housing, wealth gap, immigration, voting, political representation, and others. Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Cross-listed in PubAfrs. Taught by Devin Fergus. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40 PM)
Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics 4535: International Economic Development –Study of the growth and diversification of developing economies and the causes of poverty and inequality. Analyze the impacts of human capital formation, markets, and public policy on development. Prereq: 2001 (200) or Econ 2001 (200). Taught by Jon Einar Flatnes. (AU17 TuTh 12:45-2:05 PM)
Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics 01: Food Population and the Environment Issues related to world-wide population increases, food production, and associated environmental stress; policy options for lessening these concerns, especially in low-income countries.Prereq: Jr or Sr standing. Not open to students with credit for 597.01, 4597.01H (597.01H), IntStds 4597.01 (597.01), or 4597.01H (597.01H). GE cross-disciplinary seminar course. Cross-listed in IntStds. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
Anthropology 5602: Women’s Health in Global Perspective – A cross-cultural comparison of the political, economic, social, and biological issues surrounding women’s health. Taught by Barbara Piperata. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Anthropology 5700: Anthropology, Public Health, and Human Rights – This course provides an introduction to the relationship between medical anthropology and global public health with an emphasis on social justice and health as a human right. Health policy, evidence-based medicine, children?s health, HIV, TB, chronic disease, citizenship and deservingness, and other health topics will be discussed and analyzed from a cross-cultural and ethnographic perspective. Taught by Jennifer Syversten. (AU17 Mo 11:15AM-2:00PM)
Arabic 2702: Modern Arabic Literature in Translation – Reading and analysis of representative works of the 19th and 20th centuries; by contemporary women authors. GE lit and diversity global studies course. Cross-listed in WGSSt. Taught by Johanna Sellman. (AU17 TuTh 11:10AM – 12:30PM)
Communication 3668: Intercultural Communication – An examination of the role of intercultural communication in organizational contexts and the attendant effects on the creation and transmission of cultural consciousness, knowledge, tradition, and practices. Taught by Olga Kamenchuk. (AU17 TuTh 11:10AM-12:30PM)
Communication 3330: Communication and Conflict Management – An overview of the communication and conflict literature with emphasis on effective conflict management. Taught by Olga Kamenchuk. (AU17 TuTh 9:35AM-10:55AM)
Comparative Studies 2322: Introduction to Latino Studies – The course presents and analyzes scholarly works that include theoretical models, methodological strategies, and analytical approaches to learning about U.S. Latinos. We will take a social science approach to understand the demographics, immigration and socioeconomic incorporation of distinct Latino/a groups, and we will discuss policy issues related to growing Latino/a visibility in U.S. society. We will use fiction, essays and poetry to understand the historical and actual experience of Latinos/as, and the distinct cultural and political expressions that have emerged through the Latino/a encounters with U.S. politics and culture. This course fulfills the GE requirements for “Cultures and Ideas” and “Social Diversity in the U.S.” Taught by Theresa Delgadillo. (AU17 TuTh 3:55PM – 5:15PM)
Economics 4560: Cooperation and Conflict in the Global Economy – The economic, social, and political bases for and responses to increasing global economic integration. Prereq: 2001.01, 2001.02 (200), or 2001.03H (200H), and 2002.01, 2002.02 (201), or 2002.03H (201H), or equiv Taught by Ida Mirzale (AU17 TuTh 8:00-9:20AM)
English 4587: Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture – Focuses on problems and themes in Asian American literature and culture from the late nineteenth century to the present. Topic varies. Examples: Asian American Literature and Popular Culture; Empire and Sexuality in Asian American Literature. Taught by Martin Ponce (AU17 WeFr 2:20-3:40PM)
Geography 2100: Human Geography – Introduces students to the field of human geography; focus on real-world problems, such as migration, war, imperialism, environment, trade, conflict, inequality, and urbanization by applying key human geography concepts, such as place, space, scale, landscape, and territory. GE Social Science: Individuals and Groups. Taught by Max Woodworth. (AU17 MoWeFr 10:20 – 11:15AM)
Geography 3701: The Making of the Modern World – The geographies of modernity and their formation: the world market, the global polity, diasporas and constructing difference, colonialism, the transformation of nature, Eurocentricity, post-modernity. GE soc sci orgs and polities and diversity global studies course. Taught by Matthew Coleman. (AU17 MoWe 2:20PM – 3:40PM).
