This specialization is concerned with exploring the causes, nature, consequences, management, and resolution of conflict. It will consider the psychology, sociology, economics, politics and history of cooperation, conflict and conflict resolution. It will address issues of war and peace, nationalism, civil war, terrorism, human rights, and ethnic hostility as they impact international security.

Approved Courses for Conflict in the Global System (choose five):

• AMIND 440 – American Indian History (ES)
• ANTH 350 – Cultures Around the Globe
• ANTH 442 – Cultures of South America
• ANTH 443 – Anthropology of Violence
• ANTH 533 – Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
• ANTH 582 – Regional Anthropology
• ASIAN 421 – Asian History Since 1600 (H) (cross listed with HIST 421)
• ASIAN 480 – Asian Leadership Models
• CCS 355 -  United States-Mexico International Border (cross listed with LATAM 355)
• COMM 371 – Intercultural Communication  
• CS 301 – Computers and Society (NS)
• CJ 570 – Organized Crime in Domestic and International Perspectives
• ECON 360 – International Economic Problems
• ECON 466 – Economics of Middle East
• EUROP 440 – Human Trafficking in Europe (H)
• ENV S 302 – Climate Change Solutions (NS)
• GEOG 312 – Culture of Worlds
• HIST 408 – Modern Europe (H)
• HIST 415 – Pre-Contact and Colonial America (H)
• HIST 416 – Modern Latin America (H)
• HIST 425 – The Vietnam War (H) (cross listed with ASIAN 425)
• HIST 474 – The Middle East since 1500 (H)
• HIST 486 – World War II
• HIST 512A – The Great War: A Turning Point in European History
• HIST 512B – Age of Dictatorships and Contemporary Europe
• HIST 516 – Imperialism and the Colonial Experience
• HIST 518 – Gender and War in 20^th Century Europe
• HIST544B – Modern American Foreign Relations
• HIST 553 – History of Slavery in the Americas (cross-listed with LATAM 553)
• HIST 558 – Latin America in World Affairs
• HIST 567 – China in Revolution
• HIST 574 – Arab-Israeli Relations, Past and Present
• HIST 580 – Topics in the History of War and Violence
• LATAM 320– Culture and Society of Tijuana
• LATAM 366 – Latin American Politics (cross listed with POL S 366)
• OCEAN 320 – Oceans of Change (NS)
• PHIL 340 – Morality of War and Peace (H)
• PA 581 – War, the State and Governance: Global Perspectives 
• POL S 359 – Government and Politics in Russia and Eurasia
• POL S 361 – Governments and Politics of Developing Areas
• POLS 362 – Government and Politics of East Asia
• POL S 363 – Governments and Politics of the Middle East
• POL S 364 – Political Change in Modern Africa
• POL S 370 – Political Violence
• POL S 406 – Democracy and Mass Conflict
• POL S 430 – Immigration and Border Politics (cross listed with LATAM 430)
• POL S 479 – National Security Policy
• POL S 565 – Nations and Nationalism
• POL S 577 – Politics of International Law
• PSY 353 – Stress, Trauma, and the Psychological Experience of Combat
• REL S 379 – Religious Violence and Nonviolence (H)
• SOC 433 – Wealth, Status, and Power
• SOC 457 – Protests, Reforms, and Revolution
• SOC 458 – Nonviolence, Peace, and Social Change
• WMNST 310 – Global Cultures and Women’s Lives
• WMNST 375 – Sex, Power, and Politics
• WMNST 570 – Gender, War, and Peace 

Note - (H) means the course fulfills the GE Explorations requirement in Humanities and an (NS) means it fulfils the GE Explorations requirement in Natural Sciences.

Issues related to the environment and the utilization of energy and natural resources are important aspects of international security and often are related to cooperation and conflict between nations and groups within states. The purpose of this specialization is to provide the student with the necessary background to better understand this aspect of international security and the management and resolution of conflict.

