GLBL 499

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Selected reading and research in Global Studies. See schedule for current topics.

3 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated, if topics vary, in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 6 undergraduate or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: GLBL 100 or six hours of global studies, anthropology, social geography, political science, sociology, or economics; consent of instructor.

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GLBL 499 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
73832	Online	AB	5:30PM -8:30PM	W	n.a.	Schrag, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: SA Independent Study
72150	Independent Study	DS	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Schrag, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Independent Study Section Info: This course is designed to understand individual, societal and national response to existential crises manufactured by humans and external actors. Through the unique medium of films and interdisciplinary text, students will conduct logical analysis of global threats and; debate the possibility of viable solutions that might be implemented at the local, national and international scale.....This course is restricted to undergraduate students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
72151	Independent Study	MM	12:00PM -1:50PM	TR	174 Wohlers Hall	Marshall, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Research Design & Writing Section Info: This practical course will take students through the process of writing up area and global studies research with the goal of making significant progress on a major piece of academic writing, such as a thesis or research paper. In the first half of the course, students will learn about the main elements of academic published work (such as topics and questions, backgrounds and literature review, and methods) while generating their own questions, arguments, and bibliographies and planning out their written project. The second half of the course is dedicated to getting to work on writing and learning techniques to communicate effectively and efficiently in writing. Through weekly assignments, discussions, editing, critiques, and revisions, students will sharpen their ability to write with clarity while making progress on their own written research project. This course is open to students in African Studies; European Union Studies; Global Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; and South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the European Union Center, Center for African Studies, Illinois Global Institute, Russian,E European,Eurasn Ctr, Global Studies Prog & Courses, Latin American & Carib Studies, or Ctr S. Asian & MidEast Studies department.