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.
Use the Course Description pages to identify which courses align with your interests. The complete list of course descriptions can be found in this database .
*Note : Please email Natalia Dyba (nataliak@uw.edu ) to include additional courses in this list.
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First Year & Pre-Major Program (FYPP)
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 Students
B CUSP 133
First-Year Interest Group – The 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 & 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 (SES)
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 Students
B EDUC 512
Theoretical 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 & Sciences (IAS)
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
The United States – Mexico Borderlines: Culture, History,Theory
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: The 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 (NHS)
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 & Mathematics (STEM)
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
