Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Minor

Core Requirements

• Arabic language course at the 300 level Credit(s): 3
• AIS 228 - ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION Credit(s): 3
• AIS 330 - ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION II Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 9 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below.

• AIS 300+
• ANT 222 - MIDDLE EAST CULTURES Credit(s): 3
• ANT 331 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• GEO 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• HIS 549 - HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST: 1952 TO PRESENT Credit(s): 3
• HIS 550 - STUDIES IN MID-EAST HISTORY AND POLITICS: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• PS 410 - TOPICS IN REGIONAL POLITICS: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3

Core Requirements

Students must complete 6 hours from among the following courses:

• CHI 301 - ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I Credit(s): 3
• CHI 302 - ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II Credit(s): 3
• CHI 330 - INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CULTURE, PRE-MODERN TO 1840 Credit(s): 3
• CHI 331 - INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE CULTURE, 1840 TO PRESENT Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 12 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below.

• CHI 300+
• HIS 355 - TOPICS IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY SINCE 1789: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3 *
• HIS 597 - WESTERNERS IN EAST ASIA, 1839 TO THE PRESENT Credit(s): 3
• HIS 598 - CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1895-1976 Credit(s): 3

Core Requirements

The requirements for a Classics minor are 18 credit hours, at least 6 of which must be at the 300 level or above, earned from among the following courses:

1. Greek and Latin courses at any level
2. Non-language CLA courses at the 200 level or higher

All courses may be chosen from category 1, all from category 2, or the two categories may be combined in any manner, as long as students earn the requisite 18 credit hours. Elective courses approved for all tracks also count towards the Classics minor.

Core Requirements

• MCL 270 - INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY Credit(s): 3

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• CLA 135 - GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY Credit(s): 3

• OR

• CLA 100 - ANCIENT STORIES IN MODERN FILMS Credit(s): 3

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• GER 103 - FAIRY TALES IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 6 hours from the following:

• CLA 331 - GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN ANTIQUITY Credit(s): 3
• CLA 382 - GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGION Credit(s): 3
• FR 263 - AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF FRENCH EXPRESSION IN TRANSLATION (SR) Credit(s): 3
• GER 363 - GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• MCL 135 - VAMPIRES: EVOLUTION OF A SEXY MONSTER Credit(s): 3
• MCL 595 - TOPICS IN FOLKLORE AND MYTH: SR Credit(s): 3
• RUS 370 - RUSSIAN FOLKLORE (IN ENGLISH) Credit(s): 3
• CHI 320 - GENDER POLITICS IN CHINESE LITERATURE Credit(s): 3
• CHI 334 - TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE Credit(s): 3
• CHI 430 - POPULAR CULTURE IN MODERN CHINA Credit(s): 3
• HJS 110 - INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT/HEBREW BIBLE Credit(s): 3
• HJS 326 - THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA Credit(s): 3
• HJS 327 - WOMEN IN JUDAISM Credit(s): 3
• MCL 343 - GLOBAL HORROR Credit(s): 3

Additional Electives

Students choose 3 additional elective hours that may include those listed above not applied above and/or the following:

• CLA 462G - TOPICS IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• GER 263 - THE GERMAN CULTURAL TRADITION I Credit(s): 3
• GER 312 - GERMAN POPULAR FORMS: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3 *
• AAS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• AAS 254 - HISTORY OF COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• ANT 220 - INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 241 - ORIGINS OF OLD WORLD CIVILIZATION Credit(s): 3
• ANT 242 - ORIGINS OF NEW WORLD CIVILIZATION Credit(s): 3
• ANT 245 - FOOD CULTURE AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 301 - HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 401 - GENDER ROLES IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
• ANT 450 - SYMBOLS AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
• ANT 470G - REGIONAL AMERICAN ETHNOGRAPHY Credit(s): 3
• APP 200 - INTRODUCTION TO APPALACHIAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• APP 300 - TOPICS IN APPALACHIAN STUDIES (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 *
• ENG 271 - THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE Credit(s): 3
• ENG 492G - CULTURAL STUDIES:(SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 *
• ENG 519 - INTRODUCTION TO OLD ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
• HIS 521 - EUROPEAN SOCIAL HISTORY, 1400-1800 Credit(s): 3
• LAS 201 - INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICA Credit(s): 3
• LIN 317 - LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 *
• MAT 247 - DRESS AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
• MUS 300 - HISTORY OF JAZZ Credit(s): 3
• MUS 301 - APPALACHIAN MUSIC Credit(s): 3
• SOC 350 - TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 *
• GWS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Credit(s): 3
• GWS 201 - GENDER AND POPULAR CULTURE Credit(s): 3
• GWS 300 - TOPICS IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable) *
• GWS 301 - CROSSROADS: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable) *
• GWS 302 - GENDER ACROSS THE WORLD: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3 *
• AAS 100 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3

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• A-H 314 - ANCIENT: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3

• OR

• CLA 314 - ANCIENT: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3

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• MCL 100 - THE WORLD OF LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3
• MCL 200 - READING THE WORLD Credit(s): 3

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• MCL 375 and MCL 396 may also count toward the Folklore/Mythology minor.

