According to our policies, students with documented evidence of difficulty learning a second language may petition to take “the equivalent of 1.0 unit of study in one non-English speaking cultural area of study., instead of acquiring second-language proficiency.” The
The Registrar will keep a list of established courses (see below), taken from the current Course Catalog, that can serve this purpose. The list is divided into world regions (based on the regional categories used by the International Studies program), and will be updated at least once a year. Special topics courses will also be considered as appropriate substitutions on a case-by-case basis.
ANTH 323 BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ARBC 220 ARAB WORLD THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM
HIST 145 EARLY AFRICA
HIST 146 MODERN AFRICA
HIST 246 URBAN AFRICA
HIST 260 MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC EMPIRES
HIST 341 AFRICAN WOMEN IN FILM AND FICTION
HIST 349 CONTEMPORARY WEST AFRICAN HISTORY THROUGH FICTION AND FILM
HIST 350 RACE, RESISTANCE AND REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
HIST 444 FAITH AND POWER IN AFRICA
ARBC 220 ARAB WORLD THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM
ARHS 115 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE
DRAM 258 SOUTH AFRICAN THEATER
HIST 166 HISTORY OF THE ISLAMICATE WORLD
HIST 264 HISTORY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST
HIST 345 HISTORY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
HIST 365 MIDDLE EAST THROUGH FILM AND FICTION
HIST 370 WOMEN AND GENDER IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
HIST 390 MODERN IRAN
HIST 438 THE MEDIEVAL SPAINS: ANTIQUITY TO THE NEW WORLD
RLST 240 ISLAM'S DIVERSE PATHS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ISLAMIC TRADITION
ANTH 345 ETHNICITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
ANTH 355 THE ANDES (SOUTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNICITY)
HIST 121 MODERN LATIN AMERICA
HIST 218 HISTORY OF MEXICO
HIST 321 THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION: ORIGINS, STRUGGLES AND SIGNIFICANCE
HIST 322 HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA
ARHS 238 MODERN CHINESE ART
ARHS 235 ART OF CHINA
ARHS 239 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART
ARHS 240 HISTORY OF CHINESE PAINTING
AMES 201 THE SILK ROAD
CHNS 221 THE PATTERN ON JADE: CHINESE LITERARY TRADITION
CHNS 222 WOMEN OF THE INNER CHAMBERS
CHNS 223 MASTERPIECES OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE
CHNS 251 MODERN CHINA THROUGH FILM AND FICTION
HIST 160 MODERN EAST ASIA
HIST 161 EAST ASIA TO 1800
HIST 162 MODERN JAPAN
HIST 163 MODERN CHINA
HIST 261 THE MONGOL EMPIRE
HIST 262 JAPAN TO 1850
HIST 263 IMPERIAL CHINA
HIST 352 FAMILY AND STATE IN EAST ASIA
JAPN 251 MANGA, ANIME AND BEYOND: JAPANESE VISUAL CULTURE
RLST 251 EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS
RLST 250 SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS
AMES 201 THE SILK ROAD
HIST 261 THE MONGOL EMPIRE
HIST 345 HISTORY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
HIST 458 GANDHI AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
HIST 229 IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 1547–1917
HIST 229 IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 1547–1917
HIST 233 RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND SOVIET UNION: HISTORIES, PEOPLES, CULTURES
HIST 331 EUROPE BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
RUSS 223 REJECTING THE CRYSTAL PALACE: OBSESSION AND IRRATIONALITY IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE
RUSS 250 RUSSIAN CULTURE THROUGH FILM
RUSS 225 UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE: THE COLD WAR AND THE FALL OF THE USSR IN LITERATURE AND FILM
ARHS 220 GREEK ART
GERM 250 POLITICS AND GENDER IN GERMAN CINEMA AFTER 1990
GERM 255 MYTH OF NATION: GERMAN FILM FROM NOSFERATU TO HITLER AND BEYOND
HIST 126 HISTORY OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES: EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 300–1100
HIST 127 THE LATER MIDDLE AGES: EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1100–1500
HIST 131 EARLY MODERN EUROPE
HIST 132 MODERN EUROPE
HIST 132 MODERN EUROPE
HIST 230 HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION: 1300–1648
HIST 231 HABSBURG EMPIRE
HIST 235 MODERN FRANCE
HIST 236 MODERN GERMANY: GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS
HIST 258 OTTOMAN EMPIRE
HIST 331 EUROPE BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
HIST 333 FREUD'S VIENNA: CULTURE POLITICS AND ART IN THE FIN DE SIÈCLE HABSBURG MONARCHY
HIST 335 DAILY LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY
HIST 338 REVOLT, REBELLION AND REVOLUTION IN EUROPEAN THOUGHT
HIST 438 THE MEDIEVAL SPAINS: ANTIQUITY TO THE NEW WORLD
HIST 439 THINKING ABOUT GOD IN MODERN EUROPE
ITAL 250 TOPICS IN ITALIAN CINEMA
ANTH 342 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE NORTH AMERICA
ENGL 383 UNLEARNING NATIVE AMERICA
ENGL 389 GENDER SEXUALITY IN NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
HIST 209 HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS