List A
List B
Courses on this list focus on a culture or
cultures other than the dominant cultures
of the United States and of modern Western
Europe. Students may take two courses
from this list to fulfill the Culture Studies
requirement, or may take one course from
this list and one course from List B.
African American and African
Diaspora Studies
A112 Black Music of Two Worlds
A150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans
A154 History of Race in the Americas
A156 Black Liberation Struggles Against Jim Crow and Apartheid
A169 Introduction to African American Literature
A201 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies
A203 Studying Blacks of the New World: African Americans and Africans in the
African Diaspora
A210 Black Women in the Diaspora
A249 African American Autobiography
A255 The Black Church in America
A264 History of Sports and the African American Experience
A265 Modern Sports and the African American Experience
A277 Images of Blacks in Films: 1903–1950s
A278 Contemporary Black Film
A290 Sociocultural Perspective of African American Music
A295 Survey of Hip Hop
A297 Popular Music of Black America
A304 Black Paris
A345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
A350 Black Atlantic
A352 African American Art II: African American Artists
A354 Transnational Americas
A355 (HIST A355) African American History I
A356 (HIST A356) African American History II
A360 Slavery: Worldwide Perspective
A379 Early Black American Writing
A380 Contemporary Black American Writing
A383 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre, 1767–1945
A384 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre, 1945–Present
A385 Seminar in Black Theatre
A386 Black Feminist Perspectives
A387 Black Migration
A388 Motown
A392 African American Folklore
A393 (MUS Z393) History of Jazz
A394 (MUS Z394) Survey of African American Music
A395 (MUS Z395) Contemporary Jazz and Soul Music
A396 (MUS M396) Art Music of Black Composers
A407 African American and African Protest Strategies
A408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
A420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies
A430 The Cinema of Africana Women
A480 The Black Novel
A485 Lorraine Hansberry: Black Dramatist
A496 Black Religious Music
African Studies
L231 African Civilization
L232 Contemporary Africa
L400 Topics in African Studies
American Studies
A275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas
Anthropology
E110 Indians of Mexico: Ancient and Modern
E206 Chanting Down Babylon: Protest and
Popular Culture in the
Afro-Caribbean
E240 Southwestern American
Indian Ritual and Belief
E260 Culture, Health, and Illness
E275 Indigenous Worldviews
E300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
(Approved topic: Islam in and out of Africa)
E310 Introduction to the Cultures of Africa
E312 African Religions
E319 American Indian Religions
E320 Indians of North America
E321 Peoples of Mexico
E322 Peoples of Brazil
E323 Indians of Indiana
E324 Native American Art
E327 Native Amazonians and the Environment
E329 Indians in the United States
in the Twentieth Century
E330 Indians of South America
E332 Jewish Women: Anthropological
Perspectives
E334 Jews in Moslem Society
E335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
E340 Indians of Mexico and Central America
E345 China through Anthropological Eyes
E347 The Anthropology of
Contemporary Japan
E348 Peoples and Cultures of Russia,
Ukraine, and Newly Independent States
E370 Peasant Society and Culture
E371 Modern Jewish Culture and Society
E397 (CEUS R352/NELC N397) Peoples
and Cultures of the Middle East
E398 (CEUS R316) Peoples and
Cultures of Central Asia
E412 Anthropology of Russia
and Eastern Europe
E417 African Women
E418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
E428 Contemporary Latin American
Social Movements
E475 Law and Culture
L318 Navajo Language and Culture
P230 Archaeology of the Ancient Maya
P341 Archaeology of the Middle East
P350 Archaeology of Ancient Mexico
P370 Ancient Civilizations of the Andes
P371 Prehistory of Lowland South America
Apparel Merchandising
and Interior Design
F301 Dress Studies: Cultural Analysis
Asian American Studies
A101 Introduction to Asian American Studies
Central Eurasian Studies
R250 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
R251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan
and the War on Terror
R270 The Civilization of Tibet
R291 Inner Asian Religious Beliefs
R312 Shrine and Pilgrimage in
Central Asian Islam
R313 Islam in Soviet Union
and Successor States
