Courses currently approved for the Central Curriculum are listed below.
Analytical Thought
Introduction to Statistics |
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Calculus I |
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Calculus II |
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Linear Algebra |
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Discrete Structures |
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Business Statistics |
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Introduction to Logic |
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Elementary Statistics |
Literary Expression
Literature and Culture |
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Literature Studies |
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Studies in Literatures of the Americas, Colonial to 1865 |
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Studies in Literatures of the Americas, 1865 to Present |
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Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Medieval to Renaissance |
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Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Jacobean to Augustan |
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Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Romantic to Modernist |
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Studies in Comparative Literatures of the Americas |
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World Literature |
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Jewish Literature |
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Forms of Writing |
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The New Testament |
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Introduction to Dramatic Literature |
Artistic Expression
Introduction to Art History I |
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Introduction to Art History II |
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Greek and Roman Art |
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Survey of Non-Western Art |
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Renaissance Art History |
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American Art History |
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19th-Century Art History |
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Modernism and the Avante-Garde |
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Women in Art |
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Arts in Education |
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Introduction to Film |
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International Film |
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British Theatre |
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Introduction to Music |
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A Study of Jazz |
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Rock Music and Society |
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Music in Christian Rituals |
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Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras |
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Aesthetics |
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Understanding Theatre |
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Survey of Western Theatre |
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Identity and Representation in Non-Western Theatre |
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Editing and Publishing when the topic being offered is Small Press Editing and Publishing |
Scientific Explanations
Issues in Biology |
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Human Sexuality and Reproduction |
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Ecology, Evolution and Heredity |
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Trends in Chemistry |
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General Chemistry I |
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General Chemistry I Teams |
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Introduction to the Science of Ecology |
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Environmental Science |
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Environmental Hazards |
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Earth System History |
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Weather and Climate |
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Oceanography |
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The Sciences |
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Astronomy and Classical Physics |
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Physics of Music |
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Introductory Physics I |
Social Interactions
Public Culture |
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Introduction to Anthropology |
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Magic, Witchcraft and Religion |
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Regulating Bodies: Food, Sex, Drugs, and the Economy |
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Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern World |
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Race, Ethnicity and Minorities |
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Interpersonal Communication |
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Elements of Economics |
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Principles of Macroeconomics |
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Principles of Microeconomics |
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Cognition and Classroom Learning |
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American Government and Politics |
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Comparative Government and Politics |
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World Affairs |
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Principles of Psychology |
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Principles of Sociology |
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Social Problems |
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Introduction to Women's Studies |
Historical Perspectives
History of Anthropological Theory |
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U.S. History to 1877 |
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U.S. History Since 1877 |
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Europe 800–1648 |
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Europe 1648–Present |
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Traditional East Asia |
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Modern East Asia |
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African Civilization |
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Early Modern Africa |
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Latin America, 1492–1825 |
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Latin America, 1825–Present |
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Music of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Eras |
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American Political Thought |
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The Bible and Archaeology |
Ethics
Values, Ethics, and the Good Life |
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Problems in Philosophy |
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Philosophy of Love and Desire |
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Resolving Moral Conflicts |
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Justice |
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Everyday Ethics |
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Advanced Ethical Theory |
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Applied Biblical Ethics |
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Faiths and Values |
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Introduction to Religious Studies |
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Jewish Philosophy and Ethics |
Language
Completion through the 201 level of any language other than English
Ethics Intensive
Legal Environment |
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Contemporary Art |
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Developmental Biology |
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Developmental Biology Lab |
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Ethics and Leadership |
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Principles of Learning and Teaching in Elementary Education |
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Classroom Management |
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Oceanography |
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Publishing: Entertainment, Art, Politics, Ethics |
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History Methods |
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Philosophy in the Wake of the Holocaust |
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Crossing Cultures Through Literature |
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Music for Exceptional Children |
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Applied Ethics |
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Business Ethics |
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Bioethics |
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Just War Theory |
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Ancient Philosophy |
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Philosophy and the City: Plato's Republic and HBO's The Wire |
