Course Designations

Appendix I: Culture Studies Courses

The following courses can be taken in (partial) fulfillment of the College's Culture Studies requirement. Some courses fall within the category “Diversity in the U.S.,” and others fit within “Global Civilizations and Cultures.”

Diversity in the U.S.

African American and African Diaspora Studies

  • AAAD-A 150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans
  • AAAD-A 169 Introduction to African American Literature
  • AAAD-A 201 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies
  • AAAD-A 249 African American Autobiography
  • AAAD-A 255 The Black Church in America
  • AAAD-A 264 History of Sports and the African American Experience
  • AAAD-A 265 Modern Sports and the African American Experience
  • AAAD-A 277 Images of Blacks in Films: 1903–1950s
  • AAAD-A 278 Contemporary Black Film
  • AAAD-A 283 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre, 1767–1945
  • AAAD-A 290 Sociocultural Perspective of African American Music
  • AAAD-A 292 African American Folklore
  • AAAD-A 295 Survey of Hip Hop
  • AAAD-A 297 Popular Music of Black America
  • AAAD-A 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  • AAAD-A 352 African American Art II: African American Artists
  • AAAD-A 355 (HIST-A 355) African American History I
  • AAAD-A 356 (HIST-A 356) African American History II
  • AAAD-A 379 Early Black American Writing
  • AAAD-A 380 Contemporary Black American Writing
  • AAAD-A 384 Blacks in American Drama and Theatre, 1945-Present
  • AAAD-A 385 Seminar in Black Theatre
  • AAAD-A 386 Black Feminist Perspectives
  • AAAD-A 388 Motown
  • AAAD-A 393 (MUS-Z 393) History of Jazz
  • AAAD-A 394 (MUS-Z 394) Survey of African American Music
  • AAAD-A 395 (MUS-Z 395) Contemporary Jazz and Soul Music
  • AAAD-A 396 (MUS-M 396) Art Music of Black Composers
  • AAAD-A 408 Race, Gender, and Class in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
  • AAAD-A 480 The Black Novel
  • AAAD-A 485 Lorraine Hansberry: Black Dramatist
  • AAAD-A 496 Black Religious Music
American Studies
  • AMST-A 200 Comparative American Identities

Anthropology

  • ANTH-E 240 Southwestern American Indian Ritual and Belief
  • ANTH-E 260 Culture, Health, and Illness
  • ANTH-E 319 American Indian Religions
  • ANTH-E 320 Indians of North America
  • ANTH-E 323 Indians of Indiana
  • ANTH-E 324 Native American Art
  • ANTH-E 329 Indians in the United States in the Twentieth Century
  • ANTH-E 332 Jewish Women: Anthropological Perspectives
  • ANTH-L 318 Navajo Language and Culture

Asian American Studies

  • AAST-A 101 Introduction to Asian American Studies
  • AAST-A 200 Asian American Literature
  • AAST-A 300 Topics in Asian American Studies
  • AAST-A 320 Advanced Topics in Asian American Literature

Communication and Culture

  • CMCL-C 201 Race and the Media
  • CMCL-C 238 Communication in Black America
  • CMCL-C 430 Native American Communication and Performance

Comparative Literature

  • CMLT-C 151 Introduction to Popular Culture
  • CMLT-C 251 Lyrics and Popular Song
East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • EALC-E 385 Asian Americans: Cultural Conflict and Identity

English

  • ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers
  • ENG-L 364 Native American Literature
  • ENG-L 374 Ethnic American Literature
  • ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
  • ENG-L 396 Studies in African American Literature and Culture

Folklore and Ethnomusicology

  • FOLK-E 295 Survey of Hip Hop
  • FOLK-E 297 Popular Music of Black America
  • FOLK-E 345 Hip Hop Music and Culture
  • FOLK-E 388 Motown
  • FOLK-E 394 Survey of African American Music
  • FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
  • FOLK-F 351 North American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 352 Native American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 353 Native American Film and Video
  • FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 356 Chicano Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music
  • FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today
  • FOLK-F 360 Indiana Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 361 Traditional Arts Indiana: Documenting Indiana Traditions
  • FOLK-F 363 Women's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 364 Children's Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music

Gender Studies

  • GNDR-G 225 Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture

History

  • HIST-A 205 Asian American History
  • HIST-A 207 Introduction to Native American History
  • HIST-A 300 Issues in United States History (Approved topic: Immigrant Nations: Latinos)
  • HIST-A 310 Survey of American Indians I
  • HIST-A 311 Survey of American Indians II
  • HIST-A 352 History of Latinos in the United States
  • HIST-A 355 (AAAD-A 355) African American History I
  • HIST-A 356 (AAAD-A 356) African American History II
  • HIST-H 259 American Jewish History

