Cultural Studies

Fall 2021

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 2021 → CS → WCC

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ADV 476 Global Advertising WCC SS
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
ARTH 110 Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture WCC LA
ARTH 217 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
ARTH 260 Graffiti and Murals WCC 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 133 Archaeology of Israel WCC HP
CLCV 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
CLCV 220 Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CLCV 323 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
CMN 210 Public Comm in Everyday Life WCC HP
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CWL 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
CWL 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
CWL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
CWL 220 Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
CWL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
CWL 253 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 254 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
CWL 255 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
CWL 322 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
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 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
ENGL 247 The British Novel WCC LA
ENGL 250 Nineteenth-Century American Fiction WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
ENGL 359 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
FR 156 Exploring Paris WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 245 Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe WCC HP
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GER 251 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
HIST 103 A History of Everything: The Big Bang to Big Data WCC HP
HIST 142 Western Civ Since 1660 WCC HP
HIST 143 Western Civ Since 1660-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 245 Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe WCC HP
HIST 258 20thC World to Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 262 Zionism: A Global History 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 201 History of Antisemitism WCC HP
JS 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
JS 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
JS 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
JS 262 Zionism: A Global History WCC HP
JS 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LLS 260 Graffiti and Murals WCC LA
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 261 Survey of World Cinema I 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 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
MDVL 245 Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe WCC HP
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
PHIL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
RST 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
REL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
REL 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 212 History of Antisemitism WCC HP
REL 236 Religion, Violence & America WCC
REL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
REL 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SAME 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
SAME 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
THEA 110 Broadway Musicals WCC LA
THEA 323 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
YDSH 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
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