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Western Political Philosophy |
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Research Process and Data Analysis |
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Introduction to Counseling |
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World Religions |
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Introduction to Asian Religions |
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Topics in Religion when the topic being offered is Environmental Ethics |
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Qualitative Research Methods |
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Quantitative Research Methods |
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Social Justice |
Perspectives
Global Business Perspectives |
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World Music Perspectives |
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Perspectives |
Writing and Thinking
Writing and Thinking |
Interdisciplinary
Legal Environment |
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Women in Art |
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Museums and Anthropology |
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Regulating Bodies: Food, Sex, Drugs, and the Economy |
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Issues in Biology when the topic being offered is Spice of Life |
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Human Sexuality and Reproduction |
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The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids |
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Neurons and Networks |
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Interdisciplinary Explorations in Biology |
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Topics in Chemistry when the topic is Medicinal Chemistry |
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Integrated Marketing Communications |
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Media Law |
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Multi-agent Modeling in the Natural and Social Sciences |
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International Political Economy |
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Climate and Global Change |
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Sustainable Energy Resources |
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Geographic Information Systems |
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Introduction to Modern Publishing |
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Advanced Composition: Rhetoric and the Environment |
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Reading/Writing/Teaching Difference |
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French and Francophone Literary and Cultural Studies when the topic being offered is War, Art and Literature |
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Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain |
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Piracy |
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Film and History |
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Popular Music and History in the 20th Century |
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Eastern and Western Health Care |
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Human Health and Disease |
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Thought and the Natural Sciences |
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International Studies Theory and Practice |
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The Sciences |
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Math and Music |
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Music for Exceptional Children |
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Music in Christian Rituals |
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Computer Music Performance |
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Philosophy in the Wake of the Holocaust |
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Philosophy of Science |
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Women and U. S. Politics |
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Political Psychology |
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Development, Globalization and Society |
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Constitutional Law |
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Health Psychology |
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The Hebrew Bible |
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Women in the Biblical Tradition |
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The Bible and Archaeology |
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Topics in Religion when the topic being offered is Environmental Ethics |
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Science and Religion |
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Stage Management and Theatre Operations |
Writing Intensive
Public Culture |
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Life During Wartime |
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National, Transnational and Diasporic Communities |
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Family and Kinship |
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Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern World |
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Race, Ethnicity and Minorities |
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Renaissance Art History |
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American Art History |
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19th-Century Art History |
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Modernism and the Avante-Garde |
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Women in Art |
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Systematic Biology |
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Behavioral Neuroendocrinology |
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Student Research II |
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Organic Chemistry II |
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Physical Chemistry I |
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Introduction to Journalism |
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Communication/Media Theory |
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Critical Analysis of Emerging Media |
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Software Engineering: Methodology |
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Game Theory |
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Cognition and Classroom Learning: Early Childhood |
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Educational Psychology |
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Literacy I |
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Literacy II |
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Climate and Global Change |
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Wetlands Analysis |
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Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Romantic to Modernist |
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Forms of Writing |
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Aesthetics and Interpretation |
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Themes in Early Modern British Literature |
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Themes in Early American Literature |
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Studies in Major Authors |
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Studies in Literature and Gender |
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Advanced Composition: Rhetoric and the Environment |
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Publishing: Entertainment, Art, Politics and Ethics |
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Special Themes and Topics |
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Independent Research: Issues in Literature |
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Seminar on French/Francophone Literature and Culture or Film |
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Multicultural German Literature |
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Seminar in German Studies |
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German Theatre and Film |
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History Methods |
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Race and Nation in Modern Latin America |
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Seminar in History |
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Management Support Systems |
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Self-Exploration Through Travel Writing |
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Seminar in Italian Literature, Culture, and Film |
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Seminar in Italian Language |
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Discrete Structures |
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Abstract Algebra |
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Business Policy and Strategy |
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Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras |
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Modern Philosophy |
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Modern Physics |
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World Affairs |