Latino Studies

  • LATS-L 101 Introduction to Latino Studies
  • LATS-L 102 Introduction to Latino History
  • LATS-L 103 Introduction to Latino Cultures
  • LATS-L 104 Latinas in the United States
  • LATS-L 111 Latino Film: An Introduction and Overview
  • LATS-L 200 American Borderlands
  • LATS-L 301 Latino Immigrants in United States Society
  • LATS-L 302 Latinos in the Media
  • LATS-L 303 The Latino Family
  • LATS-L 325 Latinos on the Internet
  • LATS-L 380 Latino Education Across the Americas
  • LATS-L 396 Social and Historical Topics in Latino Studies
  • LATS-L 398 Arts and Humanities Topics in Latino Studies

Jacobs School of Music

  • MUS-M 396 Art Music of Black Composers
  • MUS-Z 385 History of the Blues
  • MUS-Z 393 History of Jazz
  • MUS-Z 394 Black Music in America: Survey of African American Music
  • MUS-Z 395 Contemporary Jazz and Soul Music

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

  • NELC-N 208 Muslim Communities in Europe and the U.S.: Transnational Islam

Political Science

  • POLS-Y 325 African American Politics
  • POLS-Y 329 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States
  • POLS-Y 384 Developments in American Political Thought
  • POLS-Y 386 African American Political Thought

Sociology

  • SOC-S 335 Race and Ethnic Relations
  • SOC-S 342 Asian American Communities and Identities

Spanish and Portuguese

  • HISP-S 220 Chicano and Puerto Rican Literature
  • HISP-S 413 Hispanic Culture in the United States

