Courses

Approved Culture Studies Courses

Approved Culture Studies Courses List B

Courses on this list focus on a culture or cultures of modern Western Europe.

Anthropology
  • E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
  • E 400 Undergraduate Seminar, Approved Topic: 
    • “Scandinavia: Image and Reality”
Central Eurasian Studies
  • R 349 Topics in Central Eurasian Studies, Approved Topic: 
    • “European Folk Musics”
Communication and Culture
  • C 393 History of European and American Films I
  • C 394 History of European and American Films II
  • C 398 National Cinema, Approved Topic:
    • “Post Nouvelle Vague French Film”
Comparative Literature
  • C 145 Major Characters in Literature
  • C 146 Major Themes in Literature
  • C 151 Introduction to Popular Culture
  • C 251 Lyrics and Popular Song
  • C 255 Modern Literature and Other Arts: An Introduction
  • C 256 Literature and Other Arts: 1870–1950
  • C 310 Literature and Film, Approved Topic: 
    • “Germanic Literature and Film”
  • C 329 The Eighteenth Century
  • C 333 Romanticism
  • C 335 Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism
  • C 337 The Twentieth Century: Tradition and Change
  • C 347 Literature and Ideas
  • C 357 The Arts Today: From 1950 to the Present
  • C 358 Literature and Music: Opera
  • C 446 Traditions of Christian Literature II
Fine Arts
  • A 342 Twentieth-Century Art
  • A 440 Nineteenth-Century Painting
  • A 441 Nineteenth-Century Painting II
  • A 442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900–1924
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
  • F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
French and Italian
  • F 310 Topics in French Literature in Translation
  • F 311 Contemporary France: Film and Culture
  • F 362 La France 1500-1800
  • F 363 La France 1800-Aujourd’hui
  • F 375 Themes et Perspectives Literaires
  • F 451 Colloquium in French Studies—Literature and the Arts
  • F 453 Le Roman au 20e siècle I
  • F 459 Le Théâtre au 20e siècle
  • F 461 La France contemporaine: Cinéma et culture
  • F 464 Civilisation française II
  • M 235 Rome, the City and the Myth
  • M 305 Civiltà Italiana Moderna
  • M 306 Italian Short Stories from the Political Unification to the Present
  • M 308 Masterpieces of Italian Literature II
  • M 311 Italian Film and Culture
  • M 390 Studies in the Italian Film
  • M 463 Contemporary and Popular Italian Culture
Geography
  • G 428 Geography of Europe
Germanic Studies
  • E 121 An Introduction to German Culture
  • E 321 Gender and Sexuality in Germany
  • E 322 German Cultural History
  • E 323 German Film Culture
  • E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands
  • E 342 The Golden Age of Dutch Culture
  • E 343 Topics in Dutch Literature
  • E 362 Topics in Scandanavian Culture
  • E 363 Topics in Scandanavian Literature
  • G 361 Contemporary Austria
  • G 362 Introduction to Contemporary Germany
  • G 363 Introduction to German Cultural History
  • G 418 German Film and Popular Culture
  • G 421 Contemporary Germany: Overview
  • G 422 Contemporary Germany: Special Topics in German Studies
  • G 424 Literature and Society since 1945
  • G 464 German Culture and Society
History
  • B 260 Women, Men, and Society in Modern Europe
  • B 357 Modern France
  • B 359 Europe from Napoleon to the First World War I
  • B 360 Europe from Napoleon to the First World War II
  • B 366 Paris and Berlin in the 1920s: A Cultural History
  • B 368 Modern Italy
  • B 374 The Cultures of Modern Europe
  • B 377 History of Germany since 1648 I
  • B 378 History of Germany since 1648 II
  • B 386 British Sexual Histories: From Regency Scandals to Sexual Revolution
  • H 104 Europe: Napoleon to the Present
  • H 210 Britain’s Road to Modernity
Political Science
  • Y 335 Western European Politics
  • Y 347 German Politics
  • Y 350 Politics of the European Union
  • Y 382 Modern Political Thought
Spanish and Portuguese
  • S 411 Spain: The Cultural Context
Theatre and Drama
  • T 461 Development of Dramatic Art II
  • T 462 Development of Dramatic Art III
West European Studies
  • E 350 Advanced Modern Greek II: Literature, History, and Cinema
  • W 301 Modern European Politics and Society
  • W 405 Special Topics in West European Studies (See WEUR adviser for appropriate topics. Not all topics will be approved.)
  • W 406 Special Topics in West European Studies (See WEUR adviser for appropriate topics. Not all topics will be approved.)

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