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19th Century Studies
Focus: Students choosing this themed inquiry will explore the intersections between history, culture, and art as they developed throughout the 19th century. The Napoleonic wars, the American Civil war, slavery, the industrial revolution, colonialism and imperialism, Darwinism, as well as numerous scientific discoveries and innovations are reflected in and influenced by the art, literature, and culture of the period.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: English Department Chair, Associate Professor of English, Dr. Joanna Levin
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Not open to History majors.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
AH 201: Renaissance to Modern Art
AH 330: Nineteenth Century Art
ENG 320: American Literature before 1870 [ENG 256]
HIST 180: Modern Latin American History
HIST 190: East Asia History and Popular Culture
HIST 202: Modern World Civilizations
HIST 310: Modern Europe
HIST 332: Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction
PHIL 311: Descartes to Kierkegaard (cross-listed with REL 311)
The following courses must have the themed inquiry coordinator's approval:
ENG 321: Topics in American Literature after 1870
ENG 344: Topics in British Literature before 1850
ENG 345: Topics in British Literature after 1850
Animation and Visual Effects (No New Enrollments)
Focus: This themed inquiry is designed to serve students who have an interest in the artistic and storytelling possibilities in animation, visual effects, gaming
Themed inquiry Coordinator/email: Professor Aubry Mintz, Director of Animation and Visual Effects
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Open only to Graphic Design majors and Art majors. Not recommended for transfer students, or for
The Animation and Visual Effects themed inquiry will not be taking anymore new enrollments.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
CPSC 242: Introduction to the Game Industry
AVE 120: Introduction to Animation and Visual Effects [Animation and visual effects, or film production major, or game development programming, or production design for film, or visual effects minor, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry.]
AVE 202: 3-D Computer Graphics I [AVE 120, and animation and visual effects major, or visual effects, or game development programming minor, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry.]
AVE 206: Mechanics of Motion [AVE 109, and animation and visual effects major, or game development programming minor.]
AVE 242: 2D Computer Graphics [Animation and visual effects major, or game development programming minor, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry.]
AVE 247: History and Aesthetics of Animation and Visual Effects [Dodge College major, or game development programming minor, or visual effects minor, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry.]
AVE 249: Storytelling in Animation and Visual Effects [AVE 247, and animation and visual effects major, or game development programming minor, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry.]
AVE 256: Beginning Character Animation [AVE 206, and animation and visual effects major, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry .]
AVE 302: 3-D Computer Graphics II [AVE 202, 249, and animation and visual effects major, or game development programming minor, or animation and visual effects themed inquiry .]
AVE 339: Digital Illustration [AVE 109, 120, 209, and animation and visual effects major.]
AVE 356: Intermediate Character Animation [AVE 249, 256, and animation and visual effects major.]
AVE 369: Visual Effects: Fundamental Techniques and Technologies [AVE 120, and Dodge College major or minor]
AVE 379: Advanced Visual Effects Production and Workflow [AVE 369]
Comparative World Religions
Focus: This themed inquiry focuses on the comparative study of world religions and is designed to increase student understanding of the diverse religious traditions embraced by people around the world and to facilitate their ability to make comparisons across traditions. All courses within this themed inquiry are comparative in nature and include at least one tradition outside of the western monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity and Islam [a separate themed inquiry exists dealing exclusively with these traditions].