Speech and Hearing Sciences

  • SPHS-S 430 Diversity in Speaking and Acting

Telecommunications

  • TEL -T 191 Race, Ethnicity, and Media
  • TEL -T 192 Women and the Media
 


Global Civilizations and Cultures

African American and African Diaspora Studies
  • AAAD-A 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
  • AAAD-A 131 Early African American and African Diaspora Literature
  • AAAD-A 132 Recent African American and African Diaspora Literature
  • AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
  • AAAD-A 156 Black Liberation Struggles Against Jim Crow and Apartheid
  • AAAD-A 203 Studying Blacks of the New World: African Americans and Africans in the African Diaspora
  • AAAD-A 210 Black Women in the Diaspora
  • AAAD-A 304 Black Paris
  • AAAD-A 350 Black Atlantic
  • AAAD-A 354 Transnational Americas
  • AAAD-A 360 Slavery: Worldwide Perspective
  • AAAD-A 387 Black Migration
  • AAAD-A 407 African American and African Protest Strategies
  • AAAD-A 420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies
African Studies
  • AFRI-L 102 Akan Social Life and Cultural Heritage
  • AFRI-L 202 Occultism in Africa
  • AFRI-L 210 Popular Akan Oral Art Forms
  • AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
  • AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
  • AFRI-L 250 African Expressive Routines
  • AFRI-L 400 Topics in African Studies
American Studies
  • AMST-A 150 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
  • AMST-A 275 Indigenous Worldviews in the Americas
Anthropology
  • ANTH-E 110 Indians of Mexico: Ancient and Modern
  • ANTH-E 206 Chanting Down Babylon: Protest and Popular Culture in the Afro-Caribbean
  • ANTH-E 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
  • ANTH-E 275 Indigenous Worldviews
  • ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (Approved topic: Islam in and out of Africa)
  • ANTH-E 310 Introduction to the Cultures of Africa
  • ANTH-E 312 African Religions
  • ANTH-E 321 Peoples of Mexico
  • ANTH-E 322 Peoples of Brazil
  • ANTH-E 327 Native Amazonians and the Environment
  • ANTH-E 330 Indians of South America
  • ANTH-E 335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
  • ANTH-E 340 Indians of Mexico and Central America
  • ANTH-E 345 China through Anthropological Eyes
  • ANTH-E 347 The Anthropology of Contemporary Japan
  • ANTH-E 348 Peoples and Cultures of Russia, Ukraine, and Newly Independent States
  • ANTH-E 371 Modern Jewish Culture and Society
  • ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
  • ANTH-E 397 (CEUS-R 352/NELC-N 397) Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
  • ANTH-E 398 (CEUS-R 316) Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
  • ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (Approved topic: Scandinavia: Image and Reality)
  • ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe
  • ANTH-E 417 African Women
  • ANTH-E 418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
  • ANTH-E 428 Contemporary Latin American Social Movements
  • ANTH-E 475 Law and Culture
  • ANTH-P 230 Archaeology of the Ancient Maya
  • ANTH-P 341 Archaeology of the Middle East
  • ANTH-P 350 Archaeology of Ancient Mexico
  • ANTH-P 370 Ancient Civilizations of the Andes
  • ANTH-P 371 Prehistory of Lowland South America
Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design
  • AMID-F 301 Dress Studies: Topics in Cultural Analysis
Asian American Studies
  • AAST-A 201 Asian Diaspora Experience
Central Eurasian Studies
  • CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (Approved topic: Central Asia: Cultures and Customs)
  • CEUS-R 250 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
  • CEUS-R 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
  • CEUS-R 270 The Civilization of Tibet
  • CEUS-R 291 Inner Asian Religious Beliefs
  • CEUS-R 312 Shrine and Pilgrimage in Central Asian Islam
  • CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
  • CEUS-R 314 Islamization in Inner Asia
  • CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
  • CEUS-R 316 (ANTH-E 398) Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
  • CEUS-R 340 Introduction to Hungarian Studies
  • CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
  • CEUS-R 349 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; European Folk Musics)
  • CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
  • CEUS-R 352 (ANTH-E 397) Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
  • CEUS-R 354 (NELC-N 380) Persian Literature in Translation
  • CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
  • CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
  • CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
  • CEUS-R 372 Sino-Tibetan Relations
  • CEUS-R 379 Topics in Tibetan Studies (Approved topic: Constructing Culture: Imagine Tibet)
  • CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
  • CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (Approved topic: Turks in History)
  • CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
  • CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth–Nineteenth Centuries
  • CEUS-R 414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
  • CEUS-R 415 The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia
  • CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
  • CEUS-R 441 Art and Music of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hungary
Classical Studies
  • CLAS-C 101 Ancient Greek Culture
  • CLAS-C 102 Roman Culture
  • CLAS-C 205 Classical Mythology
  • CLAS-C 206 (FINA-A 206) Classical Art and Archaeology
  • CLAS-C 308 Roman Law
  • CLAS-C 310 Classical Drama
  • CLAS-C 311 Classical Epics
  • CLAS-C 321 Classical Myth and Culture in Film
  • CLAS-C 350 Greek Literature in Translation
  • CLAS-C 351 The Golden Age of Athens
  • CLAS-C 360 Roman Literature in Translation
  • CLAS-C 395 Topics in Classical Art and Archaeology (Approved topic: Gender in the Prehistoric Aegean)
  • CLAS-C 412 (FINA-A 412) The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean
  • CLAS-C 491 Topics in Classical Studies (Approved topic: The Secret History of Classical Texts)
Communication and Culture
  • CMCL-C 202 Media in the Global Context
  • CMCL-C 393 History of European and American Films I
  • CMCL-C 394 History of European and American Films II
  • CMCL-C 398 National Cinemas (Approved topics: Post Nouvelle Vague French Film and Brazilian Cinema)
  • CMCL-C 415 Topics in Communication and Culture in Comparative Perspective (Approved topic: South Asia through Performance)
  • CMCL-C 422 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa
Comparative Literature
  • CMLT-C 111 Reading the World
  • CMLT-C 147 Images of the Self: East and West
  • CMLT-C 155 Culture and the Modern Experience: An Interdisciplinary and International Approach
  • CMLT-C 200 Honors Seminar (Approved topics: Poetry and Society: The Arabic Ode in Comparative Text; The Arabic Novel, from Center to Periphery; Introduction to African Cinema)
  • CMLT-C 255 Modern Literature and Other Arts: An Introduction
  • CMLT-C 256 Literature and Other Arts: 1870–1950
  • CMLT-C 257 Asian Literature and Other Arts
  • CMLT-C 261 Introduction to African Literature
  • CMLT-C 262 Cross-Cultural Encounters
  • CMLT-C 265 Introduction to East Asian Poetry
  • CMLT-C 266 Introduction to East Asian Fiction
  • CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film
  • CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature
  • CMLT-C 310 Literature and Film (Approved topic: Germanic Literature and Film)
  • CMLT-C 321 Medieval Literature
  • CMLT-C 325 The Renaissance
  • CMLT-C 329 The Eighteenth Century
  • CMLT-C 333 Romanticism
  • CMLT-C 335 Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism
  • CMLT-C 337 The Twentieth Century: Tradition and Change
  • CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature
  • CMLT-C 347 Literature and Ideas
  • CMLT-C 357 The Arts Today: From 1950 to the Present
  • CMLT-C 358 Literature and Music: Opera
  • CMLT-C 360 Diasporic Literatures
  • CMLT-C 361 African Literature and Other Arts
  • CMLT-C 363 Black Paris
  • CMLT-C 364 The Caribbean: Literature and Theory
  • CMLT-C 365 Japanese-Western Literary Relations
  • CMLT-C 370 Comparative Studies in Western and Middle Eastern Literatures
  • CMLT-C 375 Imagining China, Translating China
  • CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
  • CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
  • CMLT-C 415 Medieval Lyric
  • CMLT-C 417 Medieval Narrative
  • CMLT-C 445 Early Traditions of Christian Literature
  • CMLT-C 446 Traditions of Christian Literature II
  • CMLT-C 464 French Language Literature of Africa and the Americas
Criminal Justice
  • CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • EALC-E 100 East Asia: An Introduction
  • EALC-E 101 The World and East Asia
  • EALC-E 110 Popular Culture in East Asia
  • EALC-E 160 The Daoist Body
  • EALC-E 180 Cross-Cultural Experiences of War: East Asia and the United States
  • EALC-E 200 Introduction to East Asian Studies
  • EALC-E 201 Issues in East Asian Literature
  • EALC-E 202 Issues in East Asian Traditions and Ideas
  • EALC-E 203 Issues in East Asian Cultural History
  • EALC-E 204 Issues in East Asian Society
  • EALC-E 231 Japan: The Living Tradition
  • EALC-E 232 China Past and Present: Culture in Continuing Revolution
  • EALC-E 233 Survey of Korean Civilization
  • EALC-E 251 Traditional East Asian Civilizations
  • EALC-E 252 (HIST-H 207) Modern East Asian Civilization
  • EALC-E 270 Japanese Language and Society
  • EALC-E 271 Modern and Contemporary Japanese Culture
  • EALC-E 300 Studies in East Asian Literature
  • EALC-E 301 Chinese Language and Culture
  • EALC-E 302 Geographic Patterns in China
  • EALC-E 303 Korean Folk and Elite Cultures
  • EALC-E 305 Korean Language and Culture
  • EALC-E 321 Traditional Japanese Literature
  • EALC-E 322 Modern Japanese Literature
  • EALC-E 331 Traditional Chinese Literature
  • EALC-E 332 Chinese Literature since 1300
  • EALC-E 333 Studies in Chinese Cinema
