2023-24 Edition

Global Cultures, Minor

Global Cultures is an innovative undergraduate minor in the School of Humanities with an exciting mission: to explore the problems and processes of globalization from a humanistic perspective.

Students minoring in Global Cultures must choose a primary emphasis and a secondary emphasis from the list. Each emphasis essentially consists of a geographic focus. Students may also design their own emphasis in consultation with a program advisor and with the approval of the Global Cultures Committee. All emphases are chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor and are subject to the approval of the Global Cultures Committee or the Program Director. Examples of how current students are combining their primary and secondary emphases are available at the Global Cultures website.

Requirements for the Minor in Global Cultures

Departmental Requirements
A. Select two of the following:
World: Innovations
World: Empires and Revolutions
World: Nation, War, and Rights
B. Complete the following:
GLBLCLT 103A Global Cultures I
GLBLCLT 103B Global Cultures II
C. Select three upper-division courses from one emphasis. 1
D. Select one upper-division course from a second emphasis. 1
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List of emphases can be found on the emphases tab.

Residence Requirement for the Minor: A minimum of four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, providing course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.

Hispanic, U.S. Latino/Latina, and Luso-Brazilian Cultures

Examines the historical, political, and cultural formations of regions where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken, including Spain, Portugal, Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere, and the Latino/Latina population in the United States.

ANTHRO 134A Medical Anthropology
ART HIS 145C Topics in the History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture
ART HIS 167 Topics in the History of Modern Latin American and Latinx Art
CHC/LAT 110 Topics in Chicano Literature and Culture
CHC/LAT 129 Special Topics in Literature, Arts, Media, Culture
CHC/LAT 139 Special Topics in Chicano/Latino History
CHC/LAT 158 Feminisms of Color
CHC/LAT 183 Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools
ENGLISH 101W Undergraduate Seminar in Critical Writing: Topics in Literary History
ENGLISH 105 Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
FLM&MDA 130 Multicultural Topics in the Media
FLM&MDA 145 Popular Culture and Media
FLM&MDA 160 National/Regional Cinemas and Media
FLM&MDA 185 Television and New Media
GEN&SEX 171A Sex and Conquest in Latin America
GEN&SEX 172 Gender and Ethnicity: Chicana/Latina Feminisms in the US
GEN&SEX 189 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and Interdisciplinary Studies
HISTORY 148B Topics in Multicultural U.S. History
HISTORY 151C Latinas in the Twentieth Century U.S.
HISTORY 151D Latina/Latino Pop: Latina/Latino Popular Culture
HISTORY 160 Sex and Conquest in Latin America
HISTORY 164A Caribbean History: Colonization to Emancipation
HISTORY 166 U.S. Intervention in Latin America
HISTORY 166B Revolution and Reaction in Cold War Latin America
HISTORY 166C Cuban Society and Revolution
HISTORY 166D Revolution in Latin America
INTL ST 130 Transnational Gangs
REL STD 150 Religion in the Americas
SPANISH 101B Introductory Studies to Latin American Literature and Culture
SPANISH 110B Topics in Latin American Literature and Cultures
SPANISH 110C U.S. Latino Literature and Cultures
SPANISH 130C Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture of the 20th Century
SPANISH 140 Topics in Chicano Literature and Culture
SPANISH 160 Topics in Luso-Hispanic Film Studies
SPANISH 185 Selected Topics in Peninsular Literature and Culture
SPANISH 186 Selected Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture
HISTORY 169 Topics in Latin American History
HISTORY 182 Special Studies in Intellectual-Cultural History
HISTORY 190 Colloquium
Africa (Nation, Culture) and Its Diaspora

Examines Africa as a diverse geographical and political expression, including its historical, political, and cultural formation locally, regionally, and globally.

