Cultural Studies

Spring 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

spring 2019 → CS

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
AAS 100 Intro Asian American Studies US SS
AAS 200 U.S. Race and Empire US HP
AAS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
AAS 260 Intro Asian American Theatre US
AAS 265 Politics of Hip Hop US
AAS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AAS 283 Asian American History US HP
AAS 286 Asian American Literature US LA
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
AAS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
ACE 251 The World Food Economy NW SS
ACE 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
ACE 255 Economics of Food and Environmental Justice US SS
ADV 476 Global Advertising WCC SS
AFRO 100 Intro to African American St US SS
AFRO 103 Black Women in the Diaspora US
AFRO 106 Hist Arch Americas US HP
AFRO 132 African American Music US LA
AFRO 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
AFRO 221 History of the Prison WCC HP
AFRO 224 Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
AFRO 261 Intro to the African Diaspora US HP
AFRO 276 Afro-American Hist Since 1877 US HP
AFRO 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AFRO 287 African-American Women US HP
AFRO 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
AFRO 340 Dancing Black Popular Culture US HP
AFST 103 Black Women in the Diaspora US
AFST 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
AIS 101 Intro to Amer Indian Studies US HP
AIS 265 Intro to American Indian Lit US LA
AIS 275 Am Indian and Indigenous Film US LA
AIS 285 Indigenous Thinkers NW HP
AIS 295 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
ANSC 250 Companion Animals in Society WCC
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 103 Anthro in a Changing World NW SS
ANTH 106 Hist Arch Americas US HP
ANTH 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
ANTH 210 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
ANTH 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
ANTH 261 Intro to the African Diaspora US HP
ARAB 150 Lang&Culture of Arab World NW
ARCH 222 Islamic Gardens & Architecture NW HP
ARCH 314 History of World Landscapes ACP WCC HP
ARTD 209 Chado (The Way of Tea) NW
ARTH 110 Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture WCC LA
ARTH 113 Introduction to African Art NW
ARTH 114 Introduction to East Asian Art NW
ASST 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
BCS 115 South Slavic Cultures NW SS
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 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 240 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
CMN 232 Intro to Intercultural Comm NW SS
CMN 250 Social Movement Communication US
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CMN 277 Introduction to Mediated Communication US SS
CPSC 116 The Global Food Production Web NW
CPSC 131 Agriculture in Mythology NW
CWL 190 Lit of Asia & Africa II NW LA
CWL 202 Literature and Ideas WCC LA
CWL 207 Indian Cinema in Context NW LA
CWL 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
CWL 220 Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CWL 226 Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
CWL 242 Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP 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 262 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
CWL 263 The Heroic Tradition WCC LA
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
CWL 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
CWL 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
DANC 340 Dancing Black Popular Culture US HP
EALC 114 Introduction to East Asian Art NW
EALC 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
EALC 132 Zen NW HP
EALC 221 Modern China NW
EALC 250 Intro to Japanese Culture NW SS
EALC 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
EALC 287 Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
EALC 307 Classical Chinese Lit NW LA
EALC 367 History of Korea NW HP
EDUC 201 Identity and Difference in Education US
ENGL 115 Intro to British Literature WCC LA
ENGL 116 Introduction 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 209 British Lit to 1800 WCC LA
ENGL 213 Modernist Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 224 Latina/o Popular Culture US
ENGL 247 The British Novel WCC LA
ENGL 250 Nineteenth-Century American Fiction WCC LA
ENGL 251 The American Novel Since 1914 WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature WCC LA
ENGL 265 Intro to American Indian Lit US LA
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
ENGL 269 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
ENGL 275 Am Indian and Indigenous Film US LA
ENGL 285 Postcolonial Lit in English NW LA
ENGL 286 Asian American Literature US LA
ENGL 359 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
EPS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
EPS 380 Education and Social Justice US HP
EPSY 202 Exploring Cultural Diversity US
EPSY 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
ESE 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
ESE 254 American People, Places, & Environments US SS
ESE 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GCL 144 Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination US BSC