R314 Islamization in Inner Asia
R315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
R316 (ANTH E398) Peoples and
Cultures of Central Asia
R340 Introduction to Hungarian Studies
R342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
R351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings:
Iranian Civilization
R352 (ANTH E397/NELC N397) Peoples
and Cultures of the Middle East
R354 (NELC N380) Persian
Literature in Translation
R360 Modern Mongolia
R370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
R371 Tibet and the West
R372 Sino-Tibetan Relations
R383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman
Classical Age, 1300–1600
R393 The Mongol Century
R399 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
(Approved topics: Budapest in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries:
The Evolution of a European Capital;
Art and Music of Nineteenth andTwentieth Century Hungary;
Constructing Culture: Imagine Tibet;
Hungarian Art in European Context;
Transylvania—A Central European Region from Historical and Anthropological Perspectives;
Comparative Urban Culture in East Central Europe in the Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries,
Hungary through Literature and Film; Ottoman Classical Age, 1300–1600;
Turks in History)
R413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth–Nineteenth Centuries
R414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
R415 The Naqshbandi Sufi
Tradition in Central Asia
R416 Religion and Power in
Islamic Central Asia
R441 Art and Music of Nineteenth and
Twentieth Century Hungary
U346 Literature of the Ottoman
Court in Translation
U350 Turkish Literature in Translation
U373 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation
U423 Hungary between 1890 and 1945
U427 Hungary from 1945 to Present
U459 Seminar in Turkish Studies
U490 Sino-Tibetan Relations
Classical Studies
C101 Ancient Greek Culture
C102 Roman Culture
C205 Classical Mythology
C206 (FINA A206) Classical
Art and Archaeology
C308 Roman Law
C310 Classical Drama
C311 Classical Epics
C350 Greek Literature in Translation
C351 The Golden Age of Athens
C360 Roman Literature in Translation
C395 Topics in Classical Art and
Archaeology (Approved topic:
Gender in the
Prehistoric Aegean)
C491 Topics in Classical Studies (Approved
topic: The Secret History of
Classical Texts)
Communication and Culture
C201 Race and the Media
C202 Media in the Global Context
C238 Communication in Black America
C334 Current Topics in Communication and
Culture (Approved topic:
International
Deaf Communities; Latinos in the Media)
C398 National Cinemas (Approved
Topic: Brazilian Cinema)
C412 Race, Gender, and Representation
C415 Topics in Communication and Culture
in Comparative Perspective
(Approved
topic: South Asia through Performance)
C422 Performance, Culture, and Power in
the Middle East and North Africa
C430 Native American Communication
and Performance
Comparative Literature
C147 Images of the Self: East and West
C155 Culture and the Modern
Experience: An Interdisciplinary
and International
Approach
C200 Honors Seminar (Approved topics:
Poetry and Society: The Arabic Ode
in
Comparative Text; The Arabic
Novel, from Center to Periphery;
Introduction to
African Cinema)
C257 Asian Literature and Other Arts
C261 Introduction to African Literature
C262 Cross-Cultural Encounters
C265 Introduction to East Asian Poetry
C266 Introduction to East Asian Fiction
C291 Studies in Non-Western Film
C301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature
C321 Medieval Literature
C325 The Renaissance
C340 Women in World Literature
C360 Diasporic Literatures
C361 African Literature and Other Arts
C363 Black Paris
C364 The Caribbean: Literature and Theory
C365 Japanese-Western Literary Relations
C370 Comparative Studies in Western and Middle Eastern Literatures
C375 Imagining China, Translating China
C377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
C378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
C400 Studies in Comparative
Literature (Approved topic:
Arthurian Literature
and Film)
C415 Medieval Lyric
C417 Medieval Narrative
C445 Early Traditions of Christian Literature
C464 French Language Literature
of Africa and the Americas
East Asian Languages and Cultures
E100 East Asia: An Introduction
E101 The World and East Asia
E110 Popular Culture in East Asia
E160 The Daoist Body
E180 Cross-Cultural Experiences of War:
East Asia and the United States
E200 Introduction to East Asian Studies
E201 Issues in East Asian Literature
E202 Issues in East Asian Traditions and Ideas
