Department: Hist, Humanities, Intl Studies

Code Name Description
ANTH1500 Contemporary Social Activism in Hawaii This course is an ethnographic approach to social activism with a focus on Hawaii and Hawaiian organizations. Through a combination of field trips, observations and readings, this course will introduce students to the basic concepts of anthropology a...
ANTH2000 Cultural Anthropology A general introduction to cultural anthropology. Topics covered include: the nature of culture; basic concepts for analyzing cultural behavior; and consideration of the effects of culture upon the individual and society.
ANTH3000 Is Global Citizenship Possible? This course addresses "global citizenship" by focusing on two questions: (1) Given that cultural diversity is a key characteristic of our species, how can we organize political communities so different people with different beliefs and behaviors feel...
ANTH3100 The Anthropology of Polynesian Surfing The Anthropology of Polynesian Surfing provides students with an understanding of surf culture in the Pacific Basin. Environmental and cultural factors are assessed in relation to surfing’s development in Polynesia, integration into Hawaiian culture,...
ANTH3115 Culture, Religion, and the Environment Western and non-Western cultural and religious perspectives on the relationships between people and the environment.
ANTH3150 Island Surfing Sites: A Cultural Field Study Island Surfing Sites: A Cultural Field Study provides students with an understanding of surf culture in the Pacific Basin by using various islands as models to highlight the importance of surfing in ancient and modern cultures in Hawaii. Field activi...
ANTH3180 Culture, Economic Systems, and Management Selected economic questions regarding exchange, development, and business management within a broad cross-cultural perspective. The applicability of Western economic concepts to non-Western societies, theories of development and underdevelopment for...
ANTH3350 Diversity in the Workplace The study of the dynamic changes taking place in the world of work due to increasing ethnic diversity and the numbers of women entering the work place. Using the concept of culture as developed by anthropologists, the course explores such topics as w...
ANTH3400 Anthropology of Food This course focuses on the political economy of food, agriculture, and nutrition from a cultural and historical perspective at both the local and global (or "glocal") levels. It explores local, national, and global food systems to answer puzzling que...
ANTH3500 Appreciating Pacific Worlds The cultural and historical traditions of Pacific peoples - in Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Also considers how Pacific Islanders have coped with change during the past two centuries as well as the perceptions and misperceptions of Islanders b...
ANTH3580 Impact of Tourism on Local Culture The study of the impact of tourism upon the cultures where it has developed. Case studies are presented to illustrate these influences, with particular emphasis given to the Pacific region. Adaptive strategies to create cultural and environmental syn...
ANTH3600 Poverty and Culture This is a service-learning course offering direct participant-observation with homelessness in Hawai`i. The seminar will meet both on and off campus with social service organizations. Students examine the discursive role social science, social work,...
ANTH3650 Taboos This course examines what taboos are and how they operate in our lives and society. Tabu serves as an entrance into broader cultural analysis through examination of context and, when possible, explanation of prohibited behavior in various western and...
ANTH3900 Anthropological Thoughts and Theories The purpose of this course is to facilitate an understanding of recent developments in anthropology and the related human sciences. Students are introduced to dominant theoretical approaches that have shaped anthropological research and writing over...
CLST1000 Great Books, East and West War, brutality, compassion, love, despair, and hope are just a few of the enduring themes which stem from the foundational epics of eastern and western classical civilizations. This course explores some of those epics for the significance their stori...
CLST2600 Greek and Latin Roots in English The systematic study of the influence of ancient Greek and Latin on the vocabulary and grammatical structure of English. Also examined are the ways in which words are used for communication and how languages develop and change. For students in a wide...
CLST3030 Ancient Drama An examination of the evolution of theatre in the Greco-Roman world, from its origins in ritual, to its growth as a civic event, and its development into a literary art form. Students will analyze ancient texts through close readings, essays, and in-...
CLST3100 Gender in Classical Greek Myth, Literature, and Religion Study of gender in the literary, mythical, and religious imaginations of the ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean Sea. Studied texts to extend from the epics of Homer through Classical myth and tragedy through the Greek gospels.
CLST4900 Seminar in East-West Classical Studies An examination of selected topics in comparative study of pre-modern civilizations of Europe and Asia. Topics vary but may include the rise and fall of empires, ideas of law and the state, religious and philosophical movements, comparative literature...
CLST4997 Directed Readings in Classical Studies Directed individualized readings.