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Research Process and Data Analysis |
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The American Presidency |
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Constitutional Law |
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Civil Liberties |
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Senior Seminar |
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Research Methods in Psychology |
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Psychology of Gender |
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Psychology, Culture and Ethnicity |
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Directed Research |
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The Hebrew Bible |
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Women in the Biblical Tradition |
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Caribbean Culture and Society |
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Qualitative Research Methods |
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Social Control and Deviance |
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Advanced Spanish Language |
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Seminar in Peninsular Spanish Studies |
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Seminar in Hispanic-American Studies |
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From Page to Stage |
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Dramatic Theory and Criticism |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
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Intermediate Creative Writing |
Oral Intensive
Regulating Bodies: Food, Sex, Drugs, and the Economy |
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Race, Ethnicity and Minorities |
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Contemporary Art |
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Student Research II |
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Seminar |
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Public Speaking |
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Dynamic Presentational Speaking |
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Senior Colloquium |
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Student Research II |
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Student Teaching Block |
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Geographic Information Systems |
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Groundwater Pollution and Monitoring |
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Tropical Meteorology |
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Seminar on French/Francophone Literature and Culture or Film |
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Introduction to Business German |
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Multicultural German Literature |
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Seminar in German Studies |
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German Theatre and Film |
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Seminar in History |
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Human Health and Disease |
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Seminar in Italian Literature, Culture, and Film |
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Seminar in Italian Language |
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Senior Colloquium |
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Global Business Perspectives |
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Business Policy and Strategy |
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Music of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Eras |
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Modern Philosophy |
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Modern Physics |
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Senior Seminar |
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Advanced Spanish Language |
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Seminar in Peninsular Spanish Studies |
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Seminar in Hispanic-American Studies |
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Acting I |
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Acting II |
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Acting III |
Team Intensive
Museums and Anthropology |
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Regulating Bodies: Food, Sex, Drugs, and the Economy |
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History and Culture of Jewish Cuisines |
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Senior Portfolio |
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Graphic Design Studio |
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Issues in Biology when the topic being offered is Brain and Behavior, Human Heredity, or Spice of Life |
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Ecology, Evolution and Heredity |
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Genetics |
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Systematic Biology |
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The Biochemistry of Metabolism |
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General Chemistry I Teams |
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General Chemistry II Teams |
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Public Relations/Corporate Communications Management |
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Team Communication |
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Principles of Learning and Teaching in Elementary Education |
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Water Resources |
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Authors when the topic being offered is Shakespeare: Cultural Performances |
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Intermediate German II: Language and Culture |
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Europe, 800–1648 |
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Early Modern Africa |
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Collective Inquiry in History |
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Management Support Systems |
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Global Business Perspectives |
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Theory III: Advanced Tonal Harmony |
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Theory IV: Form and Analysis |
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Introductory Physics I (Calculus-based section only) |
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Women and U. S. Politics |
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Directed Research |
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Applied Biblical Studies |
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Social Justice |
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The Fall Musical |
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Student-Directed Production |
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Spring Production |
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Advanced Acting Workshop |
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Stagecraft and Production |
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Scenic Painting and Lighting |
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Costume Technology |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
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Intermediate Creative Writing |
Diversity
Public Culture |
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Introduction to Anthropology |
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Magic, Witchcraft and Religion |
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Native America North of Mexico |
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History and Culture of Jewish Cuisines |
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Race, Ethnicity and Minorities |
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Survey of Non-Western Art |
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Intercultural Communication |
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Critical Analysis of Emerging Media |
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Introduction to Diversity Studies |
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Studies in Comparative Literatures of the Americas |
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Jewish Literature |
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Topics in History when the topic being offered is Asian American History: 1850–Present |
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Philosophy and the City: Plato's Republic and HBO's The Wire |
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Psychology of Gender |
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Psychology, Culture and Ethnicity |
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Faiths and Values |
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Introduction to Religious Studies |
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Introduction to Judaism |
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Principles of Sociology |
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Black Feminism I |
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Black Feminism II |
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Identity and Representation in Non-Western Theatre |
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Introduction to Women's Studies |
Cross-Cultural
Global Citizenship (satisfies the reflection piece only) |
