Newly Approved Courses

The Catalog is the definitive record of currently approved courses at Mason. It is published annually. As the Mason Core Committee meets and approves courses throughout the upcoming academic year (2023-2024), new courses will be added here that might not be reflected in the 2023-2024 Catalog.

Review the schedule of the 2023-2024 Committee meeting dates.

Newly Approved Courses for 2023-2024

Arts

ARTH 317: The Black Pharaohs: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Nubia

ARTH 382: Arts of India

ARTH 383: Arts of Southeast Asia

ARTH 384: Arts of China

ENGH 270: Introduction to Screen Cultures

Global Contexts

ANTH 309: Peoples and Cultures of India

ANTH 382: Urban Anthropology

ARTH 320: Art of the Islamic World

BUS 200: Global Environment of Business

CEIE 100: Environmental Engineering around the World

CRIM 405: Law and Justice around the World

CULT 320: Globalization and Culture

ENGH 270: Introduction to Screen Cultures

EVPP 336: Tackling Wicked Problems in Society & the Environment

GCH 205: Global Health

GGS 317: Geography of China

GLOA 101: Introduction to Global Affairs

GOVT 133: Introduction to Comparative Politics

GOVT 134: Grand Challenges to Human Security

HIST 262: Survey of African History

HIST 271: Survey of Latin American History

HIST 272: Survey of Latin American History

HIST 308: Nineteenth-Century Europe

HIST 356: Modern Japan

HIST 357: Postwar Japan

HIST 377: The Vietnam War

HIST 384: Global History of Christianity

INTS 390: International Internship

INYO 261: Mentoring Multilingual Learners

NEUR 355: Cross-Cultural Studies in Scientific Inquiry

RELI 211: Introduction to Religions of the “West”

RELI 212: Introduction to Religions of Asia

RELI 310: Judaism

RELI 312: Islam

RELI 313: Hinduism

RELI 322: Religions of Africa

RELI 368: Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights

RELI 384: Global History of Christianity

SOCI 320: Globalization and Social Change

SOCI 332: The Urban World

SPAN 212: Intermediate Spanish II: Local and Global Contexts

TOUR 210: Global Understanding through Travel and Tourism

WMST 100: Global Representations of Women

Information Technology & Computing

ENGH 210: Equitable AI

Just Societies

ANTH 135: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

ANTH 309: Peoples and Cultures of India

ANTH 365: Scientific Racism and Human Variation

ARTH 315: Modern Architecture

ARTH 370: Arts of the United States

CEIE 100: Environmental Engineering around the World

CRIM 405: Law and Justice around the World

CULT 320: Globalization and Culture

ENGH 206: Literature in the Creation of Just Societies

ENGH 315: Folklore and Folklife

EVPP 336: Tackling Wicked Problems in Society & the Environment

GCH 205: Global Health

GGS 301: Political Geography

GLOA 101: Introduction to Global Affairs

GOVT 103: Introduction to American Government

GOVT 134: Grand Challenges to Human Security

GOVT 150: Introduction to Technology Policy

HIST 272: Survey of Latin American History

HIST 308: Nineteenth-Century Europe

HIST 316: History of Modern Architecture

HIST 384: Global History of Christianity

INTS 319: Contemporary Youth Studies

INYO 261: Mentoring Multilingual Learners

RELI 211: Introduction to Religions of the “West”

RELI 212: Introduction to Religions of Asia

RELI 310: Judaism

RELI 313: Hinduism

RELI 368: Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights

RELI 384: Global History of Christianity

SOCI 101: Introductory Sociology

SOCI 320: Globalization and Social Change

WMST 208: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies

Literature

ARAB 365: Black and Minority Cultures in Arabic Literature

ENGH 206: Literature in the Creation of Just Societies

Mason Apex

ARTH 494: The Museum

GOVT 492: Computing Ethics, Law and Policy Seminar

HAP 498: Health Administration Internship

PSYC 492: RS: Psychology Honors III

Natural Science Lab

ANTH 136: Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab

Social & Behavioral Sciences

ANTH 365: Scientific Racism and Human Variation

EDSE 230: Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders