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 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 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 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 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 | 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
| 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. The complete list of course descriptions can be found in this database.