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World Cultures Requirement Course List

ANTH 2 - Introductory Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 3 - Introductory Archaeology

ANTH 3SS - Introduction to Archaeology

ANTH 25 - Violence and the Japanese State

ANTH 103B - Anthropology of Japan

ANTH 110 - Science Technology and Society

ANTH 131 - North American Indians

ANTH 134 - Cultural Anthropology of Latin America

ANTH 135 - Cultural Anthropology of Mexico

ANTH 137 - The Ancient Maya

ANTH 138TS - Archaeology of Egypt

ANTH 141 - Agriculture and Society in Mexico: Past and Present

ANTH 142 - Cultural Anthropology of South Asia

ANTH 156 - The Anthropology of Africa

ANTH 176 - Representations of Sexuality in Modern Japan

ANTH 176TS - Ancient Egyptian Religion

ARTHI 6DL - Survey: Landscape in China

ARTHI 6DS - Survey: History of Art in China

ARTHI 6DW - Survey: Art of Japan and Korea

ARTHI 6E - Survey: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Native North America

ARTHI 6H - Survey: Arts of the Ancient Americas

ARTHI 6K - Survey: Islamic Art and Architecture

ARTHI 123D - Art of Colonial Mexico

ARTHI 127A - African Art I

ARTHI 127B - African Art II

ARTHI 130A - Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico

ARTHI 130B - Pre-Columbian Art of the Maya

ARTHI 130D - Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Andes

ARTHI 132A - Mediterranean Cities

ARTHI 134A - Buddhist Art

ARTHI 134B - Early Chinese Art

ARTHI 134C - Chinese Painting I

ARTHI 134D - Art and Modern China

ARTHI 134E - The Art of the Chinese Landscape

ARTHI 134F - The Arts of Japan

ARTHI 134G - Japanese Painting

ARTHI 134H - Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the Floating World

ARTHI 136J - Landscape of Colonialism

ARTHI 136V - Modern Indian Visual Culture

BL ST 3 - Introduction to African Studies

BL ST 5 - Blacks and Western Civilization

BL ST 7 - Introduction to Caribbean Studies

BL ST 33 - Major Works of African Literatures

BL ST 49A - Survey of African History

BL ST 49B - Survey of African History

BL ST 49C - Survey of African History

BL ST 104 - Black Marxism

BL ST 126 - Comparative Black Literatures

BL ST 130A - Negritude and African Literature

BL ST 130B - The Black Francophone Novel

BL ST 161 - "Third World" Cinema

BL ST 162 - African Cinema

BL ST 171 - Africa in Film

BL ST 175 - Black Diaspora Cinema

C LIT 31 - Major Works of Asian Literatures

C LIT 32 - Major Works of Middle Eastern Literatures

C LIT 33 - Major Works of African Literatures

C LIT 36 - Global Humanities

C LIT 82 - Modern Chinese Literature

C LIT 115 - Introduction to Folk Tales

C LIT 126 - Comparative Black Literatures

C LIT 171 - Post-Colonial Cultures

C LIT 175 - Literatures of Eurasia

C LIT 175A - Literatures of Eurasia: Armenian Literature

C LIT 184C - Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature

CH ST 13 - Critical Introduction to Ancient Mesoamerica

CH ST 113 - Critical Introduction to Ancient Mesoamerica

CHIN 26 - New Phenomena in 21st Century Chinese

CHIN 32 - Contemporary Chinese Religions

CHIN 35 - Introduction to Taiwan Literature

CHIN 40 - Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies

CHIN 48 - Self, Society, and Nature in Chinese Thought

CHIN 82 - Modern Chinese Literature

CHIN 115A - Imagism, Haiku, and Chinese Poetry

CHIN 124A - Readings in Modern Chinese Literature

CHIN 124B - Readings in Modern Chinese Literature

CHIN 132A - Special Topics in Classical Chinese Poetry

CHIN 132B - Special Topics in Modern Chinese Poetry

CHIN 148 - Historic Lives

CHIN 166C - Confucian Traditions: The Classical Period

CHIN 170 - New Taiwan Cinema

CHIN 176 - Chinese Cinema: Nationalism and Globalism

CHIN 183B - Religious Practice and the State in China

CHIN 184A - History of China

CHIN 184B - History of China

CHIN 185A - Qing Empire

CHIN 185B - Modern China (since 1911)

DANCE 35 - History and Appreciation of World Dance

EACS 3 - Introduction to Asian Religious Traditions

EACS 4A - East Asian Traditions: Pre-modern

EACS 4B - East Asian Traditions: Modern

EACS 5 - Introduction to Buddhism

EACS 7 - Asian Values

EACS 21 - Zen Buddhism

EACS 40 - Gender and Sexuality in Modern Asia

EACS 80 - Chinese Civilization

EACS 103A - Anthropology of China

EACS 103B - Anthropology of Japan

EACS 103C - Anthropology of Contemporary Korea

EACS 128 - Religious Environmentalism in the Anthropocene: Asia & U.S.

