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General Education Requirements
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Catalog years 2001-2002 through 2005-2006
> Global Understanding (3 credits)
Global Understanding (3 credits)
The following courses have been approved to fulfill this requirement:
ADJ 405 Law and Justice Around the World
ANTH 302 Peoples and Cultures Of Latin America
ANTH 304 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
ANTH 306 Peoples and Cultures of Island Asia
ANTH 309 Peoples and Cultures Of India
ANTH 311 Peoples and Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia
ANTH 312 Comparative Political Systems
ANTH 313 Anthropological Perspectives On Religion
ANTH 331 Refugees
ANTH 332 Cultures in Comparative Perspective
ANTH 333 Humanitarian Action
ANTH 385 Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Latin America
ARTH 203 Survey of Asian Art
ARTH 319 Art of the Ancient Near East
ARTH 320 Art of the Islamic World
ARTH 380 African Art
ARTH 382 Arts of India
ARTH 383 Arts of Southeast Asia
ARTH 384 Arts of China
ARTH 385 Arts of Japan
CEIE 100 Environmental Engineering Around the World
COMM 305 Foundations of Intercultural Communication
COMM 456 Comparative Mass Media
DANC 118 World Dance
DANC 318 Global Perspectives: World Dance Forms
ECON 360 Economics of Developing Areas
ECON 361 Economic Development of Latin America
ECON 362 African Economic Development
ECON 380 Economies in Transition
ECON 390 International Economics
ENGL 349 Global Voices
ENGL 350 The Idea of a World Literature
GCH 205 Global Issues in Health, Nutrition and Culture
GEOG 101 Major World Regions
GLOA 101 Introduction to Global Affairs
GOVT 132 Introduction to International Politics
GOVT 133 Introduction to Comparative Politics
HIST 130 Modern Global Systems
HIST 251 Survey of East Asian History
HIST 252 Modern East Asia
HIST 261 Survey of African Civilizations to 1800's
HIST 262 Survey of African Civilizations to 1800's to Present
HIST 271 Latin America from the Pre-Columbian Era to Independence
HIST 272 Latin America in the Modern Era
HIST 281 Survey of Middle Eastern Civilizations
HIST 282 Survey of Middle Eastern Civilizations
HIST 328 Rise of Russia
HIST 329 Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
HIST 356 Modern Japan
HIST 364 Revolution and Radical Politics in Latin America
HIST 365 Conquest and Colonization in Latin America
HIST 387 Topics in Global History
HIST 459 History of Pre-Modern South Asia
HIST 460 State and Society in Modern Iran
HIST 462 Women in Islamic Society
MSOM 305 Managing in a Global Economy
MUSI 103 Musics of the World
MUSI 431 Music History in Society III
RELI 100 Human Religious Experience
RELI 211 Religions of the Near East
RELI 212 Religions of the Orient
RELI 313 Hindu Philosophy and Religion
RELI 315 The Buddhist Tradition
RELI 341 Global Perspectives on Spirituality and Healing
RELI 374 Islamic Thought
RUSS 354 Contemporary Post-Soviet Life
SOCI 120 Problems in Global Society
SOCI 320 Human Dimensions of Global Change
SOCI 332 Sociology of Urban Communities
SPAN 322 Introduction to Latin American Culture
THR 359 World Stages
TOUR 210 Global Understanding Through Travel and Tourism
WMST 100 Representations of Women