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GEP Humanities

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  • A total of six credit hours from the university approved GEP Humanities course list.
  • The selected courses must be from two different disciplines.
  • Special Note:  If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements.  Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.

Double-counting

  • A course taken to satisfy a Major requirement may also satisfy this requirement if the course is on the approved GEP Humanities course list.
  • A course that satisfies the Humanities requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge co-requisite if the course also exists on the university approved GEP co-requisite course list.

Rationale

The humanities comprise the subjects and disciplines that use various models of rational inquiry to understand human nature and experience, organization and change in human societies, the nature of the world, and rational inquiry itself. An education in the humanities requires analysis and interpretation of significant works, gaining an exposure to a variety of methodologies, and learning to apply these in written exposition. An education in the basic humanistic disciplines is necessary to become a citizen with a broad knowledge of human cultures and with well-considered moral, philosophical, aesthetic, and intellectual convictions.

Category Objectives

Each course in the Humanities category of the General Education Program will provide instruction and guidance that help students to:

  1. Engage the human experience through the interpretation of human culture and
  2. Become aware of the act of interpretation itself as a critical form of knowing in the humanities; and
  3. Make academic arguments about the human experience using reasons and evidence for supporting those reasons that are appropriate to the humanities.
´¡¹ó³§Ìý240African Civilization3GK
´¡¹ó³§Ìý241Introduction to African American Studies3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý248Survey of African-American Literature3FOAD
´¡¹ó³§Ìý275Introduction to History of South and East Africa3GK
´¡¹ó³§Ìý276Introduction to History of West Africa3GK
´¡¹ó³§Ìý342Introduction to the African Diaspora3GK
´¡¹ó³§Ìý343African American Religions3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý346Black Popular Culture3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý372African-American History Through the Civil War, 1619-18653
´¡¹ó³§Ìý373African-American History Since 18653
´¡¹ó³§Ìý442Issues in the African Diaspora3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý448African-American Literature3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý455History of the Civil Rights Movement3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý470The Red Record and The Birth of a Nation3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý548African-American Literature3
´¡¹ó³§Ìý555History of the Civil Rights Movement3
´¡¸é³§Ìý251The Arts of a World Capital: London3GK, VPA
´¡¸é³§Ìý346Black Popular Culture3
°ä°¿²ÑÌý211Argumentation and Advocacy3
°ä°¿²ÑÌý289Science Communication and Public Engagement3SS, IP
°ä°¿²ÑÌý371Great Speakers and Speeches in American Democracy3FOAD
°ä°¿²ÑÌý395Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media3
·¡°ä¶ÙÌý225Foundations of Cultural Competence3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý206Studies In Drama3
·¡±·³ÒÌý207Studies in Poetry3
·¡±·³ÒÌý208Studies In Fiction3
·¡±·³ÒÌý209Introduction to Shakespeare3
