Culture and Global Futures Concentration
The Culture and Global Futures concentration explores the interconnectedness of the world and its diverse cultural manifestations. Students examine how global forces impact culture, politics, economics, and society at local, regional, and global scales. This concentration builds on the fields of anthropology, global communication, and media studies, and prepares students for work in arts and culture, museums and cultural heritage, tourism and travel, and communications and media.
Requirements Effective Fall 2027
Total Credits for Concentration: 15-18
One of the following introductory cognate courses:
- AMG 1100: Introduction to Art, Society, and the Creative Industries (3 credits)
- ANT 1500: Introduction to Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 2175: Language, Culture and Society (3 credits)
- MSA 1050: Introduction to Media Studies (3 credits)
At least one of the following Global Studies courses
- LBS 2315: Re-presenting Africa (3 credits)
- LBS 3020: The Power of Art (3 credits)
- LBS 3030: Decolonization & the Arts (3 credits)
- LBS 3031: Public Art & Civic Space (3 credits)
- LBS 3040: Exploring Critical Heritage (3 credits)
Three Cognate courses (9-12 credits) from the list below:
- AMG 3430: Museum Education and Learning (3 credits)
- AMG 4420: Exhibition Interpretation (3 credits)
- ANT 2250: Film and Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 2320: Performing Arts in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits)
- ANT 2475: Museums and Communities (3 credits)
- ANT 2555: Magic, Witchcraft, and Modernity (3 credits)
- ANT 2610: Introduction to Ethnomusicology (3 credits)
- ANT 2730: New Black Ethnographies (3 credits)
- ANT 2755: Global Sexualities (3 credits)
- ANT 3195: Tourism and Travel (4 credits)
- ANT 3215: Anthropology of Religion (4 credits)
- ANT 3255: Urban Life in Africa (4 credits)
- ANT 3345: Media and Performance in Africa (4 credits)
- ANT 3350: Myth, Ritual, and Performance (4 credits)
- ANT 3355: Children’s Media Cultures (4 credits)
- ANT 3390: Critical Perspectives on Language & Culture (4 credits)
- ANT 3415: Anthropology of Sound &
Listening (4 credits) - LEG 3100: Copyright and Culture (3 credits )
- LEG 3350: Landmarks and Monuments (4 credits)
- MSA 2200: Media Institutions and Forms (3 credits)
- MSA 2210: Transhumanist Media (3 credits)
- MSA 2325: Class Conflict in Popular Culture (4 credits)
- MSA 3160: Queer Media Convergence (4 credits)
- SOC 3495: Art Worlds and Their Discontents (4 credits)