Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
4535: International Economic Development, 3 units
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. Cross-listed with IS 4535.
4597.01: Food, Population, and the Environment, 3 units
Issues related to world-wide population increases, food production, and associated environmental stress; policy options for lessening these concerns, especially in low-income countries. Cross-listed with IS 4597.01.
6400: Regional and International Development - 3 units
Application of economic theory and methods to current problems in regional and international economic development.
Anthropology
2202: Intro to Cultural Anthropology, 3 units
Comparative survey of traditional and contemporary peoples in the several world culture regions; culture concepts; study of selected topics.
2202H: Intro to Cultural Anthropology-Honors, 3 units
Comparative survey of traditional and contemporary peoples in the several world culture regions; culture concepts; study of selected topics. Honors.
3597.01 - Crisis! An Anthropological Perspective of Global Issues, 3 units
Analysis of cultural conflict in developing nations resulting from rapid and extensive technological and social change.
3597.02 - Women, Culture, and Development, 3 units
An analysis of the dramatic changes occurring in women's lives in response to development and modernization; developing and developed countries contrasted.
Art Administration, Education, and Policy
2367.01H: Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice-Honors, 3 units
A study of the artists, the artworks, and art worlds from diverse ethnic cultures in North America.
ARTEDUC 5675 - International Cultural Relations
Explores cultural exchange as a policy tool of international cultural engagement, nation branding, and cultural diplomacy. Also considers international festival and exhibitions, cultural trade, and international collaboration.
Business Administration: Finance
4250: Global Finance, 1.5 units
Implications for financial managers of global economic policy.
4252: International Finance, 1.5 units
Theories and applications related to cross-border acquisitions, FOREX risk management, and project finance
Business Administration: Management and Human Resources
3541: Global Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership, 3 units
Field study projects to introduce students to venture capital, private equity, technology commercialization and new venture strategy.
4020: Cross Cultural Management, 3 units
Basic elements of culture and its impact upon business.
4321: International Labor and Human Resource Management, 3 units
Examination of the human resource challenges that emerge in multinational organizations, and emphasis on issues to be considered when preparing oneself and others for international assignments.
Business Administration: Management Science
4237: International Operations Management, 3 units
Current influences, practices and standards for structural and infrastructural decision making across national boundaries. Explores complexity of managing geographically dispersed operations with relationships between multiple entities.
Business Administration: Marketing
4254: International Marketing, 3 units
Examines theory and practice of marketing across national borders, marketing and market research within different foreign environments, and development of marketing strategies by the international company.
Business Administration
3760: Exploring Culture in International Environments, 3 units
Through individual reflections, activities, and discussions, students participating in Fisher's International Student Exchange Program will be challenged to view knowledge and experiences from multiple perspectives.
City and Regional Planning
4597: The Global Environment in Planning, 3 units
A review of challenges in developed and developing countries, examining planning issues associated with economic development, social equity, growth and rural development.
4798: Planning Study Abroad, 3 units
Rapid globalization of cities creates new opportunities to explore, investigate and analyze urban development internationally.
5798: Planning Study Abroad, 3 units
Rapid globalization of cities creates new opportunities to explore, investigate and analyze urban development internationally.
6798: Planning Study Abroad, 3 units
Rapid globalization of cities creates new opportunities to explore, investigate and analyze urban development internationally.
6970: International Development Studio, 6 units
Cities and regions across the globe are rapidly urbanizing and are facing planning challenges. Plan development focuses on developing context-sensitive solutions
Comparative Studies
1100: Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, 3 units
Explores the role of literature and the arts in constructing, maintaining, and questioning the values and beliefs of diverse cultures and historical periods; topics vary.
2301: Introduction to World Literature, 3 units
Analysis of oral and written literatures of diverse cultures and historical periods.
2322: Introduction to Latino Studies, 3 units
Introduction to Latino studies; history, politics, and cultural production of Latino/a communities in the U.S. and its borderlands. Cross-listed with Spanish 2242.
2360: Intro to Comparative Cultural Studies, 3 units
Introduction to interdisciplinary field of cultural studies; emphasis on relation of cultural production to power, knowledge, and authority, globally and locally.