AFAM 111A Modern African American Art
AFAM 111B Contemporary African American Art
AFAM 112B African American Literature 1900-Present
AFAM 128 Topics in Gender/Sexuality
AFAM 134A Caribbean History: Colonization to Emancipation
AFAM 134B Caribbean History: Emancipation to Independence
AFAM 137 History of the African Diaspora
AFAM 138 Topics in African American History
AFAM 143 Topics in African American Music
AFAM 144 Topics in Expressive Forms
AFAM 145 African Americans and Photography
AFAM 152 African American Politics
AFAM 153 African American Psychology
AFAM 154 African American Social Formations
AFAM 155 Intercultural Studies
AFAM 156 African Societies and Politics
AFAM 157 Critical Race Theory
AFAM 159 Prisons and Public Education
AFAM 162W The Black Protest Tradition
AFAM 163 Seminar in African American Studies
ART HIS 164A Modern African American Art
ART HIS 164B Contemporary African American Art
ENGLISH 102D Topics in 20th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 105 Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
FLM&MDA 130 Multicultural Topics in the Media
FLM&MDA 145 Popular Culture and Media
GEN&SEX 174 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and the Arts
GEN&SEX 182 Topics in Gender, Feminism and Economics
GEN&SEX 184 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and Political Science
GEN&SEX 189 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and Interdisciplinary Studies
HISTORY 100W Writing About History
HISTORY 114 Topics in Modern European History
HISTORY 134A Africa: Societies and Cultures
HISTORY 134C Topics in the History of Africa
HISTORY 134D Topics in South African History
HISTORY 150 Topics in African American History
HISTORY 164B Caribbean History: Emancipation to Independence
Asia (Nation, Culture) and Its Diaspora

Examines Asia as a diverse geographical and political expression, including its historical and cultural formation locally, regionally, and globally.

ANTHRO 163A Peoples of the Pacific
ANTHRO 169 Special Topics in Area Studies
ART HIS 150 Studies in Asian Art
ART HIS 151B Later Imperial China
ART HIS 151C Modern China
ART HIS 155A Ancient India
ART HIS 155B Medieval India
ART HIS 155D Topics in the Art and Architecture of India
ART HIS 162C Contemporary Japan
ASIANAM 100W Research Methodologies for Asian American Studies
ASIANAM 110 Asian American Writers
ASIANAM 111 Asian American History
ASIANAM 114 Asian American Film and Video
ASIANAM 116 Asian Americans and Popular Culture
ASIANAM 130 Undocumented Immigrant Experiences
ASIANAM 137 Asian American Labor
ASIANAM 143 Religious Traditions of Asian Americans
ASIANAM 144 The Politics of Protest
ASIANAM 150 Special Topics in Asian American Studies
ASIANAM 151C Korean American Studies
ASIANAM 151D Vietnamese American Studies
ASIANAM 151F South Asian American Studies
ASIANAM 151K Filipina/Filipino American Studies
ASIANAM 162 Asian American Women
ASIANAM 164 Topics in Intersectionality
ASIANAM 166 Race and Citizenship
ASIANAM 168 Politics of Animal Rights
EAS 110 Topics in Chinese Literature and Society
EAS 116 Topics in East Asian Religions
EAS 120 Topics in Japanese Literature and Society
EAS 130 Topics in Korean Society and Culture
EAS 140 Topics in Korean Literature and Society
EAS 150 Topics in East Asian Literature in Translation
EAS 160 Topics in East Asian Cinema
EAS 170 Topics in Gender in East Asia
ENGLISH 105 Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
FLM&MDA 130 Multicultural Topics in the Media
FLM&MDA 145 Popular Culture and Media
FLM&MDA 160 National/Regional Cinemas and Media
GEN&SEX 170 Topics in Gender, Feminism, Literature, and Language
GEN&SEX 171 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and History
GEN&SEX 189 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and Interdisciplinary Studies
HISTORY 152 Topics in Asian-American History
HISTORY 171D Chinese History to 1800
HISTORY 171E Chinese History: 1800-1949
HISTORY 171G Topics in the History of China
HISTORY 172G Topics in the History of Japan
HISTORY 173G Topics in the History of Korea
HISTORY 174G Topics in the History of South Asia
REL STD 120 Topics in Asian Religious Traditions
Europe and Its Former Colonies

Examines Europe and its former colonies as a diverse geographical and political expression, including its historical and cultural formation locally, regionally, and globally.

