The College of Liberal Arts (COLA) world culture requirement is designed to provide students the opportunity to learn about the unique history and development of a culture outside the political and geographical boundaries of the United States in order to encourage global awareness. Successful completion of any two of the following courses will fulfill the requirement. Policy on the world culture requirement for foreign students: “A student who was born and raised in a country or countries other than the US, and whose native tongue is a language other than English, and who has completed at least two years of high school in a country other than the U.S. and a language other than English, is exempt from the College world culture requirement.”

Course Number Course Title
ANTH 206 (CSN) African Culture Through Oral History & Storytelling
**ANTH/AIIS 301 Peoples and Cultures of Native N. America
ANTH 304 Ethnography of Contemporary Mexico
*ANTH/AIS 306 Contemporary Chinese Society
*ANTH/WMST 403 Anthropology of Women and Men
ANTH 409 Economic Anthropology
*ANTH 420 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
*ANTH 422 Psychological Anthropology
*ANTH 426/NUTR 474 Medical Anthropology
ANTH 441C Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Near Mid. East
ANTH 485 Language and Culture
*ANTH 490 Study in Anthropology Abroad
*CHI 321 Chinese Culture and Civilization
*CHI 322 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
*CHI/AIS 323 Chinese Popular Culture
*CHI/AIS 331 Chinese Literature in Translation
CHI 443 Modern Chinese Culture Through Film
CHI 463 Chinese Immigrant Literature and Film
ENG 231 World Literature I
ENG 231E World Literature for Exploring Majors
ENG 231S World Literature for the Sciences
ENG 232 World Literature II
ENG 231A World Literature for the School of Architecture
ENG 292 Introduction to Chicano Literature
ENG 481A Comparative Literature
ENG 481B Modern Comparative Literature
ENG 484A The Bible as Literature
ENG/AIS 485A Asian Literature
ENG 486A Postcolonial Theory
ENG 486B Postcolonial Literature
**ENG/LAS 496A Themes in Modern Chicano Literature
ENG/LAS 496B Early Latino/a Literature
**ENG/LAS 496D Contemporary Latino/a Literature
FILM 440 The European Film
*GER 321 German Culture and Civilization
*GER 322 Contemporary Germany and Austria
GER 331 German Literature in Translation-Drama
HIST 105 European Civilization to 1648
HIST 106 European Civilization since 1648
*HIST/AIS 151 Introduction to Japanese Civilization
HIST 208 World History to 1600
*HIST 209 World History since 1600
HIST/LAS 227 Latin American History and Culture I
*HIST/LAS 228 Latin American History and Culture II
HIST 322 Terrorism in the Russian Empire
HIST 323 The End of Communism
*HIST/LAS 347 History of Mexico
HIST 348 World War I: Origins, Experience, and Memory
HIST/AAS 350 History of Modern Africa
*HIST 362 Topics in History of France Since 1815
HIST 367 The Holocaust in its European Setting
HIST 419A Britain to 1750
*HIST 419B Britain from 1750
HIST 421 History of Russia to 1825
*HIST 422 History of Russia since 1825
*HIST 423B History of Germany since 1848
HIST 435C Topics in European Intellectual and Cultural History
HIST 447 Revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921
HIST/AIS 449A History of Japan to 1800
HIST/AIS 449B History of Japan Since 1800
HIST/AIS 455A History of China to 1800
HIST/AIS 455B History of China Since 1800
HIST/AIS 455C Topics in Modern China
HIST 456 Topics in Ancient History
HIST 457 Ancient Greek Civilization
HIST 458 Roman Civilization
HIST 459 The Middle Ages
HIST 460A The Renaissance
HIST 460B The Reformation
HIST 461B Early Modern Europe: 1550-1789
HIST 462 The French Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 463 Europe: 1815-1914
*HIST 464 Europe: 1914-Present
HIST 466 European Diplomatic History: 1815-Present
*HIST/LAS 473 History of the Andean Region
HIST/FILM 475 Modern Latin American Film
HIST 476 The Mexican Revolution
HIST 479 History of British Empire
*ITAL 321 Italian Culture and Civilization
*ITAL 322 Italian popular Culture
*ITAL 490 Topics in Italian Studies
*PHIL 124 Philosophical Traditions of Asia
PHIL 130 Topics in Philosophy or Religion
*PHIL 210 World Religions
*PHIL/AIS 225 Introduction to Indian Philosophy
PHIL 352 Special Topics
*PHIL 467 Indian Philosophy
PHIL 468 Chinese and Japanese Philosophy
*PSC 211 Introduction to Comparative Politics
*PSC 231 Introduction to International Relations
PSC 403N Public Policy Around the World
*PSC 405B International Law and Organizations
*PSC 405J The European Union
*PSC 405K International Relations of the Mid. East & N. Africa
*PSC 405L East Asia and in World Politics
*PSC 405M The Pacific Rim and World Politics
*PSC 405Z Special Topics in International Relations
*PSC 407A Political Systems of West Europe
*PSC 407B Political Systems of East Asia
*PSC 407C Political Systems of Russia and Post-Soviet Countries
*PSC 407D Political Systems of the Mid. East and N. Africa
*PSC 407E Politics in Latin America
*PSC 407I Politics and Problems in Developing Areas
*PSC 407O Islamic Politics
*PSC 407T Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
PSC 407Z Special Topics in Comparative Politics
**PSY 431 Multicultural Psychology
PSY 433 Culture and Personality
*SOC 415 World Population Problems
SOC 417 Sociology of Leisure
**SOC 428 Special Topics in Comparative Societies
*SOC 429 Globalization
SOC 443 Urban Sociology
**SOC 447 Marriage and the Family
**SOC/WMST 449 Sex and Social Arrangements
*SOC 451 Russian Society in Transition
**SOC 455 Social Movements and Social Change
SOC 456 Life, Death, and Sex: Social Demography
SOC 469 Crossing Borders / Global Migrations
*SOC 474 Sociology of Religion