Cultural Studies

Fall 2019

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 2019 → CS → WCC

General Education Category CS
COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ANSC 250 Companion Animals in Society WCC
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
ANTH 180 The Archaeology of Death WCC SS
ANTH 268 Images of the Other ACP WCC HP
ARTH 110 Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture WCC 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 120 The Classical Tradition WCC LA
CLCV 131 Classical Archaeology, Greece WCC HP
CLCV 220 Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CLCV 222 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CLCV 240 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CMN 275 Media, Money and Power WCC HP
CWL 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
CWL 220 Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CWL 221 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
CWL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
CWL 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
CWL 253 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 255 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 262 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
CWL 264 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CPSC 113 Environment, Agric, & Society WCC LS
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
ENGL 115 Intro to British Literature WCC LA
ENGL 116 Introduction to American Literature WCC LA
ENGL 202 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 204 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 206 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 207 Romantic Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 209 Early British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 213 Modernist Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 223 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
ENGL 241 Modern Poetry WCC
ENGL 247 The British Novel WCC LA
ENGL 251 The Twentieth-Century American Novel WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 240 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GEOG 204 Cities of the World WCC SS
GER 205 Germany and Europe WCC HP
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GCL 195 Fictions of Equality WCC LA
HIST 103 A History of Everything: The Big Bang to Big Data WCC 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 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
HIST 258 20thC World to Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 259 20thC World from Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
HIST 290 Religion, Violence & America WCC
ITAL 156 Exploring Rome: History and Culture of the Eternal City WCC LA
JS 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
JS 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
JS 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
JS 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
JS 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
JS 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 264 Creative and Information Economies WCC HP
MACS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 201 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
MDVL 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
MUS 130 Introd to the Art of Music WCC LA
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
PHIL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
RST 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
RST 335 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
REL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
REL 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
REL 236 Religion, Violence & America WCC
REL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
REL 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SCAN 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
SOC 162 Intro to Intl Health Policy WCC SS
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 366 Postsocialism Eastern Europe WCC SS
SAME 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
THEA 110 Broadway Musicals WCC LA
THEA 210 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
UKR 113 Ukrainian Culture WCC LA
YDSH 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
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