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Spotlight: Online Summer Courses 2025

ONLINE Summer 2025 Courses in International Studies!  To see how these courses meet major requirements, click here! RELIG/CHID 120: Yoga: Past and Present (SSc, A&H, DIV) ONLINE Asynchronous Studies yoga

JSIS D 323 Globalization and You

Offers an evidence-based analysis of globalization that addresses how individuals are affected personally as well as economically amidst the market-led processes of global integration.

JSIS B 336 Political Violence

Examines the causes and consequences of the use of violence in the context of armed conflict and contentious politics, with a focus on the targeting of civilians. Investigates the dynamics

RELIG 320 Comparative Study of Death

Death analyzed from a cross-cultural perspective. Topics include funerary practices, concepts of the soul and afterlife, cultural variations in grief, cemeteries as folk art, and medical and ethical issues in

RELIG 211 Introduction to Muslim Beliefs and Practices

JSIS E 134 Intensive Elementary Modern Greek

JEW ST 362 Food and Community: Cultural Practices in the Hispanic World

Intersections of food and community in Hispanic cultures. Past and present practices. Food and material culture, urban design, foodways and gender roles, food and race, diet and hygiene, religious, and

JSIS A 451 Youth in Modern China

Emergence of youth in Modern China as a social category; a distinctive stage of life; from most dominated group in society to driving force of history. Explores how young people

JSIS A 280 Indigenous Encounters: Politics, Culture, and Representation in Latin America

Explores the contemporary cultural and political transformations advanced by indigenous groups and their advocates in Latin America. Examines the concept of indigeneity, the cultural politics of indigenous mobilization, and the