Cluster: Global Perspectives
The aim of this cluster is to introduce students to the richness of cultures in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, drawing on perspectives from the humanities and social sciences. Through exploring the interplay between political, economic, environmental, and cultural systems, past and present, students will develop skills and attitudes to function as "global citizens."
Cluster Coordinator: Stephen Frenkel
Office: EH 338
Phone: 503-725-5085
E-mail: sfrenkel@pdx.edu
Sophomore Inquiry: Global Perspectives
(UNST 233)
Each SINQ will focus on the culture, history, geography, politics, and economy of a specific region of the world, but each will introduce a set of basic concepts that are intended to provide common ground for students continuing on in the upper division courses of the cluster:
This SINQ leads to the Global Perspectives Cluster.
Approved Cluster Courses:
Academic Year 11-12
*Courses listed below are all Approved Cluster Courses. The links beside the course titles are for documentation purposes.
| ANTH 311U | Peoples and Cultures of Latin America |
| ANTH 312U | Southeast Asian Societies and Cultures |
| ANTH 317U | Peoples and Cultures of South Asia |
| ANTH 318U | Asian American Experience |
| ANTH 319U | Traditional Cultures of Africas |
| ANTH 362U | African Prehistory |
| ANTH 431U | Advanced Topics in Latin American Anthropology |
| AR 441U | Major Arabic Works in Translation |
| ArH 311U | History of Asian Art: Indian and Indonesian |
| ArH 321U | Survey of Korean Art |
| ArH 415U | Issues in Asian Art |
| ArH 422U | Chinese Painting |
| ArH 423U | Japanese Painting |
| ArH 425U | Modern Japanese Painting |
| ArH 481U | Nineteenth Century Art I |
| ArH 482U | Nineteenth Century Art II |
| BST 305U | African History Before 1800 |
| BST 306U | African History Since 1800 |
| BST 319U | Traditional Cultures of Africas |
| BST 325U | Race and Ethnicity in Latin America |
| BST 326U | Cuba, Dominican Replublic, Puerto Rico |
| BST 351U |
African American Literature I |
| BST 362U |
African Prehistory |
| BST 406U |
Caribbean Overseas Program |
| BST 414U |
Racism |
| BST 420U |
Caribbean Literature |
| BST 422U |
African Fiction |
| BST 425U |
Black Cinema in the 1970's |
| BST 426U |
Contemporary African-American Cinema |
| BST 427U |
African/American Films and Film Makers |
| BST 440U |
Caribbean Studies |
| BST 450U |
Immigration Issues |
| BST 450U |
Topics: Spanish Caribbean |
| BST 467U |
African Development Issues |
| CHLA 302U |
Chicano/Latino Literature |
| CHLA 303U |
Chicana/Latina Experience |
| CHLA 375U |
Southwestern Borderlands History |
| CHN 341U |
Topics in Chinese Literature and Thought |
| CHN 342U |
Chinese Vernacular Literature (Traditional) |
| CHN 343U |
Chinese Vernacular Literature (Modern) |
| DANE 345U |
Hans Christian Anderson |
| DANE 346U |
Danish 20th Century Women Writers |
| DANE 347U |
Major Works in Danish Literature |
| DANE 361U |
Danish Film from Dreyer to Dogmer |
| EC 338U |
Political Economy of Latin American Development |
| EC 445U |
Comparative Economic Systems |
| EC 446U |
Institutional Economics |
| EC 447U |
Economics of Transition |
| EC 450U |
Third World Economic Development |
| ENG 345U |
Modern British Literature |
| FL 331U |
Women in the Middle East |
| FL 399U |
The European Historical Novel |
| FL 399U |
Topics in East African Culture:Proverbs, Riddles, and Oral Narratives |
| FL 448U |
Major Figures in Literature: Dostoevsky |