  • EALC-E 336 Ghosts, Immortals, Animal Spirits: Encountering the Supernatural in Traditional Chinese Culture
  • EALC-E 350 (HIST-G 380) Studies in East Asian Society
  • EALC-E 351 Studies in East Asian Thought
  • EALC-E 352 Studies in East Asian History
  • EALC-E 354 Society and Education in Japan
  • EALC-E 371 Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature
  • EALC-E 372 Japanese Fiction and Culture
  • EALC-E 374 (PHIL-P 374/REL-B 374) Early Chinese Philosophy
  • EALC-E 384 East Asian Nationalism and Cultural Identity
  • EALC-E 390 Contemporary Chinese Politics
  • EALC-E 392 Chinese Foreign Policy
  • EALC-E 393 China's Political Economy
  • EALC-E 395 Japan in World Trade and Politics
  • EALC-E 473 History of Japanese Theatre and Drama
  • EALC-E 497 Overseas Study Tour
  • EALC-J 491 Humanities Topics in Japanese
  • EALC-J 492 Historical and Cultural Topics in Japanese
English
  • ENG-G 208 World Englishes
Fine Arts
  • FINA-A 155 Introduction to African Art
  • FINA-A 160 Introduction to East Asian Art
  • FINA-A 200 Topics in Art History (Approved topic: Introduction to Jewish Art)
  • FINA-A 206 (CLAS-C 206) Classical Art and Archaeology
  • FINA-A 214 Art and Life in Ancient Rome
  • FINA-A 226 Survey of Medieval Art
  • FINA-A 231 The Age of Giants: Art in the Time of Leonardo and Michelangelo
  • FINA-A 233 Renaissance and Baroque Art in Italy, 1250–1700
  • FINA-A 234 Renaissance Florence
  • FINA-A 262 Introduction to Japanese Art and Culture
  • FINA-A 311 The Art of the Classical Age of Greece
  • FINA-A 321 Early Medieval Art
  • FINA-A 327 Survey of Islamic Art
  • FINA-A 337 Age of Rubens and Rembrandt
  • FINA-A 342 Twentieth-Century Art
  • FINA-A 346 Roots and Revolution: Early Twentieth-Century Mexican Art
  • FINA-A 351 Art of the South Pacific
  • FINA-A 352 Art of Eastern and Southern Africa
  • FINA-A 355 Art, Craft, and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • FINA-A 356 Art of Central Africa
  • FINA-A 360 Topics in East Asian Art
  • FINA-A 412 The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean
  • FINA-A 440 Nineteenth-Century Painting I
  • FINA-A 441 Nineteenth-Century Painting II
  • FINA-A 442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900–1924
  • FINA-A 452 Art of Pre-Columbian America
  • FINA-A 453 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa I: Arts of Africa's Western Sudan
  • FINA-A 454 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa II: Arts of the West African Coast
  • FINA-A 464 Art and Archaeology of Early China
  • FINA-A 466 Early Chinese Painting
  • FINA-A 467 Later Chinese Painting
  • FINA-A 480 Russian Art
  • FINA-A 490 Topics in Art History (Approved topics: Istanbul; Ottoman Istanbul: From Imperial Capital to Modern Metropolis)
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
  • FOLK-E 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
  • FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
  • FOLK-F 256 Folklore and the Supernatural
  • FOLK-F 275 Indigenous Worldviews
  • FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 305 Asian Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
  • FOLK-F 320 Pacific Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
French and Italian
  • FRIT-F 310 Topics in French Literature in Translation
  • FRIT-F 311 Contemporary France: Film and Culture
  • FRIT-F 361 La France medievale (jusqu'à 1500)
  • FRIT-F 362 La France 1500–1800
  • FRIT-F 363 La France 1800–aujourd'hui
  • FRIT-F 375 Thémes et perspectives littéraires
  • FRIT-F 410 French Literature of the Middle Ages
  • FRIT-F 450 Colloquium in French Studies—Tradition and Ideas
  • FRIT-F 451 Colloquium in French Studies—Literature and the Arts
  • FRIT-F 453 Le Roman au 20e siècle I
  • FRIT-F 459 Le Théàtre au 20e siècle
  • FRIT-F 460 La francophonie nord-américaine
  • FRIT-F 461 La France contemporaine: cinema et culture
  • FRIT-F 463 Civilisation française I
  • FRIT-F 464 Civilisation française II
  • FRIT-M 222 Topics in Italian Culture
  • FRIT-M 234 Florence in Florence
  • FRIT-M 235 Rome, the City and the Myth
  • FRIT-M 305 Civiltà italiana moderna
  • FRIT-M 306 Italian Short Stories from the Political Unification to the Present
  • FRIT-M 307 Masterpieces of Italian Literature I
  • FRIT-M 308 Masterpieces of Italian Literature II
  • FRIT-M 311 Italian Film and Culture
  • FRIT-M 333 Dante and His Times
  • FRIT-M 340 Boccaccio's Social Decameron
  • FRIT-M 345 Italian Renaissance Art and Literature
  • FRIT-M 390 Studies in the Italian Film
  • FRIT-M 445 Risorgimento
  • FRIT-M 463 Contemporary and Popular Italian Culture
Geography
  • GEOG-G 323 Geography of Latin America
  • GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors
  • GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe
Gender Studies
  • GNDR-G 215 Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  • GNDR-G 386 British Sexual Histories: From Regency Scandals to Sexual Revolution
  • GNDR-G 410 International Feminist Debates
Germanic Studies
  • GER-E 121 An Introduction to German Culture
