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The Arts in Global Perspective: major or minor

Students select courses from the following group to complete the concentration requirements.  (See additional choices below):

  • INTL/FRLG 203 Language and Identity

  • INTL/ENGL 211 Contemporary World Literature

  • INTL/MHIS 220 Introduction to World Music

  • INTL/RELS 311, 312 Religions of the World

  • SPAN 321 Latin American Civilization I

  • RUSS 301,302 Survey of Literature (Russian)

  • INTL/SPAN 331 Survey of Latin American Literature

  • INTL/EUCU 345/ URSP 350 Culture and Urbanism in Great Cities of the World

  • INTL 366/ENGL/AFAM 363 African Literature

  • INTL 367/ENGL/AFAM 365 Caribbean Literature

  • RELS/WMNS 371 Islam and Women

  • INTL/RELS/WMNS 372 Global Women’s Spirituality

  • RELS/PHIL 408 Indian Tradition

  • INTL/RELS/PHIL 410 Chinese Tradition in Philosophy

  • INTL/RELS/PHIL 412 Zen Buddhism

  • INTL/SPAN 421 Civilization of Latin America II

  • INTL/ANTH/RELS 425/ Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft

  • SPAN 430 Literary Genres

  • SPAN 431 Literary Periods

  • CRAF 369 Ancient Peruvian Textile Techniques

  • INTL 370/MHIS/AFAM 350 Studies in the Music of the African Continent and Diaspora

  • EUCU 311 Classical Mythology

  • INTL 360/RELS 350 World Classics of Spirituality

  • INTL/FLET 391 Topics in Foreign Literature in English Translation (when appropriate)

  • INTL/FASH 390 Historic and Ethnic Textiles

  • DANC/AFAM 126,127 African-Caribbean Dance I

  • DANC 313 Dance in World Cultures

  • INTL 491 Topics in International Studies (when appropriate)

  • INTL 492 Independent Study or one elective ISP course

No more than one course (3 credits) may be counted from the following group:

  • EUCU 307 Aspects of German Culture

  • FLET 312 Revolt and Renewal in Modern French Literature

  • FREN 320 French Civilization and Culture I

  • GRMN 320 German Civilization I

  • SPAN 320 Civilization of Spain I

  • FLET 321 Early German Literature

  • FREN 321 French Civilization and Culture II

  • GRMN 321 German Civilization II

  • FLET 322 Modern German Literature

  • ENGL 324 Later 20th Century British Literature

  • FREN 330,331 Survey of Literature (French)

  • GRMN 330,331 Survey of Literature (German)

  • SPAN 330 Survey of Spanish Literature

  • GRMN 416 Age of Goethe

  • GRMN 417 Intellectual Life and Culture of 19th Century Germany

  • SPAN 420 Civilization of Spain II

  • GRMN 420 Turn of the Century

  • FREN 420 French Regional Culture

  • GRMN 421 Postwar German Scene

  • FREN 421 French Contemporary Culture

  • FREN 422 French Cinema

  • FREN 425 French Media

  • FREN 430 The Middle Ages (French)

  • FREN 431 The Sixteenth Century (French)

  • FREN 432 The Seventeenth Century (French)

  • FREN 433 The Eighteenth Century (French)

  • FREN 434 The Nineteenth Century (French)

  • FREN 435 The Twentieth Century (French)

No more than one course (3 credits) may be counted from the following group:

  • ARTH 145,146 Survey of Oriental

  • ARTH 207 Introduction to Non-Western Art

  • ARTH 300 Prehistoric and Ancient Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 301 Art and Architecture of Ancient North America

  • ARTH 335 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 339 Modern and Contemporary Art and Architecture of Latin America

  • ARTH 350/AFAM 413 African and Oceanic Art

  • ARTH/AFAM 358 African Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 401 Art and Architecture of the Ancient Near East

  • ARTH 402 Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

  • ARTH 404 Studies in Prehistoric and Ancient Art

  • ARTH 405 Studies in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art and Architecture

  • ARTH/AFAM 440 Contemporary Art and Architecture of Africa

  • ARTH 445 Art of India

  • ARTH 447 Art of Southeast Asia

  • ARTH 449 Studies of Asian Art

  • ARTH 450 Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica

  • ARTH 451 Art and Architecture of Andean America

  • ARTH 452 Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 454 Studies in African and Oceanic Art

  • ARTH 460 Art and Architecture in Latin America, 1780-1915

  • ARTH 461 Art and Architecture in Latin America, 1915 to the Present

No more than one course (3 credits) may be counted from the following group:

  • ARTH 310 Medieval Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 315 Renaissance Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 316 Northern Renaissance Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 317, 318 History of Architecture

  • ARTH 320 Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 325 19th Century Art and Architecture in Europe

  • ARTH 338 Colonial Art and Architecture of Latin America

  • ARTH 412 Early Medieval Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 413 Gothic Art

  • ARTH 414 Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 415 Early Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 417 The High Renaissance

  • ARTH 419 Studies in Renaissance ART and Architecture

  • ARTH 420 The Baroque in Northern Europe

  • ARTH 421 The Baroque in Southern Europe

  • ARTH 422 Spanish Painting: El Greco through Picasso

  • ARTH 423 Rococo and Other Eighteenth-Century Art

  • ARTH 424 Studies in Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture

  • ARTH 425, 426 Neoclass., Romant., Realism, and Impressionism thru Fin-de-Siécle

  • ARTH 427 Renaissance Art and Architecture of Colonial Latin America, 1500-1650

  • ARTH 428 Baroque and Neoclassic Art and Architecture of Colonial Latin America

  • ARTH 438 The Roots of Modernism

No more than one course (3 credits) may be counted from the following group:

  • ENGL 201 Western World Literature I

  • ENGL 202 Western World Literature II

  • ENGL 203 British Literature I

  • ENGL 204 British Literature II

  • ENGL 320 18th Century British Literature

  • ENGL 321 British Literature of the Romantic Era

  • ENGL 323 Early 20th Century British Literature

  • ENGL 335 The Literature of the English Renaissance

  • ENGL 367 Eastern Thought in Western Literature

  • ENGL 407 Medieval Epic and Romance

  • ENGL 409 Medieval Studies

  • ENGL 410 Renaissance Studies: _____________

  • ENGL 411 18th Century British Studies

  • ENGL 415 British Novel: 18th Century

  • ENGL 416 British Novel: 19th Century

  • ENGL 423 English Drama, 900-1642

  • ENGL 424 Restoration and 18th Century Drama

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