Course Designations

Appendix I: Culture Studies Courses

The following courses can be taken in (partial) fulfillment of the College's Culture Studies requirement.

List A

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
  • A131 Early African American and African Diaspora Literature
  • A132 Recent African American and African Diaspora Literature
  • 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 Sport 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
  • A283 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre, 1767–1945
  • A290 Sociocultural Perspective of African American Music
  • A292 African American Folklore
  • 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
  • A384 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre, 1945-Present
  • A385 Seminar in Black Theatre
  • A386 Black Feminist Perspectives
  • A387 Black Migration
  • A388 Motown
  • 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
  • L202 Occultism in Africa
  • L210 Popular Akan Oral Art Forms
  • L231 African Civilization
  • L232 Contemporary Africa
  • L400 Topics in African Studies
American Studies
  • A275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas
  • A350 Topics in Interdisciplinary American Studies (Approved topic: Popular Culture of Asia in America)
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
  • 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
  • A201 Asian Diaspora Experience
  • A300 Topics in Asian American Studies
Central Eurasian Studies
  • R199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (Approved topic: Central Asia: Cultures and Customs)
  • 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
  • R349 Topics in Hungarian Studies (Approved topics: Transylvania; Budapest in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Evolution of a European Capital; 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; History of Hungary 1945–2000)
  • R351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
  • R352 (ANTH E397/CEUS U397/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
  • R379 Topics in Tibetan Studies (Approved topic: Constructing Culture: Imagine Tibet)
  • R383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
  • R389 Topics in Turkish Studies (Approved topic: Turks in History)
  • R393 The Mongol Century
  • 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
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
  • C321 Classical Myth and Culture in Film
  • 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)
  • C412 The Art and Archaeology of the 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 topics: 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
  • C415 Medieval Lyric
  • C417 Medieval Narrative
  • C445 Early Traditions of Christian Literature
  • C464 French Language Literature of Africa and the Americas
Criminal Justice
  • P401 Environmental Justice
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 Past and Present: Culture in Continuing Revolution
  • 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/REL B374) 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
  • 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 The 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
  • A355 Art, Craft, and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • A356 Art of Central Africa
  • A360 Topics in East Asian Art
  • A412 The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean
  • 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
  • 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 African American 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
French and Italian
  • F361 La France medievale (jusqu'à 1500)
  • F410 French Literature of the Middle Ages
  • F450 Colloquium in French Studies—Tradition and Ideas
  • F460 La francophonie nord-américaine
  • F463 Civilisation française I
  • M222 Topics in Italian Culture
  • M234 Florence in Florence
  • M307 Masterpieces of Italian Literature I
  • M333 Dante and His Times
  • M340 Boccaccio's Social Decameron
  • 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
  • G427 Russia and Its Neighbors
Germanic Studies
  • E351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
  • E352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
History
  • A205 Asian American History
  • A207 Introduction to Native 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
  • B330 The Jews of Spain
  • B348 Byzantine History
  • 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
  • C205 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
  • C210 The Making of the Modern Middle East
  • 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
  • D201 The Fall of Communism
  • 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
  • F340 Modern Argentina
  • F345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico
  • F346 Modern Mexico
  • F348 Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Reality
  • 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 topics: 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
  • J251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
  • J252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
  • 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
  • E371 Modern Jewish Culture and Society
Comparative Literature
  • C377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
  • C378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
English
  • L241 American Jewish Writers
  • L375 Studies 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 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
  • 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
  • A210 Introduction to Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
  • A230 Introduction to Judaism
  • A305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions
  • A315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