3360: Introduction to Globalization and Culture, 3 units
History and contemporary dimensions of globalization, focusing on period preceding European hegemony, era of European colonialism, period of decolonization, and contemporary contexts
3603: Love In World Literature, 3 units
Representations of love in world literature; emphasis on mythological, psychological, and ideological aspects of selected representations in different cultures and time periods
3606: The Quest in World Literature, 3 units
Motif of the quest in world literature; physical and mental journeys as metaphors of personal transformation and salvation.
3689: Transnationalism and Culture in the Americas, 3 units
Transnationalism as a central feature of cultural and artistic production in the Americas, focusing on the politics of language, race, citizenship, migration, and national belonging.
4597: Global Culture, 3 units
Examines contemporary global cultural flows, the concepts useful in analyzing them, and the questions they raise about power and cultural change.
Dance
3402: Dance in Global Contexts, 3 units
his course surveys dance forms from around the globe, offering insights into the religious, social, and political functions of dances in their historical and contemporary practices. This course meets two (2) GE requirements: Cultures and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies.
Economics
4140: Economic History of the Americas, 3 units
A survey of economic development in the Americas emphasizing the United States from colonial times to the 20th century
Education: Teaching and Learning
6808: Multicultural and Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning, 3 units
Examines knowledge, pedagogy, reforms, and resources that support education for cultural diversity and equity in an interconnected world.
Environment and Natural Resources
5211: International Environmental Impact Assessment, 3 units
Fundamental concepts of international environmental impact assessment including the legal and institutional frameworks, practice and performance, and social and cultural contexts that shape EIA's implementation worldwide
5480: Local Peoples and International Conservation, 3 units
Uses interdisciplinary thinking to explore the global environmental crises and the conflicts between indigenous/local peoples, conservationists, and policy makers regarding natural resource use. The course examines biodiversity conservation, protected areas, community-based conservation, global inequities, environmental history and politics, and sustainable development.
Geography
2400: Economic & Social Geography, 3 units
Geographic analysis of relationships between society and economy; focusing on such issues as globalization, production and consumption, inequality and social difference.
2750: World Regional Geography, 3 units
Develops students' knowledge of world geography through the twin concepts of region and globalization; focuses on culture, society, politics, economy, and interplay between people and environments.
3701: The Making of the Modern World, 3 units
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.
GEOG 3702 - Life and Death Geographies: Global Population Dynamics, 3 units
History
2120: Revolutions and Social Movements in Modern Latin America, 3 units
Latin American history from independence (1825) to the present focusing on revolutions, dictatorships, labor, political, and social movements, women, and indigenous populations.
2641: Global History to 1500, 3 units
Examines the major issues that have shaped the human experience from the beginnings of human civilization (ca. 3500 B.C.E.) to ca. 1500 C.E., through comparative study of civilizations within the context of religion, trade, technology, art, culture, and gender relations.
2642: Global History 1500 to Present, 3 units
Examines the major issues that have shaped the human experience of various regions since 1500 C.E. through comparative study of civilizations within the context of religion, trade, technology, art, culture, industrialism, imperialism, revolution, and gender relations.
2700: Global Environmental History, 3 units
Examines the major issues that have shaped environmental history in a global context.
2750: Natives and Newcomers: Immigration & Migration in US History, 3 units
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
2750H: Natives and Newcomers: Immigration & Migration in US History, Honors, 3 units
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
International Studies
2100: Introduction to Latin America, 3 units
Interdepartmental survey of Latin American societies, anthropology, economics, history, literature, geography, and agriculture.
2800: Peace Studies, 3 units
The meanings of peace and peacelessness in today's world, varied approaches to peace, contributions of many disciplines and professionals, and the significance of peoples' movements.
3850: Intro to Globalization, 3 units
Analysis of globalization in its various aspects, economic, political, environmental and technological, as well as of its extent and desirability.
4597.01H: Food, Population, and the Environment, 3 units
Issues related to world-wide population increases, food production, and associated environmental stress; policy options for lessening these concerns, especially in low-income countries.