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Dr. Nancy Martin, Professor and Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Not open to majors in Religious Studies
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
REL 115: Living Religions of the World
REL 120: Global Ethics and Religion (cross-listed with PHIL 120)
REL 130: The Study of Religion
REL 240: Interfaith Leadership, Understanding and Engagement
REL 330: Women and Religion
REL 330a: Women and Religion: Voodoo in Context
REL 334: Religion and Love in World Religions
REL 335: Hinduism and the Religions of India
REL 335a: Religion of India: Diversity and Dialogue
REL 336: Buddhism
REL 350: Happiness: Exploring Its Spirtual and Rational Foundations
REL 351: Health, Healing and Wholeness in the World Religions
REL 352: Quantum Theory, Cosmology and Consciousness
REL 353: Religion and Medicine
REL 355: New Religious Movements in Global Context
REL 375: Violence and Nonviolence in Society and Religion
REL 380: Law and Religion
Culture of the Classical World
Focus: This themed inquiry provides a variety of courses in the arts, history, and philosophy that explore the richness of the classical heritage that continues to shape our complex, modern world. To better understand ourselves, we must grapple with fundamental issues raised during this crucial period of world history, celebrating not only the beauty wrought by artists and thinkers, but also the difficult problems they introduced to societies across the globe.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Dr. Justin Walsh
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Open to all majors.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
AH 200: Ancient to Medieval Art
AH 300: Art of Ancient Egypt
AH 303: The Ancient Greek City
AH 304: Etruscan and Roman Art
AH 305: Early Greek Art
AH 306: Later Greek Art
AH 379: Rome: The Development of the City
AH 400: Cultural Heritage and the Art World
ENG 221: Literature I (Antiquity to 1400 CE)
GRK 101: Elementary Classical Greek I
GRK 102: Elementary Classical Greek II [GRK 101]
HIST 201: The Rise of World Civilizations
HIST 304: The Ancient Mediterranean World (cross-listed with REL 304)
LAT 101: Elementary Latin I
LAT 102: Elementary Latin II [LAT 101]
MUS 101: Introduction to Music
PHIL 310: From Socrates to Aquinas (cross-listed with REL 310)
REL 315: Archaeology of Ancient Israel (cross-listed with HIST 315)
TH 150: Theatre in World Cultures
Design and History Fundamentals in Cinematography
Focus: This themed inquiry encourages students to explore the artistic, cultural, design and scientific influences from which the art and craft of cinematography has emerged, with the primary purpose on strengthening students' visual design abilities in approaching the creation of a motion-picture work.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Professor of Art, Dr. Wendy Salmond
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Not open to majors in Art, Art History or Graphic Design programs.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
AH 201: Renaissance to Modern Art
AH 203 Exchange and Evolution in the Arts of China and Japan
AH 205 Art of Ancient Americas
AH 300: Art of Ancient Egypt
AH 303: The Ancient Greek City
AH 304: Etruscan and Roman Art
AH 305: Early Greek Art
AH 306: Later Greek Art
AH 310: Medieval Art
AH 320: Italian Renaissance Art
AH 321: Northern Renaissance Art
AH 322: Baroque Art
AH 323: Arts of Tenochtitlán-Mexico City
AH 324: The Visual and Material Culture of the Early Modern World (1450-1650)
AH 325: Topics in Early Modern Art
AH 329: Experimental Course (with permission from the Themed Inquiry Coordinator)
AH 330: Nineteenth Century Art
AH 331: History of Photography
AH 332: Modern Art
AH 333: Modern Russian Art
AH 334: Soviet and Post-Soviet Art
AH 336: The Art of Fashion
AH 340: Contemporary Art: 1945 to 1970
AH 341: Contemporary Art: 1970 to the Present
AH 342: Black Subjects in White Art History
AH 350: Chromophobia-Chromophilia: Color and the Making of the Atlantic World
AH 351: Brazilian Art: 1500-2000
AH 379: Rome: The Development of the City
AH 400: Cultural Heritage and the Art World
AH 401: Gender, Art, and Western Culture
ART 195: Art and Text
ART 120: Photographic Imaging
ART 121: Intro to Digital Media (permission of instructor)
ART 123: Painting and Mark Making
ART 124: Drawing and Planning
GD 103: Visualization – Perspective and Rendering [graphic design major, or minor. Corequisite, GD 102]
GD 200: Introduction to Graphic Design [GD 102, 103, sophomore standing, and graphic design major, or minor, or consent of instructor. Corequisite, GD 201]
GD 202: Interactive, UX and Web Design [GD 102, 103, and graphic design major, or art, art history, or graphic design minor. Corequisite GD 200, 201, or consent of instructor.]
GD 203: Color [GD 200, 201, and graphic design major, or minor, and sophomore standing, or consent of instructor.]