Approved Courses for Environment in the Global System (choose five):

• AMIND 350 – American Indian Environmental Management
• AMIND 440 – American Indian History (ES)
• ANTH 353 – Sustainability and Culture (cross listed with SUSTN 353)
• ANTH 350 – Cultures Around the Globe
• ANTH 365 – Animals, Culture, and the Environment
• ANTH 402 – Dynamics of Biocultural Diversity (NS)
• ANTH 442 – Cultures of South America
• ANTH 504 – Seminar in Harm and Adaptability
• ANTH 510 – Environmental and Ecological Anthropology
• ANTH 565 – Paradise Lost: The Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environmental Impacts
• ANTH 566 – Seminar in Archaeology and Borderlands
• ASIAN 320 – Asian Environmental Issues
• BIOL 315 – Ecology and Human Impacts on the Environment (NS)
• BIOL 324 – Life in the Sea (NS)
• BIOL 327 – Conservation of Wildlife (NS)
• BIOL 354 – Ecology and the Environment
• BIOL 540 – Conservation Ecology
• BIOL 542 – Ecological Signaling in the Environment
• BIOL 544 – Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Change
• BRAZ 333 – Amazon is Center of the World (H)
• ECON 455 – Environmental Economics
• ECON 456 – Economics of Natural Resources
• ENGL 305 – Literature and Environment (H)
• ENGL 409 – Science Fiction (H)
• ENV S 301 – Energy and the Environment (NS)
• ENV S 302 – Climate Change Solutions (NS)
• GEOG 303 – Severe Weather (NS)
• GEOG 341 – Feeding the World
• GEOG 342 – Food, Place, and Culture
• GEOG 348 – Environment and Development
• GEOG 360 – Human Dimensions of Climate Change
• GEOG 370 – Conservation Science and Policy
• GEOG 375 – Environmental Hydrology
• GEOG 409 – Global Climate Change
• GEOG 440 – Food Justice (cross listed with POL S 440)
• GEOG 454 – Sustainable Cities
• GEOG 570 – Environmental Conservation Practice
• GEOG 574 – Water Resources
• GEOL 305 – Water and the Environment (NS)
• HIST 441 – Unnatural Disasters: History of Current Environmental Problems
• HIST 584 – Topics in Environmental History
• HUM 409 – The Future (H)
• LATAM 350 – Globalization and the Americas
• OCEAN 320 – Oceans of Change (NS)
• PH 304 – Environment and Public Health
• PH 362 – International Health
• PH 452 – Health Impacts of Climate Change
• PHIL 332 – Environmental Ethics (H) (cross listed with SUSTN 332)
• PHIL 333 – Ethics-Food (H)
• POL S 334 – Politics of the Environment (cross listed with SUSTN 334)
• POL S 564 – Political Ecology of Latin America
• POL S 577 – Politics of International Law
• REL S 376 – Nature, Spirituality, Ecology (H)
• SOC 350 – Population and Contemporary Issues

Note - (H) means the course fulfills the GE Explorations requirement in Humanities and an (NS) means it fulfils the GE Explorations requirement in Natural Sciences.

This specialization explores political, economic, and social issues relating to global justice. It includes the study of international organizations and law, human rights, North-South relations, and controversies over distribution of resources. This specialization enables students to have a richer understanding of the dynamics concerning international security and conflict resolution. ts for specialization.

Approved Courses for Justice in the Global System (choose five):

