Perspectives
in the European Tradition
The World Cultures requirement is designed to introduce students to major
ideas, institutions, and historical events that have shaped human societies.
The courses that would meet this objective have some of the following
features:
1. they are
designed primarily to explore topics, issues, or themes;
2. they provide an historical
perspective (in the sense of addressing the changes in institutions, movements,
or cultural practices);
3. they emphasize
critical events, movements, institutions, ideas, or literary/artistic
achievements;
4. they present
a comparative approach between cultures in the European and non-European
tradition, or subcultures within cultures. International Perspective courses
may or may not be comparative but should present a view across national
cultures.
The three categories are as follows:
A. Perspectives in the European
Tradition
B. Perspectives outside the European
Tradition
C. Comparative Cultures and
International Perspectives
Students must take one course (three credits) from category A and one course (three credits) from either category B or C. Courses on these lists may count toward the other distribution component requirements, and major and minor requirements. A course may be included in more than one category but students may count a course in only one category.
Perspectives in the European Tradition Course List
The following list of courses has been approved to meet the Perspectives in the European Tradition requirement.
Anthropology (Social Science)
ANTH 427 Roots of Western Civilization
ANTH 625 Man in the Pleistocene
Art (Fine Arts)
ARHS 101 Art Survey I: Prehistory through the Middle Ages
ARHS 102 Art Survey II: Renaissance to the Present
ARHS 312, CLAS 312 Etruscans and Early Rome
ARHS 316, CLAS 316, HISA 316 The Aegean Bronze Age
ARHS 317, CLAS 317 Greek Art and Archaeology
ARHS 318, CLAS 318 Roman Art and Archaeology
ARHS 319, CLAS 319, HISA 319 Pompeii: Roman Society and Culture in Microcosm
ARHS 320 Early Christian and Byzantine Art
ARHS 321 Art and Experience in the Middle Ages
ARHS 323, SPAN 423 Visual Culture in Golden Age Spain
ARHS 331 Art of the Early Renaissance in Italy
ARHS 332 16th-Century Italian Art
ARHS 333 Italian Renaissance Architecture
ARHS 342 Baroque Art
ARHS 351 Romanticism and Realism
ARHS 354 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
ARHS 356 Twentieth-Century Art
ARHS 360 Art in America, 1492 to the Civil War
ARHS 362 Contemporary Art Since 1950
ARHS 619, CLAS 619 Seminar in Aegean and Greek Archaeology
ARHS 620, CLAS 620 Seminar in Roman Art and Archaeology
ARHS 624 The Use of Antiquity in the Middle Ages
ARHS 625 Word and Image in Early Italian Painting
ARHS 635 Seminar in Michelangelo
ARHS 653 Degas
ARHS 656 Manet
ARHS 661 Visuality, Representation and the Body
ARHS 663 Revising the 1960Ős
ARHS 665 Postmodern Formations: Art Since 1980
Classical Studies (Humanities)
CLAS 100, HISA 100 Ancient Near East and Greece
CLAS 101, HISA 101 The Rise of Rome
CLAS 104 Mythology
CLAS 201, PHIL 201 Ancient Philosophy
CLAS 210, JWST 210 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
CLAS 211, PHIL 211 Classics of Political Philosophy I
CLAS 220 Ancient Christianity
CLAS 302, HISA 302 The High Roman Empire
CLAS 303, HISA 303 Early Medieval and Byzantine Civilization
CLAS 307, PHIL 320 Plato
CLAS 309, HISA 304 Law and Society in Ancient Rome
CLAS 310, HISA 310 Select Topics in Greek History
CLAS 311, HISA 310 Select Topics in Roman History
CLAS 312, ARHS 312 Etruscans and Early Rome
CLAS 314, JWST 314 Select Readings in the Hebrew Bible
