Global Studies Certificate

Designed for students wishing to develop their expertise in cultural, political, and economic phenomena that cross or transcend national boundaries. Courses offer intensive training in the anthropological analysis of international issues, such as migrations and diasporas, environment and development, flows of money and commodities, social movements, transnational religious movements, and ethnic, national, and other forms of political conflict.

Criteria

1. For each certificate, complete three courses listed below; attain a 3.0 GPA minimum in those courses. 

2. Attend three Anthropology Colloquia and write a 300-500 word report and/or analysis for each event; it will be reviewed and evaluated by the Undergraduate Director. If you are applying for multiple certificates, you only need to submit three summaries TOTAL. It is your responsibility to plan ahead and attend colloquia before you submit your certificate application. See the department events webpage for upcoming events.

 

Global Studies Courses:

Anthro 20A   People, Cultures, and Environmental Sustainability 

Anthro 30A   Global Issues in Anthropological Perspective 

Anthro 41A   Global Cultures and Society 

Anthro 50B   Gender and Global Health 

Anthro 85A   Cultures in Collision: Indian-White Relations Since Columbus 

Anthro 121G Political Anthropology 

Anthro 125B  Ecological Anthropology 

Anthro 125S  The Anthropology of Money 

Anthro 125U  Immigration, Nation, and Media 

Anthro 125X  Transnational Migration 

Anthro 125Z  Muslim Identities in North America 

Anthro 127A  Law and Modernity 

Anthro 127B  Global Migrations, Anthropology, and the Law 

Anthro 129  by petition to the Undergraduate Director, depending of the topic 

Anthro 134G  HIV/AIDS in a Global Context 

Anthro 135A  Religion and Social Order 

Anthro 135I   Modern South Asian Religions 

Anthro 136A  Nationalism and Ethnicity in the Contemporary World 

Anthro 136D  Conflict Resolution in Cross-Cultural Perspective 

Anthro 136G  Colonialism and Gender 

Anthro 139  by petition to the Undergraduate Director, depending of the topic 

Anthro 161T  Field Research: Asian Immigrants and Refugees in Orange County 

Anthro 162A  Peoples and Cultures of Latin America 

Anthro 162C  Race and Empire in Colonial Latin America 

Anthro 163A  People of the Pacific 

Anthro 164A  21st Century Africa 

Anthro 164P   Peoples and Cultures of Post-Soviet Eurasia 

Anthro 165A   Modern Iran: Cinema and the City 

Anthro 169  by petition to the Undergraduate Director, depending of the topic