Cultural Studies

Spring 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

spring 2023 → CS → WCC

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
AFRO 221 History of the Prison WCC HP
ANSC 250 Companion Animals in Society WCC
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
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
ARCH 314 History of World Landscapes 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 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 132 Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy WCC HP
CLCV 133 Archaeology of Israel WCC HP
CLCV 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CLCV 222 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CMN 210 Public Comm in Everyday Life WCC HP
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CWL 202 Literature and Ideas WCC LA
CWL 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
CWL 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CWL 242 Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
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 264 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context 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 209 Early British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 210 Modern British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 241 Modern Poetry WCC
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 269 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
FR 156 Exploring Paris WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 202 Sexualities WCC
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 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
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 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
HIST 253 Enlightenment to Existentialsm WCC HP
HIST 260 History of Russia WCC HP
HIST 264 Technology in Western Society WCC HP
HIST 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
IS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
JS 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
JS 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
JS 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
JS 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
LA 221 History of the Prison WCC HP
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LA 314 History of World Landscapes ACP WCC HP
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies 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 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 201 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
MDVL 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
MDVL 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
MUSE 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
NRES 202 American Environmental History WCC HP
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
PHIL 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
POL 115 Intro to Polish Culture WCC LA
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
RST 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
RST 335 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
REL 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
REL 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
REES 115 Intro to Polish Culture WCC LA
SCAN 225 Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia WCC LA
SCAN 252 Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 202 Sexualities WCC
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
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