Courses with a Global Perspective

UW Bothell’s undergraduate learning goals, adopted during summer 2012, include:

  • understanding of diversity in cultures, identities, backgrounds, and experiences among individuals and groups, and
  • critical analysis of information from multiple perspectives including intercultural, global, and ecological.

Innovative, interdisciplinary courses that incorporate a global perspective can be found across the UW Bothell curriculum:

First Year and Pre-Major Program

Course Number Course Name
B ARAB 296 Study Abroad: Arabic
B CHIN 101,102,103 A Chinese I, II, III
B CHIN 296 Study Abroad: Chinese
B CORE 104 Discovery Core I: Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts
B CORE 107 Discovery Core I: Individuals and Society
B CORE 110 Discovery Core I: Natural World
B CORE 115 Discovery Core II: Individuals and Society
B CORE 116 Discovery Core II: Natural World
B CORE 117 Discovery Core II: Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts
B CUSP 103 Intercultural Literacy for Multilingual 澳门赌场s
B CUSP 133 First-Year Interest Group – 澳门赌场 Global Living Learning Community
B CUSP 295 Study Abroad Pre-departure Seminar
B CUSP 296 Study Abroad
B JAPAN 296 Study Abroad: Japanese
B JAPAN 111,112,113 First-Year Japanese
B JAPAN 211,212,213 Second-Year Japanese
B JAPAN 296 Study Abroad: Japanese
B KOREA 196 Elementary Korean
B KOREA 296 Study Abroad: Intermediate Korean
B SPAN 101,102,103 Elementary Spanish
B SPAN 201,202,203 Intermediate Spanish
B SPAN 296 Study Abroad: Spanish

Interactive Media and Design

Course Number Course Name
B IMD 401 Study Abroad: Interactive Media Design

School of Business

Course Number Course Name
B BUS 462 International Marketing
B BUS 480 Global Environment of Business
B BUS 507 Global Business
B BUS 546 Seminar on Global Economic Issues
B BUS 550 Global Commercialization of Sustainable Technologies
B BUS 591 Global Business Study Tour
ELCBUS 461 International Environment of Business
ELCBUS 462 International Marketing
ELCBUS 463 International Finance and Trade
ELCBUS 464 History and Globalization

School of Educational Studies

Course Number Course Name
B EDUC 230 Culture, Knowledge, and Education
B EDUC 255 Critical Diversity Studies
B EDUC 401 Study Abroad: Education
B EDUC 408 Knowing, Teaching, and Assessing in Multicultural Education and Social Studies
B EDUC 473 Global Englishes
B EDUC 475 Global Perspectives on Diversity and Citizenship Education
B EDUC 491 Written and Oral Communications for Multilingual 澳门赌场s
B EDUC 512 澳门赌场oretical Foundations for Multicultural Classrooms
B EDUC 521 Using Multicultural Literature in the Classroom
B EDUC 541 Second Language Acquisition, Bilingual Education, and the Structure of English
B EDUC 542 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Teaching English Language Learners
B EDUC 562 Multicultural Education: Race, Class, and Gender
B EDUC 591 Teaching and Learning in an International Community
B EDUC 591 Globalization of English: Issues with Language Policy and Practice