E203 Issues in East Asian Cultural History
E204 Issues in East Asian Society
E231 Japan: The Living Tradition
E232 China: The Enduring Heritage
E233 Survey of Korean Civilization
E251 Traditional East Asian Civilizations
E252 (HIST H207) Modern East
Asian Civilization
E270 Japanese Language and Society
E271 Twentieth-Century Japanese Culture
E300 Studies in East Asian Literature
E301 Chinese Language and Culture
E302 Geographic Patterns in China
E303 Korean Folk and Elite Cultures
E305 Korean Language and Culture
E321 Traditional Japanese Literature
E322 Modern Japanese Literature
E331 Traditional Chinese Literature
E332 Chinese Literature since 1300
E333 Studies in Chinese Cinema
E350 (HIST G380) Studies in East Asian Society
E351 Studies in East Asian Thought
E352 Studies in East Asian History
E354 Society and Education in Japan
E371 Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature
E372 Japanese Fiction and Culture
E374 (PHIL P374) Early Chinese Philosophy
E384 East Asian Nationalism and Cultural Identity
E385 Asian Americans: Cultural
Conflict and Identity
E386 United States–East Asian Relations
E390 Contemporary Chinese Politics
E392 Chinese Foreign Policy
E393 China’s Political Economy
E394 Business and Public Policy in Japan
E395 Japan in World Trade and Politics
E473 History of Japanese Theatre and Drama
E497 Overseas Study Tour
J491 Humanities Topics in Japanese
J492 Historical and Cultural Topics in Japanese
English
L241 American Jewish Writers
L364 Native American Literature
L374 Ethnic American Literature
L375 Studies in Jewish Literature
L383 Studies in British or Commonwealth
Culture (Approved topics: Change
and Development in Medieval English
Culture; Indian Writing in English;
The
Medieval Court: Romance and Reality)
L384 Studies in American Culture (Approved
topics: The Power of Place: Latino
Migration Culture and the Spatial
Imagination; Just Enough for the City:
African Americans and Urban Literature)
L396 Studies in African American Literature and Culture
Fine Arts
A155 Introduction to African Art
A160 Introduction to East Asian Art
A200 Topics in Art History (Approved
topic: Introduction to Jewish Art)
A206 (CLAS C206) Classical
Art and Archaeology
A214 Art and Life in Ancient Rome
A226 Survey of Medieval Art
A231 The Age of Giants: Art in the Time
of Leonardo and Michelangelo
A233 Renaissance and Baroque
Art in Italy, 1250–1700
A234 Renaissance Florence
A262 Introduction to Japanese Art and Culture
A311 Art of the Classical Age of Greece
A321 Early Medieval Art
A327 Survey of Islamic Art
A337 Age of Rubens and Rembrandt
A346 Roots and Revolution: Early
Twentieth-Century Mexican Art
A351 Art of the South Pacific
A352 Art of Eastern and Southern Africa
A356 Art of Central Africa
A360 Topics in East Asian Art
A452 Art of Pre-Columbian America
A453 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa I: Arts
of Africa’s Western Sudan
A454 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa II:
Arts of the West African Coast
A455 Art, Craft, and Technology
in Sub-Saharan Africa
A464 Art and Archaeology of Early China
A466 Early Chinese Painting
A467 Later Chinese Painting
A480 Russian Art
A490 Topics in Art History (Approved
topics: Istanbul; Ottoman Istanbul:
From
Imperial Capital to Modern Metropolis)
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
E112 Black Music of Two Worlds
E295 Survey of Hip Hop
E297 Popular Music of Black America
E302 Music in African Life
E345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
E388 Motown
E394 Survey of African American Music
E496 Black Religious Music
F275 Indigenous Worldviews
F301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F353 Native American Film and Video
F354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
F360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F361 Traditional Arts Indiana:
Documenting Indiana Traditions
F363 Women’s Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
F364 Children’s Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
French and Italian
F361 Introduction historique à la
civilization française I
F410 French Literature of the Middle Ages
F450 Colloquium in French Studies—Tradition and Ideas
F460 La francophonie nord-americaine
F463 Civilization française I
M222 Topics in Italian Culture
M234 Florence in Florence
M307 Masterpieces of Italian Literature I
M333 Dante and His Times
M340 Sex and Society in Boccaccio
M345 Italian Renaissance Art and Literature
M445 Risorgimento
Gender Studies
G104 Topics in the Study of Gender
(Approved topic: Latinas in the U.S.)