DGS6997 Seminar: Special Topics in Diplomacy & Global Security This is a special topics graduate seminar in Diplomacy and Global Security. Course content will vary as set forth in an approved syllabus. Course may be repeatable as contents change (up to 6 credits).
DGS7601 Seminar: Research Methods in Diplomacy & Global Security A seminar that exposes students to a variety of methodologies and tools for conducting research in the field of diplomacy and global security. There will also be considerable discussion on the evaluation of primary source materials as well as seconda...
DGS7602 Capstone Seminar: Writing in Diplomacy & Global Security A capstone seminar in which students, under the supervision of the course instructor, research and write their MA-DGS Capstone on the topic and with the two faculty mentors approved in DGS 7601.
DGS7603 Capstone Seminar: Continued Writing in Diplomacy and Global Security A continuation of the DGS 7602 capstone seminar in which students under the supervision of the course instructor research and write their MA-DGS Capstone on the topic and with the two faculty mentors approved in DGS 7601.
GEOG1000 Introduction to Physical Geography A non-laboratory introduction and survey of Earth's natural environment, including earth-sun relationships, weather and climate, landforms, soils, and vegetation. The effects of these physical elements on human activity are also stressed. The course...
GEOG1500 World Regional Geography This course studies the geography of the world's major culture regions. Emphasis is placed on the geographic foundations and cultural characteristics, changes, and divisions that provide insight and understanding to current world events and issues.
GEOG2000 Visualizing Human Geography GEOG 2000 introduces students to critical thinking from a human geography perspective. Students engage this perspective through innovative assignments using Google Earth and other media, as well as through a final project that emphasizes a multi-meth...
GEOG3600 Geography of Travel and Tourism An exploration of the major themes, concepts, and contemporary issues focused on in tourism geography. The major areas of focus involve defining tourism and its relationship to geographic inquiry, an overview of tourism from a world regional perspect...
GEOG3700 Sustainable Cities The course explores urban sustainability from a historical, social and environmental perspective. It examines the development of cities from their ancient beginnings to the early part of the 21st century. With that foundation, students will gain an i...
GEOG3720 Population Dynamics This course begins with historical growth, current trends, and future projections of global population distributions and their resource needs. The course then moves to its core emphasis on the major components of human population change, namely ferti...
GEOG3730 Economic Geography An analysis of human economic activities in relation to resources; spatial dimensions of economic systems; social and environmental consequences of location decisions; and alternative use of resources.
GEOG3750 Military Geography Military operations are inherently geographic in nature, so this course studies the impact of physical and human geography on the conduct and outcome of such operations. In addition to specific war fighting cases from history, the course covers geopo...
GEOG4700 Geographic Information Systems A course that provides students with the fundamental concepts underlying geographic information systems (GIS). The nature and analytical use of spatial information are discussed. During the laboratories, students acquire skills in utilizing the popul...
HIST3222 Europe and the Age of Revolution The cultural and political transformation of Europe from the eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. The course focuses on changes in the structure of European society and politics between 1750 and 1870 including the origins and impa...
HIST3231 Europe: the 20th Century A study of the crisis in European civilization from 1890 to present. The course emphasizes the outbreak and impact of World Wars I and II, the Russian Revolution, the rise of fascism in the 1930s, and the major impact of the Cold War on Europe.
HIST3470 Women in America This course examines major themes in women’s experiences in America through a focus on selected events between the pre-Columbian period and the present. Students will examine how women’s historical experiences have been shaped by class, race, ethnici...
HIST3999 Special Topics in History This course addresses unique and special topics. Consequently, both course content and instructor will vary. Possible topics might include: gender, world history, race, politics, society, the world at war, the American experience, the Asia-Pacific, o...
HIST6622 Seminar: The Military Revolution A seminar that centers on a topic that has engaged historians for the past forty years¿the military revolution debate which suggests a revolution in warfare that helped place Europe on to the road of world dominance. This course examines the question...
HIST6628 Seminar: The Second World War This graduate readings course introduces students to some of the most recent and influential literature on, as well as the major historical themes and controversies regarding, the Second World War. Topics may include: race and ideology, the Holocaust...
HIST6631 Seminar: Ways of War in China A seminar that considers the nature of war and the role of the military in China from earliest times until the present. Some possible topics include the tradition of military thought in China, the military in Chinese society, western military influen...