  • GER-E 321 Gender and Sexuality in Germany
  • GER-E 322 German Cultural History
  • GER-E 323 German Film Culture
  • GER-E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands
  • GER-E 342 The Golden Age of Dutch Culture
  • GER-E 343 Topics in Dutch Literature
  • GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
  • GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
  • GER-E 362 Topics in Scandinavian Culture
  • GER-E 363 Topics in Scandinavian Literature
  • GER-G 361 Contemporary Austria
  • GER-G 362 Introduction to Contemporary Germany
  • GER-G 363 Introduction to German Cultural History
  • GER-G 418 German Film and Popular Culture
  • GER-G 421 Contemporary Germany: Overview
  • GER-G 422 Contemporary Germany: Special Topics in German Studies
  • GER-G 424 Literature and Society since 1945
  • GER-G 464 German Culture and Society
History
  • HIST-B 204 Medieval Heroes
  • HIST-B 260 Women, Men, and Society in Modern Europe
  • HIST-B 321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery
  • HIST-B 322 Jews in the Modern World
  • HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
  • HIST-B 324 Zionism and the State of Israel
  • HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain
  • HIST-B 348 Byzantine History
  • HIST-B 351 Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages
  • HIST-B 352 Western Europe in the High and Later Middle Ages
  • HIST-B 353 The Renaissance
  • HIST-B 354 The Reformation
  • HIST-B 356 French Revolution and Napoleon
  • HIST-B 357 Modern France
  • HIST-B 359 Europe from Napoleon to the First World War I
  • HIST-B 360 Europe from Napoleon to the First World War II
  • HIST-B 366 Paris and Berlin in the 1920s: A Cultural History
  • HIST-B 368 Modern Italy
  • HIST-B 374 The Cultures of Modern Europe
  • HIST-B 377 History of Germany since 1648 I
  • HIST-B 378 History of Germany since 1648 II
  • HIST-B 386 British Sexual Histories: From Regency Scandals to Sexual Revolution
  • HIST-C 205 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
  • HIST-C 210 The Making of the Modern Middle East
  • HIST-C 376 Greek History: Bronze Age to the Persian Wars
  • HIST-C 377 Greek History: The Persian Wars to the Legacy of Alexander
  • HIST-C 388 Roman History
  • HIST-C 390 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • HIST-C 393 Ottoman History
  • HIST-D 102 Icon and Axe: Russia from Earliest Times to 1861
  • HIST-D 103 Icon and Axe: Russia from 1861 to Present
  • HIST-D 201 The Fall of Communism
  • HIST-D 302 The Gorbachev Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire
  • HIST-D 303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History
  • HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
  • HIST-D 306 Muscovy and Imperial Russia, 1500–1801
  • HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars
  • HIST-D 309 Russia in World War II: Battles and People
  • HIST-D 310 Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime
  • HIST-D 320 Modern Ukraine
  • HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711
  • HIST-D 322 Hungarian History and Civilization, 1711–1918
  • HIST-D 325 Path to Emancipation: Nationalism in the Balkans, 1804–1923
  • HIST-D 327 Nation-Making and Imperial Decline in East Central Europe, 1780–1918
  • HIST-D 329 Eastern Europe in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
  • HIST-D 330 Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
  • HIST-E 331 African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States
  • HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence
  • HIST-E 333 Conflict in Southern Africa
  • HIST-E 334 History of Western Africa
  • HIST-E 336 History of East Africa
  • HIST-E 338 History of Muslim West Africa
  • HIST-E 340 African History and Popular Culture
  • HIST-F 336 Modern Central American History
  • HIST-F 340 Modern Argentina
  • HIST-F 345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico
  • HIST-F 346 Modern Mexico
  • HIST-F 348 Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Reality
  • HIST-G 101 East Asia in World History
  • HIST-G 350 Modern South Asia: Eighteenth to Twentieth Century
  • HIST-G 357 Premodern Japan
  • HIST-G 358 Early Modern Japan
  • HIST-G 369 Modern Japan
  • HIST-G 372 Modern Korea
  • HIST-G 380 Early China
  • HIST-G 382 China: The Age of Glory
  • HIST-G 383 China: The Later Empires
  • HIST-G 385 Modern China
  • HIST-G 387 Contemporary China
  • HIST-H 102 The World in the Twentieth Century II
  • HIST-H 103 Europe: Renaissance to Napoleon
  • HIST-H 104 Europe: Napoleon to the Present
  • HIST-H 205 Ancient Civilization
  • HIST-H 206 Medieval Civilization
  • HIST-H 207 (EALC E252) Modern East Asian Civilization
  • HIST-H 208 American-East Asian Relations
  • HIST-H 209 The Origins of Britain
  • HIST-H 210 Britain's Road to Modernity
  • HIST-H 211 Latin American Culture and Civilization I
  • HIST-H 212 Latin American Culture and Civilization II
  • HIST-H 213 The Black Death
  • HIST-H 223 Between Rome and Constantinople: Eastern Europe and Russia to Mid-Fifteenth Century
