Courses and Syllabi
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Fall 2026
Undergraduate
DANC 118: Global Dance Perspectives I (3 Credits)
Introduces global dance form through presentation of fundamental techniques, music and culture. Area of concentration may vary to include an array of global perspectives. Offered by School of Dance. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Global Understanding
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies, Non-Western Culture
Schedule Type: Studio
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
2 Sections Currently Scheduled
- DANC 118 - 001: Afro-Cuban — 12:05 PM to 01:20 PM MW - de Laski Performing Arts Building 3009
- DANC 118 - 002: African — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR - de Laski Performing Arts Building 3011
MUSI 106: Fundamentals of Rock, Blues, and Jazz (3 Credits)
Fundamentals of Blues, Rock, and Jazz is designed for students without formal training in music theory. The course focuses on Afro-centric concepts in twentieth-century American musical culture including improvisation, emphasis on rhythm and groove, and use of multiple and integrated tonalities, such as major and minor in the blues. Offered by Dewberry School of Music. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Arts
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
MUSI 107: Jazz and Blues in America (3 Credits)
Historical, analytical, and aural survey of jazz from inception to present day. Looks at trends resulting from synthesis of jazz with other musical idioms. Notes: Music majors may take as free elective or part of jazz studies concentration. Offered by Dewberry School of Music. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Arts
Registration Restrictions:
Students with the terminated from MUSI major attribute may not enroll.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- MUSI 107 - 001: Jazz and Blues in America — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR - de Laski Performing Arts Building A327C
AFAM 200: Introduction to African American Studies (3 Credits)
Interdisciplinary introduction to the field of African American studies. Includes comparative analysis of approaches, methodologies, and key concepts related to the study of people of African descent in the United States, continental Africa, and throughout the African diaspora. Lectures and discussion integrate attention to such issues as diversity and multiculturalism from national and global perspectives. Offered by African & Af-American Studies. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- AFAM 200 - DL1: Intro African/American Studies — Juton L Myers - Online
AFAM 390: Special Topics in African and African American Studies (3 Credits)
Study of selected topics related to the study of people of African descent in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin Americas and throughout the African Diaspora. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. Offered by African & Af-American Studies. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 18 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
CONF 302: Culture, Identity, and Conflict (3 Credits)
Covers deeply rooted, intractable, or protracted social conflicts around core issues of identity, including race, ethnicity, religion, and nationalism. Explores cultural, symbolic, and discursive approaches to identity conflict. Offered by Conflict Analysis & Resolution. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Writing Intensive in Major
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CONF 302 - 009: Culture, Identity, & Conflict — Supriya Baily — 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM WS - Buchanan Hall D023
CONF 394: Human Rights and Inequality (3 Credits)
Examines inequality, social justice, and human rights in an age of globalization. Topics may include international law and order, welfare-and social policy, regionalism and multilateralism, environmental protection, gender equality, terrorist and transnational criminal networks, human trafficking, modern slavery, world poverty, corporate military firms, governance of global financial institutions, security, and transnational social movements. Offered by Conflict Analysis & Resolution. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- CONF 394 - 001: Human Rights and Inequality — John G. Dale — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR - Lecture Hall 2
ENGH 349: African American Literature: Reconstruction to 1903 (3 Credits)
Emphasizes several major writers from Reconstruction to beginning of 20th century, concluding with W.E.B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk . Concentrating on evolution of African American fiction and poetry as well as political and social discourses on "race," explores how authors such as Frances E.W. Harper, Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, and DuBois shaped the foundation for 20th-century African American literary art and aesthetics. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 349 - 001: African Amer Lit: Recons-1903 — Stefan Wheelock — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T - Lecture Hall - Hybrid
GGS 325: Geography of North Africa and the Middle East (3 Credits)
Environmental, economic, and social factors of differentiation of regional structure and distribution of resources in North African and Middle Eastern countries. Offered by Geography/Geoinformation Sci. Limited to three attempts.
Specialized Designation: Non-Western Culture
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- GGS 325 - 001: Geog North Africa/Middle East — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM R - Exploratory Hall (formerly Science and Tech II) - Hybrid
GOVT 332: Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (3 Credits)
Examines political governance and socio-economic conditions of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Topics include history and political systems; economic, social and political issues and challenges; and international relations of the countries in the MENA region.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. Limited to three attempts.
Specialized Designation: Non-Western Culture
Recommended Prerequisite: GOVT 132, 133.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- GOVT 332 - DL1: Politics of Mid East/N Africa — Bassam S. Haddad - Online
PHIL 338: Philosophy, Race, and Gender (3 Credits)
Examines how concepts of gender, sexual difference, and race structure key philosophical ideas and put such ideas into question. Analyzes the ways in which patriarchal, colonial and racialized structures intersect to produce concepts of the human, the subject, and the ‘Other’. Explores alternative approaches to subjectivity, sexuality, the body, and knowledge drawn from feminist philosophy, queer theory, and philosophies of race and decoloniality. Offered by Philosophy. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 hours of PHIL or Permission of Instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- PHIL 338 - 001: Philosophy, Race, and Gender — Rachel Jones — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW - Music Theater Building 1002
SOCI 307: Social Movements and Political Protest (3 Credits)
Course explores all aspects of social movements–including their origins, characteristics, and significance within contemporary societies. Covers social movement research and theory as well as application through practice, including protest. Students will use case study method to learn social movement scholarship and produce their own original research. Offered by Sociology & Anthropology. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- SOCI 307 - 001: Soci Movements/Poli Protest — Ben Manski — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR - East Building 201
WMST 317: Women's Activism: From Jim Crow to Black Power (3 Credits)
Provides an intersectional study of women's historical struggles to fight race, gender and class oppression. Demonstrates legal influence on reproduction of race and gender inequalities. Documents the major movements of the period from Jim Crow segregation to Black Power. Offered by Women & Gender Studies. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- WMST 317 - 001: Wmns Actv Jim Crow/Black Pwr — Yevette Richards Jordan — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR - Horizon Hall 3012
GOVT 414: Politics of Race and Gender (3 Credits)
Examines political, economic, and social impact of public policies and implications for race, gender, and age.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: GOVT 103.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- GOVT 414 - 002: Wmn's Activ:Jim Crow/Black Pwr — Yevette Richards Jordan — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR - Horizon Hall 3012
GOVT 464: Issues in Public Policy and Administration (1-3 Credits)
Analyzes selected policy issues in administering public policies. Topics announced in advance. Examples include environmental policy, government regulation, federal mandates, state policy, and regional policy. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different with permission of department.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: GOVT 103 plus 60 credits.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- GOVT 464 - 001: Transportation Policy — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Horizon Hall 4008
INTS 437: Critical Race Studies (3 Credits)
Engages students in an examination of the forms and impacts of racism, as well as movements for racial justice, in the United States. Draws on theoretical frameworks including critical race theory and intersectionality theory in order to examine the structural roots of racism and the implicit and explicit ways in which racism manifests today. Offered by School of Integrative Studies. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- INTS 437 - DL1: Critical Race Studies — Wendi N. Manuel-Scott - Online
GOVT 464: Issues in Public Policy and Administration (1-3 Credits)
Analyzes selected policy issues in administering public policies. Topics announced in advance. Examples include environmental policy, government regulation, federal mandates, state policy, and regional policy. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different with permission of department.Offered by Schar Govt/International Affrs. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: GOVT 103 plus 60 credits.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- GOVT 464 - 001: Transportation Policy — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Horizon Hall 4008