School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

Course Number Course Name
BCULST 585 Topics in Cultural Activism and Advocacy
BCULST 586 Topics in Arts and Cultural Policy
BCULST 587 Topics in Cultural and Arts Practice
BCULST 588 Topics in Culture and Diversity
BCULST 589 A Culture and Resistance in the Americas
BCULST 589 B Development and Globalization
BCULST 596 Study Abroad
BIS 216 Introduction to Cultural Studies
BIS 222 Travel and Cultural Difference
BIS 242 Environmental Geography
BIS 243 Introduction to Environmental Issues
BIS 255 Critical Diversity Studies
BIS 256 Introduction to African American Studies
BIS 257 Introduction to Asian American Studies
BIS 258 Introduction to United States Latina/Latino Studies
BIS 260 Introduction to World Religions
BIS 264 Africa on Film
BIS 265 Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
BIS 282 Globalization
BIS 284 International Relations
BIS 302 Issues in Mathematics Across Cultures
BIS 308 Issues in Philosophy and Culture
BIS 309 History of Dance in Europe and America
BIS 310 Women, Culture, and Development
BIS 317 Language, Society and Cultural Knowledge
BIS 332 Rise of East Asia
BIS 334 Traditional Chinese History
BIS 339 Issues in Global Cultural Studies
BIS 341 Topics in the Study of Culture
BIS 354 Modern European Intellectual History
BIS 362 澳门赌场 United States – Mexico Borderlines: Culture, History,澳门赌场ory
BIS 368 Women’s Lives in Context
BIS 369 Women Across Cultures
BIS 373 Cultural History of Rome
BIS 374 Middle East Politics
BIS 375 Mexican Art and Culture
BIS 376 Circa 1500: Arts of West and East
BIS 384 Health, Medicine and Society
BIS 385 Cross-Cultural Oral Traditions
BIS 386 Global Environment Issues
BIS 400 Modern Japan
BIS 402 Modern China
BIS 404 Twentieth-century Russia
BIS 409 Modern Germany
BIS 414 Topics in Human Rights
BIS 416 Problems in International Political Economy
BIS 417 Paris: 澳门赌场 City and its History
BIS 420 Colonizing History in Sub-Sahara Africa
BIS 427 Global History
BIS 428 Global History II
BIS 429 Global History III
BIS 432 Democracy in Asia
BIS 441 Global Labor Markets
BIS 459 Conservation and Sustainable Development
BIS 466 Human Rights and Resistance
BIS 468 Human Rights and Sustainable Development
BIS 474 Topics in European Cultural History
BIS 480 International Study Abroad
BIS 485 Topics in Cultural Studies
BIS 488 Topics in British Literature
BISAMS 367 Exploring American Culture: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
BISGST 303 History and Globalization
BISGST 324 International Political Economy
BISGST 397 A Life and Work in Contemporary China
BISGST 397 B International Relations of the Persian Gulf
BISGST 397 C Global Protest Movements
BISGST 497 Advanced Topics in Global Studies
BISSTS 397 Topics in Science, Technology, and Society
BISSTS 497 A Gender, Race, Science and Medicine
BPOLST 581 Issues in Human Rights Policy

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Course Number Course Name
B HLTH 216 Culture/Ethnicity and Religions Influence on Food Choices
B HLTH 222 Latina/o Health and Culture: Issues, Beliefs, Practices, and Local Perspectives
B HLTH 400 Study Abroad: Health Studies
B HLTH 420 Women’s Global Health and Human Rights
B HLTH 421 Food and Culture
B HLTH 423 Global Health: Critical Perspectives
B HLTH 425 Health in a Developing Nation: Study Abroad
B HLTH 427 Women, Culture, and Healing
B HLTH 429 Global and Local Health Inequalities and Interventions
B HLTH 430 Health Policies and Politics in a Global Context
B HLTH 445 Health in a Developing Nation: Study Abroad
B HLTH 455 Women, Culture, and Healing
B HLTH 462 Global and Local Health Inequalities and Interventions
B HLTH 464 Environments and Health
B NURS 407 Cultural and Social Issues in Healthcare
B NURS 504 Disparity and Social Justice in Healthcare
BHS 302 Global Communities, Culture and Health Equity
BHS 400 Study Abroad: Health Studies
BHS 420 Women’s Global Health and Human Rights
BHS 423 Global Health: Critical Perspectives
BHS 430 Health Policies and Politics in a Global Context

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Course Number Course Name
B BIO 230 Study Abroad: Biology
B BIO 430 Study Abroad: Advanced Biology
B CLIM 200 Introduction to Climate Science
B CLIM 320 Impacts of Climate Change
BST 381 Introduction to Electric Power Generation
BST 446 Sustainable Energy

Please email Natalia Dyba, nataliak@uw.edu, to include additional courses in this list.

Resources

Use the Course Description Pages to identify which courses align with your interests. 澳门赌场 complete list of course descriptions can be found in this database.