Approved Courses for GIST Majors & Minors: Fall 2022

Each semester, we post a list of approved courses that students can take and have counted toward the GIST major and minor.

Here are some notes about the list:

The courses are organized by department.
Global Issues courses are in bold. They are also listed together below under the Global Issues heading.
An asterisk (*) indicates required admission into the specific program that provides the course. To enroll in the undergraduate certificate in intelligence and national security studies, contact iccae@ku.edu.
The list also includes relevant KU Core Codes.
- GE11 – core goal 1.1 (critical thinking)
- GE3H – core goal 3 Humanities
- GE3S – core goal 3 Social Sciences
- GE3N – core goal 3 Natural Sciences
- AE41 – core goal 4.1 (cultural diversity)
- AE42 – core goal 4.2 (global awareness)
- AE51 – core goal 5.1 (ethics)
- AE61 – core goal 6 (capstone)

If you have any questions, please contact the GIST advisor, Maggie Williams at maggiejw6@ku.edu

African and African American Studies

AAAS 102 Arabic and Islamic Studies GE3H GE3S AE42

AAAS 103 Introduction to Africa GE3H GE3S

AAAS 105 Introduction to African History GE11 GE3H

AAAS 160 Introduction to West African History GE3H AE42

AAAS 203/204 Culture and Health AE42

AAAS 300 African Traditional Religion & Thought

AAAS 305 Modern Africa

AAAS 320/520 African Studies In: AE42

AAAS 349 Islam

AAAS 380 African Art and Gender

AAAS 429 Postcolonial Theatre and Drama

AAAS 437 Global Ethnic & Racial Relations

AAAS 520 African Studies In: __________

AAAS 536 Islamic Art & Architecture in Africa

American Studies

AMS 332 The United States in Global Context AE42

AMS 437 Global Ethnic & Racial Relations

Anthropology

ANTH 100 General Anthropology AE42 GE3S

ANTH 160/162/360 The Varieties of Human Experience GE3H GE3S AE42

ANTH 293 Myth, Legend, and Folk Beliefs in East Asia AE42

ANTH 320 Language in Culture and Society AE41 AE61

ANTH 325 Language, Gender, and Sexuality

ANTH 382 People and the Rain Forest

ANTH 389 The Anthropology of Gender: Female, Male, and Beyond GE21 GE3H

ANTH 465 Genocide & Ethnocide

Communication Studies

COMS 246 Introduction to Intercultural Communication

COMS 503 Post-Soviet Communication

COMS 547 Communication & Culture

East Asian Languages & Cultures

EALC 105 Asian Religions GE3H AE42

EALC 130 Myth, Legend, and Folk Beliefs in East Asia AE42

EALC 142 Ethics in Chinese Philosophy AE51

EALC 308 Music in East Asia

EALC 315 Survey of Japanese Film AE42

EALC 319 Contemporary Chinese Fiction & Film AE42

EALC 325/610 Minorities in Japan

EALC 362/562 Post-Colonial Korea

EALC 373 Modern Korean Art & Culture AE42

EALC 519 Contemporary Chinese Fiction & Film

EALC 590 Topics in East Asian Lang. & Cultures:

EALC 676 International Relations of Asia

Eastern Civilization

ECIV 104 Eastern Civilizations AE42

Economics

ECON 510 Energy Economics

ECON 550 Environmental Economics

English

ENGL 306 Global Environmental Literature AE42

European Studies

EURS 511 Topics in European Studies: ________

EURS 565 The Literature of Human Rights

Environmental Studies

EVRN 140/144 Global Environment I: The Discovery of Environmental Change GE3N

EVRN 148 Scientific Principles of Environmental Studies GE3N

EVRN 150 Environment, Culture & Society GE3S

EVRN 306 Global Environmental Literature AE42

EVRN 371 Environmental Geopolitics

EVRN 385 Environmental Sociology

EVRN 550 Environmental Economics

EVRN 620 Environmental Politics and Policy

Film and Media Studies

FMS 312 History of the International Sound Film to 1950

FMS 315 Survey of Japanese Film AE42

FMS 322 Soviet & Post-Soviet Russian Cinema

FMS 543 Contemporary Japanese Film AE42

French

FREN 326 Introduction to French Literature GE3H AE42

Geography

GEOG 100 World Regional Geography AE42

GEOG 102 People, Place, and Society GE3S AE42

GEOG 140/144 Global Environment I: The Discovery of Environmental Change

GEOG 148 Scientific Principles of Environmental Studies GE3N

GEOG 150 Environment, Culture & Society GE3N

GEOG 201/202 Culture and Health

GEOG 321 Climate and Climate Change

GEOG 351 Africa’s Human Geography GE3H GE3S AE42

GEOG 370 Introduction to Cultural Geography GE3S

GEOG 371 Environmental Geopolitics

GEOG 396 East Asia GE3H GE3S AE42

GEOG 571 Topics in Cultural Geography: ___________

GEOG 577 Human Dimensions of Global Change

German

GERM 315 Magic, Murder, and Monsters: German Literature

GERM 336 German Transatlantic Experience AE41

Global and International Studies

GIST 177 First Year Seminar

GIST 201 Topics in: Nationalism

GIST 205 Muslim Lives: Politics, Culture, and Society AE51

GIST 210/211 Culture and Health/Honors AE42

GIST 303 Language, Gender, and Sexuality

GIST 306 Global Environmental Literature AE42

GIST 321 Graphic Novels as Memory GE21

GIST 355 International Women's Rights

GIST 371 Environmental Geopolitics

GIST 465 Genocide and Ethnocide

GIST 495 Global Internship

GIST 501 Topics in GIST:

