Cultural Studies
Fall 2009
All courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus-wide basis. However, individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.
Effective Summer/Fall 2018: Undergraduates newly admitted in Summer/Fall 2018 or later (note this includes both freshman as well as transfers matriculating in Summer/Fall 2018 and after) need to complete one course in Non-Western Cultures; one course in US Minority Cultures; and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.
Undergraduate students who matriculated Spring 2018 or prior need to complete one course in Non-Western or US Minority Cultures and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.
Courses are added as they are approved.
- ACP - Advanced Composition
- HUM - Humanities and the Arts
- HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
- LA - Literature and the Arts
- SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- BSC - Behavioral Sciences
- SS - Social Sciences
- NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
- LS - Life Sciences
- PS - Physical Sciences
- CS - Cultural Studies
- NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
- US - US Minority Cultures
- WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)
- QR - Quantitative Reasoning
- QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
- QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II
fall 2009 → CS → WCC
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSC 250 | Companion Animals in Society | WCC | ||||||
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Anthropology | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 103 | Anthro in a Changing World | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 161 | The Holocaust and Its Meanings | WCC | ||||||
| ANTH 180 | The Archaeology of Death | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 257 | Vienna 1900 | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 268 | Images of the Other | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ANTH 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 277 | Ancient Cities, Sacred Land | WCC | SS | |||||
| ARCH 215 | Buildings, Land and Culture | WCC | ||||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| ART 250 | Writing with Video | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ARTH 115 | Art in a Global Context | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| ARTH 217 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 114 | Introduction to Greek Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 116 | The Roman Achievement | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 120 | The Classical Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 131 | Classical Archaeology, Greece | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 132 | Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 221 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 222 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 223 | Myth,History,Fiction,Tradition | WCC | ||||||
| CLCV 225 | Greco-Roman Demo, Econ, Cult | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 240 | Sex & Gender in Antiquity | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 323 | The Comic Imagination | WCC | LA | |||||
| CMN 210 | Public Comm in Everyday Life | WCC | HP | |||||
| CMN 260 | Intro to Health Communication | WCC | BSC | |||||
| CMN 275 | Media, Money and Power | WCC | HP | |||||
| CWL 112 | Literature of Global Culture | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 114 | Global Consciousness and Lit | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 202 | Literature and Ideas | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 221 | Jewish Storytelling | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 241 | Lit Europe & the Americas I | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 242 | Lit Europe and the Americas II | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 250 | Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| CWL 252 | Viking Sagas in Translation | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 253 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 254 | The Legend of King Arthur | WCC | ||||||
| CWL 255 | Renaissance Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 262 | Sex & Gender in Antiquity | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 263 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 264 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 322 | The Comic Imagination | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| EPS 403 | European Education to 1600 | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| EPS 404 | European Education since 1600 | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ENGL 112 | Literature of Global Culture | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 115 | Intro to British Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 116 | Intro to American Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 202 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 204 | Renaissance Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 206 | Enlightenment Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 207 | Romantic Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 208 | Victorian Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 209 | British Literature to 1798 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 210 | British Lit 1798 to Present | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 213 | Modernist Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 223 | Jewish Storytelling | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 241 | Beginnings of Modern Poetry | WCC | ||||||
| ENGL 247 | The British Novel | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 250 | The American Novel to 1914 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 251 | The American Novel Since 1914 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 255 | Survey of American Lit I | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 256 | Survey of American Lit II | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 267 | Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 268 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 359 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENVS 161 | Global Environmental Change | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ENVS 201 | Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| FAA 130 | International Arts | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| FR 156 | Exploring Paris | WCC | LA | |||||
| FR 179 | Migration & Fr Nat ID | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 240 | Sex & Gender in Antiquity | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GWS 263 | US History of Medicine | WCC | HP | |||||
| GWS 334 | Brazilian Women's Lit Trans | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| GEOG 106 | Geographies of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| GER 205 | Germany and Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GER 250 | Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| GER 254 | The Legend of King Arthur | WCC | ||||||
| GER 257 | Vienna 1900 | WCC | HP | |||||
| GER 260 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 101 | Global Environmental Change | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| HIST 133 | Intro to the World of Islam | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 140 | Western Civ to 1660-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 141 | Western Civ to 1660 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 142 | Western Civ Since 1660 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 143 | Western Civ Since 1660-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 170 | US Hist to 1877-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 171 | US Hist to 1877 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 172 | US Hist Since 1877 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 173 | US Hist Since 1877-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 201 | Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 253 | Enlightenment to Existentialsm | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 255 | British Isles to 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 256 | Great Britain Since 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 257 | Vienna 1900 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 260 | Survey of Russian History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 261 | Intro Russian-Jewish Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 263 | US History of Medicine | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 264 | Technology in Western Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 265 | Science in Western Civ I | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 266 | Science in Western Civ II | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 267 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 268 | Jewish History to 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 270 | United States History to 1815 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 271 | Nineteenth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 272 | Twentieth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 282 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| HIST 290 | Religion, Violence & America | WCC | ||||||
| HIST 444 | European Education to 1600 | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 457 | European Education since 1600 | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HUM 141 | Intro to American Civ I | WCC | HP | |||||
| HUM 142 | Intro to American Civ II | WCC | HP | |||||
| LA 212 | Water and Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| LA 215 | Buildings, Land and Culture | WCC | ||||||
| LA 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| LING 111 | Language in Globalization | WCC NW | ||||||
| LING 270 | Language, Technology & Society | WCC | BSC | |||||
| MS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MS 264 | Economics of the Media | WCC | HP | |||||
| MS 321 | Film Culture | WCC | ||||||
| MS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| MDVL 201 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 252 | Viking Sagas in Translation | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 254 | The Legend of King Arthur | WCC | ||||||
| MDVL 255 | British Isles to 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 403 | European Education to 1600 | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| NRES 161 | Global Environmental Change | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| NRES 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| NRES 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| PHIL 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| PS 180 | IntroPolitics of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| PS 273 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| PORT 334 | Brazilian Women's Lit Trans | WCC | LA | |||||
| RST 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| RST 330 | Leisure and Consumer Culture | WCC | SS | |||||
| RLST 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 116 | Faith & Self in Global Context | WCC | ||||||
| RLST 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 220 | Jewish Storytelling | WCC | LA | |||||
| RLST 236 | Religion, Violence & America | WCC | ||||||
| RLST 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 268 | Jewish History to 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| RUSS 261 | Intro Russian-Jewish Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| SCAN 225 | Vikings & Volvos: Scan Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SCAN 252 | Viking Sagas in Translation | WCC | LA | |||||
| SLAV 120 | Slavic Folklore | WCC | LA | |||||
| SOC 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOC 160 | Global Ineq and Social Change | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| SOC 162 | Intro to Intl Health Policy | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 366 | Postsocialism Eastern Europe | WCC | SS | |||||
| SAME 133 | Intro to the World of Islam | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| UKR 113 | Ukrainian Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| UP 185 | Cities in a Global Perspective | WCC | SS | |||||
| YDSH 220 | Jewish Storytelling | WCC | LA | |||||
| YDSH 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| ESES 106 | Geographies of Globalization | WCC NW | SS |