German 3253: The German Experience in North America – Introduction to literature, culture, and history of German immigrants to North America, especially to the Midwest and Ohio, from the seventeenth century into the twenty-first. (AU17 2:20-3:40PM)
History 3014: Gilded Age to Progressive Era, 1877-1920 – Advanced study of U.S. social, political, cultural, foreign policy history from 1877-1920: Industrialization; immigration; urbanization; populism; Spanish-American War; progressivism; WWI. Taught by David Steigerwald. (AU17 MoWeFr 10:20AM – 11:15AM)
History 3106: History of Mexico – Mexico faces many crucial issues today: drug cartels and drug trafficking, immigration, NAFTA, the role of the United States, neo-liberal reforms and oil, the distrust of Mexico’s ruling party, and many others. Although these important topics are relatively recent, their historical context can be located throughout several centuries of struggle. Taught by S. Smith (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
History 3680: Religion and Law in Comparative Perspective – Comparative, interdisciplinary approach to studying religion and law. Drawing on concrete cases, historical studies, and theoretical literature, the course explores how the relationship between religion and law has been configured differently in different liberal democracies, such as the U.S., France, and Israel, and what this might mean for contemporary debates. Team-taught w/ faculty in Comparative Studies. GE Historical Study and Diversity: Global Studies. Cross-listed in Religious Studies. Taught by Alexander Kaye and Isaac Weiner. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
History 4250H: Readings in Modern European History – Migration, Mobility, and Refugee Politics, 1933-Present – Questions concerning asylum and refugee protection feature prominently in contemporary politics. This seminar aims to help students develop a better understanding of the contemporary immigration debates by studying the historical factors that have shaped it. In our study of the history of mobility and migration in Europe, we will begin our examination with the Nazi rise to power and the forced migrations and mass movements during World War II. We will then shift our discussion to the immediate post war period and the historical challenges posed by millions of Displaced Persons. The final third of the seminar will consider the evolving international legal framework for the protection of migrants and the global impact of migration. Taught by Robin Judd. (AU17 M 1:30-4:20PM)
History 4650: Seminar in World/Global/Transnational History – This course will acquaint student with the literature on global mobility, using a variety of case studies from different geographical locations (Europe, Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and the Americas) to chart the multiple meanings of human mobility in the modern period. In the first half of the semester, students will examine a number of scholarly works, fictional accounts, media reports, and digital resources that offer different perspectives on migrations in a global context. In the second half, each student will choose a topic to explore in more details and write a final historiographical paper on it. Taught by Theodora Dragostinova. (AU17 W 9:35AM-12:20PM)
History of Art 5645: Video Art –This course will introduce students to video as an artistic medium by studying its contentious past, multiple forms, and the trajectories of this expanding field. Taught by Kristina Paulsen. (AU17 TuTh 12:45-2:05PM)
Horticulture and Crop Science 3380: The Latino Workforce in Land Based Industries – Current issues faced by immigrant workers in agriculture and the cultural, historical and legal context affecting work relations with their American supervisors. Au Sem; even years. Taught by Claudio Pasian. (AU17 Online; Th 4:00-6:00)
Music 3348: Music on the Move in a Globalized World – Survey of globalization’s effects on musical cultures around the world; explores both the role of diasporic migration and the use of recording and broadcasting technology. Prereq: English 1110 (110) or equiv. Taught by Danielle Fosler-Lussier. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
Nursing 5430: Interdisciplinary Healthcare in the Global Community – Development of strategies for culturally competent interdisciplinary healthcare in selected world communities. Prereq: 3430 (440) or 6430 (640), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 609. Taught by Jennifer Kue. (AU17 Th 10:00-11:00AM)
Political Science 4320: Strategies for War and Peace – Examination of how political leaders make decisions, emphasizing such issues as leaders’ reasoning processes and the impact of public opinion and foreign policy bureaucracies. This course focuses on civil wars, ways to deal with the identity consequences resulting from civil wars, and the politics of identity, belonging, and separateness. Taught by Richard Herrmann. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Political Science 4940: The Politics of Immigration – Provides overview of international migration phenomenon: patterns of international migration, reasons for immigration, acceptance of immigrants by governments and public, dynamics of anti-immigrant sentiment. Taught by Anthony Mughan. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