G215 Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
G225 Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture
G410 International Feminist Debates
Geography
G323 Geography of Latin America
G425 Africa: Contemporary
Geographic Problems
G427 Russia and Its Neighbors
Germanic Studies
E351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
E352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
History
A205 Asian American History
A300 Issues in United States History
(Approved topic: Immigrant
Nations: Latinos)
A310 Survey of American Indians I
A311 Survey of American Indians II
A352 History of Latinos in the United States
A355 (AAAD A355) African
American History I
A356 (AAAD A356) African
American History II
B321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery
B322 Jews in the Modern World
B323 History of the Holocaust
B324 Zionism and the State of Israel
B351 Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages
B352 Western Europe in the High
and Later Middle Ages
B353 The Renaissance
B354 The Reformation
B356 French Revolution and Napoleon
C376 Greek History: Bronze Age
to the Persian Wars
C377 Greek History: The Persian Wars
to the Legacy of Alexander
C388 Roman History
C390 The Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire
C393 Ottoman History
D102 Icon and Axe: Russia from
Earliest Times to 1861
D103 Icon and Axe: Russia from 1861 to Present
D302 The Gorbachev Revolution and
the Collapse of the Soviet Empire
D303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History
D304 Jews of Eastern Europe
D305 Women in Russian History
and Soviet Society
D306 Muscovy and Imperial Russia, 1500–1801
D308 Empire of the Tsar
D309 Russia in World War II:
Battles and People
D310 Russian Revolutions and
the Soviet Regime
D320 Modern Ukraine
D321 Hungarian History and
Civilization to 1711
D322 Hungarian History and
Civilization, 1711–1918
D325 Path to Emancipation: Nationalism
in the Balkans, 1804–1923
D327 Nation-Making and Imperial Decline
in East Central Europe, 1780–1918
D329 Eastern Europe in the First Half
of the Twentieth Century
D330 Eastern Europe in the Second
Half of the Twentieth Century
E331 African History from Ancient
Times to Empires and City States
E332 African History from Colonial
Rule to Independence
E333 Conflict in Southern Africa
E334 History of Western Africa
E336 History of East Africa
E338 History of Muslim West Africa
E340 African History and Popular Culture
F336 Modern Central American History
F345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico
F346 Modern Mexico
G101 East Asia in World History
G350 Modern South Asia: Eighteenth
to Twentieth Century
G357 Premodern Japan
G358 Early Modern Japan
G369 Modern Japan
G372 Modern Korea
G380 Early China
G382 China: The Age of Glory
G383 China: The Later Empires
G385 Modern China
G387 Contemporary China
H102 The World in the Twentieth Century II
H103 Europe: Renaissance to Napoleon
H205 Ancient Civilization
H206 Medieval Civilization
H207 (EALC E252) Modern East Asian Civilization
H208 American–East Asian Relations
H209 The Origins of Britain
H211-H212 Latin American Culture
and Civilization I-II
H213 The Black Death
H223 Between Rome and Constantinople:
Eastern Europe and Russia to
Mid-Fifteenth Century
H227 African Civilizations
H237 Traditional East Asian Civilization
H238 Introduction to South Asian
History and Civilization
H251 Introduction to Jewish History:
From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
H252 Introduction to Jewish History: From
Spanish Expulsion to the Present
J300 Seminar in History (Approved
topic: Traditional Chinese
Society
Through Literature)
Hutton Honors College
H303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved
topic: Constructing Culture:
Discovering
the Value of Diversity; American Jewish
Writers; Literature
of the Holocaust)
H304 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved
topic: Native American Film and Video)
India Studies
I211 Introduction to South Asian History
I212 The Civilization of Tibet
I305 Exploring Indian Languages
and Literature Through Film
I310 An Introduction to India
I320 Contemporary India: History,
Politics, and Society
I347 Meditation Traditions of India
I368 Philosophies of India
I370 Literature of India in Translation:
Ancient and Classical
I371 Medieval Devotional Literatures
of India (in translation)
I380 Women in South Asian
Religious Traditions
I402 Introduction to the History of Tibet
Jewish Studies
C240 Contemporary Israeli Culture
C340 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction
C360 Israeli Film and Fiction
H460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew
H480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
H485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
L380 Modern Hebrew Literature in English
