Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

General Education Humanities (GE:HU) Course List


The courses listed below have been approved to carry the general education humanities (GE:HU) designation. Full course descriptions may be viewed by clicking on the course or by using the course  filter found on this page.


COURSE (PREFIX, NUMBER, TITLE)    
ASIA 2000 - Introduction to Asia       
ASIA 2010 - Transformative Texts and Ideas of Modern China      
CLAS 1300 - Greek and Latin for Vocabulary Building      
CLAS 1500 - Classical Mythology      
CLAS 1600 - Sex, Spells and Sacrifices: Religion in the Classical World      
CLAS 2000 - Introduction to Classics (Humanities)      
CLAS 2220 - Great Works of Ancient Literature I: Greece      
CLAS 2230 - Great Works of Ancient Literature II: Rome      
CLAS 2400 - Women in Classical Antiquity      
CLAS 2500 - Greek Tragedy in Translation      
CLAS 3300 - Ancient Greek Culture and Civilization      
CLAS 3400 - The Ancient City      
CLAS 3405 - Roman Culture and Civilization: The Empire      
CLAS 3410 - The Ancient City: Pompeii      
ENGL 1000 - Exploring Literature      
ENGL 1500 - Topics in Words, Images, and Ideas      
ENGL 2000 - Interpreting Literature      
ENGL 2100 - Major British Writers      
ENGL 2200 - Major American Writers      
ENGL 2230 - Southern Literature      
ENGL 2260 - Topics in Contemporary African American Cultural Texts      
ENGL 2400 - World Literature in English      
ENGL 2420 - The Short Story      
ENGL 2470 - Topics in Popular Literature      
ENGL 2480 - Science Fiction      
ENGL 2490 - Introduction to Environmental Humanities      
ENGL 2570 - The Supernatural      
ENGL 2630 - The Bible as Literature      
ENGL 3000 - History of British Literature to 1700      
ENGL 3010 - History of British Literature, 1700-1900      
ENGL 3020 - History of American Literature to 1900      
ENGL 3070 - Shakespeare: The Histories      
ENGL 3080 - Shakespeare: The Comedies      
ENGL 3090 - Shakespeare: The Tragedies      
ENGL 3240 - US Latinx Literature      
ENGL 3250 - Native American Literatures      
ENGL 3260 - History of African American Literature      
ENGL 3280 - African Literature      
ENGL 3290 - Asian American Literature      
ENGL 3300 - Women and Literature      
ENGL 3330 - Early Twentieth-Century Drama      
ENGL 3340 - Contemporary Drama      
ENGL 3410 - Introduction to Poetry      
ENGL 3460 - Topics in Literature and Mythology      
ENGL 3570 - American Folklore      
ENGL 3600 - Classics from Homer to Dante      
ENGL 3640 - Literature and Religion      
ENGL 3890 - Critical Writing      
ENGL 3950 - Literature for Children      
ETHN 2001 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Humanities      
ETHN 3501 - Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: US Perspective      
ETHN 3504 - Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: Global Perspective      
FILM 2900 - Introduction to Film Studies      
FILM 3920 - Film Theory and Criticism      
GERM 3420 - Culture of the German-Speaking World      
GERM 3510 - Introduction to German Literature      
GLST 1000 - Introduction to Global Studies      
GLST 1050 - Dis/Order@the Border      
GLST 1060 - Global Understanding Through Literature      
GLST 1551 - Introduction to Russia: Land of the Firebird      
GLST 1662 - Introduction to Hispanic Studies      
GLST 2000 - Fashion Representations in Culture       
GLST 2220 - Sci-Fi: East and West      
GLST 2520 - Special Topics in Global Cinema      
GLST 2600 - The Holocaust      
GLST 2665 - Don Quixote      
GLST 2680 - Fairy Tales      
HIST 1030 - World Civilizations to 1500      
HIST 1031 - World Civilizations Since 1500      
HIST 1050 - American History to 1877      
HIST 1051 - American History Since 1877      
HIST 2300 - Passion and Sex in Asian History      
HNRS 2011 - Honors Seminar in the Humanities      
HNRS 3011 - Honors Seminar in the Humanities      
