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Students pursuing the alternate track to fulfill the foreign language requirement must choose one of the following clusters at the time of petitioning. Changes to your program must be approved by the Academic Standing Committee. Students should contact the office of Academic Advising with questions about the eligibility of courses not listed below.
Courses offered 2023-24 Academic Year
Table of contents
- African Cluster
- Ancient/Classics Cluster
- Asian Cluster
- European Cluster
- Latin American/Caribbean Cluster
Key to symbols
Courses offered 2023-24 Academic Year
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| * | Offered in Fall 2023 Only |
| ** | Offered in Spring 2024 Only |
| *** | Offered in both Fall and Spring Semesters |
African Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *AFS 131 | Introduction to African Studies |
| **AFS 246 | Human Rights Policy in the Caribbean |
| **AFS 250 | Vodou in the Diaspora |
| *AFS/LAS 251 | Mus of the Afr Diaspora |
| AFS/MUS 318 | Africana Music |
| AFS 262 | Africa: Fiction, Hist, Memory |
| AFS 321 | Franco African Women Writers |
| Anth/WGS/LAS 231 | Gender and Change in Afr/Afro-Lat America |
| Anth 239 | African Modernities |
| Art History 267 | The Black Eclectic |
| Econ 212 | African Economic History and Development |
| *Hist 103 | Europe, Africa, and Asia: 1750-1900 |
| **Hist 208 | Islamic History 600-1500 |
| Hist 270/370 | Topics in African History |
| **Hist 271 | African History and Society to 1880 |
| Hist 272 | African History and Society from 1880 |
| Hist 278 | History of Islamic Technology |
| Hist 371 | Modern African Environments |
| Hist 373 | History Sub Sahara Af in 20th Cent |
| Hist 379 | US and the Middle East |
| Music 102 | World Music Survey |
| Phil 240 | World Philosophy |
| Rel 270 | Introduction to Islam |
One semester of study in Africa
Ancient/Classics Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *Art History 201 | Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome |
| Classics 102 | Alexander the Great to Cleopatra |
| Classics 103 | Classics of Greek and Latin Literature |
| Classics 104 | Classical Rhetoric & Contemporary Political Discourse |
| Classics 121 | Survey of Greek Civilization |
| **Classics 122 | Survey of Roman Civilization |
| Classics 125 | Introduction of Classical Archaeology |
| Classics 210 | Civilizing the "Barbarians" |
| Classics 214 | Celts: Ancient and Modern |
| Classics 230/330 | Classical Mythology |
| Classics 237 | Death and Burial in Greco-Roman World |
| Classics 240 | Gender & Sexuality in Ancient Greece |
| Classics 241 | The Greek and Roman City |
| *Classics 251 | Greek History |
| **Classics 255 | Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean World |
| Classics 252 | Roman History |
| Classics 262/362 | Ancient Epic |
| Classics 264 | Ancient Tragedy |
| Classics 266 | Ancient Comedy |
| Classics 270 | Ancient Drama |
| Classics 280 | Constructions of Race & Ethnicity in the Classical World |
| Classics 320 | Imp. Roman and Late Ant. Arch. |
| Classics 335 | Topics in Classics |
| Classics 345 | Inequality in the Ancient World |
| Phil. 205 | Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| Rel. 204 | The Hebrew Scriptures |
| Rel. 205 | Hist, Lit, Rel of New Testament |
One semester of study in College Year in Athens, Florence, or Rome
Asian Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| *Anth. 229 | Tourism and Culture in China |
| Anth. 240 | Modernity and Change in Asia and Pacific |
| Anth. 245 | Culture and Politics in the Middle East |
| ***Art History 131 | Introduction to Asian Art |
| **Art History 234 | Art of China |
| Art History 235 | Chinese Painting and Aesthetics |
| Art History 267 | TOPIC: Islamic Art and Architecture |
| **AS 110 | Contem. Japanese Culture and Society |
| **AS 111 | Chinese Culture & Society |
| AS 214 | East Asian Cultures and Societies |
| AS 227 | Folktales and Fairy Tales |
| *AS 229 | Tourism and Culture in China |
| AS 238 | Pre-Modern Japanese Literature |
| AS 247 | Extraordinary Fiction in Japan and the World |
| AS/Theatre 248 | Traditional Japanese Theatre |
| AS 255/355 | Coming of Age in East Asian Literature & Film |
| AS 340 | Modernity in Modern Japanese Fiction |
| AS 341 | Genre in Modern Japanese Literature |
| AS 404 | War and Peace in Japanese Lit.: From Genji to Godzilla |
| Econ. 213 | East Asian Economy, History and Development |
| Cinema Studies 262 | Hong Kong Cinema |
| Cinema Studies 284 | Arab Film |
| *History 103 | Europe, Asia, Africa: 1750-1900 |
| **History 208 | Islamic History 600-1500 |
| History 220/320 | Topics in Asian History |
| History 221 | History of East Asia to 1800 |
| History 222 | History of East Asia: 1800-present |
| *History 223 | Modern China |
| History 224 | Modern Japan |