L385 Recent Hebrew Literature in English
L395 S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience
Cross-Listed Courses in Jewish Studies
Anthropology
E332 Jewish Women: Anthropological
Perspectives
E334 Jews in Moslem Society
E371 Modern Jewish Culture and Society
Comparative Literature
C377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
C378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
English
L241 American Jewish Writers
L375 Topics in Jewish Literature
Fine Arts
A200 Topics in Art History (Approved
topic: Introduction to Jewish Art)
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
F358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
Germanic Studies
E351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
E352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
History
B321 Jewish History, 1492–1789
B322 Jews in the Modern World
B323 History of the Holocaust
B324 Zionism and the State of Israel
D304 Jews of Eastern Europe
H251 Introduction to Jewish History:
From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
H252 Introduction to Jewish History: From
Spanish Expulsion to the Present
Hutton Honors College
H303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved
topic: American Jewish Writers)
Philosophy
P205 Modern Jewish Philosophy
P305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism
Political Science
Y352 The Holocaust and Politics
Religious Studies
R152 Religions of the West
R210 Introduction to Old
Testament/Hebrew Bible
R245 Introduction to Judaism
R307 Messianism and Messiahs in
Comparative Perspective
R310 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
R317 Judaism in the Making
R318 Ancient Mediterranean Religions
R341 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
R345 Religious Issues in
Contemporary Judaism
R410 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
R421 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical
and Theological Perspectives
Slavic Languages and Literatures
R345 Jewish Characters in Russian Literatures
C364 Contemporary Czech Literature
C365 Seminar in Czech and Central
European Literature
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
L210 The Latin American Experience
L211 Contemporary Problems in Latin America
L400 Contemporary Mexico
L402 Contemporary Brazil
L403 Contemporary Central America
L420 New Latin American Cinema
Latino Studies
L101 Introduction to Latino Studies
L102 Introduction to Latino History
L103 Introduction to Latino Cultures
L104 Latinas in the United States
L111 Latino Film: An Introduction
and Overview
L301 Latino Immigrants in
United States Society
L302 Latinos in the Media
L303 The Latino Family
L325 Latinos on the Internet
L380 Latino Education Across the Americas
L396 Seminar in Latino Studies
Linguistics
L481 Languages in Africa
Medieval Studies
M200 Medieval Cultures
M390 Studies in Medieval Culture
Jacobs School of Music
M392 Art Musics of the Non-Western World
M396 Art Music of Black Composers
M397 Popular Music of Black America
Z385 History of the Blues
Z393 History of Jazz
Z394 Black Music in America
Z395 Contemporary Jazz and Soul Music
Z413 Latin American Popular Music
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
N205 Topics in Middle Eastern Literature
(Approved topics: Poetry and
Society:
The Arabic Ode in Comparative
Contexts; In Praise of the Prophet
Muhammed; The Arabic Novel, from
Center to Periphery; Women in Islam
and the Middle East; Contemporary
Literature in the Middle East)
N208 Muslim Communities in Europe and the U.S.: Transnational Islam
N212 Contemporary Literatures of the
Middle East (in English Translation)
N220 Muhammad: Life of the Prophet
N245 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
N265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
N305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature
N340 Prophets, Poets, and Kings:
Iranian Civilization
N350 Modern Iran
N352 Contemporary Turkey
N370 Koranic Studies
N380 Topics in Persian Literature
in Translation
N385 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation
N397 (ANTH E397/CEUS R352) Peoples
and Cultures of the Middle East
Philosophy
P201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
P205 Modern Jewish Philosophy
P301 Medieval Philosophy
P305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism
P328 Philosophies of India
P374 (EALC E374) Early Chinese Philosophy
Political Science
Y325 African American Politics
Y329 Racial and Ethnic Politics
in the United States
Y332 Russian Politics
Y333 Chinese Politics
Y334 Japanese Politics
Y336 South East Asian Political Systems
Y337 Latin American Politics
Y338 African Politics
Y339 Middle Eastern Politics
Y340 East European Politics
Y342 Topics on the Regional Politics of Africa
Y348 The Politics of Genocide
Y352 The Holocaust and Politics