·¡±·³ÒÌý219Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý220Studies in Great Works of Western Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý221Literature of the Western World I3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý222Literature of the Western World II3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý223Contemporary World Literature I3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý224Contemporary World Literature II3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý232Literature and Medicine3IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý246Literature of the Holocaust3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý248Survey of African-American Literature3FOAD
·¡±·³ÒÌý249Native American Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý251Major British Writers3
·¡±·³ÒÌý252Major American Writers3
·¡±·³ÒÌý255Beyond Britain: Literature from Colonies of the British Empire3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý261English Literature I3
·¡±·³ÒÌý262English Literature II3
·¡±·³ÒÌý265American Literature I3FOAD
·¡±·³ÒÌý266American Literature II3
·¡±·³ÒÌý267LGBTQI Literature in the U.S.3
·¡±·³ÒÌý275Literature and War3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý305Women and Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý308Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism3IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý326History of the English Language3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý329Language and Globalization3GK, IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý339Literature and Technology3IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý340Literature, Art, and Society3IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý341Literature and Science3IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý342Literature of Space and Place3IP
·¡±·³ÒÌý361Studies in British Poetry3
·¡±·³ÒÌý362Studies in the British Novel3
·¡±·³ÒÌý370American Fiction, Twentieth Century and Beyond3
·¡±·³ÒÌý372American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond3
·¡±·³ÒÌý377Fantasy3
·¡±·³ÒÌý380Modern Drama3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý385Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý390Classical Backgrounds of English Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý392Major World Author3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý393Studies in Literary Genre3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý394Studies in World Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý395Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media3
·¡±·³ÒÌý399Contemporary Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý406Modernism3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý407Postmodernism3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý410Studies in Gender and Genre3
·¡±·³ÒÌý420Major American Authors3
·¡±·³ÒÌý439Studies in English Renaissance Literature3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý448African-American Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý451Chaucer3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý453Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý460Major British Author3
·¡±·³ÒÌý464British Literature and the Founding of Empire3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý465British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire3GK
·¡±·³ÒÌý466Transatlantic Literatures3
·¡±·³ÒÌý467American Colonial Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý468Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý470American Literature, Twentieth Century and Beyond3
·¡±·³ÒÌý476Southern Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý485Shakespeare: Revisions and Resources3
·¡±·³ÒÌý486Shakespeare, The Earlier Plays3
·¡±·³ÒÌý487Shakespeare, The Later Plays3
·¡±·³ÒÌý548African-American Literature3
·¡±·³ÒÌý551Chaucer3GK
±á´¡Ìý240Introduction to Visual Culture3GK, IP
±á±õÌý207Ancient Mediterranean World3GK
±á±õÌý208The Middle Ages3GK
±á±õÌý209From Renaissance to Revolution: The Origins of Modern Europe3GK
±á±õÌý210Modern Europe 1815-Present3GK
