Supporting Area Courses

Supporting Area Courses are designed to complement the Global Communities curriculum. All Global Communities students pursuing the notation must complete two (2) three-credit supporting area courses totaling at least six (6) credits. 

Students typically complete one supporting area course per year while in the program. The supporting area courses for Global Communities come from a broad spectrum of schools and departments at University of Maryland. This enables most students to pursue their own academic interests while fulfilling the program notation requirements. Moreover, a large number of the supporting area courses fulfill CORE requirements.  

Students may either select from a list of pre-approved Supporting Area Courses generated each semester or submit the syllabus for a course they believe meet the following criteria:

1. The course provides a theoretical foundation for the study of world politics, cultures, and economics;
2. The course examines in detail a specific world region, including its geographical, historical, and cultural landscapes;
3. The course offers instruction in a foreign language.

Fall 2009 pre-approved Supporting Area Courses:

AASP200 African Civilization
ANTH260 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics
ANTH368 Regional Ethnography: Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and International Development
CMLT270 Global Literature and Social Change
ECON200 Microeconomics
ECON201 Macroeconomics
ECON317 Global Economic Policies
GEOG130 Developing Countries
GVPT200 International Political Relations
GVPT280 Comparative Politics and Governments
HIST113 Modern Europe: 1789 - Present
HIST120 Islamic Civilization
HIST122 African Civilization to 1800
HIST250 Latin American History I
HIST251 Latin American History II
MUET200 World Popular Music and Identity
MUET220 Slected Musical Cultures of the World
PHIL245 Political and Social Philosphy
WMST250 Women, Art, and Culture

Spring 2010 pre-approved Supporting Area Courses:

AASP100 Introduction to African American Studies
AASP200 African Civilization
AAST200 Introduction to Asian American Studies
AMST212 Diversity in American Culture
AMST328N Perspectives on Identity/Culture: Introduction to Native Americans of the U.S.
ANTH260 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics
AREC365 World Hunger, Population, and Food Supplies
CMLT270 Global Literature and Social Change
COMM125 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
ECON200 Micro-economics
ECON201 Macro-economics
ECON317 Global Economic Policies
ECON375 Economics of Poverty and Discrimination
GEOG123 Causes and Implications of Global Change
GEOG130 Developing Countries
GEOG200 Introduction to Human Geography
GVPT200 International Political Relations
HIST123 Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1800
HIST233 Empire! The British Imperial Experience, 1558-1997
HIST251 Latin American History II
LASC235 Issues in Latin American Studies II
LGBT200 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
MUET200 World Popular Musics and Identity
MUET220 Selected Musical Cultures of the World
PHIL245 Political and Social Philosophy I
WMST250 Introduction to Women's Studies: Women, Art, and Culture
WMST275 World Literature by Women