EACS 134A - Buddhist Art

EACS 156A - Anthropology of Religion

EACS 164B - Buddhist Traditions in East Asia

EACS 186 - The Invention of Tradition in Contemporary East Asia

ENGL 24 - The Climate Crisis: Local and Global Perspectives

ENGL 36 - Global Humanities

ENV S 130A - Un-naturalizing Disasters: Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience

ENV S 130B - Global Tourism and Environmental Justice

FAMST 120 - Japanese Cinema

FAMST 121 - Chinese Cinema

FAMST 124V - Modern Indian Visual Culture

FEMST 30 - Women, Development and Globalization

FEMST 30H - Women, Development, and Globalization Honors

FR 151G - Globalization and Development in the Francosphere

FR 154G - Post-Colonial Cultures

FR 154L - Globalization and Development in the Francosphere

GEOG 2 - World Regions

GLOBL 1 - Global History, Culture and Ideology

HIST 25 - Violence and the Japanese State

HIST 46A - The Middle East from Muhammad to the Nineteenth Century

HIST 46B - The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present

HIST 49A - Survey of African History

HIST 49B - Survey of African History

HIST 49C - Survey of African History

HIST 56 - Introduction to Mexican History

HIST 80 - Chinese Civilization

HIST 87 - Japanese History Through Art and Literature

HIST 88 - Survey of South Asian History

HIST 146 - History of the Modern Middle East

HIST 146T - History of Israel/Palestine

HIST 146W - Women and Gender in Middle Eastern History

HIST 156A - History of Mexico: Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Periods

HIST 156B - History of Mexico

HIST 182A - Korean History and Civilization: Part I

HIST 182B - Korean History and Civilization: Part II

HIST 184A - History of China

HIST 184B - History of China

HIST 185A - Qing Empire

HIST 185B - Modern China (Since 1911)

HIST 187A - Japan Under the Tokugawa Shoguns

HIST 187B - Modern Japan

HIST 187C - Recent Japan

HIST 188S - Representations of Sexuality in Modern Japan

HIST 189E - History of the Pacific

HIST W 80 - Chinese Civilization

JAPAN 17 - Imagining the Samurai

JAPAN 25 - Violence and the Japanese State

JAPAN 63 - Sociology of Japan

JAPAN 80 - Masterpieces of Japanese Literature

JAPAN 112 - Survey of Modern Japanese Literature

JAPAN 115 - Topics in Twentieth-Century Japanese

JAPAN 134F - Arts of Japan

JAPAN 134G - Japanese Painting

JAPAN 134H - Ukiyo-e: Pictures of the Floating World

JAPAN 149 - Traditional Japanese Theater

JAPAN 159 - Japanese Cinema

JAPAN 162 - Representations of Sexuality in Modern Japan

JAPAN 164 - Modernity and the Masses of Taisho Japan

JAPAN 165 - Popular Culture in Japan

KOR 75 - Introduction to Popular Culture in Korean Film

KOR 113 - Korean Literature Survey

KOR 182A - Korean History and Civilization: Part I

KOR 182B - Korean History and Civilization Part II

LAIS 10 - Introduction to the Latin American and Iberian World

LAIS 100 - Introduction to Latin American and Iberian Studies

LAIS 100S - Introduction to Latin American and Iberian Studies

LAIS 156A - History of Mexico: Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Periods

LING 80 - Endangered Languages

MES 45 - Introduction to Middle East Studies

MUS 175E - Music Cultures of the World: China

MUS 175F - Music Cultures of the World: The Middle East

MUS 175G - Music Cultures of the World: India

MUS 175I - Music Cultures of the World: Indonesia

RG ST 3 - Introduction to Asian Religious Traditions

RG ST 4 - Introduction to Buddhism

RG ST 6 - Islam and Modernity

RG ST 19 - The Gods and Goddesses of India

RG ST 20 - Indic Civilization

RG ST 21 - Zen Buddhism

RG ST 31 - The Religions of Tibet

RG ST 32 - Contemporary Chinese Religions

RG ST 48 - Self, Society, and Nature in Chinese Thought

RG ST 82 - Modern Arab Culture

RG ST 84 - Introduction to Islamic Civilization

RG ST 115G - The Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Community

RG ST 128 - Religious Environmentalism in the Anthropocene: Asia & U.S.

RG ST 129 - Religions of the Ancient Near East

RG ST 131H - Politics and Religion in the City: The Case of Jerusalem

RG ST 133C - Studies in Jewish Law

RG ST 133E - Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature

RG ST 138B - Global Catholicism

RG ST 140A - Islamic Traditions

RG ST 140B - Religion, Politics and Society in the Persian Gulf Region

RG ST 140C - Islamic Mysticism and Religious Thought

RG ST 140D - Islam in South Asia

RG ST 140F - Modern Islamic Movements

RG ST 149R - Islamic Philosophy and Theology

RG ST 156A - Anthropology of Religion

RG ST 157CP - Contemporary Persian Literature and Translation

RG ST 157G - Persian Cinema

RG ST 157I - Persian Media and Translation

RG ST 157PP - Classic Persian Literature and Translation

RG ST 160A - Religious Traditions of India

RG ST 162A - Indian Philosophy

RG ST 162J - Modern Hinduism: Colonial and Nationalist Contexts

RG ST 164B - Buddhist Traditions in East Asia

RG ST 166C - Confucian Traditions: The Classical Period

RG ST 169 - Hindu Devotional Traditions

RG ST 183B - Religious Practice and the State in China

RG ST 185 - Food, Religion, and Culture in the Middle East

SLAV 175 - Literatures of Eurasia

SLAV 175A - Literatures of Eurasia: Armenian Literature

SOC 130ME - Development and Social Change in the Middle East

SPAN 177 - Spanish-American Thought

SPAN 178 - Mexican Culture

SPAN 181 - Hispanic Poetry: 1900 to 1945

SPAN 181E - Hispanic Poetry: 1900 to 1945

THTR 2A - Performance in Global Contexts: Africa and the Caribbean

THTR 2B - Performance in Global Contexts: ASIA

THTR 184CA - Comparative African Theater and Performance

THTR W 2B - Performance in Global Contexts, Asia