Y353 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality
Y356 South Asian Politics
Y368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
Y381 Classical Political Thought
Y386 African American Political Thought
Religious Studies
R152 Religions of the West
R153 Religions of the East
R202 Topics in Religious Studies (Approved
topic: The Goddess in
Contemporary India)
R203 Zen Buddhism
R204 Introduction to Religions in Africa
R210 Introduction to the Old
Testament/Hebrew Bible
R220 Introduction to the New Testament
R245 Introduction to Judaism
R250 Introduction to Buddhism
R255 Introduction to Hinduism
R257 Introduction to Islam
R265 Introduction to Taoism
R275 Indigenous Worldviews
R300 Studies in Religion (Approved topic:
Ancient and Classical Literatures
of India [in translation])
R307 Messianism and Messiahs in
Comparative Perspective
R310 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
R317 Judaism in the Making
R318 Ancient Mediterranean Religions
R320 Jesus and the Gospels
R323 Early Christian Monasticism
R325 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
R327 Christianity, 50–450
R330 Christianity, 400–1500
R341 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
R345 Religious Issues in
Contemporary Judaism
R348 Hindu Goddesses
R350 East Asian Buddhism
R352 Religion and Literature in Asia
R356 Islamic Mysticism
R357 Religions in Japan
R364 Topics in Gender and Western
Religions (Approved topic:
Gender in
the Reformation)
R368 Introduction to Chinese Thought
R374 From Christian Ethics to Social Criticism I
R382 Women in South Asian
Religious Traditions
R388 Mandir and Masjid at the Movies
R390 The End of Everything:
Apocalypse Now and Then
R392 The Bible and Slavery
R410 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
R420 Religions of Ancient Rome
R421 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical
and Theological Perspectives
R425 Gnostic Religion and Literature
R430 Topics in the History of Christianity
R452 Topics in East Asian Religions
R456 Topics in Islamic Studies
R458 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions
R467 The Life and Legacy of Muhammad
R469 Topics in Taoism and Chinese Religion
Russian and East European Institute
R301 Russian and East European Area Topics
R302 Russia, Past and Present
R303 Eastern Europe, Past and Present
Slavic Languages and Literatures
C223 Introduction to Czech Culture
C363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
C364 Modern Czech Literature and Culture
C365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
P223 Introduction to Polish Culture
P363-P364 Survey of Polish
Literature and Culture I-II
P365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture
[Approved topic: Post-Communist
Polish Culture (1989–Present)]
P366 Polish Film
R223 Introduction to Russian Culture
R263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky
R264 Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
R334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
R345 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature
R349 Myth and Reality: Women in
Russian Literature and in Life
R352 Russian and Soviet Film
R353 Central European Cinema
S223 Introduction to Balkan and
South Slavic Cultures
S363-S364 Literature and Culture
of the Southern Slavs I-II
Sociology
S335 Race and Ethnic Relations
S342 Asian American Communities
and Identities
S346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese
P290 Topics in Luso-Brazilian Culture
(Approved topics:
Afro-Portuguese
Culture: Angola and Mozambique;
Jorge Amado: A Portrait of
Brazil; A
Regional View of Brazil: The Northeast)
P400-P401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I-II
P405 Literature and Film in Portuguese
P410 Brazilian Cinema
P412 Brazil: The Cultural Context
P470 Poetry in Portuguese
P475 Theatre in Portuguese
S220 Chicano and Puerto Rican Literature
S260 Introduction to Hispanic Film
S275 Introduction to Hispanic Culture
S284 Women in Hispanic Culture
S324 Introduction to the Study
of Hispanic Cultures
S328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
S331-S332 The Hispanic World I-II
S333 The Hispanic World
S334 Panoramas of Hispanic Literature
S412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
S413 Hispanic Culture in the United States
Speech and Hearing Sciences
S430 Diversity in Speaking and Acting
Telecommunications
T191 Race, Ethnicity, and Media
Theatre and Drama
T370 History of Theatre and Drama I
T371 History of Theatre and Drama II
T460 Development of Dramatic Art I
T468 Non-Western Theatre and Drama
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Courses on this list focus on a culture or
cultures of modern Western Europe. Students
may use one course from this list toward
fulfillment of the Culture Studies requirement.