CLAS 315, JWST 315 Second Temple Judaisms
CLAS 316, ARHS 316, HISA 316 The Aegean Bronze Age
CLAS 317, ARHS 317 Greek Art and Archaeology
CLAS 318, ARHS 318 Roman Art and Archaeology
CLAS 319, ARHS 319, HISA 319 Pompeii: Roman Society and Culture in Microcosm
CLAS 320, HISA 318 Greek Religion
CLAS 322 New Testament: An Historical Introduction
CLAS 324 The Historical Jesus
CLAS 325 Paul the Apostle
CLAS 329 Gnosticism and Early Egyptian Christianity
CLAS 331, HISA 308 Ancient Greek Tyranny and Democracy
CLAS 408, HISA 408 Seminar in Ancient Society and Economy
CLAS H409, HISA H410 Colloq. and Field Work in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Civilization
CLAS 600, HISA 600 Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
CLAS 608, HISA 608 Seminar in Ancient Society and Economy
CLAS 411, JWST 411 Rabbinic Judaism
CLAS 425, JWST 425 The Dead Sea Scrolls
CLAS 430 The Literature of Early Christianity
Communication (Humanities)
COMM 225 Public Address
COMM 425 Rhetorical Theory
Dance (Fine Arts)
DANC 471 Dance History: Primitive through 19th-Century
English (Humanities)
ENLS 201 Introduction to British Literature I
ENLS 202 Introduction to British Literature II
ENLS 411 Middle English Literature
French (Humanities)
FREN 301 Topics in French Cultural Studies
FREN 302 French Feminisms
FREN 306 Self-Love, Sympathy, and Civil Society in Early Modern France
FREN 311 French Cinema
FREN 321 Introduction to Literary Analysis
FREN 325 French Society and Institutions
FREN 333 French Literature in Translation
FREN 401 The French Short Story
FREN 422, FREN 622 Medieval French Literature
FREN 423, FREN 623 Late Medieval French Literature
FREN 424, FREN 624 Women in the Middle Ages
FREN 432, FREN 632 Renaissance Literature
FREN 434, FREN 634 Parchment, Print and PCŐs: A History of the Book and Its Forms
FREN 441, FREN 641 17th-Century French Literature
FREN 442, FREN 642 17th-Century Drama
FREN 452, FREN 652 18th-Century Literature
FREN 462 Novel of the 19th Century
FREN 472 20th Century French Literature
FREN 474 20th-Century Drama
FREN 595 Senior Seminar
FREN 621 History of the French Language
FREN 631 Renaissance Poetry and Drama
FREN 651 Topics in 18th-Century Literature
FREN 661 19th-Century Prose I
FREN 662 19th-Century Prose II
FREN 663 19th-Century Poetry
FREN 664 19th-Century Drama
FREN 665 Romanticism
FREN 672 20th-Century French Literature
German (Humanities)
GERM 325 German Language and Culture I
GERM 326 German Language and Culture II
History (Social Science)
Ancient,Medieval
HISA 100, CLAS 100 Ancient Near East and Greece
HISA 101, CLAS 101 The Rise of Rome
HISA 102 The Barbarian West
HISA 103 Medieval Europe, 1150-1450
HISA 302, CLAS 302 The High Roman Empire
HISA 303, CLAS 303 Early Medieval Civilization: Constantine to the Crusades
HISA 304, CLAS 309 Law and Society in Ancient Rome
HISA 308, CLAS 331 Ancient Greek Tyranny and Democracy
HISA 310, CLAS 310 Select Topics in Greek History
HISA 311, CLAS 311 Topics in Roman History
HISA 312 The Crusades 1095-1291
HISA 315 The Age of the Vikings
HISA 318, CLAS 320 Greek Religion
HISA 319, ARHS 319, CLAS 319 Pompeii: Roman Society and Culture in Microcosm
HISA 330 Italy and Spain in the Age of the Renaissance
HISA 331 Medieval England
HISA 335 Society and Culture in Medieval Italy 1000-1400
HISA 408, CLAS 408 Seminar in Ancient Society and Economy
HISA H410, CLAS H409 Colloq. and Field Work in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Civilizations
HISA 600, CLAS 600 Seminar in Select Topics in Greek History
HISA 605, HISE 605 The Italian Renaissance