| History 226 | Hist. and Sci. Atomic Bombings Japan |
| History 278 | History of Islamic Technology |
| History 323 | Gender in Modern Japan |
| **History 325 | Tokugawa Japan: 16th-19th Century |
| History 330 | Ottoman Empire: 1300-1923 |
| History 379 | US and the Middle East |
| Music 102 | World Music Survey |
| Phil. 216 | Classical Chinese Philosophy |
| Phil. 240 | World Philosophy |
| **Phil. 366 | Zhuangzi |
| *Pol. Sci. 270 | Government and Politics in China |
| Pol. 273 | The Two Koreas |
| Rel. 210 | Buddhist Spiritual Autobiography |
| Rel. 238 | Religion and Politics in the Middle East |
| Rel. 241 | Introduction to Hinduism |
| **Rel. 244 | Introduction to Buddhism |
| Rel. 247 | Introduction to Religions of South Asia |
| Rel. 248 | Religions of China |
| Rel. 249 | Religions of Japan |
| Rel. 251 | Intro to Chinese Classical Thought |
| Rel. 254 | Confucianism |
| Rel. 270 | Introduction to Islam |
| Rel. 272 | Islam in the Modern World |
| Rel. 358 | Islam in South Asia |
One semester of study in Asia
European Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ***Art History 125 | Survey of Western Art |
| *Art History 201 | Arts of Ancient Greece and Rome |
| **Art History 202 | Medieval Art |
| Art History 206 | European Painting 1700-1900 |
| Art History 210 | 20th Century European Painting |
| Art History 284/IDS 284 | Wonders of Nature and Artifice |
| Art History 303 | Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Ital. |
| Art History 306 | Michelangelo and the Age of Mannerism |
| Art History 307 | Baroque Art in Europe |
| **German 231/CIMS231 | German Film, Gender, and Culture before the Nazis |
| *German 265/IDS 264 | Antisemitism and Jewish Responses in Lit. & Film |
| **German 277 | German Eco-Fiction from Fairy Tale to Fukushima |
| History 105 | Age of Discovery |
| History 200/303 | Topics in European History |
| History 216 | Modern Russia and the Soviet Union |
| History 218 | Modern Germany |
| History 311 | Medieval Europe |
| History 313 | Renaissance and Reformation |
| History 314 | Early Modern Europe.: 1555-1750 |
| History 316 | Transformation in 19th Century Europe |
| **History 318 | Europe 1914-1945 |
| History 319 | Europe since 1945 |
| History 416 | The Spanish Inquisition |
| IDS 104 | Literary Foundations of Western Culture |
| Italian 230 | Topics in Italian Culture |
| Italian 235 | Monsters, Madness, Mayhem in Mod Ital Lit |
| Italian 250 | Modern Italy: 1860-present |
| *Italian 260 | Italian Culture |
| Italian 270 | Italian Women Writers in the 20th Century |
| Italian 280 | Women and Italian Film |
| Italian 285 | Wartime Italy: Cinema and Novel |
| Music 101 | Listening to Music |
| Mus_Clas 210 | Musicology I |
| Mus_Clas 211 | Musicology II |
| Phil 206 | Medieval and Renaissance European Phil. |
| Phil 207 | Early Modern European Philosophy |
| Phil 208 | Kant and 19th Century European Philosophy |
| Phil 341 | Contemporary Continental Philosophy Greats |
| **Phil 366 | Philosophers: Marx |
| *Pol 262 | European Union Politics |
| Pol Sci 304 | Topics in Comparative Politics |
| Rel 137 | TOPIC: The Reformation |
One semester of study in Europe (Does not include Ireland or UK).
Latin America/Caribbean Cluster
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ***AFS 132 | Intro to Caribbean Studies |
| AFS/LAS 236/223 | Mapping Caribbean Identities |
| AFS 274 | Globalization and its Discontents: The Caribbean Case |
| AFS 325 | The Haitian Diaspora in Fiction |
| Anth 231 | Gender and Change in Africa and Afro-Latin America |
| History 206 | Spain and the New World |
| History 260/360 | Topics in Latin American History |
| History 364 | Social Difference in Brazilian History |
| **LAS 140 | Introduction to Latin American Studies |
| *LAS 147 | Introduction to Latin American Cultural Studies |
| LAS/Econ. 214 | Latin American Econ. History and Devel. |
| LAS 220 | Topics in Latin American Literature |
| LAS/WGS 222/221 | Latina and Latin American Women’s Lit. |
| LAS/WGS 231 | Gender in Africa/Afro-Latin America |
| LAS/Anth. 232 | Pre-Columbian Civilizations in Mesoamerica |
| LAS/Anth. 236 | Pre-Columbian Civilizations in South America |
| LAS/Music 251 | Music of the Caribbean |
| *LAS/History 261 | Colonial Latin American History |
| LAS/Soc. 262 | Social Development in Latin America |
| **LAS/History 263/262 | Modern Latin American History |
| LAS/History 264 | Brazil |
| LAS/Soc. 267 | Society and Politics in Latin America |
| **LAS 276 | Contemporary Mex. St. and Soc. |
| LAS 300 | Special Topics in Latin American Studies |
| LAS/Soc. 331 | Reinventing Latin American Societies |
| LAS/History 361 | Mexican Revolution |
| Music 102 | World Music Survey |
| Phil 215 | Latin American/Caribbean Philosophy |
| *Rel. 226 | Native American Religions |
One semester of study in Latin America/The Caribbean.