4800: Cultural Diplomacy, 3 units
Cultural Diplomacy is the exchange of information, ideas and values among nations and peoples. Public and private mechanisms for these exchanges are explored.
4802: Problems and Prospects for Peace, 3 units
Integrated seminar focusing on problems encountered with peace strategies and both short and long-term prospects for peaceful change.
5640: Globalization and Latin America: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches, 3 units
Explores current debates on globalization in Latin America and recent and interrelated transformations in the economies, politics, and cultures of the region.
Linguistics
3603: Language Across Cultures, 3 units
Investigation of relationships between language and culture in different societies with a view to shedding light on cross-cultural similarities and differences.
Music
2208.99: Andean Music Ensemble, 1 unit
Learning to play and perform music from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. The course explores various musical genres within the Andean region. Students study techniques and methods for playing Andean instruments and learn to sing in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.
Nursing
2798: Nursing in Nicaragua
The short term study abroad program to Nicaragua will expose students to concepts of international health care. As a result of completing the coursework and the study abroad program, students will gain exposure to a healthcare system different to that of the United States; learn the healthcare needs of people in a foreign country; and strengthen their ability to communicate and care for patients from a different culture.
3430: Cultural Competence in Health Care: US and Global Contexts
Introduction to concepts and techniques for the provision of culturally competent care within the U.S. and across global contexts.
Human Nutrition
7804: Advanced Community and International Nutrition
Current issues in community and international nutrition.
Political Science
1200: Intro to Comparative Politics, 3 units
Introduction to modern nation-states outside the United States: problems of state- and nation-building, representation, conflict, and making of government policy in selected countries.
1300: Global Politics, 3 units
Cooperation and conflict in world politics. Covers basic theories of international relations and key issues, including security, political economy, international organizations, and the environment.
3220: Politics of the Developing World, 3 units
A general introduction to the theoretical and substantive literature dealing with the historical development and contemporary characteristics of the new states of Asia and Africa.
4305: International Theory, 3 units
Various theories of world politics, such as realism, liberalism, long cycles, domestic and bureaucratic politics, and decision-making level theory.
4335: International Environmental Politics, 3 units
Theories and debates over sustainable development, environment, and security, and effectiveness of international regimes with a focus on international fisheries management and global climate change.
4381: Comparative International Political Economy, 3 units
A survey of foreign economic policies followed by European and other advanced industrial economies since the Napoleonic Wars, with a special emphasis on Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and Japan.
4597.01: International Cooperation and Conflict, 3 units
An examination of the relationships industrialized countries have with each other and developing nations; focus on potential for cooperation and conflict.
4597.02H: Political Problems of the Contemporary World, 3 units
Critical political problems of industrialized and developing societies, including governmental legitimacy, conflict and violence, social welfare, equality, and economic development.
4940 - Politics of Immigration, 3 units
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.
7193 - Comparative Politics, 3 units
Introduction to modern nation-states outside the United States: problems of state- and nation-building, representation, conflict, and making of government policy in selected countries.
7193: International Politics, 3 units
Cooperation and conflict in world politics. Covers basic theories of international relations and key issues, including security, political economy, international organizations, and the environment.
7240: Problems in Latin American Politics, 3 units
A structured examination of the major theories, concepts, and approaches used in the analysis of Latin American politics.
Public Affairs
5700: Rebuilding Failed and Weak States, 3 units
Tackles the question of how to design policies and programs to rebuild failed and weak states into functioning, if not vibrant, democracies.
Public Health: Health Services Management and Policy
4650: United States and International Health Care, 3 units
Introduction to the history, organization and politics of the global health care system, critical review of selected issues using different analytic frameworks
Social Work
5502: Social Work with Latin@s
Hispanics and Latinos are the youngest of the major racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Are you prepared to work with this diverse community?
5798.02 (May) Study Abroad -Social Issues and Human Rights in Nicaragua
Sociology
3200: Sociology of Immigration, 3 units
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.
3597.01: World Problems in Global Context, 3 units
Sociological analysis of contemporary world societies - non-industrialized, industrializing, and industrialized - with special attention to major social institutions and patterns of social change.