±á±õÌý214History and Archaeology of Ancient Latin America3GK
±á±õÌý215Colonial Latin America3GK
±á±õÌý216Modern Latin America3GK
±á±õÌý217Caribbean History3GK
±á±õÌý221British History to 16883GK
±á±õÌý222History of British Cultures and Societies From 16883GK
±á±õÌý232The World from 1200 to 17503GK
±á±õÌý233The World Since 17503GK
±á±õÌý240Introduction to Visual Culture3GK, IP
±á±õÌý251American History I3
±á±õÌý252American History II3
±á±õÌý253Early U.S. History3FOAD
±á±õÌý254Modern U.S. History3FOAD
±á±õÌý263Asian Civilizations to 18003GK
±á±õÌý264Modern Asia: 1800 to Present3GK
±á±õÌý270Modern Middle East3GK
±á±õÌý275Introduction to History of South and East Africa3GK
±á±õÌý276Introduction to History of West Africa3GK
±á±õÌý305Frauds and Mysteries of the Past3IP
±á±õÌý307Jewish History3GK
±á±õÌý317Cuba Today: Historical and Sociopolitical Perspectives3GK
±á±õÌý320Religion in American History3
±á±õÌý321Scientific Revolution and European Society, 1500-18003GK, IP
±á±õÌý324History of Common Law and Constitution3GK
±á±õÌý325Law and Society in European History3GK
±á±õÌý332Germany and the World Wars3GK
±á±õÌý335The World at War3GK
±á±õÌý337Spy vs. Spy: Cold War Intelligence History3
±á±õÌý338Empire, War, and Revolution in Russia3GK
±á±õÌý340History of Agriculture3GK
±á±õÌý342Global Environmental History3GK, IP
±á±õÌý343Topics in Urban History3
±á±õÌý345American Popular Culture3FOAD
±á±õÌý346The Civil War Era in Popular Culture3IP
±á±õÌý350American Military History3
±á±õÌý351U.S. Naval History3
±á±õÌý354The Rise of the American Empire3
±á±õÌý360U.S. Agricultural History3
±á±õÌý361Global History of American Food and Drink3GK, IP
±á±õÌý364History of North Carolina3
±á±õÌý365The American West3
±á±õÌý366Native American History3
±á±õÌý369Sexuality in U.S. History3
±á±õÌý370Modern Egypt3GK
±á±õÌý371Modern Japan, 1850 to Present3GK
±á±õÌý372African-American History Through the Civil War, 1619-18653
±á±õÌý373African-American History Since 18653
±á±õÌý374Visual Culture of Modern South Asia3GK
±á±õÌý375Global History of Travel and Tourism3GK
±á±õÌý376Global Migrations3GK
±á±õÌý377The Silk Road in the Medieval World3GK
±á±õÌý378Global Games: Sport History around the World3GK
±á±õÌý380History of Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Change3
±á±õÌý381Changemakers: The Global Context of Activism3GK
±á±õÌý382History of Capitalism in America3FOAD, IP
±á±õÌý383Law in the American Story3IP
±á±õÌý385Introduction to Public History3
±á±õÌý402Early Christianity to the Time of Eusebius3GK
±á±õÌý407Islamic History to 17983GK
±á±õÌý408Islam in the Modern World3GK
±á±õÌý410Italian Renaissance3GK
±á±õÌý42920th Century Britain3GK
±á±õÌý445Early American Borderlands3
±á±õÌý446Topics in Civil War and Reconstruction3
±á±õÌý447Women in America to 18903
±á±õÌý448American Women in the Twentieth Century3
±á±õÌý455History of the Civil Rights Movement3
±á±õÌý462Southern History since the Civil War3
±á±õÌý486Science and Empire3GK
±á±õÌý545Early American Borderlands3
±á±õÌý546Topics in Civil War and Reconstruction3
±á±õÌý547Women in America to 18903
±á±õÌý548American Women in the Twentieth Century3
±á±õÌý555History of the Civil Rights Movement3
±á±õÌý562Southern History since the Civil War3
±á±õÌý586Science and Empire3GK
±á°¿±·Ìý202Inquiry, Discovery, and Literature3
±á°¿±·Ìý210How We Argue2IP
±á°¿±·Ìý294Honors Special Topics-Humanities3
±á°¿±·Ìý314Society's Mirror: Literature in 20th-Century America3
±á°¿±·Ìý341Time Travel3IP
±á°¿±·Ìý344Kantian Ethics3
±á°¿±·Ìý345On the Human3IP
±á°¿±·Ìý347Freedom and the Self3IP
±á°¿±·Ìý357Performing the Lost Cause3
±á³§³§Ìý201Critical Thinking in American Life: Engaging Across Difference3FOAD
±á±«²ÑÌý295Humanities Special Topics3
±á±«²Ñ³ÒÌý295Humanities and Global Knowledge Special Topics3GK
±õ¶ÙÌý244History of Industrial Design3IP
²Ñ±«³§Ìý212Music of North Carolina3IP
²Ñ±«³§Ìý215The Beatles and the British Invasion3GK