 

*Approved for the minor when the topic of the course is appropriate as determined by the minor advisor.

Core Requirements

• FR 204 - INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES Credit(s): 3

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• FR 214 - FRANCE TODAY Credit(s): 3

• OR

• FR 215 - VISUAL CULTURES Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 12 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below:

FR 300+ (excluding FR 335 , FR 465G, and FR 553 )

Core Requirements

• GER 307 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I Credit(s): 3
• GER 308 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION II Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 12 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below:

• GER 300+
• MCL 343 - GLOBAL HORROR Credit(s): 3
• GER 206 - SPOKEN COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3

Core Requirements

• ITA 300 - ITALIAN CONVERSATION AND WRITING Credit(s): 3
• ITA 301 - ITALY FROM FASCISM TO THE PRESENT Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 12 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below:

• ITA 200+
• A-H 105 - WORLD ART BEFORE 1400 Credit(s): 3
• A-H 106 - RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART Credit(s): 3

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• A-H 314 - ANCIENT: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3

• OR

• CLA 314 - ANCIENT: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3

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• A-H 334 - REFRAMING RENAISSANCE ART (1400-1520) Credit(s): 3
• A-H 335 - EARLY MODERN ART & VISUAL CULTURE, 1400-1700: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3
• CLA 100 - ANCIENT STORIES IN MODERN FILMS Credit(s): 3
• CLA 135 - GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• CLA 191 - CHRISTIANITY, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY: A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Credit(s): 3
• CLA 210 - THE ART OF GREECE AND ROME Credit(s): 3

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• CLA 230 - THE HELLENISTIC WORLD AND ROME TO THE DEATH OF CONSTANTINE Credit(s): 3

• OR

• HIS 230 - THE HELLENISTIC WORLD AND ROME TO THE DEATH OF CONSTANTINE Credit(s): 3

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• CLA 391 - CHRISTIANS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE Credit(s): 3

• OR

• HIS 391 - CHRISTIANS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE Credit(s): 3

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• CLA 509 - ROMAN LAW Credit(s): 3

• OR

• HIS 509 - ROMAN LAW Credit(s): 3

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• HIS 120 - THE WORLD AT WAR, 1939-45 Credit(s): 3
• HIS 121 - WAR AND SOCIETY, 1914-1945 Credit(s): 3
• HIS 502 - A HISTORY OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC Credit(s): 3
• HIS 503 - A HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Credit(s): 3
• HIS 519 - THE ERA OF THE RENAISSANCE Credit(s): 3

Core Requirements

• JPN 301 - ADVANCED JAPANESE I Credit(s): 3
• JPN 320 - INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE, PRE-MODERN TO 1868 Credit(s): 3

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• JPN 321 - INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE, MEIJI (1868) TO PRESENT Credit(s): 3

• OR

• ANT 321 - INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE, MEIJI (1868) TO PRESENT Credit(s): 3

• OR

• JPN 351 - THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 9 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below:

• JPN 300+
• JPN 283 - JAPANESE FILM Credit(s): 3
• A-H 310 - ASIAN ART & CTULRUE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• A-H 311 - ARTS AS SOFT POWER: JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY Credit(s): 3
• JPN 334 - ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF JAPAN Credit(s): 3
• HIS 295 - EAST ASIA TO 1600 Credit(s): 3
• HIS 296 - EAST ASIA SINCE 1600 Credit(s): 3
• HIS 357 - JAPAN AT WAR, 1850 TO THE PRESENT Credit(s): 3

Core Requirements

• RUS 301 - CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION I Credit(s): 3
• RUS 302 - ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II Credit(s): 3

Elective Requirements

Students must choose an additional 12 hours from the list of elective courses approved for all tracks and/or those courses listed below:

• RUS 300+
• RUS 275 - RUSSIAN FILM Credit(s): 3
• ANT 329 - CULTURES AND SOCIETIES OF EURASIA AND EASTERN EUROPE: SOCIALISM AND POST-SOCIALIST CHANGE Credit(s): 3
• HIS 385 - HISTORY OF RUSSIA TO 1825 Credit(s): 3
• HIS 386 - HISTORY OF RUSSIA SINCE 1825 Credit(s): 3
• HIS 534 - RUSSIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Credit(s): 3
• HIS 535 - RUSSIA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Credit(s): 3

Total Hours Required: 18