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Being able to make comparisons across cultures and across periods of time is a critical interpretive skill for citizens of the 21st century, and gives its force to this rubric of the general education program. Courses listed under this heading include both diachronic and synchronic investigations, both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, both liberal arts and pre-professional modes of knowing. This requirement consists of six credits (two courses) chosen from an approved annual list. In choosing a total of 12 credits from this and the "Mapping the World" rubrique, students must select courses in at least two different disciplines and those disciplines must be different from the student's major discipline(s).

Approved courses 2004-2007 (courses identified with a "–C" on the Academic Schedule):

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AH100	Introduction to Western Art I: From Greece to the Renaissance
AH103	Introduction to Art through the Museums of Paris
AH104	Medieval Paris
AH120	Introduction to Western Art II: From the Renaissance to the Present
AH200	Paris through its Architecture: From Roman Paris to 1870
AH204	Paris through its Architecture: 1795 to the Present
AH205	American Art
AH211	Ancient Art and Architecture
AH212	Medieval Art and Architecture
AH213	Renaissance Art and Architecture
AH214	Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture
AH216	19th and 20th Century Art and Architecture
ES_AH307	European Urban Culture: The Glory of Ancient Athens
ES_AH314	European Urban Culture: Istanbul, an Imperial Palimpsest
ES_AH316	Society and Spectacle: Painting, Photography, and Film in Germany and Russia between the Two Wars
AH317	History of Photography
PL_AH374	The Philosophy of Aesthetics

CA402A	Islam in the City: Paris and Tunis (Senior Capstone Spring 2006)
CA402B	Self Narratives: Textual Identities in Islam (Senior Capstone Spring 2006)

CL100	Various FirstBridge Topics
FS_CL203	We'll always have Paris : Deconstructing the Myth
CL_EN251	Masters of English Literature before 1800
CL_EN252	Masters of English Literature since 1800
CL253	Masters of Spanish Literature I: The Golden Age in Spain and Europe
CL254	Masters of Spanish Literature II: Modern Latin American and Spanish Literature
CL255	Masters of Italian Literature I: Saints and Sinners in the Renaissance
CL256	Masters of Italian Literature II: French & American Exchanges
CL257	Masters of French Literature I: The Rise of the Hero and the Poet in French Literature
CL258	Masters of French Literature II: Loves Sacred and Profane in French Lyric
ES_CL303	European Urban Culture: Naples and Palermo: The Two Sicilies
ES_CL310	European Urban Culture: Edinburgh the City, Scotland the Kingdom
CL_ES325	Dante and Medieval Culture
CL329	Renaissance Comparative Literature: In Praise of Love, Honor, and Folly
CL_HI333	Discovery & Conquest: Creation of the New World
ES_CL343	The Attraction of Paris: Modernist Experiments in Migration
CL_HI353	In 1871...: Case Study in Comparative Literature and History
ES_CL354	The 18th Century Divide Between Philosophy and Literature
CL371	20th Century Latin American Writers: Literature, Politics, and History

CM103	Questions of Culture
CM204	Speech, Sight and Sound
CM306	Color as Communication

CL_EN251	Masters of English Literature before 1800
CL_EN252	Masters of English Literature since 1800

ES100	Sources of European Culture
ES104	The Self in Western Culture: Ideas and Representations
ES105	Europe and Cities: The Italian Renaissance
ES110	Europe and Cities: The Modern City
ES200	Approaches to Culture: Frames, Practices, and Objects
ES_HI210	French Cultural History: 1453 - 1715
ES_PL213	Philosophy and Religion I: From the Ancient to the Medieval World
ES_PL214	Philosophy and Religion II: From the Early Modern to the Postmodern World
ES_PL215	Philosophy and the City
ES_HI301	European Urban Culture: Berlin From Imperial Germany to the Third Reich
ES_HI302	European Urban Culture: Berlin From Allied Occupation to German Capital
ES_CL303	European Urban Culture: Naples and Palermo: The Two Sicilies
ES_HI304	The History of Paris
ES_HI305	European Urban Culture: Rome from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation
ES_HI306	European Urban Culture: Vienna From Baroque to Modernism
ES_AH307	European Urban Culture: The Glory of Ancient Athens
ES_HI308	European Urban Culture: Amsterdam and Antwerp from the 15th to the 17th Century
ES_HI309	European Urban Culture: Venice from the Renaissance to the Fall of the Republic
ES_CL310	European Urban Culture: Edinburgh the City, Scotland the Kingdom
ES_HI311	European Urban Culture: Prague: From Imperial City to National Capital
ES_HI312	European Urban Culture: The Jewish Presence I: From the Origins to the 17th Century
ES_HI313	European Urban Culture: The Jewish Presence II: From the 17th to the 20th Century
ES_AH314	European Urban Culture: Istanbul, an Imperial Palimpsest
ES_AH316	Society and Spectacle: Painting, Photography, and Film in Germany and Russia between the Two Wars
ES_HI317	Mediterranean Urban Culture: The Islamic City: History, Spaces, and Visual Culture
ES318	European Urban Culture: Paris at War
ES_FS321	Paris au Quotidien: "Témoignages Littéraires I" - Du Moyen Age à la Fin de l'Ancien Régime
ES_FS322	Paris au Quotidien: "Témoignages Littéraires II" - De la Révolution à la fin du XIXème siècle
ES_FS323	Paris au Quotidien: "Témoignages Littéraires III" - De la Belle Epoque à nos Jours
ES_PL328	Reflections on Technology
ES_CL343	The Attraction of Paris: Modernist Experiments in Migration
ES_CL354	The 18th Century Divide Between Philosophy and Literature
ES381	History of French Civilization I: Origins of France to 1610
ES382	History of French Civilization II: 1610-1914
ES384	Contemporary French Civilization: 1914 to the Present