| FL 448U |
Major Figures in Literature: Tolstoy |
| FR 343U |
Introduction to French Literature: 19th-20th Century |
| GEOG 352U |
The Himalaya and Tibet |
| GEOG 353U |
Pacific Rim |
| GEOG 354U |
Geography of Europe |
| GEOG 355U |
Landscapes of Spain |
| GEOG 356U |
Russia and Its Neighbors |
| GEOG 360U |
Latin America |
| GEOG 363U |
Geography of Africa |
| GEOG 364U |
Geography of the Middle East |
| GEOG 453U |
Japan |
| GER 441U |
Major Works in Translation: German Intellectual History I |
| GER 441U |
Major Works: Nazi Culture |
| HST 312U |
African History Before 1800 |
| HST 313U |
African History Since 1800 |
| HST 320U |
East Asian Civilization |
| HST 321U |
Early Modern East Asia |
| HST 322U |
Modern East Asia |
| HST 351U |
History of England II: 18th - 20th Century |
| HST 357U |
Europe from Reformation to Revolutions |
| HST 358U |
Europe from National Unification to European Union |
| HST 360U |
French Revolution and Napoleon |
| HST 365U |
Latin American History I |
| HST 366U |
Latin American History II |
| HST 385U |
Middle East in Modern Times: 19th and Early 20th Century |
| HST 386U |
Middle East in Modern Times: 20th Century |
| HUM 399U |
African Diasporan Dance in the Americas |
| HUM 399U |
Festival Dance in the Africa Diaspora |
| INTL 317U |
Topics in Asian Thought |
| INTL 321U |
Globalization & Identity: Humanities |
| INTL 322U |
Globalization & Identity: Social Science |
| INTL 323U |
Tradition & Innovation: Humanities |
| INTL 324U |
Tradition & Innovation: Social Science |
| INTL 331U |
Women in the Middle East |
| INTL 332U |
Islamic Movements |
| INTL 341U |
Environment and Development in Latin America |
| INTL 342U |
Globalization and Conflict in Latin America |
| INTL 351U |
The City in Europe |
| INTL 352U |
The City in Europe: Humanities |
| INTL 410U |
African Art |
| INTL 462U |
Amazon Rainforest |
| JPN 341U |
Topics in Japanese Lit.: Intro to Classical and Medieval Japanese Lit. |
| JPN 342U |
Topics in Japanese Lit.: Intro to Early Modern and Modern Japanese Lit. |
| JPN 361U |
Japanese Literature Through Film |
| MUS 301U |
Survey of Music Literature I |
| MUS 302U |
Survey of Music Literature II |
| MUS 374U |
World Music (African) |
| MUS 375U |
World Music II: Asia |
| PER 330U |
Persian Culture and Civilization |
| PS 352U |
Western European Politics |
| PS 361U |
Introduction to the Politics of the Middle East |
| PS 362U |
The Arab-Israeli Conflict |
| PS 385U |
Modern Ideologies |
| PS 407U |
The Politics of North Africa |
| PS 466U |
Politics of East Asia |
| PS 468U |
International Politics of East Asia |
| RUS 330U |
Russian Culture & Civilization |
| RUS 331U |
Russian Literature and Film |
| RUS 441U |
Russian Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century |
| RUS 442U |
Russian Literature in Translation: Twentieth Century |
| SCI 357U |
Sustain US/Mexico Border Region |
| SOC 483U |
Sociology of the Middle East |
| SPAN 331U |
Latin American Culture and Civilization |
| SPAN 427U |
Major Topics: Latin American Prose (taught in Spanish) |
| SPAN 441U |
Spanish Literature in Translation |
| TA 467U |
Modern Theater I |
| TA 468U |
Modern Theater II |
| TUR 330U |
Topics in Turkish Culture and Literature |
| TUR 331U |
Women and Gender in Turkey |
| TUR 341U |
Turkish Literature in Translation |
| TUR 361U |
Turkey Through Film |
| USP 445U |
Cities & Third World Development |
| WS 331U |
Women in the Middle East |
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