GD 304: History of Graphic Design [GD 200, 201 and graphic design major, or art, art history or graphic design minor, or consent of instructor.]
HIS 333: Images of American History
TH 303: Decorative Arts
Ethics
Focus: Students in this themed inquiry will explore a wide variety of controversial ethical issues, such as war, global warming, abortion, affirmative action, the nature and limits of corporate responsibility and service to others. Let rich philosophical traditions help you to arrive at your own positions, support those conclusions with good reasons, and understand why others might disagree. You will investigate such values as justice, autonomy, and compassion, and will further develop your ability to critically assess arguments and creatively solve problems.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Philosophy Department Chair, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dr. G. Michael Pace
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Not open to majors in Philosophy
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
PHIL 104: Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 120: Global Ethics and Religion [cross-listed with REL 120]
PHIL 303: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 306: Games and Decisions
PHIL 312: Ethics Bowl
PHIL 314: Medical Ethics
PHIL 316: Business and Professional Ethics
PHIL 318: Political and Legal Philosophy
PHIL 319: Philosophy of Women/Women of Color
PHIL 324: Philosophy of Law
PHIL 325: Albert Schweitzer: His Life and Thought [cross-listed with REL 325/PCST 325]
PHIL 326: Food Ethics
PHIL 327: Global Justice
PHIL 357: Topics in Humanomics [cross-listed with ECON 357, ENG 357]
Global Ethics and Communication
Focus: This themed inquiry focuses on comparative ethical reasoning in a global context and on intercultural communication. In the contemporary world we face global ethical issues about health, human rights, war, poverty, and human dignity. It is crucial to international relations and to our mutual flourishing as a global community that we are able to communicate across cultures and that we appreciate different cultures’ values and ways of ethical reasoning. This multidisciplinary themed inquiry is designed to facilitate this type of communication and cooperation.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Dr. Nancy Martin, Professor and Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator
Restrictions: Not open to Religious Studies majors.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
COM 211: Intercultural Communication
ENG 206: Critical Literacies and Community Writing
ENG 302: Writing about Diverse Cultures
ENG 372: Language and Ideology
ENG 374: Environmental Rhetoric
REL 120: Global Ethics and Religion (cross-listed with PHIL 120)
REL 240: Interfaith Leadership, Understanding and Engagement
REL 325: Albert Schweitzer: His Life and Times
REL 330: Women and Religion
REL 336: Buddhism
REL 380: Law and Religion
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Focus: This themed inquiry allows students to study the history, literature, religion, art, and culture of the Medieval and Renaissance period. Students are advised to take two lower-division courses before taking two required upper-division courses.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: English Department Chair, Associate Professor of English, Dr. Joanna Levin
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Open to all majors.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
AH 200: Ancient and Medieval Art
AH 323: Arts of Tenochtitlán-Mexico City
AH 324: The Visual and Material Culture of the Early Modern World (1450-1650)
ENG 221: Literature I (antiquity to 1400 CE)
ENG 332: Topics in Early Modern Literature [ENG 256 or HIST 308]
ENG 344: Topics in British Literature before 1850 [ENG 256]
ENG 355: Theater in England
ENG 430: Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories [ENG 256, or HIST 308, or TH 210]
ENG 432: Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Romances [ENG 256, or HIST 308, or TH 210]
GRK 101: Elementary Classical Greek I
GRK 102: Elementary Classical Greek II [GRK 101]
HIST 110: Western Civilization: From Mesopotamia to the Renaissance
HIST 201: The Rise of World Civilizations
HIST 262: History of the Samurai
HIST 306: The Middle Ages (cross-listed with REL 306)
HIST 308: Early Modern Europe
LAT 101: Elementary Latin I
LAT 102: Elementary Latin II [LAT 101]
MUS 101: Introduction to Music
PHIL 310: From Socrates to Aquinas (cross-listed with REL 310)
REL 213: Introduction to Judaism
TH 150: Theatre in World Cultures
The Modern Experience
Focus: Students choosing this themed inquiry explore the experience of Modernity in diverse societies over the past two centuries. Courses in art, history, literature, film studies, and philosophy trace radical shifts in the perception and conception of self, society, nature, and other in response to new technologies, political and social upheavals, and the discovery of realities hitherto unimagined.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Professor of Art, Dr. Wendy Salmond
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Open to all majors.