HIST6632 Seminar: Ways of War in Japan A seminar that focuses on the impact of warfare and the military on Japanese history over the past one thousand years. Some of the issues covered in the course may include the development of a warrior class and martial ethic, the impact of the West o...
HIST6641 Seminar: The American Way of War A seminar that looks at the conduct of war in the context of the American experience. It does not focus on any particular campaign, but rather looks at how American strategic thought and military doctrines have evolved over time. Some themes that are...
HIST6648 Seminar: Modern & Contemporary Warfare A seminar that examines global warfare in the modern era as well as in contemporary times. Topics to be explored include the causes of war, the character of conflict, war termination, as well as the challenges of creating peace and stability. Paralle...
HIST6649 Race, Sex, and War in U.S. History This seminar will examine the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and war throughout the history of the U.S. Students will be encouraged to consider a broad range of topics including the contributions and minorities to the U.S. military, the impa...
HIST6650 Oil: History, Security and Sustainability This course will explore the history of oil, its growth as a crucial strategic commodity and questions about whether the current world oil system is sustainable. Students will study the dominance of Western oil companies, the struggle of nations to s...
HIST6658 Seminar: Modern & Contemporary Maritime Operations A seminar that considers the evolution of naval and maritime operations in the modern and contemporary eras. Some of the themes that may be discussed include the impact of new technologies (e.g., submarines, aviation, drones, and space satellites) on...
HIST6661 Seminar: European Diplomatic History A seminar that explores the role of diplomatic relations in modern European history, in particular the 19th and 20th centuries. Some of the themes explored may include the concept of the concert of Europe, great power diplomacy and the alliance syste...
HIST6662 Seminar: US Diplomacy A seminar that considers some of the key themes in the history of United States foreign relations, especially since the late 19th century. Some of the topics covered may include the development of American diplomacy in the age of imperialism, U.S. is...
HIST6663 Seminar: East Asian Diplomacy A seminar that examines diplomacy and foreign relations in the East Asian political arena. Topics vary but may include such issues as the Chinese tradition of tributary relationships, the role of militarism in Japanese diplomacy, and the impact of We...
HIST6664 Seminar: Middle Eastern Diplomacy This course provides students an enlarged perspective on contemporary Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian affairs. The course discusses traditional cultures, but concentrates on the twentieth century. We will cover cultural, social, economic, and reli...
HIST6665 International History of the Cold War This course considers problems and issues that affected different regions of the world as those problems and issues related to the Soviet-American rivalry, or the Cold War, between 1945 and 1991. Specifically, it explores the origin of the Cold War;...
HIST6667 Modern American Cultural Diplomacy: "A Diplomacy of Peoples" This seminar explores the power and global influence of modern American cultural diplomacy. Students will study the diplomacy of private citizens and cross-cultural encounters to understand public perception and opinion as well as U.S. governmental p...
HIST6670 Seminar: Modern and Contemporary Genocide This graduate seminar introduces student to issues and themes in the history of genocide, via a comparative case-study approach. It examines the phenomenon of genocide from the perspective of both perpetrators and victims for, only by truly understan...
HIST6680 Seminar: Strategic and Military Theory A seminar that examines the role of military and strategic theorists throughout history and their impact both on the military and political establishments. Some of the theorists who may be considered include Sun Tze, Machiavelli, Clausewitz, Jomini,...
INTR3936 Contemporary Nations: Korea An examination of the political, economic, and social systems on the Korean peninsula. The course provides an in-depth analysis of changes and continuity in these systems with a focus on the post-World War II period. It also explores U.S.-Korean rela...
INTR6300 International and Domestic Emergency Management A comparative study of international and domestic emergency management. The course provides the basic tools for planning and implementing disaster and recovery plans. Topics include civil-military coordination in complex emergencies, NGO and public h...
INTR6500 Seminar: International Relations and National Security of Asia This seminar is the course for graduate students who are interested in the international relations of Asia. The goal of this course is to analyze the changing patterns of Asian international relations and the factors that determine national behaviors...
INTR6640 Seminar: Transnational Security Threats This course provides a comprehensive overview of transnational security threats and why states and international organizations must anticipate the evolution of these threats to national governments, international institutions, elements of civil socie...
PSCI6151 Global Governance This course examines global governance in an increasingly interdependent world. This includes international or transnational structures such as formal international intergovernmental organizations (UN, WHO, WTO, APEC) and international nongovernmenta...
