Humanities & the Arts

Spring 2012

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.

General Education Abbreviations

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

spring 2012 → HUM → LA

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM
AFRO 224	Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp		US	LA
ART 140	Introduction to Art			LA
ART 250	Writing with Video	ACP	WCC	LA
ARTH 112	Renaissance to Modern Art			LA
ARTH 115	Art in a Global Context		WCC NW	LA
AAS 211	Asian Americans and the Arts		US	LA
ASST 208	Lits & Cultures of South Asia		NW	LA
CLCV 115	Mythology of Greece and Rome		WCC	LA
CLCV 120	The Classical Tradition		WCC	LA
CLCV 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CLCV 221	The Heroic Tradition		WCC	LA
CWL 114	Global Consciousness and Lit		WCC NW	LA
CWL 151	Cross-Cultural Thematics			LA
CWL 190	Lit of Asia & Africa II		NW	LA
CWL 202	Literature and Ideas		WCC	LA
CWL 208	Lits & Cultures of South Asia		NW	LA
CWL 215	Madness, Myth, and Murder			LA
CWL 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CWL 223	Qur'an Structure and Exegesis		NW	LA
CWL 226	Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp		US	LA
CWL 240	Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss			LA
CWL 242	Lit Europe and the Americas II	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 253	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 257	Enlightenment Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 263	The Heroic Tradition		WCC	LA
CWL 271	The Holocaust in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
CWL 311	Japan Lit in Translation I		NW	LA
DANC 100	Intro to Contemporary Dance		WCC	LA
EALC 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
EALC 305	Japan Lit in Translation I		NW	LA
ENGL 101	Intro to Poetry			LA
ENGL 102	Intro to Drama			LA
ENGL 104	Intro to Film			LA
ENGL 109	Intro to Fiction-ACP	ACP		LA
ENGL 115	Intro to British Literature		WCC	LA
ENGL 116	Intro to American Literature		WCC	LA
ENGL 200	Intro to the Study of Lit			LA
ENGL 202	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 206	Enlightenment 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 218	Introduction to Shakespeare			LA
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 285	Postcolonial Lit in English		NW	LA
FR 209	Intro to French Lit I			LA
FR 210	Intro to French Lit II			LA
GER 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 260	The Holocaust in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 331	Intro to German Literature			LA
GER 332	German Literature and Culture			LA
ITAL 240	Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss			LA
ITAL 270	Introduction to Italian Cinema			LA
LLS 250	Latina/os on the Bronze Screen		US	LA
MACS 100	Intro to Popular TV & Movies		WCC	LA
MACS 104	Intro to Film			LA
MACS 250	Latina/os on the Bronze Screen		US	LA
MACS 262	Survey of World Cinema II			LA
MDVL 201	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
MDVL 240	Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss			LA
MUS 130	Introd to the Art of Music		WCC	LA
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music		NW	LA
MUS 314	The History of Music II			LA
RLST 223	Qur'an Structure and Exegesis		NW	LA
RLST 260	Mystic and Saints in Islam		NW	LA
RUSS 260	Medicine & Russian Literature			LA
SCAN 215	Madness, Myth, and Murder			LA
SAME 208	Lits & Cultures of South Asia		NW	LA
THEA 101	Introduction to Theatre Arts			LA
THEA 262	Literature of Modern Theatre	ACP		LA
UKR 113	Ukrainian Culture		WCC	LA

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