Global courses and minors

Minors with a global focus

All of the following minors, except the Global Engineering minor, can also be second majors.

• Global Engineering
• Chinese Studies
• European Studies
• French and Francophone Studies
• German
• Global Politics
• Hispanic Studies
• Japanese
• Russian Studies
• Social and Cultural History

Courses

The following global courses count toward the College of Engineering's general education requirements in the humanistic category.

• 70-342, Managing Across Cultures
• 79-011, European History AP Credit
• 79-104, Introduction to World History
• 79-113, Culture and Identity in American Society
• 79-207, Development of European Culture
• 79-225, Religions of China
• 79-226, History and Cultures of East Asia
• 79-227, History of World Architecture
• 79-233, The United States and the Middle East since 1945
• 79-237, City Histories: Delhi and London
• 79-241, African-American History I
• 79-270, Chinese Culture and Society
• 79-271, Modern China
• 79-272, Modern Japan: 1868 to the present
• 79-280, Russian History from the First to the Last Tsar
• 79-281, Modern Soviet History: From Communism to Capitalism
• 79-294, The Making of the African Diaspora in the New World
• 82-182, Language and Culture: Language in Its Social Context
• 82-193, The Faust Legend from Europe to Russia
• 82-215, Arab Culture Through Dialogue, Film, and Literature: Minorities in the Middle East and North Africa
• 82-226, Intensive German Language and Culture
• 82-246, Intensive Spanish Language and Culture
• 82-273, Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture
• 82-276, Intensive Japanese Language and Culture
• 82-303, French Culture
• 82-325, Introduction to German Studies
• 82-333, Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture
• 82-336, Intensive Chinese Language and Culture
• 82-342, Spain: Language and Culture
• 82-343, Latin America: Language and Culture
• 82-384, Language and Culture: Language in its Social Context

University-wide international courses

College of Engineering students may choose to take classes from the following list to further expand your global experience.

• 12-100, Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
• 12-651, Air Quality Engineering
• 12-713, Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering Design
• 19-424, Energy and the Environment
• 19-611, Global Competitiveness: Firms, Nations and Technological Change
• 19-622, Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
• 19-665, Materials for Energy Storage
• 48-240, Historical Survey of World Architecture and Urbanism
• 48-315, Environment I: Climate & Energy
• 48-343, American Built Environment Since 1860
• 48-448, History of Sustainable Architecture
• 51-371, Design & Social Change
• 57-173, Survey of Western Music History
• 70-343, Managing Across Cultures
• 70-365, International Trade and International Law
• 70-398, International Finance
• 70-480, International Marketing
• 76-319, Environmental Rhetoric
• 76-332, African American Literature
• 76-337, World Literature
• 79212, China and Its Neighbors
• 79-233, The United States and the Middle East since 1945
• 79-235, Caribbean Cultures
• 79-250, Mahatma Gandhi and the Long American Civil Rights Movement
• 79-255, Irish History
• 79-258, French History: From the Revolution to De Gaulle
• 79-261, Chinese Culture and Society
• 79-266, Russian History: From Communism to Capitalism
• 79-275, Introduction to Global Studies
• 79-280, Experiencing Globalization
• 79-282, Europe and the World
• 79-289, Energy, Environment, Globalization in the Americas
• 79-298, Global Justice
• 79-309, 20th Century China Through Film
• 79-374, American Environmental History: Critical Issues
• 80-244, Environmental Ethics
• 88-359, Globalization
• 88-362, Diplomacy and Statecraft
• 88-384, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in International Relations
• 88-411, The Rise of the Asian Economies
• 99-238, Materials, Energy and Environment