Students must complete four courses, with at least one and a maximum of two from this category to be applied to the GPC. For questions about the approval of courses not listed, please contact the GPC Coordinator at global-perspectives@ncsu.edu
Note: A completed Foreign Language course cannot be applied to both the Foreign Language Requirement and the Course Requirement.
General Education Program (GEP) Abbreviation Key:
- GK: Global Knowledge
- HES: Health/Exercise Studies
- HUM: Humanities
- IP: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- MP: Mathematical Sciences
- NS: Natural Sciences
- SS: Social Sciences
- USD: US Diversity
- VPA: Visual & Performing Arts
| GEP | GEP | Prefix/Number | Course Name | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | HUM | AFS 240 | African Civilization | CHASS |
| USD | HUM | AFS/ENG 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS/HI 275 | Introduction to the History of South and East Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS 276 | Introduction to the History of West Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS 342 | Introduction to African Diaspora | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS 343 | African Religions | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS/ENG 349 | African Literature in English | CHASS |
| AFS 440 | Senior Seminar in Africana Studies | CHASS | ||
| GK | HUM | AFS 442 | Issues in the African Diaspora | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS/HI 475 | History of the Republic of South Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS/HI 476 | Leadership in Modern Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | AFS/HI 479 | Africa (Sub-Saharan) in the 20th Century | CHASS |
| GK | SS | ANT 315 | The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archeology of Mesoamerica | CHASS |
| GK | SS | ANT 325 | Andean South America | CHASS |
| GK | SS | ANT 330 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | CHASS |
| GK | SS | ANT 346 | Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | ANT/FLJ 351 | Contemporary Culture in Japan | CHASS |
| ANT 354 | Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific | CHASS | ||
| USD | HUM | ENG/AFS 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | ENG/AFS 349 | African Literature in English | CHASS |
| USD | HUM | ENG 448 | African-American Literature | CHASS |
| FLA 301 | Advanced Intermediate Arabic I | CHASS | ||
| FLA 330 | Media Arabic | CHASS | ||
| FLC 301 | Intermediate Chinese III | CHASS | ||
| FLC 302 | Intermediate Chinese IV | CHASS | ||
| GK | HUM | FLC 351 | Modern Chinese Popular Culture | CHASS |
| FLC 401 | Advanced Chinese: Readings in Literature and Social Sciences | CHASS | ||
| FLJ 301 | Intermediate Japanese III | CHASS | ||
| FLJ 302 | Intermediate Japanese IV | CHASS | ||
| GK | HUM | FLJ 342 | Classical Japanese Literature in Translation | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLJ 344 | Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLJ 345 | Modern Japanese Literature in Translation | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLJ/ANT 351 | Contemporary Culture in Japan | CHASS |
| FLJ 401 | Advanced Japanese I | CHASS | ||
| FLJ 402 | Advanced Japanese II | CHASS | ||
| GK | HUM | FLN 301 | Twentieth Century Hindi & Urdu Fiction | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLN 302 | Modern Hindi & Urdu Poetry | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLN 401 | Hindi Literature and South Asian Cultural Contexts | CHASS |
| FLS 337 | Spanish for Tourism in the Hispanic World | CHASS | ||
| GK | HUM | FLS 340 | Introduction to Hispanic Literatures | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLS 351 | Literature and Culture of Latin America I | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLS 352 | Literature and Culture of Latin America II | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | FLS 353 | Literature and Culture of Latin America III | CHASS |
| CK | VPA | FLS 360 | Hispanic Cinema | CHASS |
| FLS 412 | Topics in the Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean | CHASS | ||
| FLS 413 | Spain and the Americas in Transatlantic Perspective | CHASS | ||
| FLS 492 | Seminar in Hispanic Studies | CHASS | ||
| GK | NS | FW 465 | African Ecology and Conservation | CNR |
| GK | HUM | HI 215 | Latin America to 1826 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 216 | Latin America since 1826 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 232 | The World from 1200 to 1750 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 263 | Asian Civilization to 1800 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 264 | Modern Asia: 1800 to Present | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 270 | Modern Middle East | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI/AFS 275 | Introduction to the History of South and East Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI/AFS 276 | Introduction to the History of West Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 370 | Modern Egypt | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 371 | Modern Japan, 1850 to Present | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 374 | Visual Culture of Modern South Asia | CHASS |
| HUM | HI 400 | Civilization of the Ancient Near East | CHASS | |
| GK | HUM | HI/REL 407 | Islamic History to 1798 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI/REL 408 | Islam in the Modern World | CHASS |
| HUM | HI 451 | The Vietnam War | CHASS | |
| USD | HUM | HI 453 | United States and Latin American Relations Since 1823 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 465 | Oil and Crisis in the Gulf | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 466 | History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 467 | Modern Mexico | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 469 | Latin American Revolutions in the 20th Century | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 471 | Revolutionary China | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 473 | Japan's Empire in Asia, 1868-1945 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 474 | Modern India | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI/AFS 476 | Leadership in Modern Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 477 | Women in the Middle East | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI 478 | Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | HI/AFS 479 | Africa (Sub-Saharan) in the 20th Century | CHASS |
| GK | VPA | MUS 350 | World Music I: Music of Asia | DASA |
| GK | SS | PS 342 | Politics of China and Japan | CHASS |
| PS 343 | Governments and Politics in South Asia | CHASS | ||
| GK | SS | PS 345 | Governments and Politics in the Middle East | CHASS |
| GK | PS 443 | Seminar in Latin American and Caribbean Politics | CHASS | |
| GK | HUM | REL 230 | Asian Religions | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL 331 | The Hindu Tradition | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL 332 | The Buddhist Tradition | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL 333 | Chinese Religions | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL 334 | Japanese Religions | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL 340 | Islam | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL 350 | Introduction to Judaism | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL/HI 407 | Islamic History to 1798 | CHASS |
| GK | HUM | REL/HI 408 | Islam in the Modern World | CHASS |
| GK | SW 440 | International Learning Experience in Social Work | CHASS |