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: Agriculture in International Development

See ECON 452/ACE 452: The Latin American Economies

ACE 454: Economic Development of Tropical Africa

ACE 551: International Food Policy I

ACE 570: Family and Consumption Economics

ACE 572: Economics of the Family

African Studies:

See ANTh 467/AFRST 467: Kinship-Culture-Power-Africa

See HIST 503/AFRST 503/GWS 501: Problems in Comparative Women's History (depending on topic)

See HIST 510/AFRST 510: Problems in African History: Foundational Problems in the History of Africa

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

African American Studies:

See EPS 421/AFRO 421/HDFS 424/SOC 421: Racial and Ethnic Families

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

Anthropology:

See RLST 403/ANTH 403/HIST 403/GWS 403/: Women in Muslim Societies

ANTH 467/AFRST 467: Kinship-Culture-Power-Africa

ANTH 508/GWS 508: Feminism, Gender and Sexuality

ANTH 515: Seminar on Selected Topics: Gender in Latin America (depending on topic)

Architecture:

ARCH 424: Gender and Race in Contemporary Architecture

Communications:

CMN 432: Gender and Language

Curriculum and Instruction:

C & I 507: Problems & Trends in Special Fields: Feminist Pedagogy (depending on topic)

Economics:

ECON 450: Development Economics

ECON/ACE 452: The Latin American Economies

ECON 550: The Economics of Development and Growth

ECON 551: Topics in Development Economics

Educational Policy Studies:

EPS 421/AFRO 421/HDFS 424/SOC 421: Racial and Ethnic Families

EPS 530: Education and Globalization

EPS 590: Globalization, Development and Higher Education

Educational Psychology:

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

ED PSY 562: Literacy Across Cultures

Gender and Women's Studies:

See RLST 403/GWS 403/ANTH 403/HIST 403: Women in Muslim Societies

See ED PSY 421/GWS421: Sex Role Theory in Counseling

See CMN 432/GWS 432/LING 432: Gender and Language

See HIST 503/GWS 501/AFRST 503: Problems in Comparative Women's History (depending on topic)

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

Geography:

GEOG 410: Geography of Development and Underdevelopment

History:

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

HIST 411: Africa: 1945 to Present

HIST 503/AFRST 503/GWS 501: Problems in Comparative Women's History (depending on topic)

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

Human Development and Family Studies:

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

See EPS 421/HDFS 424/SOC 421/AFRO 421/: Racial and Ethnic Families

HDFS 426: Family Conflict Management

Human Resource Education:

HRE 536: International Human Resource Development in Developing Countries

Labor and Employment Relations:

LER 566: International Human Resource Management

LER 595: Managing Diversity Globally

Latin American and Caribbean Studies:

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

Latina/Latino Studies:

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

Media:

MDIA 590A: Special Topics: International Communication

Social Work:

SOC W 551: Women's Issues

Sociology:

See EPS 421/SOC 421/AFRO 421/HDFS 424: Racial and Ethnic Families

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

Urban and Regional Planning:

UP 423: Introduction to International Planning

UP 429: International Planning Practice

UP 478: Community Development Workshop

UP 521: Advanced International Development Seminar

Prior to advance enrollment, each semester the WGGP Office distributes a course list that includes approved electives for the GRID Minor being offered in the upcoming semester.

 


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