PSCI6400 Seminar: Chinese Foreign & Security Policy An overview of the foreign and security policies of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949, emphasizing the post-Cold War period, and its role as a regional power in Asia. The PRC-US relationship will also be explored, with reference to thei...
PSCI6451 Seminar: Security in the Americas A seminar that examines broad security issues and themes across the Americas. Foci of the seminar may include the experience of military governments and dictatorships in Latin American politics, major issues of civil-military relations, challenges po...
PSCI6601 Seminar: Diplomacy and International Relations A graduate-level seminar that highlights the changing nature of international relations in a new era of Globalization and Terrorism. The course introduces students to the "classical" study of international relations using the opposing paradigms of mo...
PSCI6605 Seminar: Islam and Politics This course introduces students to a variety of political movements that purport to be based on an interpretation of Islam. These interpretations, as well as the movements’ ideologies, objectives and strategies, will be compared in order to appreciat...
PSCI6620 Peacebuilding and Conflict Management A graduate-level course that examines approaches to preventing and managing international conflict, including preventative diplomacy, negotiation, third-party resolution, track-two diplomacy, and evolving collective security arrangements. It analyzes...
PSCI6630 National and International Security This course explores how conceptions of national security have changed from the Cold War to the Global War on Terror, and how institutions of American government have adapted to these new conceptions. Theoretical discussion will be linked to such pra...
PSCI6650 Seminar: Foreign Intelligence The course is a graduate level introduction to U.S. intelligence, its practice, effectiveness, and rationale. It explores the relationship between intelligence and U.S. national security, both during and after the Cold War. The course will address su...
PSCI6660 Seminar: Civil Resistance and Non-Violent Movements This course examines non-violent resistance movements utilized around the world, including: civil resistance, civil disobedience, protests, boycotts, and unarmed revolutions. Students will learn how groups utilize various non-violent techniques and w...
PSCI6661 Seminar: The Politics of Terrorism Clausewitz argued that war was "an extension of politics by violent means." If we substitute terrorism for war we confront one of the major challenges facing the world today. This course explores the historical context, the theoretical origins, and "...
PSCI6671 Seminar: Transitions to Democracy An examination of the recent transitions to democracy (successful or still in process) in European, Latin American, and Asian countries. The first part of the course considers a number of theoretical questions, among them the nature and weaknesses of...
PSCI6680 Seminar: International Negotiating The theory and practice of negotiating in the world arena. The emphasis is on negotiations with foreign governments. With the end of the Cold War, multilateral negotiations have acquired primary importance and provide additional complications. Studen...
REL3600 War in World Religions A survey of the historical link between religion and war, from antiquity to the present, from west to east. Students will peruse literature justifying war, imagining war, and condemning war from different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
STSS6301 China's National Security and Modern Military Doctrine The course provides an in-depth analysis of China's present and future and national security requirements and how that shapes their modern military thought and doctrine. We will discuss China's economic developments, trade and national security conce...
STSS6600 Seminar: Modern & Contemporary Intelligence The course provides an in-depth analysis of modern and contemporary intelligence operations, examining how changes in technology, cultures, economies, and strategic situation have affected, are affecting, and may affect future intelligence requiremen...
STSS6666 Seminar: Insurgency & Counterinsurgency This seminar examines the interrelated historical phenomena of insurgency and counterinsurgency and the challenges both have posed in the past, currently pose in the present, and may pose in the future. Students will consider historical case studies...
STSS6668 Seminar: Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism This seminar familiarizes students with the challenges of counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations. The course focuses on both U.S. and foreign aspects of counterterrorism and counterintelligence, including their history and evolution, the...
SUST6920 Special Topics in Sustainability The title, content and pre-requisites for this course will vary with instructor and need in the MAGLSD program. The course may be repeated when the title and content have changed.
SUST6950 Sustainability Practicum The SUST 6950 Practicum offers students the opportunity to integrate the theoretical knowledge of sustainability, environmental policy/science, or sustainable development with practical experience in either a research project or an organizational emp...
SUST7200 Professional Paper II Capstone Follow on to the SUST 7100 Professional Paper I to complete the professional paper. Finalize and formalize the development of the major research project for students in the MA program in Sustainability.
SUST7201 Professional Paper Extension SUST 7201 is required only if a student earns an “S” grade in SUST 7200. An “S” grade means the student has made satisfactory progress toward their capstone as determined by the course instructor but requires additional time to complete it. Students...