²Ñ±«³§Ìý231Music in Film and Television3
²Ñ±«³§Ìý340From Wax Cylinders to AI: Music Technology in Modern History3IP
±·³§Ìý420Naval Leadership and Ethics3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý205Introduction to Philosophy3
P±á±õÌý210Puzzles and Paradoxes3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý212Ethical Problems in the Law3FOAD, IP
P±á±õÌý214Issues in Business Ethics3
P±á±õÌý221Contemporary Moral Issues3
±Ê±á±õÌý227Data Ethics3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý300Ancient Philosophy3
±Ê±á±õÌý301Early Modern Philosophy3
±Ê±á±õÌý30219th Century Philosophy3
P±á±õÌý305Philosophy of Religion3
±Ê±á±õÌý308History of Social and Political Philosophy3
±Ê±á±õÌý309Political Philosophy3
±Ê±á±õÌý310Existentialism3
±Ê±á±õÌý312Philosophy of Law3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý319Black Political Philosophy3
P±á±õÌý320Philosophy of Race3
P±á±õÌý325Bio-Medical Ethics3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý330Metaphysics3
±Ê±á±õÌý331Philosophy of Language3IP
P±á±õÌý332Philosophy of Psychology3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý333Knowledge and Skepticism3
P±á±õÌý340Philosophy of Science3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý347Neuroscience and Philosophy3IP
P±á±õÌý375Ethics3
P±á±õÌý376History of Ethics3
±Ê±á±õÌý401Kant's Critique of Pure Reason3
±Ê±á±õÌý403Continental Philosophy After 19003
±Ê±á±õÌý420Global Justice3
±Ê±á±õÌý425Introduction to Cognitive Science3IP
±Ê±á±õÌý440The Scientific Method3IP
P±á±õÌý447Philosophy, Evolution and Human Nature3IP
±Ê³§Ìý208Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)3SS, FOAD
±Ê³§Ìý361Introduction to Political Theory3
±Ê³§Ìý362American Political Thought3FOAD
±Ê³§³ÛÌý425Introduction to Cognitive Science3IP
¸é·¡³¢Ìý200Introduction to the Study of Religion3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý210Religious Traditions of the World3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý220Religion in the Contemporary World3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý230Asian Religions3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý240Religion and Popular Culture3
¸é·¡³¢Ìý309Religion and Society3SS
¸é·¡³¢Ìý311Introduction to the Old Testament3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý312Introduction to the New Testament3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý314Introduction to Intertestamental Literature3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý317Christianity3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý320Religion in American History3
¸é·¡³¢Ìý323Religious Cults, Sects, and Minority Faiths in America3
¸é·¡³¢Ìý327Issues in Contemporary Religion3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý331The Hindu Tradition3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý332The Buddhist Traditions3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý333Chinese Religions3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý334Japanese Religions3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý340Islam3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý343African American Religions3
¸é·¡³¢Ìý350Judaism3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý380Emotion and Religion3IP
¸é·¡³¢Ìý383Religion, Globalism, and Justice3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý402Early Christianity to the Time of Eusebius3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý407Islamic History to 17983GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý408Islam in the Modern World3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý412Advanced Readings in the Christian Gospels3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý413The Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý423Religion and Politics in America3
