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GE-G, Equity in a Diverse World

About Courses in GE-G

 

Courses in this category enhance understanding of citizenship and moral agency in today’s increasingly global society, exploring differences and similarities across diverse communities and cultures. Within its particular context, each course considers how the dynamics of race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, tribal and/or national identity have led to conflicts, violence, inequality or domination around the world and in the contemporary United States.  Courses engage questions of social responsibility, equity, and citizenship confronting political, social, legal, or economic institutions during the present global era.

The following courses have been approved to satisfy the GE-G, Equity in a Diverse World requirement. Courses that meet this category are indicated with “w” suffix.  This list also notes any additional GE requirements the course may satisfy.

updated: 12/17/2024

American Studies and Ethnicity

  • AMST 101mgw, Race and Class in Los Angeles
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 135mgw, Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 140gw, Borderlands in a Global Context
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 150gw, The American War in Viet Nam
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 215gw, Race and Mixed Race
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 220gmw, The Making of Asian America
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 250mgw, The African Diaspora
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 252mgw, Black Social Movements in the U.S.
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 274mw, Exploring Ethnicity through Film
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    AMST 325gw, The Middle East in Hollywood
    also satisfies GE-A and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    AMST 331gw, The Black Atlantic: Narratives of Migration and Travel
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Anthropology

  • ANTH 273gw, Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western Religious Traditions
    Effective Fall 2023, ANTH 273 satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement.  As of Fall 2024, it also satisfies GE-G.

    ANTH 313mw, Water
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    effective Fall 2024

    ANTH 315gw, Native North Americans
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    ANTH 324gw, Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and Social Realities
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Business Communication

  • BUCO 333mw, Communication in the Working World – Managing Diversity
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Cinema and Media Studies

  • CTCS 150gw, Vision of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts
    also satisfies GE-B
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

Comparative Literature

  • COLT 382gw, Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    COLT 395w, Urban Crossroads: Budapest
    This course dose not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Communication

  • COMM 324mw, Intercultural Communication
    This course does not satisfy any other GE requirement.

Critical Studies

  • CRIT 350gw, Global Art, Design and Visual Culture since 1960
    also satisfies GE-B
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

Dance

  • DANC 312gw, African American Dance
    also satisfies GE-A

    DANC 333gw, Origins of Jazz Dance
    also satisfies GE-A

Dramatic Arts

  • THTR 476mw, African American Theatre, Dance, and Performance
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    THTR 488mw, Theatre in the Community
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

East Asian Languages and Cultures

  • EALC 150gw, Global Chinese Cinema and Cultural Studies
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    EALC 255gw, Southeast Asian Literature and Film
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

French

  • FREN 260gw, Global Women’s Narratives
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    FREN 270gw, Black Europe
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    FREN 375mgw, Global Narratives of Illness and Disability
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Gender and Sexuality Studies

  • SWMS 210mgw, Social Analysis of Gender
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    SWMS 215gw, Introduction to Gender and Sexuality: International Perspectives
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies

  • HP 365mgw, Culture, Lifestyle, and Health
    also satisfies GE-C
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

History

  • HIST 210gw, How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S. Citizenship
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    HIST 265gw, Racism, Sexism, and the Law
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

International Relations

  • IR 101xgw, International Relations
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    IR 210gw, International Relations: Introductory Analysis
    also satisfies GE-C
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    IR 305w, Managing New Global Challenges
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    IR 308w, Economic Globalization
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    This course is not for a general student audience.      It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    IR 382w, Order and Disorder in Global Affairs
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    IR 424w, Citizenship and Migration in International Politics
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    This course is not for a general student audience.      It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    IR 444w, Theories of Global Society
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

Journalism

  • JOUR 200w, The Power and Responsibility of the Press
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Judaic Studies

  • JS 150gw, Jewish Histories of the Modern Middle East
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement
    effective Fall 2024

    JS 211gw, The Holocaust
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    JS 328gw, Blacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    JS 402w, Jews, Judaism and Race
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    effective Spring 2024

Law

  • LAW 101w, Law and the U.S. Constitution in Global History
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    LAW 200w, Law and Society
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    LAW 250w, Children and the Law
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    LAW 310w, Global Justice for Mass Atrocities and Genocide
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Linguistics

  • LING 115gw, Language and Society
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Medical Education

  • MDED 387w, Community, Advocacy and Health Justice
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Middle East Studies

  • MDES 201w, The Middle East: Global and Environmental Perspectives
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    MDES 441w, Cities of the Middle East
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Music

  • MUSC 102gw, World Music
    also satisfies GE-A

    MUSC 200mgw, The Broadway Musical: Reflections of American Diversity
    also satisfies GE-A

    MUSC 250mgw, The Music of Black Americans
    also satisfies GE-A

    MUSC 320mgw, Hip-hop Music and Culture
    also satisfies GE-A

Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science

  • RXRS 202w, Comparative Neuropharmacology: A Kaleidoscope of Experiences
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    RXRS 413w, Globalization of the Biomedical Industry
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Philosophy

  • PHIL 166gw, Current Moral and Social Issues
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 172mgw, Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 174gw, Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 176gw, Feminist Philosophy
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement
    effective Spring 2025

    PHIL 178gw, Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 260gw, Ethical Theory and Practice
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Political Science

  • POSC 248gw, Human Rights
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    POSC 265gw, Environmental Challenges
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Public Diplomacy

  • PUBD 369w, Public Diplomacy and Global Citizenship
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Quantitative Biology

  • QBIO 115w, Ethics in Biology, Medicine and Statistics
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Religion

  • REL 336w, Re-Viewing Religion in Asian America
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Slavic Languages and Literatures

  • SLL 310gw, The Eastern European Jewish Experience: Literature and Film
    also satisfies GE-B and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement
    effective Fall 2024

Sociology

  • SOCI 100mgw, Los Angeles and the American Dream
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    SOCI 225gw, Sociology of Health and the Body
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    SOCI 250mgw, Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Spatial Sciences

  • SSCI 165Lgw, Sustainability Science in the City
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    SSCI 175gw, Food, Health and Place
    also satisfies GE-C and the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Thematic Option

  • CORE 104gw, Change and the Future: Thematic Option Honors Program
    also satisfies GE-C
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for students in Thematic Option.