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Hamilton Lugar School of
Global and International Studies
Indiana University Bloomington
Academics

Courses

Everything from Arabic to international law, taught across eleven subject areas — and most of it open to any IU student.

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What our courses cover

Our courses are built on two things at once: close knowledge of a particular part of the world, and the language people there actually speak. That is why a seminar on Middle Eastern politics sits in the same catalog as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish, and why studying Southeast Asia here means studying its languages too, rather than reading about the region in translation.

Alongside that sit the courses that cut across borders — international law, security, diplomacy, development, global media — where the question is how the whole system behaves, not one corner of it.

  •  
    80+
    languages taught across Indiana University
  •  
    1100+
    courses in policy, culture, languages and leadership

Based on 2026 data

Our courses are filed under eleven subject codes

Hamilton Lugar grew out of regional institutes and language programs, so there is no single Hamilton Lugar code in Pathways. Our courses sit under eleven different ones, depending on who teaches them — and those codes are what you search by.

  • African Studies — Africa’s languages, histories, societies and politics
  • Central Eurasian Studies — Inner Asia, the Turkic world and Uralic languages
  • East Asian Languages and Cultures — China, Japan and Korea through language, literature, history and culture
  • European Studies — Europe across politics, culture, history and contemporary affairs
  • Global and International Studies — global challenges, institutions, communities and change
  • India Studies — India’s languages, cultures, histories and contemporary life
  • International Studies — international affairs, policy, law, institutions and global systems
  • Latin American Studies — Latin America and the Caribbean across language, culture, politics and society
  • Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures — Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish language and culture
  • Russian and East European Studies — Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia across language, culture and politics
  • Southeast Asian Studies — Southeast Asia’s languages, societies, histories and regional connections

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You do not have to be one of our students

Any IU student can take most of our courses. If you are coming from another school and are not sure where to start, an advisor can point you to the ones that assume no prior background.

Before you sign up

Four things worth checking before a course goes on your schedule.

  • Requirements — does it count toward the degree, minor or GenEd requirement you need?
  • Prerequisites — do you need another course first?
  • Credit hours — how many credits does the section carry?
  • Enrollment restrictions — is the section reserved for a particular group of students?

Where to go next

Hamilton Lugar School

Academic Advising

355 North Eagleson Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405-1105