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

General Education Category 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
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