FM275	Introduction to the History and Analysis of Narrative Film I: From Méliès through the Hollywood Studio Era and World War II
FM290	Film Genres and Topics: Film Noir
FM292	Film Genres and Topics: Women and Film
FM293	Film Genres and Topics: Cinema and Poetry
FM_FS386	French Cinema: La Nouvelle Vague
FM_FS387	Paris Cinema

FS_CL203	We'll always have Paris : Deconstructing the Myth
FR311	History of French Literature I: 16 - 18ème Siècles
FR312	History of French Literature II: From the Romantics to the Present
ES_FS321	Paris au Quotidien: "Témoignages Littéraires I" - Du Moyen Age à la Fin de l'Ancien Régime
ES_FS322	Paris au Quotidien: "Témoignages Littéraires II" - De la Révolution à la fin du XIXème siècle
ES_FS323	Paris au Quotidien: "Témoignages Littéraires III" - De la Belle Epoque à nos Jours
FM_FS386	French Cinema: La Nouvelle Vague
FM_FS387	Paris Cinema

GS_HI332

The Power of Images in Western History

HI100	History and Construction of Myth
ES_HI210	French Cultural History: 1453 - 1715
HI211	Re-Membering Paris
ES_HI301	European Urban Culture: Berlin From Imperial Germany to the Third Reich
ES_HI302	European Urban Culture: Berlin From Allied Occupation to German Capital
ES_HI304	The History of Paris
ES_HI305	European Urban Culture: Rome from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation
ES_HI306	European Urban Culture: Vienna From Baroque to Modernism
ES_HI308	European Urban Culture: Amsterdam and Antwerp from the 15th to the 17th Century
ES_HI311	European Urban Culture: Prague: From Imperial City to National Capital
ES_HI312	European Urban Culture: The Jewish Presence I: From the Origins to the 17th Century
ES_HI313	European Urban Culture: The Jewish Presence II: From the 17th to the 20th Century
ES_HI317	Mediterranean Urban Culture: The Islamic City: History, Spaces, and Visual Culture
GS_HI332	The Power of Images in Western History
CL_HI333	Discovery & Conquest: Creation of the New World
CL_HI353	In 1871...: Case Study in Comparative Literature and History

LI100

Verbal Traditions: Oral and Written

MU131	The Orchestra and Instrumental Music
MU132	Opera and Vocal Music
MU215	Parisian Harmony: Synergy between Music and the Arts
MU216	French Flair: Music, Style, and Influence

PL100	Belief, Knowledge, Facts
PL106	Visions of Justice: Reason, Resistance, and Redemption
PL121	Ethical Inquiry: Problems and Paradigms
PL122	Critical Thinking: Logic and Everyday Reasoning
PO_PL203	Introduction to Political Philosophy
PO_PL204	Introduction to Political Philosophy II
ES_PL213	Philosophy and Religion I: From the Ancient to the Medieval World
ES_PL214	Philosophy and Religion II: From the Early Modern to the Postmodern World
ES_PL215	Philosophy and the City
PL271	The Critique of Political Economy: from Adam Smith to Karl Marx
PL272	Genealogies of the Subject: Freud and Nietzsche
PL_PO321	Thinking the World: Cosmopolitanism and Its Critics
ES_PL328	Reflections on Technology
PL_AH374	The Philosophy of Aesthetics

PO_PL203	Introduction to Political Philosophy
PO_PL204	Introduction to Political Philosophy II
PL_PO321	Thinking the World: Cosmopolitanism and Its Critics

Courses identified with a ‘–Q’ on the Academic Schedule fulfill either the Historical and Cross-Cultural Requirement or the Social Experience and Organization Requirement.

There are two possibilities for transfer students wishing to use previously earned general education credits to fulfill the thematic rubric outlined above.

OPTION I: -Establishing an equivalency for an AUP course that carries General Education classification. This is done by completing a substitution paperwork that requires the course’s catalog description, your advisor’s signature, the AUP course’s Department Chair’s signature. Completed paperwork should be submitted to the Advising Center which verifies the completeness of the paperwork and transmits the request to the Associate Dean of Academic Administration.

OPTION II: -Some courses that are not direct equivalents could still be suitable for General Education equivalence. Students who would like courses considered should submit full course syllabi for our General Education Committee to review. These can be submitted directly to the Advising Center which will take care of all communication between students and the Committee.