Public Affairs, John Glenn College 5240: Race and Public Policy in the United States – This course explores race and public policy in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. In particular, the class is designed to look at the long history of hot topics in the current policy landscape, including policing, housing, wealth gap, immigration, voting, political representation, and others. Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Taught by Devin Fergus. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Religious Studies 3680: Religion and Law in Comparative Perspective – Comparative, interdisciplinary approach to studying religion and law. Drawing on concrete cases, historical studies, and theoretical literature, the course explores how the relationship between religion and law has been configured differently in different liberal democracies, such as the U.S., France, and Israel, and what this might mean for contemporary debates. Team-taught w/ faculty in History. GE Historical Study and Diversity: Global Studies. Cross-listed in History. Taught by Alexander Kaye and Isaac Weiner. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
Sociology 3200: Sociology of Immigration – Provides a sociological understanding of contemporary migration both globally and with a particular focus on the U.S. The course will examine why migration occurs; how it is sustained over time; and how immigrants are incorporated into the host society. Social relations as central to understanding immigration will be a focus of the course. GE diversity soc div in the US course. Taught by Reanne Frank. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Sociology 5525: Global Criminology – Currently one of the class projects is to create information (PPTs) about the countries that Columbus’s refugee populations are fleeing. (AU17 WeFr 11:10AM-12:30PM)
Turkish 2241: Turkish Culture – An introduction to Turkish culture through reading of literature and criticism, and listening and viewing of films, slides, and performances arranged for the class. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. Taught by Danielle Schoon (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM
WGSS 2702: Modern Arabic Literature in Translation – Reading and analysis of representative works of the 19th and 20th centuries; by contemporary women authors. GE lit and diversity global studies course. Cross-listed in Arabic. Taught by Johanna Sellman. (AU17 TuTh 11:10AM – 12:30PM)

OSU COURSES

Graduate Courses

African American and African Studies 5240: Race and Public Policy in the United States – This course explores Race and Public Policy in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. In particular, the class is designed to look at the long list of “hot topics” in the current policy landscape, including policing, housing, wealth gap, immigration, voting, political representation, and others. Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Cross-listed in PubAfrs. Taught by Devin Fergus. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40 PM)
Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics 4535: International Economic Development –Study of the growth and diversification of developing economies and the causes of poverty and inequality. Analyze the impacts of human capital formation, markets, and public policy on development. Prereq: 2001 (200) or Econ 2001 (200). Taught by Jon Einar Flatnes. (AU17 TuTh 12:45-2:05 PM)
Anthropology 5602: Women’s Health in Global Perspective – A cross-cultural comparison of the political, economic, social, and biological issues surrounding women’s health. Taught by Barbara Piperata. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Anthropology 5700: Anthropology, Public Health, and Human Rights – This course provides an introduction to the relationship between medical anthropology and global public health with an emphasis on social justice and health as a human right. Health policy, evidence-based medicine, children’s health, HIV, TB, chronic disease, citizenship and deservingness, and other health topics will be discussed and analyzed from a cross-cultural and ethnographic perspective. Taught by Jennifer Syversten. (AU17 Mo 11:15AM-2:00PM)
City and Regional Planning 6100: Participation and Advocacy in Planning – Planning theories that support the planner’s role in engaging and advocating for the public. Skills in public engagement techniques and tools. Touches on migration. Taught by Bernadette Hanlon. (AU17 TuTh 9:35-10:55AM)
Comparative Studies 7320: Theorizing Race and Ethnicity – Advanced introduction to field of critical race theory; critical analysis of concepts of law in relation to race and ethnicity. Taught by Kwaku Korang (AU17 Th 2:15PM – 5:00PM)
Comparative Studies 03: Theorizing Folklore III: Differentiation, Identification, and The Folk – Cultural form as social marker. “Folklore” and other metacultural concepts in the history of modernity. Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 792 or English 870. Cross-listed in English. Taught by Amy Shuman. (AU17 9:10AM-12:10PM)
Dance 7404: Postmodernism in Dance) – part II of modernism, more forms on transnational circulation, c1960-2000 Taught by Hannah Kosstrin. (AU17 MW 8:30-10:05
Economics 8851: Labor Economics I – Theoretical and empirical methods used to understand life-cycles and interpersonal variations in earnings. Topics include: human capital, job-market signaling, matching, schooling, and mobility. Taught by Audrey Light (AU17 MoWeFr 2:30-4:20PM)