3597.02: World Population Problems, 3 units
General introduction to population studies, emphasizing how population growth and structure have caused or aggravated social problems in various countries.
Spanish (not language courses)
2242: Intro to Latino Studies, 3 units
Introduction to the cultures, experiences, histories and definitions of Latino peoples in the United States; taught in English.
2332: Intro to Andean and Amazonian Cultures, 3 units
Historical formation of contemporary societies in the Andean and Amazonian regions, including their ethnic, social, and cultural features; taught in English.
2367S: The U.S. Experience: Latinos, Languages, and Literacy, 3 units
This is a GEC second writing/social diversity course that focuses on generating ideas, drafting, and revising writing projects. These projects will be situated within the thematic context of literacy and related issues among Latinos born in the United States and Spanish-speaking immigrants.
2520: Latin American Literature: Fiction and Reality, 3 units
Critical examination of modern Latin American literature (in English translation), paying close attention to its own literary and cultural traditions. Taught in English.
4516: The Transformation of Bolivian National Culture, 3 units
Overview of Bolivian literatures and cultures, and how they reflect the country's identities as well as its changing social, political, and cultural realities in the process of national formation. Taught in English.
4570: Latin Soundscapes: Musical Cultures of Latin America, 3 units
Since colonial times, the Latin American region has produced a wealth of musical genres, styles, hybrids, & fusions that allows for exploration of relevant social, cultural, economic, and political issues. This course surveys the richness, diversity, & representation of Latin American music through selection of musical, literary, filmic, & historical texts.
5389: US Latino Languages and Communities, 3 units
We discuss the diversity of Latino experiences and the central role of language in the development of a "Latino" identity, as well as its role in local understandings of ethnicity, gender, and social class. Theoretical concepts include language ideologies, identity, and critical approaches to race and ethnicity.
5640: Globalization and Latin America, 3 units
Explores current debates on globalization in Latin America and recent and interrelated transformations in the economies, politics, and cultures of the region.
5660: Seminar in Latin American Literatures and Cultures, 3 units
Intensive study of a major theme, author, literary or cultural problem related to Latin America. Required for students completing the Latin American track of the Spanish major.
5689S: Spanish in Ohio, 3 units
The context for the course is the Spanish-speaking communities of Columbus, Ohio. In class, guest speakers from the community discuss their work, life experiences, and career opportunities. Out of class, you go into the community to practice your Spanish skills with native and heritage speakers.
7595: Comparative Topics in Luso-Hispanic Literature and Culture, 3 units
In-depth study of a major topic comparing the literatures and cultures of the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking worlds.
7780: Andean Music Ensemble, 1 unit
Learning to play and perform music from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. The course explores various musical genres within the Andean region. Students study techniques and methods for playing Andean instruments and learn to sing in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara.
7800: Latin American Film, 3 units
Study of Latin American film focusing on historical periods, dominant genres, distinguished directors, and relation of film to larger social, cultural and political dynamics.
7880: La Violencia en Performance Contemporaneo, 3 units
Analyze the works of diverse contemporary playwrights and performance artists. Plays will be read in Spanish, English, or both, depending on the language in which they were written.
8560: Seminar in Independence and 19th Century Latin American Literature and Culture, 3 units
Detailed exploration of advanced issues in Latin American literatures and cultures of the independence period and the 19th century.
8570: Seminar in Modern Latin American Literature and Culture, 3 units
Detailed exploration of advanced issues in Latin American literatures and cultures of the modern period from approximately 1880 to 1950.
8800: Seminar in Literary and Cultural Theory, 3 units
Intensive study of special topics in literary and/or cultural theory with attention to their relationship to Iberian and Latin American literatures and cultures.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
2305: Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspectives, 3 units
Investigates gender and sexuality in transnational and cross-cultural perspective.
3302: Engendering Peace and Conflict, 3 units
Analysis of the gendered dimensions of political, ethnic, and economic situations involving armed struggle, security issues, and peace-building worldwide. Topics include terrorism, militarization, refugees, diplomacy, truth commissions, etc.