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HI241  

American Civilization: Origins to 1877

HI242  

American Civilization: 1865 to Present

 

6 credits

   
 

 

   
 

 

AH319  

The French Connection: American Artists and Collectors in France

FM280  

Film Directors: Orson Welles and His Inheritors

FM291  

Film Genres and Topics: The Western

ES_CL343  

The Attraction of Paris: Modernist Experiments in Migration

CL_HI333  

Discovery & Conquest: Creation of the New World

CL362  

Conquering Colonies: America and European Literature

PO_HI346  

American Foreign Policy

 

Choose four courses (12 credits) in at least 2 disciplines

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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HI101  

History of Western Civilization up to 1500

   
 

 
   
 

 

   
 

 

CL313  

Classical Hellenic Antiquity

CL315  

Death and Desire in Imperial Rome

CL_PL317  

Plato and Cicero

CL_GS318  

Sex, Politics, and Culture I

PL211  

Crucial Elements of Ancient Philosophy

ES_PL213  

Philosophy and Religion I: From the Ancient to the Medieval World

AH100  

Introduction to Western Art I: From Greece to the Renaissance

AH211  

Ancient Art and Architecture

ES_AH307  

European Urban Culture: The Glory of Ancient Athens

AH312

The Power of Images in the Hellenistic Age

AH320_329  

Topics in Ancient Art: The Ancient Orient, Greece, Etruria, and Rome

 

Choose 5 courses with no more than 3 courses from a single discipline.

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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Six Comparative Literature (CL) courses at the 200 level or above.   See course descriptions »

   
 

 
   
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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PL222 

History of Philosophy II: From Renaissance to Contemporary

PL271  

The Critique of Political Economy: from Adam Smith to Karl Marx

PL272  

Genealogies of the Subject: Freud and Nietzsche

 

Choose two courses (6 credits)

   
 

 

   
 

 

ES200  

Approaches to Culture: Frames, Practices, and Objects

CM352  

Rhetoric and Persuasion, Visual and Verbal

PL379 

Modern Critical Theory

GS_CL206  

Contemporary Feminist Theory

CL327  

Law and Literature

CL381  

Postcolonial Literatures and Theory

CL_GS384  

Writing from the Margins: Women Writers, Postcolonial Identities

CL385  

Literary Theory and Criticism

FM_PL295  

Film Genres and Topics: Philosophy and Film

PL_AH374  

The Philosophy of Aesthetics

 

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AH212  

Medieval Art and Architecture

AH331 

Painting and the Written Word

CL_EN251  

Masters of English Literature before 1800

CL257  

Masters of French Literature I: The Rise of the Hero and the Poet in French Literature

CL322  

European Arts of Love

CL_ES323  

Chaucer and Medieval Culture

CL_ES325  

Dante and Medieval Culture

ES_HI312  

European Urban Culture: The Jewish Presence I: From the Origins to the 17th Century

ES381

History of French Civilization I: Origins of France to 1610

ES_PL213  

Philosophy and Religion I: From the Ancient to the Medieval World

 

Choose 6 courses in at least two disciplines, which may be supplemented by other offerings whose relevance can be demonstrated (such as 100-level courses, topics courses, or independent study).

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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AH213  

Renaissance Art and Architecture

   

ES105  

Europe and Cities: The Italian Renaissance

   

CL253  

Masters of Spanish Literature I: The Golden Age in Spain and Europe

OR CL255  

Masters of Italian Literature I: Saints and Sinners in the Renaissance

OR CL329  

Renaissance Comparative Literature: In Praise of Love, Honor, and Folly

   

GS_HI314  

Art, Culture, and Gender in the Italian Renaissance

OR GS_HI326  

Women in the French Renaissance: From Joan of Arc to Catherine de' Medici

 

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AH213  

Renaissance Art and Architecture (if not chosen as an option above)

AH340_349  

Topics in Renaissance Art

CL253  

Masters of Spanish Literature I: The Golden Age in Spain and Europe (if not chosen as an option above)