¸é·¡³¢Ìý424Religion and Politics in Global Perspective3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý471Darwinism and Christianity3IP
¸é·¡³¢Ìý472Women and Religion3
¸é·¡³¢Ìý482Religion and Conflict3GK
¸é·¡³¢Ìý489Interpretations of Religion3GK
³§°¿°äÌý309Religion and Society3SS
³§°Õ³§Ìý325Bio-Medical Ethics3IP
³§°Õ³§Ìý471Darwinism and Christianity3IP
°Â³Ò³§Ìý305Women and Literature3
°Â³Ò³§Ìý308Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism3IP
°Â³Ò³§Ìý390Queer Theory3
°Â³Ò³§Ìý410Studies in Gender and Genre3
°Â³Ò³§Ìý447Women in America to 18903
°Â³Ò³§Ìý448American Women in the Twentieth Century3
°Â³Ò³§Ìý472Women and Religion3
°Â³Ò³§Ìý492Theoretical Issues in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies3
°Â³Ò³§Ìý547Women in America to 18903
°Â³Ò³§Ìý548American Women in the Twentieth Century3
°Â³¢Ìý210Global Literature and Culture3GK
°Â³¢Ìý211Introduction to the French-speaking World3GK
°Â³¢Ìý219Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature3GK
°Â³¢Ìý220Studies in Great Works of Western Literature3GK
°Â³¢Ìý221Literature of the Western World I3GK
°Â³¢Ìý222Literature of the Western World II3GK
°Â³¢Ìý223Contemporary World Literature I3GK
°Â³¢Ìý224Contemporary World Literature II3GK
°Â³¢Ìý246Literature of the Holocaust3GK
°Â³¢Ìý250Austrian Culture Up Close3GK
°Â³¢Ìý275Literature and War3GK
°Â³¢Ìý320Masterpieces of French Literature in Translation3GK
°Â³¢Ìý355Race and Ethnicity in Japan3GK
°Â³¢Ìý357Gender and Sexuality in Japan3GK
°Â³¢Ìý392Major World Author3GK
°Â³¢Ìý393Studies in Literary Genre3GK
°Â³¢Ìý394Studies in World Literature3GK
°Â³¢Ìý406Modernism3GK
°Â³¢Ìý407Postmodernism3GK
°Â³¢´¡¸éÌý318Egyptian Culture through Film3GK
°Â³¢´¡¸éÌý351Modern Arab Popular Culture3GK
°Â³¢°ä±áÌý351Modern Chinese Popular Culture3GK
°Â³¢°ä±áÌý402Advanced Chinese: Readings in Literature and Science3GK
°Â³¢°ä³¢Ìý200Survey of Roman Literature3GK
°Â³¢°ä³¢Ìý210Classical Mythology3GK
°Â³¢°ä³¢Ìý215The Ancient World in Modern Media3GK
°Â³¢°ä³¢Ìý225Roman Topography3GK, IP
°Â³¢°ä³¢Ìý320Masterpieces of Classical Literature3GK
°Â³¢°ä³¢Ìý325Gender, Ethnicity & Identity in the Ancient World3GK
°Â³¢¹ó¸éÌý301Survey of French Literature from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment3GK
°Â³¢¹ó¸éÌý302Survey of French Literature from Romanticism to the Contemporary Period3GK
°Â³¢¹ó¸éÌý315French Civilization and Culture3GK
°Â³¢¹ó¸éÌý320Franco-Belgian Comics and Graphic Arts3IP, GK, VPA
°Â³¢¹ó¸éÌý425Literature, Cinema and Culture of the Francophone World3GK
°Â³¢¹ó¸éÌý525Literature, Cinema and Culture of the Francophone World3GK
°Â³¢³Ò·¡Ìý315Germanic Civilization and Culture3GK
°Â³¢³Ò·¡Ìý318New German Cinema and Beyond3GK, VPA
°Â³¢³Ò·¡Ìý320Introduction to German Literature3GK
°Â³¢³Ò·¡Ìý323Twentieth Century German Literature3GK
°Â³¢³Ò·¡Ìý325German Lyric Poetry3GK
°Â³¢³Ò·¡Ìý420Current Issues in German-Language Media3GK
°Â³¢±á±«Ìý301Twentieth Century Hindi & Urdu Fiction3GK
°Â³¢±á±«Ìý302Modern Hindi & Urdu Poetry3GK
°Â³¢±á±«Ìý351Hindi-Urdu Popular Culture3GK
°Â³¢±á±«Ìý401Hindi Literature and South Asian Cultural Contexts3GK
°Â³¢±õ°ÕÌý315Made in Italy: Where Heritage, Culture & Culinary History blend with Technological Innovation3GK
°Â³¢±õ°ÕÌý318Italian Society Through Cinema3GK
°Â³¢´³´¡Ìý342Classical Japanese Literature in Translation3GK
°Â³¢´³´¡Ìý344Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation3GK
°Â³¢´³´¡Ìý345Modern Japanese Literature in Translation3GK
°Â³¢¸é±«Ìý303Russian Literature in Translation: The Nineteenth Century3GK
°Â³¢¸é±«Ìý304Russian Literature in Translation: The Twentieth Century3GK
°Â³¢¸é±«Ìý318Russian Cinema and Society3GK
°Â³¢³§±ÊÌý335Spanish for Native and Heritage Speakers3GK
°Â³¢³§±ÊÌý338Advanced Spanish for Native and Heritage Speakers3GK
°Â³¢³§±ÊÌý340Introduction to Hispanic Literatures and Cultures3GK
°Â³¢³§±ÊÌý343Literature and Culture of Spain III3GK
°Â³¢³§±ÊÌý352Literature and Culture of Latin America II3GK