Anthropology
E387 The Ethnography of Europe
E400 Undergraduate Seminar (Approved
topic: Scandinavia: Image and Reality)
Central Eurasian Studies
R399 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
(Approved topic: European Folk
Musics)
U324 Romanticism and the Rise of Nationalism
Communication and Culture
C393-C394 History of European
and American Films I-II
Comparative Literature
C145 Major Characters in Literature
C146 Major Themes in Literature
C151 Introduction to Popular Culture
C251 Lyrics and Popular Song
C255 Modern Literature and Other
Arts: An Introduction
C256 Literature and Other Arts: 1870–1950
C310 Film and Literature (Approved topic:
Germanic Literature and Film)
C329 The Eighteenth Century
C333 Romanticism
C335 Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism
C337 The Twentieth Century:
Tradition and Change
C347 Literature and Ideas
C357 The Arts Today: From 1950 to the Present
C358 Literature and Music: Opera
C446 Traditions of Christian Literature II
Fine Arts
A342 Twentieth-Century Art
A440 Nineteenth-Century Painting
A441 Nineteenth-Century Painting II
A442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900–1924
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
F312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
French and Italian
F310 Topics in French Literature in Translation
F311 Contemporary France: Film and Culture
F333 Intensive Writing in French Culture
F350 The Writer and Public Issues in
Twentieth-Century France
F362 Introduction historique à la
civilization française II
F363 Introduction à la France moderne
F375 Themes et perspectives litteraires
F451 Colloquium in French Studies—Literature and the Arts
F453 Le Roman au 20e siècle I
F459 Le Theatre au 20e siècle
F461 La France contemporaine:
Cinema et culture
F464 Civilization française II
M235 Rome, the City and the Myth
M305 Civiltà italiana moderna
M306 Italian Short Stories from the
Political Unification to the Present
M308 Masterpieces of Italian Literature II
M311 Italian Film and Culture
M390 Studies in the Italian Film
M463 Contemporary and
Popular Italian Culture
Geography
G428 Geography of Europe
Germanic Studies
E121 An Introduction to German Culture
E321 Gender and Sexuality in Germany
E322 German Cultural History
E323 German Film Culture
E341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands
E342 The Golden Age of Dutch Culture
E343 Topics in Dutch Literature
E362 Topics in Scandinavian Culture
E363 Topics in Scandinavian Literature
G361 Contemporary Austria
G362 Introduction to Contemporary Germany
G363 Introduction to German Cultural History
G418 German Film and Popular Culture
G421 Contemporary Germany: Overview
G422 Contemporary Germany: Special
Topics in German Studies
G424 Literature and Society since 1945
G464 German Culture and Society
History
B260 Women, Men, and Society
in Modern Europe
B357 Modern France
B359-B360 Europe from Napoleon
to the First World War I-II
B366 Paris and Berlin in the 1920s:
A Cultural History
B368 Modern Italy
B374 The Cultures of Modern Europe
B377 History of Germany since 1648 I
B378 History of Germany since 1648 II
H104 Europe: Napoleon to the Present
H210 Britain’s Road to Modernity
Political Science
Y335 Western European Politics
Y347 German Politics
Y350 Politics of the European Union
Y382 Modern Political Thought
Spanish and Portuguese
P290 Topics in Luso-Brazilian Culture
(Approved topic: Contemporary Portugal)
S411 Spain: The Cultural Context
Theatre and Drama
T461 Development of Dramatic Art II
T462 Development of Dramatic Art III
West European Studies
W301 Modern European Politics and Society
W405 Special Topics in West European
Studies. See WEUR advisor for
appropriate
topics. Not all topics will be approved.
W406 Special Topics in West European
Studies. See WEUR advisor for
appropriate
topics. Not all topics will be approved.
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