College of Liberal Arts Thematic Requirements

Thematic Requirements Course List

Students will take one course in each of these five areas to ensure that they have an opportunity to deepen their traditional liberal arts education while also preparing for a culturally diverse, technologically advanced, and increasingly globalized and complex world. See the lists below for courses that have been approved to meet each thematic area:

Stipulations:

A single course may not be used to fulfill more than one of the five thematic requirements.
Courses taken to fulfill the five thematic requirements must come from courses offered under at least three different course prefixes.
At least one course must come from the list of courses approved as dealing exclusively or primarily with a Non-Western culture or cultures.

A. Gender, Sexuality, Race, and/or Ethnicity: Credits 3

This thematic area Includes the study of gender, sexuality, race, and/or ethnicity in the United States and transnationally.

ANTH 20002 - Language And Culture Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
ANTH 40200 - Gender In Cross-Cultural Perspective Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
COM 33800 - Documentary Or Experimental Film And Video Cr. 3.
COM 41000 - Gender Roles And Communication Cr. 3.
COM 42200 - Women, Men, And Media Cr. 3.
ENGL 45400 - American Literature Since 1914 Cr. 3.
ENGL 46401 - Native American Literature Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
ENGL 47201 - Composing The Self Cr. 3.
ENGL 47901 - American Ethnic And Minority Literature Cr. 3.
GER 31100 - Traditions And Innovations In German Literature Cr. 3.
SOC 30000 - Race and Ethnic Relations Cr. 3.
SOC 31701 - Social Stratification Cr. 3.
SPAN 31700 - Spanish Conversation and Diction Cr. 3.
WOST 21000 - Introduction To Women’s And Gender Studies Cr. 3.
WOST 22500 - Gender, Sexuality, Race, And Popular Culture Cr. 3.

B. Conflict and Cooperation: Credits 3

This thematic area includes the study of war, diplomacy, migration, trade, and/or development in historical and/or contemporary contexts.

ANTH 43000 - Archaeology Of Violence And Conflict Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
COM 47100 - Communicating Peace Cr. 3.
GER 37100 - Special Topics In Germanic Studies Cr. 1-3.
HIST 43200 - 20th Century Latin American Revolutions Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
MARS 20100 - Medieval Encounters Cr. 3
PACS 20000 - Introduction To Peace And Conflict Studies Cr. 3.
POL 10900 - Introduction To International Relations Cr. 3.
POL 37500 - War & International Conflict Cr. 3.
SOC 31300 - Religion and Society Cr. 3.
SOC 33201 - Sociology Of Development CR. 3.0
SOC 42100 - Juvenile Delinquency Cr. 3.
SPAN 41301 - Hispanic Culture in the U.S. Cr. 3.

C. Institutions and Behavior: Credits 3

The Institutions and Behaviors thematic area includes the study of human institutions and/or individual behavior.

ANTH 10501 - Culture And Society Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
ANTH 37600 - Archaeology Of Death Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
ANTH 47000 - Psychological Anthropology Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
COM 23800 - Media, Culture, Society Cr. 3.
COM 31800 - Principles Of Persuasion Cr. 3.
COM 33000 - Theories Of Mass Communication Cr. 3.
CRIM 10100 - The American Criminal Justice System Cr. 3.
CRIM 23100 - Corrections Cr. 3.
CRIM 32100 - American Policing Cr. 3.
FR 32600 - French In The Business World Cr. 3.
HIST 35002 - History Of Modern Medicine Cr. 3.
ILCS 35000 - International Communication Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
LING 46000 - Language In Society Cr. 3.
POL 10300 - Introduction To American Politics Cr. 3.
POL 10700 - Introduction to Comparative Politics Cr. 3.
POL 20800 - Scandals and Conspiracy Theories Cr. 3.
POL 25200 - Sports and Public Policy Cr. 3.
POL 27500 - Politics and Film Cr. 3.
POL 30101 - Political Parties and Interest Groups Cr. 3.
POL 30701 - Indiana State Government and Politics Cr. 3.
REL 11200 - Religion and Culture Cr. 3.
REL 23100 - Religions of the West Cr. 3.
SOC 16101 - Principles Of Sociology Cr. 3.
SOC 16300 - Social Problems Cr. 3.
SOC 20900 - Community and the Built Environment Cr. 3.
SOC 31401 - Social Aspects of Health and Medicine Cr. 3.
SOC 31601 - The Family Cr. 3.
SOC 32001 - Deviant Behavior and Social Control Cr. 3.
SOC 32501 - Criminology Cr. 3.
SPAN 30101 - The Hispanic World I Cr. 3. (Non-Western)

D. Regional/Geographic Study: Credits 3

This thematic area includes the study of the world outside the United States from historical, political, and/or cultural perspectives. May be fulfilled through approved study abroad programs.

ANTH 31300 - Archaeology Of North America Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
ANTH 35600 - Polynesian Cultures Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
CLCS 20500 - Classical Mythology Cr. 3.
COM 32700 - International Communications Cr. 3.
COM 40400 - Media And Globalization Cr. 3.
EALC 23100 - Japan: The Living Tradition Cr. 3.00 (Non-Western)
ENGL 48801 - Studies In Irish Literature And Culture Cr. 3.
HIST 11400 - History Of Western Civilization II Cr. 3.
HIST 22500 - Special Topics In History Cr. 1-3. taken as: Empires in World History Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
HIST 31002 - Russian Revolutions And Soviet Regime Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
HIST 34601 - Modern Mexico Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
INTL 20000 - Introduction to International Studies: Emerging Global Visions Cr. 3.
NELC 20400 - Topics in Middle Eastern Culture and Society Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
POL 20001 - Contemporary Political Topics Cr. 1-6, taken as: East European Politics Cr. 3.
POL 33101 - British Politics Cr. 3.
POL 34000 - East European Politics Cr. 3.
POL 35001 - Politics of the Euoropean Union Cr. 3.
REL 23000 - Religions of the East Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
REL 31100 - African Traditional Philosophy and Religion Cr. 3 (Non-Western)
SOC 21001 - Modern Japanese Society CR. 3.0 (Non-Western)
SPAN 41100 - Spain: The Cultural Context Cr. 3.
SPAN 41200 - Spanish America: The Cultural Context Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
WOST 30100 - International Perspectives on Women Cr. 3. (Non-Western)

E. Digital Humanities/Public Humanities: Credits 3

This thematic area includes the study of the intersections between the humanities and digital technologies, as well as the study of humanities in the public realm, including, for example, site-work at historical museums, public performances of creative work, the development of electronic archives and databases, community-based writing projects, etc.

COM 31300 - Introduction To Health Communication Cr. 3.
ENGL 23501 - Introduction To Web Authoring Cr. 3.
ENGL 30301 - Writing Poetry Cr. 3.
ENGL 40101 - Advanced Fiction Writing Cr. 3.
ENGL 40301 - Advanced Poetry Writing Cr. 3.
ENGL 42202 - Creativity And Community Cr. 3.
HIST 32503 - Topics in History Cr. 3. taken as: Introduction to Public History Cr. 3.
ILCS 30000 - Methods Of Research And Criticism Cr. 3. (Non-Western)
POL 21200 - Making Democracy Work Cr. 3.
SOC 39800 - Internship in Sociology Cr. 3.
SPAN 32101 - Ethics Of Language Use In Professional Practice CR. 3.0
WOST 23000 - Writing for Social Change Cr. 3.