GL Courses
As an Anthropology and History student, most of my courses fall under the Global Learning program, yet every class was beneficial in various ways. Overall, each course and professor showed me a new perspective on the world by either having me research a topic I never would have thought of myself or allowing me to look into an aspect of the world I was curious about.
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To the right, I discuss my first and latest GL classes which happen to be some of the more impactful courses. Below is a list of every GL course I took while at FIU.
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Fall 2019
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IDH 3034: Diplomacy Lab
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ANT 2000: Introduction to Anthropology
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REL 3308: Studies in World Religions
Spring 2020
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IDH 3035: Diplomacy Lab
Fall 2020
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IDH 3034: Things and Images: Political, Historical, Cultural
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EUH 4185: Viking History Society
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ANT 3212: World Ethnographies
Spring 2021
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IDH 3035: Things: Earth Art
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WOH 3266: History of the British Empire
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HIS 4091: History Through Things: Objects, Artifacts, Museums
Fall 2021
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SYP 3456: Societies in the World
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EUH 4384: The Premodern Mediterranean
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ANT 3241: Myth, Ritual, and Mysticism
Diplomacy Lab
As one of my first honors and GL courses, Diplomacy Lab was incredibly eye-opening. This class with Brian Fonseca, Director of FIU's Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, allowed us to work with the U.S. Department of State on two different projects throughout both semesters. In a team of five, my first project was for the Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts branch of the European and Eurasian Affairs Department. Our task was to investigate the downsides and possible benefits of cryptocurrency being used in developing nations, specifically in Georgia. The second project was focused on Russian disinformation in Lithuania and was completed in a group of three. While only the first paper was published on the course's webpage as an example for others, both research projects were incredibly insightful since they were both about different nations and I was not confined to focusing on an American topic. Both presentations and papers that were given to the State Department and to the class are below.
The Premodern Meditteranean
One of the more recent GL courses I took was with Dr. Tovah Bender. With this course, I had a lot of freedom to select my final research topic. The only requirement was that it had to fall under the scope of "Premodern Meditteranean," meaning the topic needed to have taken place before the 1500s. As someone who is fascinated by pirates and historical military tactics, I chose to focus on piracy within the Ottoman Empire. It was difficult sticking to the time frame given by Dr. Bender, but I managed to produce a paper that I am proud of. Doing this topic also showed me how much information is most likely out in the world that few even know about. Before I researched and wrote about this topic, only one other scholar had touched upon similar aspects that I did. Below is an image of one of the initial documents that I had written as I was collecting my ideas and sources. The final paper is also below.