*Course will need permission to register and may not be open to non-majors. Please contact the themed inquiry coordinator.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
AH 329: Design Revolutions: Gothic Revival to Postmodernism
AH 330: Nineteenth Century Art
AH 331: History of Photography
AH 332: Modern Art
AH 333: Modern Russian Art
AH 334: Soviet and Post-Soviet Art
*AH 335: Theories of Modernism [ART 195, and art, or art history, or studio art, or graphic design major, or art, or art history, or graphic design minor]
AH 336: Art of Fashion
AH 340: Contemporary Art: 1945 to 1970
AH 341: Contemporary Art: 1970 to the Present
CCI 100: Introduction to Creative and Cultural Industries
CCI 202: Popular Culture
ENG 223: Literature III (1800 CE – Present)
ENG 252: Introduction to Poetry
ENG 339: World Literature from 1800 to the Present [ENG 256]
FS 244: History of Film to 1959
FS 245: History of Film 1960 to Present [FS 244]
GD 304: History of Graphic Design [GD 200, 201, and graphic design major, or minor, or consent of instructor]
HIST 180: Modern Latin American History
HIST 190: East Asia History and Popular Culture
HIST 305: Daily Life in Modern Europe
HIST 310: Modern Europe
HIST 311: Russian History
HIST 313: Modern British History
HIST 338: America After the War, 1945–1960
HIST 345: Popular Music, History, and Culture
HIST 354: From Samurai to Pokemon: A Social History of Modern Japan
HIST 358: Jewish Life from Napoleon to Hitler
HIST 363: The Arab World: Colonialism to Revolution (cross-listed with POSC 363)
HIST 365: Topics in the Holocaust (cross-listed with REL 365)
HIST 366: Capitalism and the Modern World
HIST 388: Technology and Media in the United States
ITAL 341: Italian Cinema: Politics, Art, and Industry (cross-listed with FS 443F)
PHIL 311: Descartes to Kierkegaard (cross-listed with REL 311)
POSC 302: Modern Political Philosophy
REL 355: New Religious Movements in Global Context
TWP 246: History of Television [open to themed inquiry students]
Narrative and Dramatic Literature
Focus: This themed inquiry allows students to study the principles of storytelling in literature and drama.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: English Department Chair, Associate Professor of English, Dr. Joanna Levin
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Not open to English, Theatre, and Screen Acting majors.
*Courses may not be available to non-majors. Check with the department.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
ENG 204: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 250: Introduction to Fiction
ENG 256: Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
ENG 260: Literature into Film
ENG 320: Topics in American Literature before 1870 [ENG 256]
ENG 325: Introduction to Shakespeare
ENG 327: Multicultural Literatures of the U.S. [ENG 256]
ENG 328: Writing for Video Games
ENG 351: Writing the Graphic Novel
ENG 355: Theater in England (Travel course)
ENG 430: Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories [ENG 256, or HIST 308, or TH 210]
ENG 432: Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Romances [ENG 256, or HIST 308, or TH 210]
ENG 441: Topics in Drama [ENG 256]
ENG 447: Topics in Comparative Literature [ENG 256]
TH 150: Theater in World Cultures
*TH 371: Theatre History I-Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century [TH 170, or equivalent, and junior standing.]
*TH 372: Theatre History II-Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries [TH 170, or equivalent, and junior standing.]
TH 373: Dramaturgy [TH 170 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.]
