Cultural Studies

Fall 2025

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 2025 → CS → WCC

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ADV 376 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 268 Images of the Other ACP WCC HP
ANTH 279 Economy, Business & Society WCC SS
ARTH 110 Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture WCC LA
CLCV 114 Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 Mythology of Greece and Rome WCC LA
CLCV 131 Classical Archaeology, Greece WCC HP
CLCV 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion 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
CLCV 323 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CWL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
CWL 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World 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 264 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
ESE 202 American Environmental History WCC HP
ENGL 115 Intro to British Literature WCC LA
ENGL 202 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 204 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 208 Victorian Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 209 Early British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
ENGL 251 The Twentieth-Century American Novel 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
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 240 Global Health WCC
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 202 American Environmental History WCC HP
HIST 241 History of Ancient Rome WCC HP
HIST 247 Medieval Europe 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 262 Zionism: A Global History WCC HP
HIST 268 Biology and Society from Darwin to the Human Genome WCC HP
HIST 293 The President and the People 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 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
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
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 Media Industries 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 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
MDVL 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
NRES 202 American Environmental History WCC HP
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 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOC 161 Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 202 Sexualities WCC
THEA 110 Broadway Musicals WCC LA
THEA 209 Writing Performance & Culture ACP WCC LA
UKR 113 Ukrainian Culture WCC LA
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