  • HIST-H 227 African Civilizations
  • HIST-H 237 Traditional East Asian Civilization
  • HIST-H 238 Introduction to South Asian History and Civilization
  • HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
  • HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
Hutton Honors College
  • HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place (Approved Topic: Literature of the Holocaust)
India Studies
  • INST-I 100 Introduction to India
  • INST-I 211 Introduction to South Asian History
  • INST-I 212 The Civilization of Tibet
  • INST-I 305 Exploring Indian Languages and Literature Through Film
  • INST-I 320 Contemporary India: History, Politics, and Society
  • INST-I 347 Meditation Traditions of India
  • INST-I 368 Philosophies of India
  • INST-I 370 Literature of India in Translation: Ancient and Classical
  • INST-I 371 Medieval Devotional Literatures of India (in translation)
  • INST-I 380 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
  • INST-I 402 Introduction to the History of Tibet
Jewish Studies
  • JSTU-C 240 Contemporary Israeli Culture
  • JSTU-C 340 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction
  • JSTU-C 360 Israeli Film and Fiction
  • JSTU-H 460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew
  • JSTU-H 480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
  • JSTU-H 485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
  • JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
  • JSTU-J 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
  • JSTU-L 280 David: The Man and the King
  • JSTU-L 285 Guns and Roses: Representations of Soldiers and War in Modern Hebrew Literature
  • JSTU-L 380 Modern Hebrew Literature in English
  • JSTU-L 385 Recent Hebrew Literature in English
  • JSTU-L 395 S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • LTAM-L 210 The Latin American Experience
  • LTAM-L 211 Contemporary Problems in Latin America
  • LTAM-L 400 Contemporary Mexico
  • LTAM-L 402 Contemporary Brazil
  • LTAM-L 403 Contemporary Central America
  • LTAM-L 420 New Latin American Cinema
Linguistics
  • LING-L 481 Languages in Africa
Medieval Studies
  • MEST-M 200 Medieval Cultures
  • MEST-M 250 Medieval Italy
  • MEST-M 260 Medieval Provence
  • MEST-M 390 Studies in Medieval Culture
Jacobs School of Music
  • MUS-M 392 Art Musics of the Non-Western World
  • MUS-Z 413 Latin American Popular Music
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
  • NELC-E 201 History and Civilization of Ancient Egypt
  • NELC-E 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt
  • NELC-N 205 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)
  • NELC-N 212 Contemporary Literatures of the Middle East (in English Translation)
  • NELC-N 220 Muhammad: Life of the Prophet
  • NELC-N 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
  • NELC-N 265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
  • NELC-N 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature
  • NELC-N 340 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
  • NELC-N 350 Modern Iran
  • NELC-N 352 Contemporary Turkey
  • NELC-N 370 Koranic Studies
  • NELC-N 380 Topics in Persian Literature in Translation
  • NELC-N 385 Persian Mystical Literature in Translation
  • NELC-N 397 (ANTH E397/CEUS R352) Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Philosophy
  • PHIL-P 201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
  • PHIL-P 205 Modern Jewish Philosophy
  • PHIL-P 301 Medieval Philosophy
  • PHIL-P 305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism
  • PHIL-P 328 Philosophies of India
  • PHIL-P 374 (EALC E374/REL B374) Early Chinese Philosophy
Political Science
  • POLS-Y 332 Russian Politics
  • POLS-Y 333 Chinese Politics
  • POLS-Y 334 Japanese Politics
  • POLS-Y 335 Western European Politics
  • POLS-Y 336 South East Asian Political Systems
  • POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
  • POLS-Y 338 African Politics
  • POLS-Y 339 Middle Eastern Politics
  • POLS-Y 340 East European Politics
  • POLS-Y 342 Topics on the Regional Politics of Africa
  • POLS-Y 347 German Politics
  • POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
  • POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
  • POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
  • POLS-Y 353 The Politics of Gender and Sexuality
  • POLS-Y 356 South Asian Politics
  • POLS-Y 368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
  • POLS-Y 381 Classical Political Thought
  • POLS-Y 382 Modern Political Thought
Religious Studies
  • REL-A 201 Introduction to African Religions
  • REL-A 210 Introduction to Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
  • REL-A 220 Introduction to the New Testament
  • REL-A 230 Introduction to Judaism
  • REL-A 270 Introduction to Islam
  • REL-A 305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions
  • REL-A 315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
  • REL-A 317 Judaism in the Making
  • REL-A 320 Jesus and the Gospels
  • REL-A 321 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
  • REL-A 325 Christianity, 50–450
  • REL-A 326 Early Christian Monasticism
  • REL-A 335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
  • REL-A 350 Christianity, 400–1500
  • REL-A 390 The End of Everything: Apocalypse Now and Then
  • REL-A 395 The Bible and Slavery
  • REL-A 415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion
  • REL-A 420 Religions of Ancient Rome
  • REL-A 426 Gnostic Religion and Literature
  • REL-A 440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
  • REL-A 450 Topics in the History of Christianity
  • REL-A 470 Topics in Islamic Studies
  • REL-A 485 The Life and Legacy of Muhammad
  • REL-B 202 Issues in South and East Asian Religions (Approved topics: The Goddess in Contemporary India, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism)
  • REL-B 210 Introduction to Buddhism
  • REL-B 215 Zen Buddhism
  • REL-B 220 Introduction to Hinduism
  • REL-B 240 Introduction to Daoism
  • REL-B 300 Studies in South and East Asian Religions (Approved topic: Ancient and Classical Literatures of India [in translation])
  • REL-B 310 East Asian Buddhism
  • REL-B 320 Hindu Goddesses
  • REL-B 330 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
  • REL-B 335 Mandir and Masjid at the Movies
  • REL-B 360 Religions in Japan
  • REL-B 374 Early Chinese Thought
  • REL-B 420 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions
  • REL-B 440 Topics in Daoism and Chinese Religion
  • REL-B 460 Topics in East Asian Religions
  • REL-C 280 Indigenous Worldviews
  • REL-D 330 From Christian Ethics to Social Criticism I
  • REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
  • REL-D 370 Topics in Gender and Western Religions (Approved topic: Gender in the Reformation)
  • REL-D 375 Religion and Literature in Asia
  • REL-D 385 Messianism and Messiahs in Comparative Perspective
  • REL-R 152 Jews, Christians, Muslims
  • REL-R 153 Religions of Asia
Russian and East European Institute
  • REEI-R 301 Russian and East European Area Topics
  • REEI-R 302 Russia, Past and Present
  • REEI-R 303 Eastern Europe, Past and Present
Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture
  • SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
  • SLAV-C 364 Modern Czech Literature and Culture
  • SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
  • SLAV-P 223 Introduction to Polish Culture
  • SLAV-P 363 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture I
  • SLAV-P 364 Survey of Polish Literature and Culture II
  • SLAV-P 365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture [Approved topic: Post-Communist Polish Culture (1989–Present)]
  • SLAV-P 366 Polish Film
  • SLAV-R 223 Introduction to Russian Culture
  • SLAV-R 224 Contemporary Russian Culture
  • SLAV-R 229 Russian Folk Tales
  • SLAV-R 263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky
  • SLAV-R 264 Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
  • SLAV-R 334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
  • SLAV-R 345 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature
  • SLAV-R 349 Myth and Reality: Women in Russian Literature and in Life
  • SLAV-R 352 Russian and Soviet Film
  • SLAV-R 353 Central European Cinema
  • SLAV-S 223 Introduction to Balkan and South Slavic Cultures
  • SLAV-S 363 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I
  • SLAV-S 364 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs II
  • SLAV-U 223 Introduction to Ukrainian Culture
Sociology
  • SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese
  • HISP-P 290 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; Contemporary Portugal)
  • HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
  • HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
  • HISP-P 405 Literature and Film in Portuguese
  • HISP-P 410 Brazilian Cinema
  • HISP-P 411 Portugal: The Cultural Context
  • HISP-P 412 Brazil: The Cultural Context
  • HISP-P 470 Poetry in Portuguese
  • HISP-P 475 Theatre in Portuguese
  • HISP-S 260 Introduction to Hispanic Film
  • HISP-S 265 Topics in Hispanic Literature in Translation
  • HISP-S 284 Women in Hispanic Culture
  • HISP-S 324 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
  • HISP-S 328 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
  • HISP-S 334 Panoramas of Hispanic Literature
  • HISP-S 411 Spain: The Cultural Context
  • HISP-S 412 Spanish America: The Cultural Context
Theatre and Drama
  • THTR-T 370 History of Theatre and Drama I
  • THTR-T 371 History of Theatre and Drama II
  • THTR-T 461 Development of Dramatic Art II
  • THTR-T 468 Non-Western Theatre and Drama
West European Studies
  • WEUR-E 350 Advanced Modern Greek II: Literature, History, and Cinema
  • WEUR-W 301 Modern European Politics and Society
  • WEUR-W 405 Special Topics in West European Studies. See WEUR advisor for appropriate topics. Not all topics will be approved.
  • WEUR-W 406 Special Topics in West European Studies. See WEUR advisor for appropriate topics. Not all topics will be approved.