HISA 608, CLAS 608 Seminar in Ancient Society and Economy
HISA 625 Medieval Religious Culture
Modern Europe
HISE 121 Europe and Wider World: From the Renaissance to 1789
HISE 122 Emergence of Contemporary World Since 1789
HISE 326 History of European Thought 1789-1917
HISE 327 Literature and Society in Russia, 1800-1917
HISE 328 Literature and Society in Russia, 1917-1991
HISE 332 Early Modern England
HISE 341 Spain, 1369-1716
HISE 342 The Age of Reformation
HISE 631 France Since 1815
HISE 642, JWST 642 Readings in the Holocaust
Italian (Humanities)
ITAL 300 Survey of Italian Literature
ITAL 325 Italian Culture and Language
Italian Studies (Interdisciplinary)
ITST 201, 202 Introduction to Italian Studies I
ITST 203, 204 Introduction to Italian Studies II
Jewish Studies (Humanities)
JWST 101 Introduction to Jewish Civilization
JWST 201 Introduction to Judaism
JWST 210, CLAS 210 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible - Old Testament
JWST 220 Modern Jewish History
JWST 314, CLAS 314 Readings in Hebrew Bible
JWST 315, CLAS 315 Second Temple Judaisms
JWST 334, HISU 334 Early American Jewish History
JWST 352 The Golden Age of Spanish Jewry II: Christian Spain
JWST 353 Jewish Life and Thought in the High Middle Ages
JWST 354 Jewish Life and Thought from Renaissance to the Age of Reason
JWST 359 Greek Philosophy and Jewish Thought
JWST 359, PHIL 359 Greek Philosophy and Jewish Thought
JWST 375, RUSS 375 Jewish Identity in Modern Literature
JWST 411, CLAS 411 Rabbinic Judaism
JWST 415 Women, Judaism, and Jewish Culture
JWST 425, CLAS 425 The Dead Sea Scrolls
JWST 435 Rashi, Halevi, Maimonides: Rabbinical Luminaries of the Middle Ages
JWST 642, HISE 642 Readings in the Holocaust
Literature (Humanities)
LITR 201 Global Texts and Traditions I
Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Interdisciplinary)
MDST 200 Introduction to Medieval Studies
Music (Fine Arts)
MUSC 106 Survey of European Art Music
MUSC 141 History of European Art Music to 1800
MUSC 142 History of European Art Music Since 1800
MUSC 165 History of Western Art Music
Philosophy (Humanities)
PHIL 201, CLAS 201 History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 202 History of Modern Philosophy
PHIL 211, CLAS 211 Classics of Political Philosophy I
PHIL 212 Classics of Political Philosophy II
PHIL 219 Philosophy and History of the Natural Sciences
PHIL 301 Philosophy and Religion
PHIL 302 The Bible and Philosophy
PHIL 310 19th-Century European Philosophy
PHIL 320, CLAS 307 Plato
PHIL 324 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 325 Descartes and the 17th Century
PHIL 359, JWST 359 Greek Philosophy and Jewish Thought
PHIL 629 Hegel
PHIL 634 Heidegger
PHIL 676 MillŐs Utilitarian Liberalism
Physics (Science)
PHYS 112 The Universe: A History of Physical Cosmology
Political Economy (Social Science)
PECN 302 Political Economy: An Historical Overview
PECN 401 Constitutionalism: Ancient Athens to Present
Political Science (Social Science)
POLT 270 Political Thought in the West
POLT 378 Feminist Political Theory
POLT 381 Rhetoric and Politics
POLT 382 Contempory Political Ideas
POLT 471 Greek Foundations of Western Political Thought
POLT 477 Transition to Modernity
Sociology (Social Science)
SOCI 322 Social Theory
SOCI 631 The Urban Experience
Spanish (Humanities)
SPAN 324 Introduction to Spanish Culture
SPAN 423, ARHS 423 Visual Culture in Golden Age Spain
SPAN 452 Spanish Cultural Studies
Russian
RUSS 375, JWST 375 Jewish Identity in Modern Literature
Theatre (Fine Arts)
THEA 101 Plays and Playwrights
THEA 471 History of Theatre I
THEA 472 History of Theatre II
