Approved GRID Electives

In addition to the required core seminar, students taking the GRID graduate minor choose at least two courses from the list of approved electives below. New courses are often offered, so students should check with the director of WGGP to find out if a course not on the list may be in the process of being approved and can be used for an elective.

GRID Core Elective Courses:

Agricultural and Consumer Economics:

ACE 451: Economics of International Development

ACE 452/ECON: The Latin American Economies

ACE 453: Economic Development in South & Southeast Asia

ACE 454: Economic Development of Tropical Africa

ACE 551: International Food Policy I

African Studies:

AFRST 503/GWS 501/HIST 503: Gender and Colonialism

AFRST 510/HIST 510: Problems in African History: African History at the Disciplinary Cross Roads

AFRST 550/AFRO 598/LAST 550: Seminar on Special Topics: Global Africa

Afro-American Studies:

AFRO 421/EPS 421/HDFS 424/SOC 421: Race and Ethnic Issues in Family Sociology and Education

AFRO 598/AFRST 550/LAST 550: Seminar on Special Topics: Global Africa

Anthropology:

ANTH 379: Medical Anthropology: The Culture of Health and Illness

ANTH 373/PSYCH 373: Cross Cultural Psychology

ANTH 403/HIST 403/RELST 403/GWS 403/: Women in Muslim Societies

ANTH 425/ED PSY 466: Anthropology of Education

ANTH 469: Kinship-Culture-Power-Africa

ANTH 508: Feminism, Gender and Sexuality

ANTH 515: Seminar: Gender in Latin America

Architecture:

ARCH 424: Gender and Race in Contemporary Architecture

Community Health:

CHLTH 409: Women's Health

CHLTH 469/ENVST 469: Environmental Health

Communications:

COMM 590: Special Topics: International Communication

Curriculum and Instruction:

C & I 447: Issues and Practices in Addresing Diversity in Elementary Education

C & I 507: Probelms & Trends in Special Fields: Feminist Pedagogy

East Asian Languages and Cultures:

EALS 485: Family, Gender, and Population in Contemporary China

Economics:

ECON 450: Development Economics

ECON 550: The Economics of Development and Growth

ECON 551: Topics in Development Economics

ECON/ACE 452: The Latin American Economies

Educational Policy Studies:

EPS 421/AFRO 421/HDFS 424/SOC 421: Race and Ethnic Issues in Family Sociology and Education

EPS 530: Education and Globalization

Educational Psychology:

ED PSY 402: Sociocultural Influences on Learning

ED PSY 421/GWS 421: Sex Role Theory in Counseling

ED PSY 466/ANTH 425: Anthropology of Education

ED PSY 562: Literacy Across Cultures

Environmental Studies:

ENVST 444/LEIST/R SOC 444: Social Impact Assessment

ENVST 469/CHLTH 469/: Environmental Health

Gender and Women's Studies:

GWS 340/HDFS 340/SOC 322: Gender Relationships and Society

GWS 342/KINES 442: Body, Culture, and Society

GWS 346/KINES 446: Gender and Physical Activity

GWS 403/ANTH 403/HIST 43303/RELST 403: Women in Muslim Societies

GWS421/ED PSY 421: Sex Role Theory in Counseling

GWS 432/SPCOM 432/LING 432: Gender and Language

GWS 501/HIST 503/AFRST 503: Gender and Colonialism

GWS 570/SOC 520: Feminist Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Theory & Research

Geography:

GEOG 410: Geography of Development and Underdevelopment

History:

HIST 403/RELST 403/GWS 403/ANTH 403: Women in Muslim Societies

HIST 503/AFRST 503/GWS 501: Gender and Colonialism

HIST 510/AFRST 510: Problems in African History: African History at the Disciplinary Cross Roads

Human Development and Family Studies:

HDFS 340/SOC 322/GWS 340: Gender Relationships and Society

HDFS 422/LLS 422: U.S. Latina & Latino Families

HDFS 424/SOC 421/EPS 421/AFRO 421/: Race and Ethnic Issues in Family Sociology and Education

HDFS 426: Family Conflict Management

HDFE 470: International Families

Human Resource Education:

HRE 350: Education for Rural Development in Low-Income Countries

HRE 536: International Human Resource Development in Developing Countries

Kinesiology:

KINES 442/GWS342: Body, Culture, and Society

KINES 446/GWS346: Gender and Physical Activity

Labor and Industrial Relations:

LIR 555: Labor in Less Developed Countries

LIR 566: International Human Resource Management

Latin American and Caribbean Studies:

LAST 476/HIST 408: Four Latin American Ideals: Structuralism, Dependency, Liberation Theology, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

LAST 550/AFRO 598/AFRST 550: Seminar on Special Topics: Global Africa

Latina/Latino Studies:

LLS 422/HDFS 422: U.S. Latina & Latino Families

Political Science:

POL S 332/HIST 411: Africa: 1945 to Present

Psychology:

PSYCH 373/ANTH 373: Cross-Cultural Psychology

Rural Sociology:

R SOC 443: Social Change in Developing Areas

R SOC 444/ENVST 444/NRES 444: Social Impact Assessment

Social Work:

SOC W 551: Women's Issues

Sociology:

SOC 322/GWS 340/HDFS 340: Gender Relationships and Society

SOC 421/EPS 421/AFRO 421/HDFS 424: Race and Ethnic Issues in Family Sociology and Education

SOC 520/GWS 570: Feminist Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Theory & Research


SOC 596: Recent Developments in Sociology: Globalization and Gender

Speech Communications::

SPCOM 432/LING 432/GWS 432: Gender and Language

Urban and Regional Planning:
UP 423: Introduction to International Planning

UP 429: International Planning Practice

UP 478: Community Development Workshop
UP 494G: Seminar in International Comparative Planning


Prior to advance enrollment, each semester the WGGP Office distributes a course list each semester that includes approved electives being offered in the upcoming semester and other campus courses with relevance to the concentration.

 


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The Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
320 International Studies Building, MC-401
Phone: (217) 333-1994
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