Humanities & the Arts

Spring 2016

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 2016 → HUM → LA

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM
GCL 128	Fictions of Sustainability			LA
GCL 129	Sustainable Design across the Disciplines (Art)		NW	LA
GCL 137	Documenting Inequality			LA
GCL 145	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Social Justice (Art)		US	LA
GCL 188	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health and Society (Literature)			LA
GCL 195	Fictions of Equality			LA
RLST 208	Cultures & Lits of South Asia		NW	LA
RLST 260	Mystics and Saints in Islam		NW	LA
AFRO 105	Black Literature in America		US	LA
AFRO 224	Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp		US	LA
ART 100	Understanding Visual Culture			LA
ART 102	Drawing for Non-Majors			LA
ART 103	Painting for Non-Majors			LA
ART 104	Sculpture for Non-Majors			LA
ART 105	Visual Design for Non-Majors			LA
ART 140	Introduction to Art			LA
ART 310	Design Thinking			LA
ART 350	Writing with Video		WCC	LA
ARTH 111	Ancient to Medieval Art			LA
AAS 211	Asian Americans and the Arts		US	LA
ASST 208	Cultures & Lits of South Asia		NW	LA
CLCV 114	Introduction to Greek Culture		WCC	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 222	The Tragic Spirit		WCC	LA
CWL 114	Global Consciousness and Lit		WCC NW	LA
CWL 117	Russ & E Euro Science Fiction			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	Cultures & Lits of South Asia		NW	LA
CWL 215	Madness, Myth, and Murder			LA
CWL 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CWL 226	Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp		US	LA
CWL 242	Lit Europe and the Americas II	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 249	Russian Lit and Revolution			LA
CWL 252	Viking Sagas in Translation		WCC	LA
CWL 253	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 254	Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context		WCC	LA
CWL 255	Renaissance Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 257	Enlightenment Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 264	The Tragic Spirit		WCC	LA
CWL 267	The Short Story			LA
CWL 271	The Holocaust in Context - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
CW 100	Intro to Creative Writing			LA
DANC 100	Intro to Contemporary Dance		WCC	LA
EALC 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
ENGL 101	Intro to Poetry			LA
ENGL 102	Intro to Drama			LA
ENGL 103	Intro to Fiction			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 150	Black Literature in America		US	LA
ENGL 200	Intro to the Study of Lit			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 Lit to 1800		WCC	LA
ENGL 210	British Lit 1800 to Present		WCC	LA
ENGL 218	Introduction to Shakespeare			LA
ENGL 245	The Short Story			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 253	Topics in Lit and New Media			LA
ENGL 255	Survey of American Lit I		WCC	LA
ENGL 266	Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context		WCC	LA
ENGL 268	The Holocaust in Context - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
ENGL 270	American Film Genres			LA
ENGL 274	Literature and Society			LA
ENGL 330	Slavery and Identity		US	LA
FAA 110	Exploring Arts and Creativity			LA
FR 156	Exploring Paris		WCC	LA
FR 209	Intro to French Lit I			LA
FR 210	Intro to French Lit II			LA
GER 201	German Popular Culture		WCC	LA
GER 251	Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context		WCC	LA
GER 260	The Holocaust in Context - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 331	Intro to German Literature			LA
JOUR 452	Great Books of Journalism		US	LA
LLS 360	Contemporary US Latina/o Lit		US	LA
MACS 100	Intro to Popular TV & Movies		WCC	LA
MACS 104	Intro to Film			LA
MACS 262	Survey of World Cinema II			LA
MDVL 111	Ancient to Medieval Art			LA
MDVL 201	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
MDVL 252	Viking Sagas in Translation		WCC	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
RUSS 225	Russian Lit and Revolution			LA
SCAN 215	Madness, Myth, and Murder			LA
SCAN 252	Viking Sagas in Translation		WCC	LA
SLAV 117	Russ & E Euro Science Fiction			LA
SAME 208	Cultures & Lits of South Asia		NW	LA
SAME 260	Mystics and Saints in Islam		NW	LA
THEA 101	Introduction to Theatre Arts			LA
THEA 110	Broadway Musicals		WCC	LA
THEA 262	Literature of Modern Theatre	ACP		LA
UKR 113	Ukrainian Culture		WCC	LA

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