Fall 2008 Humanities and Social Sciences Course Offerings
Fall 2008 Humanities and Social Sciences
Course Offerings
Track I: Citizenship and Public Policy
ECON 326 Public Finance [GECON 20l; ECON 201]
GEOG 475 Political Geography
HIST 350 Virginia
POSC 302 State and Local Government
POSC 330 American Political Thought
POSC 351 Contemporary Problems in American Gov.
POSC 369 Political Parties and Elections [GPOSC 225]
REL 450 Religion and Society
SOCI 321 Politics in Society
SOCI 325 Criminology
SOCI 354 Social and Cultural Stratification
SOCI 360 Social Movements
WRIT 310 Studies in Literacy
WRIT 320 Writing in the Public Sphere
WRIT 340 Teaching Writing
Pre-approved Substitutions
HIST 339-001 Topics: Religion and US Politics
POSC 240 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Track 2: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class
ANTH 340 Race, Nation and Culture
ANTH/SOCI 368 Contemporary American Culture
ENG 368 Women's Fiction
ENG 431 Studies in Caribbean Literature
HIST 326 The Automobile in the Twentieth Century
HIST 453 Patterns of World History
MUS 356 History of Jazz in America
REL 315 Women and Religion
SCOM 347 Communication, Diversity and Popular Culture
SOCI 337 Sociology of Gender
SOCI 354 Social and Cultural Stratification
SOCI/ANTH 368 Contemporary American Culture
WMST 200 Introduction to Women's Studies
WRIT 310 Studies in Literacy
WRIT 320 Writing in the Public Sphere
WRIT 340 Teaching Writing
Pre-Approved Substitutions
HIST 448 - GENDER IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
POSC 348 - THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL PLURALISM
REL 300-0001 - SELECTED TOPICS IN RELIGION: AFRICAN AMER REL TRADITION
Track 3: Culture in Geographic Context: The Americas
ANTH 327 Ancient North American Civilizations
ANTH/SOCI 368 Contemporary American Culture
ARTH 480 American Art to 1870 [GARTH 206]
ARTH 482 American Art from 1870 [GARTH 206]
ENG 357 Contemporary American Fiction
ENG 431 Studies in Caribbean Literature
HIST 322 The New South
HIST 330 US Diplomatic History
HIST 350 Virginia
PHIL 370 American Philosophy
POSC 350 Latin American Politics
GMUS 203 Music in America
MUS 356 History of Jazz in America
SOCI 358 Sociology of Consumption
SOCI/ANTH 368 Contemporary American Culture
WRIT 320 Writing in the Public Sphere
Pre-approved Substitutions
ENG 302-0002 Major Author: Poe
ENG 302-0004 Trancendentalism
ENG 344 American Realism and Naturalism
ENG 410 Major Author: Cather
HIST 448 - GENDER IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
HIST 326 - THE AUTOMOBILE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
HIST 339 - SELECTED THEMES IN U.S. HISTORY
HIST 406 - MONTICELLO
HIST 411 - COLONIAL AMERICA
HIST 427 - U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
HIST 431 - US HIST 1901-1929
HIST 432 - US HISTORY, 1929-1961
HIST 439-0001SELECTED TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: EVANGELICALISM and FUNDAMENTALISM
HIST 439--0002 SELECTED TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: RECENT AMERICA
POSC 340 - POL DEV IN THIRD WORLD
HIST 453: Patterns in World History
Track 4: Culture in Geographic Context: Europe
ARTH 446 Italian Renaissance [GARTH 206]
ARTH 452 Eighteenth Century Art [GARTH 206]
ENG 312 Special Topics in Medieval Literature
ENG 330 The19th-Century English Novel
ENG 341 Contemporary British Novel
ENG 437/ITAL 437 Studies in Italian Literature
ENG 438/RUS 438 Studies in Russian Literature
ENG 457 Shakespeare's Tragedies and Comic Histories
HIST 462 Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany
PHIL 341 Modern Philosophy
PHIL 344 Existentialism [GPHIL 101 or permission]
THEA 315 The European Theatre Tradition to 1800
Pre-approved Substitutions
ENG 302-0001 Topics: Scottish Fiction
ENG 315 17th Century British Poetry
