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Approved Perspectives Courses

Perspectives courses teach Core Areas of Knowledge and Inquiry (RL, CV, AP, NS, NS-L, SS) and Global Contexts (US, ET, WC, PI), and are therefore taken by students early on in their undergraduate experience, before they complete 60 credits.The courses below have been approved as Perspectives courses as of 01/31/12.

Please note that this table can be filtered and sorted and that clicking a course takes you to the justification documents page for each course.

List of Perspectives courses being offered: Fall 2013 | Spring 2013 | Summer I 2013 | Summer II 2013|

Abbreviations and past offerings can be found below the table

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       Approved Perspectives Courses

      		 
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      A&HCMALCLAS 150: Greek and Latin Classics in TranslationRLETPI
      A&HCMALEAST 250: Modern Chinese Fiction in TranslationRLWC
      A&HCMALHEBRW 150: Modern Hebrew Literature in TranslationRLWC
      A&HCMLITCMLIT 101W: Global Literatures IRLWCPI
      A&HCMLITCMLIT 102W: Global Literatures IIRLWC
      A&HENGLENGL 151/151W: Works of English LiteratureRLET
      A&HENGLENGL 152/152W: Works of American Literature - A Course for non-majorsRLUS
      A&HENGLENGL 161/161W: Introduction to the NarrativeRLn/a
      A&HENGLENGL 162/162W: Literature and PlaceRLn/a
      A&HENGLENGL 165/165W: Introduction to PoetryRLn/a
      A&HENGLENGL 251: British Literature Survey IRLETPI
      A&HENGLENGL 253: American Literature Survey IRLUS
      A&HENGLENGL 255: Global Literatures in EnglishRLWC
      A&HELLFREN 41/41W: Masterpieces of French Literature in TranslationRLET
      A&HELLGERM 41/41W: Masterpieces of German LiteratureRLET
      A&HELLGRKMD 41/41W: Modern Greek Literature in TranslationRLET
      A&HELLITAL 41/41W: Masterpieces of Italian Literature in TranslationRLET
      A&HHLLSPAN 41: Hispanic Literatures in TranslationRLn/a
      A&HHLLSPAN 60: Hispanic Literatures in the United StatesRLUS
      SOCHISTHIST 229: Politics, Religion and Literature in Early Modern England and IrelandRLETPI
      SPECACEACE 5W: Great Works of LiteratureRLn/a
      A&HENGLENGL 252: British Literature Survey IIRLET
      A&HHLLSPAN 53: Don Quixote in TranslationRLET
      A&HSPANSPAN 051: Hispanic-Jewish literature in TranslationRLWC
      A&HENGHTH 102: Freshman Humanities ColloquiumRLn/a
      A&HCMALMES 160: Classical Islamic Literature and CivilizationRLWCPI
      A&HELLRUSS 155/155W: Keys to Russian LiteratureRLET

      Abbreviations used in the table:

        • AoK: Core Areas of Knowledge and inquiry
          • RL: Reading Literature
          • CV: Cultures & Values
          • AP: Appreciating & Participating in the Arts
          • NS: Natural Sciences
          • NS+L: Natural Sciences with Lab
          • SS: Analyzing Social Structures
        • GC: Global Contexts
          • US: United States
          • ET: European Traditions
          • WC: World Cultures
          • PI: Pre-Industrial

        General Education courses offered in the past        : Winter 2013| Fall 2012 | Summer II 2012 | Summer I 2012 | Spring 2012 | Winter 2012 | Fall 2011 | Spring 2011
             
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