  • A317 Judaism in the Making
  • A335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
  • A415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
  • A440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
  • D362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
  • D385 Messianism and Messiahs in Comparative Perspective
  • R152 Jews, Christians, Muslims
Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • R345 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature
  • C364 Modern Czech Literature and Culture
  • C365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
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 Social and Historical Topics in Latino Studies
  • L398 Arts and Humanities Topics in Latino Studies
Linguistics
  • L481 Languages in Africa
Medieval Studies
  • M200 Medieval Cultures
  • M250 Medieval Italy
  • M260 Medieval Provence
  • M390 Studies in Medieval Culture
Jacobs School of Music
  • M392 Art Musics of the Non-Western World
  • M396 Art Music of Black Composers
  • 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/CEUS U397) 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/REL B374) 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
  • A201 Introduction to African Religions
  • A210 Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
  • A220 Introduction to the New Testament
  • A230 Introduction to Judaism
  • A270 Introduction to Islam
  • A305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions
  • A315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
  • A317 Judaism in the Making
  • A320 Jesus and the Gospels
  • A321 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
  • A325 Christianity, 50–450
  • A326 Early Christian Monasticism
  • A335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
  • A350 Christianity, 400–1500
  • A390 The End of Everything: Apocalypse Now and Then
  • A395 The Bible and Slavery
  • A415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
  • A420 Religions of Ancient Rome
  • A426 Gnostic Religion and Literature
  • A440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
  • A450 Topics in the History of Christianity
  • A470 Topics in Islamic Studies
  • A485 The Life and Legacy of Muhammad
  • B202 Issues in South and East Asian Religions (Approved topics: The Goddess in Contemporary India; Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism)
  • B210 Introduction to Buddhism
  • B215 Zen Buddhism
  • B220 Introduction to Hinduism
  • B240 Introduction to Daoism
  • B300 Studies in South and East Asian Religions (Approved topic: Ancient and Classical Literatures of India [in translation])
  • B310 East Asian Buddhism
  • B320 Hindu Goddesses
  • B330 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
  • B335 Mandir and Masjid at the Movies
  • B360 Religions in Japan
  • B374 Early Chinese Thought
  • B420 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions
  • B440 Topics in Daoism and Chinese Religion
  • B460 Topics in East Asian Religions
  • C280 Indigenous Worldviews
  • D330 From Christian Ethics to Social Criticism I
  • D362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
  • D370 Topics in Gender and Western Religions (Approved topic: Gender in the Reformation)
  • D375 Religion and Literature in Asia
  • D385 Messianism and Messiahs in Comparative Perspective
  • R152 Jews, Christians, Muslims
  • R153 Religions of Asia
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 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture I
  • P364 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture II
  • P365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture [Approved topic: Post-Communist Polish Culture (1989–Present)]
  • P366 Polish Film
  • R223 Introduction to Russian Culture
  • R224 Contemporary 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 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I
  • S364 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs II
  • U223 Introduction to Ukrainian Culture
Sociology
  • S335 Race and Ethnic Relations
  • S342 Asian American Communities and Identities
  • S346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese
  • P400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
  • P401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World 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
  • S265 Topics in Hispanic Literature in Translation
  • S284 Women in Hispanic Culture
  • S324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
  • S328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
  • 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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List B

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
  • R349 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (Approved topic: European Folk Musics)
Communication and Culture
  • C393-C394 History of European and American Films I-II
  • C398 National Cinema (Approved topic: Post Nouvelle Vague French Film)
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 Literature and Film (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
  • F362 La France 1500–1800
  • F363 La France 1800–aujourd'hui
  • F375 Thémes et perspectives litteraires
  • F451 Colloquium in French Studies-Literature and the Arts
  • F453 Le Roman au 20e siècle I
  • F459 Le Théàtre au 20e siècle
  • F461 La France contemporaine: cinema et culture
  • F464 Civilisation 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
  • B386 British Sexual Histories: From Regency Scandals to Sexual Revolution
  • 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
  • S411 Spain: The Cultural Context
Theatre and Drama
  • T461 Development of Dramatic Art II
  • T462 Development of Dramatic Art III
West European Studies
  • E350 Advanced Modern Greek II: Literature, History, and Cinema
  • 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.