ENG 322 British Drama 1660-1800
HIST 489-0001 - SEL TOPICS IN WORLD HIST: French Revolution
HIST 383 - EARLY ENGLAND
HIST 385 - RUSSIA TO 1855
HIST 392L - ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT
HIST 453: Patterns in World History
POSC 344 - POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
POSC 345 - POLITICS OF WESTERN EUROPE
Track 5: Culture in Geographic Context: Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
ANTH 280 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
ENG 361 African-American Fiction Writers
ENG 362 African-American Poets
GENG 239 Survey of World Literature
GEOG 349 The Geography of East Asia, or GEOG 380G Regional Geography Studies-East Asia
HIST 371 India
PHIL/REL 385 Buddhist Thought
POSC 340 Political Development in the Third World
REL 201 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
REL 202 Introduction to the New Testament
REL 305 Islamic Religious Tradition
REL 310 Hindu Traditions
SOCI 348 Introduction to Developing Societies
Pre-approved Substitutions
ENG 410-002 Author Study: Ayi Kwei Armah
ENG 433-0101 Studies in Arabic Literature
HIST 269 - MIDDLE AND NEAR EAST: 500-1500
HIST 372 - AFGHANISTAN IN REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SYSTEMS
HIST 361 - CLASS AND ETHNICITY IN AFRICA
HIST 489-0002 - SEL TOPICS IN WORLD HIST: East Asian Foodways
HIST 453: Patterns in World History
REL 314 - GANDHI, NONVIOLENCE, AND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
REL 385 - BUDDHIST THOUGHT
Track 6: Ethics, Values, and Spirituality
ANTH 350 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
ENG 306 The Bible as Literature
ENG 312 Special Topics in Medieval Literature
HIST 339 Sect. 1: Religion and U.S. Politics and Campaigns
HIST 439 Sect. 1: Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the U.S.
HIST 455 Sect. 1: World Political and Social Thought
PHIL 262 Problems in Applied Ethics
PHIL 330 Moral Theory
PHIL 340 Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 344 Existentialism [GPHIL 101 or permission]
PHIL/REL 218 The Philosophy of Religion
REL 201 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
REL 202 Introduction to the New Testament
REL 305 Islamic Religious Tradition
REL 310 Hindu Traditions
REL 315 Women and Religion
REL/PHIL 385 Buddhist Thought
WRIT 320 Writing in the Public Sphere
Approved Substitutions
PHIL 218 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
PHIL 341 - MODERN PHIL
PHIL 344 - EXISTENTIALISM
REL 305 - ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS TRADITION
REL 310 - HINDU TRADITIONS
REL 314 - GANDHI, NONVIOLENCE, AND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
REL 450 - RELIGION AND SOCIETY
HIST 339-001 Topics: Religion and US Politics
HIST 453: Patterns in World History
Track 7. IDLS Special Education.
ANTH 340 Race, Nation and Culture
ANTH/SOCI 368 Contemporary American Culture
ENG 306 The Bible as Literature
ENG 368 Women's Fiction
ENG 457 Shakespeare's Tragedies and Comic Histories
HTH 372 Human Sexuality
HTH 378 The Use and Effects of Drugs
PSYC 180 Introduction to Behavior AnalysisHH
PSYC 390 Psychology of LearningHH
PSYC 250 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology [GPSYC 101 or GPSYC 160]
REL 315 Women and Religion
SCOM 248 Intercultural Communication
SCOM347 Communication, Diversity and Pop Culture[Gcom121]
SCOM 348 Communication and Gender [Any 100 level com class or instructor permission]
SOCI/REL 322 Sociology of Religion
SOCI 337 Sociology of Gender
SOCI 354 Social and Cultural Stratification
SOCI/ANTH 368 Contemporary American Culture
SOWK 317 Skills for Generalist Social Work
SOWK 387 Working with Teenagers
WRIT 310 Studies in Literacy
WRIT 340 Teaching Writing [GWRIT 102, 103 or equivalent]
Approved Substitutions
HIST 339-001 Topics: Religion and US Politics