ART HIS 114 Studies in Western Medieval Art
ART HIS 121 Studies in Southern Renaissance Art
ART HIS 125 Studies in Southern Baroque Art
ART HIS 134C Modern European Art: From Impressionism to the Fauves
ART HIS 134D Modern European Art: From Cubism to Surrealism
ART HIS 134E Topics in Modern European Art
ART HIS 140A History of Contemporary Art
ART HIS 145A Studies in Modern Architecture
ART HIS 165A Early American Art
CLASSIC 160 Topics in Classical Literature in English Translation
CLASSIC 170 Topics in Classical Civilization
CLASSIC 176 International Studies and the Classics
COM LIT 100A Nations, Regions, and Beyond
COM LIT 123 Literatures in Dialogue
ENGLISH 102A Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
ENGLISH 102B Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 102C Topics in Romantic and 19th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 102D Topics in 20th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 106 Advanced Seminar: Topics in English Literature
EURO ST 100C Topics in European Thought, Culture, and Society
EURO ST 101A European Studies Core I - Early Europe (Pre-1789)
EURO ST 101B European Studies Core II: Modern Europe (Post-1789)
EURO ST 102 Topics in Early European History and Culture: Pre-1789
EURO ST 103 Topics in Modern European History and Culture: Post-1789
FRENCH 117 Topics in 17th-Century French Literature
FRENCH 118 Topics in 18th-Century French Literature
FRENCH 119 Topics in 19th-Century French Literature
FRENCH 120 Topics in 20th-Century French and Francophone Literature
FRENCH 139W Literature and Society
FRENCH 150 Topics in French Literature and Culture
FRENCH 160 French Cinema
FRENCH 171 Politics and Literature
GEN&SEX 171 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and History
GEN&SEX 174 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and the Arts
GERMAN 102 Topics in German Culture and Society
GERMAN 150 German Literature and Culture in Translation
GERMAN 160 German Cinema
HISTORY 112D Topics in Early Modern Europe
HISTORY 114 Topics in Modern European History
HISTORY 120D War and Empire: France and the World in the 20th Century
HISTORY 123D Topics in Spanish History
HISTORY 124B Twentieth-Century Russia
HISTORY 126B The Era of World War II: 1933-45
HISTORY 128C Topics in the History of Women in Europe
HISTORY 130C Topics in the Jewish History
HISTORY 135A The Scientific Revolution
ITALIAN 150 Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
REL STD 100 Topics in the Study of Religion
REL STD 103 Topics in the Philosophy of Religion
REL STD 130 Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Religious Traditions
RUSSIAN 150 Topics in Russian Literature
SPANISH 121 Topics in Golden Age Literature and Culture
SPANISH 122 Topics in 18th and 19th Century Spanish Literature and Culture
SPANISH 123 Topics in 20th and 21st Century Spanish Literature and Culture
SPANISH 185 Selected Topics in Peninsular Literature and Culture
Global Middle East

Examines the people and cultures of North Africa and the Arab world, Turkey and Iran, as well as their relationship with other regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central and South Asia, and the broader Muslim diaspora in Europe and the Americas.

ANTHRO 125Z Arabs and Muslims in the US
ANTHRO 147 Egyptomania
ART HIS 100 Studies in Ancient Art
CLASSIC 140 Classics and History: The Ancient World
CLASSIC 170 Topics in Classical Civilization
COM LIT 100A Nations, Regions, and Beyond
COM LIT 143 Literature, Arts, and Media
COM LIT 150 Literature in Translation
ENGLISH 105 Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
FLM&MDA 160 National/Regional Cinemas and Media
GEN&SEX 155 Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
GEN&SEX 171 Topics in Gender, Feminism, and History
HISTORY 130C Topics in the Jewish History
HISTORY 130F Jews and Power
HISTORY 131A History of Zoroastrianism
HISTORY 131B Ancient Persia
HISTORY 131C Medieval Persia
HISTORY 131D Modern Iran
HISTORY 132B The Emergence of the Modern Middle East
HISTORY 132C Women and Gender in the Middle East
HISTORY 132E Armenians and Armenia in Modern World History
HISTORY 132H Topics in Middle Eastern History
INTL ST 161A Political Islam
INTL ST 165 Introduction to Contemporary Middle East Politics
INTL ST 179 Special Topics: Geographic Focus in International Studies
PERSIAN 150 Topics in Advanced Persian Culture
PERSIAN 165A Modern Iran: Cinema and the City
REL STD 130 Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Religious Traditions
Atlantic Rim

Explores the movement of people and cultures in relationship to the historical and contemporary experience of societies that are adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, including, among others, west Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and western and northern Europe, as well as the British archipelago.