INTL 2003 - Introduction to Chinese Culture      
INTL 2100 - Arts and Sciences Abroad: Humanities      
INTL 2101 - Arts and Sciences Abroad: Humanities      
ITAL 2220 - Italian Literature in Translation      
LING 2700 - Introduction to Language Studies      
LING 2720 - Invented Languages      
LING 2740 - Language in the USA      
LING 3750 - Introductory Linguistics      
MRST 2000 - Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Studies      
MRST 2400 - Introduction to Medieval Studies      
MRST 2500 - Introduction to Renaissance Studies      
MUSC 2250 - Music and Protest       
PHIL 1110 - Introduction to Philosophy      
PHIL 1175 - Introduction to Ethics      
PHIL 1176 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy      
PHIL 1180 - Introduction to Critical Reasoning      
PHIL 1262 - Introduction to Philosophical Issues in Biology      
PHIL 1263 - Introduction to Philosophical Issues in Psychology      
PHIL 1275 - Contemporary Moral Problems      
PHIL 1290 - Introduction to Philosophy of Religion      
PHIL 1311 - Great Philosophers from Antiquity to the Present      
PHIL 1500 - Introduction to Logic       
PHIL 1700 - Philosophy of Death and Dying      
PHIL 2001 - Philosophy through Science Fiction                                                                                                                                    
PHIL 2112 - Philosophy of Free Speech      
PHIL 2261 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science      
PHIL 2271 - Introduction to Philosophy of Art      
PHIL 2274 - Business Ethics      
PHIL 2275 - Professional Ethics      
PHIL 2276 - Environmental Ethics      
PHIL 2277 - Biomedical Ethics      
PHIL 2280 - Introduction to Philosophy of Sport      
PHIL 2282 - Philosophy of Law      
PHIL 2453 - Existentialism and Phenomenology      
PHIL 2455 - Introduction to Africana Philosophy      
PHIL 3281 - Introduction to Philosophical Ethics in the Health Care Professions      
PHIL 3519 - Directed Readings      
PHIL 3520 - Directed Readings      
PHIL 3521 - Directed Readings      
RELI 1000 - Introduction to Religious Studies      
RELI 1500 - Use and Abuse of the Bible      
RELI 1600 - Sex, Spells and Sacrifices: Religion in the Classical World      
RELI 1690 - World Religions      
RELI 2340 - Religion and Science      
RELI 2345 - Religion and the Environment      
RELI 2350 - Religion and Sexuality      
RELI 2400 - Religion and Film      
RELI 2500 - Study Abroad      
RELI 2691 - Classical Islam      
RELI 2692 - Buddhism      
RELI 2693 - Hinduism      
RELI 2694 - Indigenous Religions      
RELI 2695 - Introduction to the Old Testament      
RELI 2696 - Introduction to the New Testament      
RELI 2697 - Judaism      
RELI 3400 - The History of the Devil in the Judeo-Christian Traditions      
RELI 3690 - Religion and Gender      
RELI 3691 - Islam in the Modern World      
RELI 3692 - Tibetan Religion and Culture      
RELI 3694 - Religions of Africa      
RELI 3698 - Mysticism      
RELI 3700 - Religion and Social Issues      
RELI 3796 - Paul and His Letters      
RELI 3800 - Religion and Violence      
RELI 3896 - Life and Teachings of Jesus      
RELI 3930 - Directed Readings in Religious Studies      
RUSI 2001 - Introduction to Russian Studies: Humanities      
RUSS 2120 - Introduction to Russian Culture      
RUSS 3220 - Nineteenth Century Russian Literature in Translation      
RUSS 3221 - Twentieth Century Russian Literature in Translation      
RUSS 3230 - Russian and Soviet Film      
SPAN 3550 - Introduction to Cultural Analysis      
TEXT 2000 - Introduction to Transformative Texts and Ideas      
TEXT 2010 - Transformative Texts and Ideas of Modern China      
TEXT 2400 - Transformative Texts and Ideas of the Middle Ages and Renaissance      
TEXT 2500 - Transformative Texts and Ideas of the Enlightenment      
TEXT 3001 - Transformative Texts and Ideas of Science      
THEA 2235 - Global Theatre