GIST 503 Advanced Topics in Middle East Studies

GIST 560 The Literature of Human Rights

GIST 577 Human Dimensions of Global Change

GIST 585 Transnational Terrorism

History of Art

HA 166 The Visual Arts of East Asia GE3H AE42

HA 363 Modern Korean Art & Culture AE42

HA 368 Art & Culture of China GE3H AE42

HA 390/590 African Art & Gender

HA 536 Islamic Art & Architecture in Africa

HA 554 Japanese Prints

History

HIST 104 Introduction to African History GE11 GE3H

HIST 124 Latin American Culture & Society AE42

HIST 140/144 Global Environment I: The Discovery of Environmental Change GE3H

HIST 160 Introduction to West African History GE3H AE42

HIST 300 Modern Africa AE42

HIST 321 From Mystics to Feminists GE11 GE3H AE42

HIST 328 The Modern Middle East

HIST 336 Ethics, Ideas, and Nature AE51

HIST 377 Everyday Communism in Eastern Europe

HIST 399 The Samurai GE11 AE42

HIST 525 France & its Empire

HIST 598 Sexuality & Gender in African History AE42

Humanities

HUM 312 World Literature III GE3H

International Business

IBUS 415 Business in Latin America

IBUS 480 International Management

Jewish Studies

JWSH 107 Jews, Christians, Muslims GE3H AE42

JWSH 329 Politics & Conflict in Israel & Palestine

JWSH 330 Mystical Tradition in Judaism

Latin American & Caribbean Studies

LAC 100 Latin American Culture & Society AE42

LAC 177 Amazon: Environmental Issues GE11

LAC 302 Topics in Latin American Area Studies:

LAC 312 Topics in LAC – Spanish-American Lit & Culture

LAC 315 Topics in LAC - Film, Music, Arts

LAC 318 Topics in LAC - Transatlantic & Transnational

Peace and Conflict Studies

PCS 120/221 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies GE11 GE3H

PCS 375 The Refugee Experience

PCS 555 Topics in Peace & Conflict Studies

PCS 565 The Literature of Human Rights

Political Science

*POLS 125 Introduction to Intelligence and Statecraft

*POLS 325 Intelligence Analytics

*POLS 345 Counterintelligence

POLS 350 Contemporary Issues in Comparative Politics

POLS 370 Contemporary Issues in International Politics

POLS 562 Women and Politics

POLS 564 Elections and Political Parties around the World

POLS 582 Transnational Terrorism

POLS 624 Environmental Politics and Policy

POLS 645 Corruption, Crisis and Scandal

POLS 654 Politics and Government of Russia and the Central Eurasian States

POLS 668 Reform in Contemporary China

POLS 675 Russian Foreign Policy AE42

POLS 684 International Law: Sate & Individual

POLS 692 International Security & Migration Policy

Russian & East European Studies

REES 110/111/310/311 Understanding Russia and Eastern Europe AE42

Religious Studies

REL 106 Asian Religions GE3H AE42

REL 107 Jews, Christians, & Muslims

REL 130 Myth, Legend & Folk Beliefs in East Asia AE42

REL 345 Christianity

REL 350 Islam

REL 360 Buddhist Tradition in Asia GE3H AE42

Slavic Language and Literature

SLAV 140/141 Understanding Russia GE3H AE42

SLAV 148/149 Introduction to Slavic Folklore GE3H AE42

SLAV 205 Muslim Lives: Politics, Culture, and Society AE51

SLAV 320 Graphic Novel as Memory GE21

SLAV 322 Soviet & Post-Soviet Russian Cinema

SLAV 503 Post-Soviet Communication

SLAV 540 Language and Identity in Eastern Europe

SLAV 679 Topics in Slavic Language and Literature

Sociology

SOC 326 Health, Gender and Society

SOC 332 The United States in Global Context AE42

SOC 385 Environmental Sociology

SOC 424 Sociology of Health & Medicine

SOC 425 Sociology of Global Health

Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

WGSS 321 From Mystics to Feminists GE11 GE3H AE42

WGSS 355 International Women's Rights

WGSS 389 The Anthropology of Gender: Female, Male, and Beyond GE21 GE3H GE3N AE42

WGSS 396 Women & Politics in Latin America

WGSS 562 Women and Politics

Global Issues