Cultural Studies
Summer 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
summer 2025 → CS
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 132 | African American Music | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| AFST 222 | Introduction to Modern Africa | NW | ||||||
| ANTH 103 | Anthro in a Changing World | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 180 | The Archaeology of Death | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 209 | Food, Culture, and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 222 | Introduction to Modern Africa | NW | ||||||
| AAS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 275 | The Politics of Fashion | US | ||||||
| ASST 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CLCV 114 | Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CMN 210 | Public Comm in Everyday Life | WCC | HP | |||||
| CMN 260 | Intro to Health Communication | WCC | BSC | |||||
| CWL 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| ENGL 206 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 275 | The Politics of Fashion | US | ||||||
| GWS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| GGIS 101 | Global Development & Environment | NW | SS | |||||
| GGIS 204 | Cities of the World | WCC | SS | |||||
| GLBL 100 | Intro to Global Studies | WCC | SS | |||||
| GLBL 228 | Terrorism, Past and Present | WCC | HP | |||||
| HK 271 | Health Equity in the United States | US | ||||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 104 | Black Music | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 257 | Terrorism, Past and Present | WCC | HP | |||||
| LA 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| MACS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| MUS 132 | Popular Music Studies | US | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| NRES 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| PS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| PS 241 | Comp Politics in Dev Nations | NW | SS | |||||
| PS 242 | Introduction to Modern Africa | NW | ||||||
| RST 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| RST 335 | Leisure and Consumer Culture | WCC | SS | |||||
| REL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| SOC 161 | Introduction to Poverty | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 222 | Introduction to Modern Africa | NW | ||||||
| SOC 225 | Race and Ethnicity | US | SS | |||||
| SAME 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA |