Courses
Approved Culture Studies Courses
Global Civilizations and Cultures
Take two courses from this list for the Culture Studies requirement.
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
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- 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.