• AFRAS 320 – Political Economy of African Diaspora
• AFRAS 327 – Critical Theories in Africana Studies
• AFRAS 423 – Black Nationalism (ES)
• AFRAS 455 – Africana Class, Gender, and Sexualities
• AFRAS 465 – Africa in Literature and Film
• AFRAS 466 – Afrofuturism (ES and H)
• AFRAS 470 – Comparative History: Afro-American and African Heritage (ES and H)
• AFRAS 471 – Africana History
• AFRAS 472 – African Enslavement (H)
• AFRAS 473 – Women in Africa
• AFRAS 520 – African Civilization I
• AFRAS 521 – African Civilization II
• AMIND 440 – American Indian History (ES)
• AMIND 470 – American Indian World Views and Cosmologies
• ANTH 333 – Race, Ethnicity, and Identities in the Americas (cross-listed with LATAM 333)
• ANTH 350 – Cultures Around the Globe
• ANTH 442 – Cultures of South America
• ANTH 443 – Anthropology of Violence
• ANTH 533 – Race, Ethnicity and Identity
• ANTH 566 – Seminar in Archaeology and Borderlands
• ASIAN 421 – Asian History Since 1600 (H) (cross-listed with HIST 421)
• ASIAN 458 – Asian Traditions (H) (cross-listed with RelS 458)
• BRAZ 333 – Amazon is Center of the World (H)
• CCS 306 – Mexican Immigration (ES)
• CCS 375 – US/Mexico Border History (H)
• CCS 380 – US/Mexico Borderlands Folklore (H) (cross listed with LATAM 380)
• CCS 405 – Performing Transnational Citizenship
• ECON 330 – Comparative Economic Systems
• ECON 360 – International Economic Problems
• ECON 365 – Economics of Underdeveloped Areas
• ECON 381 – Economics of Immigration
• ECON 404 – Economic Inequality
• ECON 464 – Economic Problems of Latin America
• ECON 466 – Economics of Middle East
• EUROP 440 – Human Trafficking in Europe (H)
• GEN S 340 – Confronting AIDS (NS)
• GEN S 480 – Engaged Citizenship and Social Responsibility
• GEOG 303 – Severe Weather (NS)
• GEOG 341 – Feeding the World
• GEOG 342 – Food, Place, and Culture
• GEOG 440 – Food Justice (cross listed with POL S 440)
• GEOG 454 – Sustainable Cities
• HHS 350 – Applied International Health and Human Services
• HIST 404 – History of Human Rights
• HIST 408 – Modern Europe (H)
• HIST 415 – Pre-Contact and Colonial America (H)
• HIST 416 – Modern Latin America
• HIST 440 – The Holocaust and Western Civilization (H)
• HIST 518 – Gender and War in 20^th Century Europe
• HIST 516 – Imperialism and the Colonial Experience
• HIST 553 – History of Slavery in the Americas (cross listed with LATAM 553)
• HIST 557 – Dictatorships and Human Rights in Latin America
• HUM 411 – Understanding Evil (H)
• LATAM 320 – Culture and Society of Tijuana
• LATAM 350 – Globalization and the Americas
• LATAM 366 – Latin American Politics (cross-listed with POL S 366)
• LATAM 545 – Latin American City
• OCEAN 320 – Oceans of Change (NS)
• PH 362 – International Health
• PHIL 328 – Philosophy, Racism, and Justice (H)
• PHIL 329 – Social Ethics (H)
• PHIL 340 – Morality of War and Peace (H)
• PHIL 344 – Global Justice (H)
• POL S 302 – Modern Political Thought
• POL S 334 – Politics of the Environment (cross listed with SUSTN 334)
• POLS 380 – Human Rights in a Global Perspective
• POL S 406 – Democracy and Mass Society
• POL S 430 – Immigration and Border Politics (cross-listed with LATAM 430)
• POL S 482 – US-Latin American Relations
• POL S 485 – Politics of Globalization
• POL S 507 – Marx and Marxism
• POL S 565 – Nations and Nationalism
• POL S 577 – Politics of International Law
• REL S 368 – Religion and Social Justice (H)
• REL S 379 – Religious Violence and Nonviolence (H)
• SOC 350 – Population and Contemporary Issues
• SOC 352 – Global Social Problems
• SOC 411 – Police and Society in the Americas
• SOC 433 – Wealth, Status, and Power
• SOC 447 – Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery: A Sociological Perspective
• SOC 450 – Social Change
• SOC 457 – Protests, Reforms, and Revolution
• SOC 458 – Nonviolence, Peace, and Social Change
• SOC 537 – Political Sociology
• WMNST 310 – Global Cultures and Women’s Lives
• WMNST 331 – Women in Asian Society
• WMNST 340 – History of Women and Sexuality in Modern Europe
• WMNST 375 – Sex, Power, and Politics
• WMNST 530 – Women’s Movements and Activism
• WMNST 580 – Women, Development, and the Global Economy
• WMNST 581 – Women’s Experiences of Migration

Note - (H) means the course fulfills the GE Explorations requirement in Humanities and an (NS) means it fulfils the GE Explorations requirement in Natural Sciences.