Philosophy, Knowledge, and Reality
Focus: Studying philosophy prepares you to think for yourself while learning from the insights of contemporary writers and great thinkers of the past. Enhance your appreciation of life by asking fundamental questions about reality, why God allows suffering, whether we are free or predetermined, how mind and body are related, the reliability of knowledge, the basis of scientific reasoning, and how to determine when reasoning is logical.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Philosophy Department Chair, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dr. G. Michael Pace
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
HON 373: The Puppet Metaphor Across Media
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 102: Philosophy Through Science Fiction
PHIL 125: Philosophy of Religion [cross-listed with REL 125]
PHIL 203: Logic
PHIL 300: Symbolic Logic
PHIL 305: Metaphysics
PHIL 306: Games and Decisions
PHIL 307: History of Twentieth Century Philosophy
PHIL 309: Religion, Knowledge, and Evil (cross-listed with REL 309)
PHIL 310: From Socrates to Aquinas (cross-listed with REL 310)
PHIL 311: Descartes to Kierkegaard (cross-listed with REL 311)
PHIL 320: Belief, Truth, and Knowledge
PHIL 321: Philosophy of Science
PHIL 322A: Philosophical Theology [cross-listed with REL 322A]
PHIL 323: Philosophy in Literature
PHIL 340: Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 350: Philosophy of Quantum Theory
PHIL 365: Philosophy and Neuroscience of Free Will
Religion and the Arts
Focus: This themed inquiry considers the intersection of the fields of religion and art with the historic, cultural, and linguistic disciplines as well as with the creative expressions of literature, music, dance, theater, film, and graphic arts. Many of these disciplines find their origin and some of their finest manifestation in religious expression. This themed inquiry emphasizes the shared experience of artists and spiritual sojourners, their search for self, truth, interpretation of the world, and the desire for transcendence. Required is a fundamental understanding of the nature of religion and the spiritual experience, along with the development of critical thinking, especially the norms for understanding and critiquing artistic expressions.
Themed Inquiry Coordinator/email: Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Dr. Rafael Luevano
Important information regarding Themed Inquiry completion:
- No course in the student’s major discipline can be used to satisfy themed inquiry requirements, even if the course is not being used to satisfy major requirements.
- Because you may not apply a GE course to more than one GE category, no themed inquiry courses may be shared with another GE category.
- Course prerequisites appear in brackets in the list below.
- If a course is restricted to majors only, you may request permission of the instructor or department chair, if space is available and you have met pre-requisites.
- Courses in the themed inquiry are not guaranteed for availability. Please check the catalog for the semesters in which the course is offered.
- If you are having problems completing a themed inquiry or finding available courses, please contact Academic Advising and/or the Themed Inquiry Coordinator.
Restrictions: Not open to Religious Studies majors.
Courses: Choose four of the following, two of which must be upper division.
AH 200: Ancient to Medieval Art
AH 202: Art of India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia
AH 203: Exchange and Evolution in the Arts of China and Japan
AH 205: Arts of the Ancient Americas
AH 322: Baroque Art
AH 323: Arts of Tenochtitlán-Mexico City
DANC 353: Dance in World Cultures
ENG 320: Topics in American Literature before 1870 [ENG 256]
ENG 340: The Bible as Literature: The Hebrew Scriptures [Written Inquiry course] (cross-listed with REL 340)
ENG 341: The Bible as Literature: The Christian Scriptures [Written Inquiry course] (cross-listed with REL 341)
FREN 351: French Writers of the Holocaust [FREN 201, or consent of instructor]
HIST 252: History and Film
HIST 365B: The Holocaust: Memoirs and Histories
MUS 101: Introduction to Music
MUS 122: Musical Cultures of the World
PHIL 323: Philosophy in Literature
REL 150: The Bible and Popular Culture: Engaging the Sacred Text
REL 214: Introduction to Christianity
REL 312: Religious Experience in Film and Fiction
REL 314: Fiction, Film and the Western Contemplative Tradition
REL 315: Archaeology of Ancient Israel (cross-listed with HIST 315)
REL 340: The Bible as Literature: The Hebrew Scriptures [Written Inquiry course] (cross-listed with ENG 340)
REL 341: The Bible as Literature: The Christian Scriptures [Written Inquiry course] (cross-listed with ENG 341)
REL 365: Topics in the Holocaust (cross-listed with HIST 365)
REL 366: The Latino/a Religious Experience: From Colonialism to Liberation
SPAN 375: Literature and Culture of Spain I [SPAN 326, or consent of instructor]
SPAN 376: Literature and Culture of Spain II [SPAN 326, or consent of instructor]
TH 150: Theatre in World Cultures