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Self-Exploration Through Travel Writing (satisfies the reflection piece only) |
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Crossing Cultures Through Literature (satisfies the reflection piece only) |
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Travel Writing in South Africa |
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Peruvian Culture and Society |
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British Law and Culture |
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Life is Good in Chile |
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Focus Australia |
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History in Southern Appalachia |
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The Arts of Italy: Music, Architecture, and Gastronomy |
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National History, Global Responsibilities |
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The Chinese Scholar-Artist |
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A Window to Japan |
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Greek Culture: Ancient and Modern |
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Exploration and Understanding of Navajo Nation |
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GO New Zealand/Aotearoa |
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Peace, Youth and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland |
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The Golden Ring of Russia: Ecology and Culture |
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Prague Revisited |
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Hurricane Relief Team: The New Orleans Experience |
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Spanish Language and Culture |
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GO Villandraut |
GO Five-O: Our 50th State. A Three-prong Approach to Understanding Hawaiian Culture. |
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Images of Jesus in Central America |
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Philippines: Service Learning |
Diversity Intensive
Life During Wartime |
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Family and Kinship |
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Women in Art |
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Human Sexuality and Reproduction |
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The Biology of Women |
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Genetics |
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Ethics and Leadership |
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Political Economic Thought |
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Introduction to Special Education |
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Oceanography |
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Soil Science |
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Forms of Writing |
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Reading/Writing/Teaching Difference |
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Intermediate German II: Language and Culture |
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U.S. History Since 1877 |
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Latin America, 1492-1825 |
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Latin America, 1825-Present |
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Making a Multicultural United States |
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History of American Medicine |
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Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain |
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Global Migrations in Modern World History |
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Management and Organizational Behavior |
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Women in Organizations |
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A Study of Jazz |
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World Music Perspectives |
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Music in Christian Rituals |
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Everyday Ethics |
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Feminist Philosophy |
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Women and U.S. Politics |
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Diversity in American Politics |
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World Religions |
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Introduction to Asian Religions |
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The Hebrew Bible |
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Women in the Biblical Tradition |
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Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern World |
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Gendered Bodies and Social Control |
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Caribbean Culture and Society |
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Social Stratification in Contemporary Society |
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Introduction to Dramatic Literature |
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Dramatic Theory and Criticism |
Capstone Courses.
In addition to the Central Curriculum requirements, students must complete at least two semester hours in a capstone course as a part of the major program.
The capstone is designed to enrich students' academic experience by allowing them to demonstrate what has been learned through a concentrated course of study at Susquehanna.
Courses fulfilling the Capstone requirement
Independent Study |
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Senior Portfolio |
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Senior Thesis |
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Graphic Design Studio |
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Seminar in Biology |
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Student Research I |
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Student Research II |
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Problems in Chemistry |
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Public Relations/Corporate Communications Management |
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Feature Writing |
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Professional Digital Multimedia Production |
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Team Communication |
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Software Engineering: Practicum |
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Compiler Theory |
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Senior Colloquium |
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Student Research II |
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Applied Research Methods |
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Preparation and Planning |
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Classroom Teaching |
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Classroom Management |
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Seminar |
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Environmental Internship |
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Environmental Internship Seminar |
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Research in Earth and Environmental Science |
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Research Seminar |
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Field Program |
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Independent Research: Issues in Literature |
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Seminar on French/Francophone Literature and Culture or Film |
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Multicultural German Literature |
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Seminar in German Studies |
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German Theatre and Film |
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Seminar in History |
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Capstone |
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Seminar in Italian Literature, Culture, and Film |
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Seminar in Italian Language |
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Senior Colloquium |
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Business Policy and Strategy |
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Student Teaching |
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Recital |
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Independent Study in Music |
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Directed Reading and Research |
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Research Physics |
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Senior Seminar |
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Directed Research |
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Capstone |
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Independent Study |
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Advanced Spanish Language |
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Seminar in Peninsular Spanish Studies |
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Seminar in Hispanic-American Studies |
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Capstone |
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Senior Writing Portfolio |
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