History 7012: Historiography of Modern U.S. History – This readings course introduces graduate students to the major questions, themes, and texts in United States history since 1945. The readings will include classics in the field and newer works that have changed the ways historians have thought about older topics. Some of the subjects explored in the class will include histories of sexuality and the family, the Modern Black Freedom Struggle, Native American resistance movements, immigration, the rise of the New Right, and women’s activism. Assigned readings will likely include Storming Caesar’s Palace by Annelise Orlick, All in the Family by Robert Self, Bradley Shreve’s Red Power Rising, and Power Lines by Andrew Needham, and In Struggle by Clayborne Carson. This course is meant to be a sequel to a course on U.S. history prior to World War II. Students do not need to have taken this earlier class to enroll in this seminar, but it will pick up where the earlier class left off. Taught by D. Rivers. (AU17 W 12:45-3:30PM)
History 7303: Comparative History of the African Diaspora and Post-Emancipation, Colonial, and Post-Colonial Reality – Examination of social, political, and cultural developments and realities in the Black world, from the period of the emancipation to the beginning of the 21st century. Cross-listed in AfAmASt. Taught by A. Sikainga. (Au17 Th 2:20-5:05PM)
History of Art 5645: Video Art –This course will introduce students to video as an artistic medium by studying its contentious past, multiple forms, and the trajectories of this expanding field. Taught by Kristina Paulsen. (AU17 TuTh 12:45-2:05PM)
History of Art 8001: Orientalism|Occiendatilism: Studies in Art Theory & Criticism. In this seminar, two art historians, one specializing in 19th-century European art and the other in the arts of the Islamic world, aim to introduce students to the ways in which the modalities of Orientalism can be witnessed and analyzed in both the fine arts and visual culture, whether through painting, sculpture, photography, print media, or the built environment. Taught by Andrew Shelton and Emily Neumeier (AU17 Th 2:15PM – 5:00PM)
Law 8303: Immigration Law – Law concerning persons who want to come to the United States on a temporary or permanent basis. (AU17 MoWe 8:45AM – 10:00AM)
Nursing 5430: Interdisciplinary Healthcare in the Global Community – Development of strategies for culturally competent interdisciplinary healthcare in selected world communities. Prereq: 3430 (440) or 6430 (640), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 609. Taught by Jennifer Kue. (AU17 Th 10:00-11:00AM)
Public Affairs, John Glenn College 5240: Race and Public Policy in the United States – This course explores race and public policy in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. In particular, the class is designed to look at the long history of hot topics in the current policy landscape, including policing, housing, wealth gap, immigration, voting, political representation, and others. Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Taught by Devin Fergus. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Slavic 8802: Language and Memory: Psycholinguistic Approaches to Bilingualism – Discussion of psycholinguistic works related to memory and its role in language processing, second language learning, and forgetting. Taught in English. Elective for the GIS in Second Language Studies. Taught by Ludmilla Isurin. (AU17 TuTh 2:20-3:40PM)
Spanish 7650: Musical Migrations and Latin American Identities – This course delves into an understanding of Latin American identities from the unique perspective of musical expression, exchange, and migration. This point of entry presents a different vantage point and also an alternative method for analyzing Latin American identities “on the move.” In doing so, it elicits a nuanced discussion of theories of migration, globalization, diaspora, transnationalism, locality, displacement, identity, and border studies, and places the insights we gain from these perspectives at the intersection of global and local music making and cultural consumption. The course is organized as a series of short lectures intended to introduce the topics and prompt discussion, class discussion, student presentations, and development of a final course project. The course will be taught either in English, Spanish or both depending on students enrolled. Taught by Michelle Wibbelsman. (AU17 F 11:00-1:45pm)
SPPO (Spanish and Portuguese) 7880: Migrations in Theatre and Performance of the 20^th and 21^st-century Spanish-Speaking World – This course will explore theatre, performance art, and selected social performances in daily life from Spain, Latin America, and the United States that focus on human mobility, including refugees, exiles, and other migrations. Our journey will start in Argentina with the early twentieth-century works of Armando Discépolo, move to mid-twentieth century Mexican works by Juan Bustillo Oro, among others, and consider late twentieth-century works by Spanish theatrical practitioners such as Juan Mayorga and performance artist Angélica Liddell. The last third of the course will focus on contemporary post-dramatic and site-specific performances, both theatrical and in daily life, including social protest and religious devotional practices, which highlight the contradictions of human mobility in globalized culture and society. The course may be taught in English or in Spanish, depending on enrollment. Taught by Ana Elena Puga (AU17 Tu 5:30PM – 8:15PM)
Sociology 5525: Global Criminology – Currently one of the class projects is to create information (PPTs) about the countries that Columbus’s refugee populations are fleeing. (AU17 WeFr 11:10AM-12:30PM)
WGSST 8880: Topics in Global and Transnational Feminisms – This variable topic course includes various possible offerings on the subject of transnational feminisms. Offered on a rotating basis based on faculty expertise. Taught by Katherine Marino. (AU17 Mo 2:15-5:00PM)