Cultural Studies

Fall 2023

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 2023 → CS → WCC

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ADV 476 Global Advertising WCC SS
AFRO 221 History of the Prison WCC HP
ANSC 250 Companion Animals in Society WCC
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
ANTH 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
ANTH 180 The Archaeology of Death WCC SS
ANTH 209 Food, Culture, and Society WCC SS
ANTH 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
ANTH 268 Images of the Other ACP WCC HP
ANTH 277 Ancient Cities, Sacred Land WCC SS
ANTH 279 Economy, Business & Society WCC SS
ANTH 393 The World of Jewish Sepharad WCC HP
ARCH 314 History of World Landscapes ACP WCC HP
ART 205 Experience & Meaning in Design WCC BSC
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
BCS 215 Yugoslavia and After WCC
CLCV 114 Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 Mythology of Greece and Rome WCC LA
CLCV 116 Introduction to Ancient Roman Culture WCC HP
CLCV 120 The Classical Tradition WCC LA
CLCV 131 Classical Archaeology, Greece WCC HP
CLCV 132 Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy WCC HP
CLCV 133 Archaeology of Israel WCC HP
CLCV 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
CLCV 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CLCV 221 Odysseus and Other Heroes WCC LA
CLCV 222 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CLCV 225 Greco-Roman Demo, Econ, Cult WCC HP
CLCV 230 Ancient Engineering WCC PS
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CLCV 240 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
CLCV 250 Sports and Society in Greece and Rome 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
CMN 275 Media, Money and Power WCC HP
CWL 202 Literature and Ideas WCC LA
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 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CWL 221 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
CWL 242 Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
CWL 250 Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP 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 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 262 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
CWL 263 Odysseus and Other Heroes WCC LA
CWL 264 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CWL 271 The Holocaust in Context - ACP ACP WCC LA
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
CWL 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
CWL 322 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
CPSC 113 Environment, Agriculture, and Society WCC LS
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
ESE 202 American Environmental History WCC HP
ESE 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
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 208 Victorian Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 209 Early British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 210 Modern British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 213 Modernist Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
ENGL 223 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
ENGL 241 Modern Poetry WCC
ENGL 247 The British Novel WCC LA
ENGL 250 Nineteenth-Century American Fiction WCC LA
ENGL 251 The Twentieth-Century American Novel WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 256 Survey of American Lit II WCC LA
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
ENGL 267 Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP ACP WCC LA
ENGL 268 The Holocaust in Context - ACP ACP WCC LA
ENGL 269 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
ENGL 359 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
FR 156 Exploring Paris WCC LA
FR 179 Migration and French National Identity WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 202 Sexualities WCC
GWS 240 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
GWS 245 Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe WCC HP
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GGIS 204 Cities of the World WCC SS
GGIS 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GER 201 German Popular Culture WCC LA
GER 205 Germany and Europe WCC HP
GER 250 Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP ACP WCC LA
GER 251 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
GER 260 The Holocaust in Context - ACP ACP WCC LA
GER 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 228 Terrorism, Past and Present WCC HP
HIST 103 A History of Everything: The Big Bang to Big Data WCC HP
HIST 140 Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to N. Europe (ACP) ACP WCC HP
HIST 141 Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe WCC HP
HIST 142 Modern Europe and the World WCC HP
HIST 143 Modern Europe and the World - ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 164 The Automobile WCC HP
HIST 202 American Environmental History WCC HP
HIST 219 History of the Prison WCC HP
HIST 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
HIST 241 History of Ancient Rome WCC HP
HIST 245 Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe WCC HP
HIST 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
HIST 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
HIST 253 Enlightenment to Existentialsm WCC HP
HIST 254 Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia WCC LA
HIST 255 British Isles to 1688 WCC HP
HIST 256 Britain and World Since 1688 WCC HP
HIST 257 Terrorism, Past and Present WCC HP
HIST 258 20thC World to Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 259 20thC World from Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 260 History of Russia WCC HP
HIST 261 Intro Russian-Jewish Culture WCC HP
HIST 262 Zionism: A Global History WCC HP
HIST 264 Technology in Western Society WCC HP
HIST 265 Science in Western Culture WCC HP
HIST 268 Biology and Society from Darwin to the Human Genome WCC HP
HIST 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
HIST 270 United States History to 1815 WCC HP
HIST 271 Nineteenth Century America WCC HP
HIST 272 Twentieth Century America WCC HP
HIST 274 US Foreign Relations Since 1917 WCC HP
HIST 290 Religion, Violence & America WCC
HIST 293 The President and the People WCC HP
HIST 393 The World of Jewish Sepharad WCC HP
IS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
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 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
JS 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
JS 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
JS 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
JS 262 Zionism: A Global History WCC HP
JS 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
JS 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
LA 221 History of the Prison WCC HP
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LA 314 History of World Landscapes ACP WCC HP
LLS 260 Graffiti and Murals WCC LA
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
SLCL 110 Introduction to Intercultural Competence WCC LA
SLCL 200 Topics in Global Culture WCC HP
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 261 Survey of World Cinema I WCC LA
MACS 262 Survey of World Cinema II WCC LA
MACS 264 Creative and Information Economies WCC HP
MACS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
MACS 321 Film Culture WCC
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 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
MDVL 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
MDVL 255 British Isles to 1688 WCC HP
MUSE 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
MUS 130 Music Then and Now WCC LA
NRES 202 American Environmental History 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
PHIL 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
POL 115 Intro to Polish Culture WCC LA
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
PSYC 236 Madness and Modern Society 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 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
REL 116 Faith & Self in Global Context WCC
REL 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 212 History of Antisemitism 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
REL 270 Religion, Ethics, Environment WCC HP
REL 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
REL 393 The World of Jewish Sepharad WCC HP
RUSS 115 Intro to Russian Culture WCC LA
RUSS 261 Intro Russian-Jewish Culture WCC HP
REES 115 Intro to Polish Culture WCC LA
REES 116 Intro to Russian Culture WCC LA
SCAN 225 Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia WCC LA
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SCAN 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
SLAV 120 Russian & E Euro Folktales WCC LA
SOC 161 Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 162 Intro to Intl Health Policy WCC SS
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 202 Sexualities WCC
SAME 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
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
THEA 323 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
UKR 113 Ukrainian Culture WCC LA
YDSH 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
YDSH 320 Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
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