Foreign Civilization and Culture
Courses provide students with knowledge about one or more foreign civilizations, cultures, or societies outside of the United States. The courses are designed to stimulate student interest in further study of foreign civilizations, cultures, and societies and to foster international and intercultural understanding.
Students may use 3 s.h. of course work approved in this area to partially complete the Distributed General Education component of the General Education Program.
Course List
Effective Fall 2005, the Department of German has retitled 13E:017. The new title is Medieval German Literature: Heroic and Erotic. The department has also established a "concurrent course" for majors, numbered 13E:117. Students who have taken the course in the past under the old title should not retake the course. Majors who have taken the lower level course should consult the department.
Unless otherwise indicated, all courses are offered for 3 s.h.
01H:005 Western Art and Culture Before 1400
01H:006 Western Art and Culture After 1400
01H:008 Themes in Global Art
01H:016/039:016 Asian Art and Culture
08G:014/129:008 Literatures of the African Peoples
009:113 French Civilization
009:114 French Civilization
009:147/048:105 French Cinema
013:105 German Cultural History
013:115 Contemporary German Civilization
13E:017/13E:117 Medieval German Literature: Heroic and Erotic
13E:118 The Third Reich and Literature
13E:119 German Film
13E:120/033:125 Germany in the World
016:001 Western Civilization I, 3-4 s.h.
016:002 Western Civilization II, 3-4 s.h.
016:003 Western Civilization III, 3-4 s.h.
016:005/039:055 Civilizations of Asia: China
016:006/039:056 Civilizations of Asia: Japan, 3-4 s.h.
016:007/039:057 Civilizations of Asia: South Asia, 3-4 s.h.
016:045/20E:071/032:061 Middle East and Mediterranean, Alexander to Suleiman
016:082 The World Since 194
018:132 Images of Modern Italy, 3-4 s.h.
16E:107 The Hellenistic World and Rome
16E:110/162:110 Medieval Civilization
16E:113 Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
16E:117 History of the Medieval Church
16E:125/131:181 Society and Gender in Europe 1200-1789
16E:126 The French Revolutions and Human Rights
16E:127 European History in Text and Film, 4 s.h.
16E:156 Germany since 1914: Weimar, Hitler, and After, 3-4 s.h.
16E:178 Soviet Union 1917 - 1945 3-4 s.h.
16E:179 Soviet Union 1945 - 1991
16W:120/129:163 Pre-Colonial African History
16W:121/129:164 African History Since 1880
16W:196/039:154 Modern China: 1600s to 1920s
16W:198/039:196 China Since 1927
20E:014 Hero, God, Mortal: Literature of Greece
20E:015 Love and Glory: The Literature of Rome
20E:150/131:152/154:121 Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World
030:141 Russian/Post-Soviet Politics
030:143/039:178 Government and Politics of the Far East
030:144 Latin American Government
032:004/039:064 Living Religions of the East
032:006/039:006 Introduction to Buddhism
032:030 Introduction to Islam
032:052/131:160 Woman and Islam in the Middle East
035:020 Contemporary Spanish American Narrative
038:020 Contemporary Brazilian Narrative
039:018/032:008 Asian Humanities: India
039:019/032:009 Asian Humanities: China
039:020 Asian Humanities: Japan
041:093 Slavic Folklore
041:094 Religion and Culture of the Slavs
041:098 Introduction to Russian Culture
041:099 Russia Today
044:010 The Contemporary Global System, 4 s.h.
044:161 African Development
113:125/39J:125 Japanese Society and Culture
113:131 Latin American Economy and Society