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These are courses being offered in Autumn 2017 that engage the concepts of migration, mobility, immigration, and emigration.

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 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 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 Kay 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)
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