AFAM 111A Modern African American Art
AFAM 134A Caribbean History: Colonization to Emancipation
AFAM 134B Caribbean History: Emancipation to Independence
AFAM 138 Topics in African American History
ANTHRO 125X Transnational Migration
ART HIS 164A Modern African American Art
ART HIS 165B Nineteenth Century American Art
ART HIS 165C Modern American Art
CHC/LAT 139 Special Topics in Chicano/Latino History
CHC/LAT 161 Transnational Migration
CLASSIC 160 Topics in Classical Literature in English Translation
ENGLISH 101W Undergraduate Seminar in Critical Writing: Topics in Literary History
ENGLISH 102B Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 102C Topics in Romantic and 19th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 102D Topics in 20th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 103 Topics in Literature, Theory, and Criticism
ENGLISH 105 Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
FRENCH 150 Topics in French Literature and Culture
FRENCH 160 French Cinema
FRENCH 170 Topics in History and Literature
GEN&SEX 155 Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
HISTORY 144G Topics in American Cultural and Intellectual History
HISTORY 150 Topics in African American History
SPANISH 110B Topics in Latin American Literature and Cultures
Pacific Rim

Explores the movement of people and cultures in relationship to the historical and contemporary experience of societies that are adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, including, among others, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the United States, Central and South America, and Malaysia.

HISTORY 142A California Dreaming: Conquest, Conflict, and Globalization in the Golden State
COM LIT 121 Narrative, Pattern, and Text
COM LIT 150 Literature in Translation
ANTHRO 169 Special Topics in Area Studies
HISTORY 183 Special Studies in International History
COM LIT 105 Topics in Comparative Multiculturalism
ART HIS 145C Topics in the History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture
COM LIT 132 Discourse, Ideologies, and Politics
COM LIT 102W Comparative Studies in Literature and Theory
ART HIS 145C Topics in the History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture
ART HIS 165D Topics in American Art
ANTHRO 163A Peoples of the Pacific
INTL ST 158B Peoples of the Pacific
FLM&MDA 101B History of Film II: The Studio Era
HISTORY 190 Colloquium
Inter-Area Studies

Includes comparative studies of the geographical regions outlined in the above six emphases, for instance, the analysis of Africans in Asia, or the cultural, historical, and political connections between the Atlantic and the Pacific Rim.

ANTHRO 125X Transnational Migration
ANTHRO 134A Medical Anthropology
ART HIS 145A Studies in Modern Architecture
ART HIS 145B Studies in Architecture after 1945
ART HIS 150 Studies in Asian Art
ASIANAM 150 Special Topics in Asian American Studies
CHC/LAT 176 Race, Gender, and Science
CLASSIC 140 Classics and History: The Ancient World
COM LIT 102W Comparative Studies in Literature and Theory
COM LIT 107 Colonialisms and Postcolonialisms
COM LIT 150 Literature in Translation
ENGLISH 102D Topics in 20th-Century Literature
ENGLISH 105 Multicultural Topics in Literatures in English
FLM&MDA 110 Film and Media Theory
FLM&MDA 130 Multicultural Topics in the Media
FLM&MDA 145 Popular Culture and Media
FLM&MDA 161 Global/Transnational Cinemas and Media
GEN&SEX 110A Gender, State, and Nation
GEN&SEX 110D The Politics of Health and Medicine
GEN&SEX 167A Militarism and Gender
GEN&SEX 170 Topics in Gender, Feminism, Literature, and Language
GERMAN 150 German Literature and Culture in Translation
HISTORY 100W Writing About History
HISTORY 114 Topics in Modern European History
HISTORY 132E Armenians and Armenia in Modern World History
HISTORY 182 Special Studies in Intellectual-Cultural History
INTL ST/UPPP 115 Global Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century
INTL ST 130 Transnational Gangs
INTL ST 145A/POL SCI 172A International Law
POL SCI 142D U.S. Foreign Policy I: Globalism and Cold War
REL STD 103 Topics in the Philosophy of Religion

Students may also design their own emphasis by combining two or more regional emphases in a non-traditional fashion. For instance, a student may wish to study what is known as “Creole” (oral) literatures, found in multiple locations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.