GCL 145 Social Justice and the Arts US LA
GCL 147 Social Justice in the Social Sciences US SS
GCL 185 Health, Wellness, and the Black Experience US SS
GEOG 101 Global Development&Environment NW SS
GEOG 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
GEOG 204 Cities of the World WCC SS
GEOG 254 American People, Places, & Environments US SS
GEOG 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GER 201 German Popular Culture WCC LA
GER 251 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
GER 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 250 Development NW
GWS 103 Black Women in the Diaspora US
GWS 202 Sexualities WCC
GWS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
GWS 240 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
GWS 287 African-American Women US HP
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
HDFS 220 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
HDFS 221 Asian Families in America US SS
HDFS 263 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
HDFS 322 US Latina and Latino Families US
HIST 100 Global History NW HP
HIST 104 Black Music US HP
HIST 105 Latin America to Independence NW HP
HIST 110 History of Africa NW HP
HIST 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
HIST 135 History of Islamic Middle East 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 171 US Hist to 1877 WCC HP
HIST 172 US Hist Since 1877 WCC HP
HIST 219 History of the Prison WCC HP
HIST 221 Modern China NW
HIST 241 History of Ancient Rome WCC HP
HIST 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
HIST 258 20thC World to Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 260 History of Russia WCC HP
HIST 264 Technology in Western Society WCC HP
HIST 265 Science in Western Civ WCC HP
HIST 274 US & World Since 1917 WCC HP
HIST 276 Afro-American Hist Since 1877 US HP
HIST 279 Mexican-American History US HP
HIST 280 Caribbean Latina/o Migration US HP
HIST 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
HIST 283 Asian American History US HP
HIST 287 African-American Women US HP
HIST 293 The President and the People WCC HP
HIST 325 History of Korea NW HP
HNDI 115 Language and Culture in India NW
IHLT 232 Health Disparities in the U.S. US
JS 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
JS 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
JS 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
KIN 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
LA 221 History of the Prison WCC HP
LA 222 Islamic Gardens & Architecture NW HP
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LA 314 History of World Landscapes ACP WCC HP
LAST 170 Introduction to Latin America NW SS
LAW 302 Transitional Justice US HP
LING 111 Language in Globalization NW
LING 115 Language and Culture in India NW
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
LLS 100 Intro Latina/Latino Studies US SS
LLS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
LLS 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
LLS 265 Politics of Hip Hop US
LLS 279 Mexican-American History US HP
LLS 280 Caribbean Latina/o Migration US HP
LLS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
LLS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
LLS 322 US Latina and Latino Families US
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 207 Indian Cinema in Context NW LA
MACS 264 Creative and Information Economies WCC HP
MACS 275 Am Indian and Indigenous Film US LA
MACS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 201 Medieval Lit and Culture WCC LA
MUS 130 Introd to the Art of Music WCC LA
MUS 133 Introduction to World Music NW LA
MUSE 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
PHIL 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
PHIL 110 World Religions NW HP
POL 115 Intro to Polish Culture WCC LA
PS 241 Comp Politics in Dev Nations NW SS
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
REES 115 Intro to Polish Culture WCC LA
REL 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
REL 110 World Religions NW HP
REL 115 Language and Culture in India NW
REL 132 Zen NW HP
REL 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
REL 286 Introduction to Hinduism NW HP
REL 287 Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
REL 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
RST 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
RST 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
RST 335 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
SAME 150 Lang&Culture of Arab World NW
SAME 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
SCAN 225 Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia WCC LA
SHS 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
SLCL 200 Topics in Global Culture WCC HP
SOC 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
SOC 160 Global Ineq and Social Change NW SS
SOC 162 Intro to Intl Health Policy WCC SS
SOC 202 Sexualities WCC
SOC 225 Race and Ethnicity US SS
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
SOCW 300 Diversity: Identities & Issues ACP US
SPAN 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
THEA 110 Broadway Musicals WCC LA
THEA 260 Intro Asian American Theatre US
UP 185 Cities in a Global Perspective WCC SS
YDSH 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
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