Non-Western Culture Courses

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AAAS 103 Introduction to Africa
AAAS 105/HIST 104 Introduction to African History
AAAS 115 Introduction to African History, Honors
AAAS 160/HIST 160 Introduction to West African History (November 13, 2007)
AAAS 300 African Traditional Religion and Thought (prerequisite: AAAS 103, AAAS 105, or AAAS 106)
AAAS 301/HAIT 200 Portrait of a Third-World Nation: Haiti
AAAS 302 Contemporary Haiti (prerequisite: AAAS 301/HAIT 200 or consent of instructor)
AAAS 305/HIST 300 Modern African History
AAAS 307/HIST 307 Modern African History, Honors (October 5, 2004)
AAAS 320 African Studies in:______ (prerequisite: AAAS 103, AAAS 105, or consent of instructor)
AAAS 332/ENGL 326 Introduction to African Literature (prerequisite: ENGL 102 and one 200-level ENGL course)
AAAS 334/DANC 230/TH&F 226 Introduction to African Dance Theatre
AAAS 335 Introduction to Southern African Literature
AAAS 336 Introduction to African Literature, Honors ( March 14, 2006)
AAAS 340/WS 330 Women in Contemporary African Literature
AAAS 349/REL 350 Islam (May 3, 2005)
AAAS 351/GEOG 351 Africa's Human Geographies
AAAS 355/TH&F 326 African Theatre and Drama
AAAS 370/LING 370 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
AAAS 376/AAAS 676/HA 376/HA 676 West African Art
AAAS 415 Women and Islam (renumbered from AAAS 315 March 14, 2006)
AAAS 429/TH&F 429 Postcolonial Theatre and Drama (March 14, 2006)
AAAS 432/FREN 432 Francophone African Literature (prerequisite: ENGL 102 and a 200-level ENGL course)
AAAS 433 Islamic Literature
AAAS 434 African Women Writers
AAAS 435 Muslim Women's Autobiography
AAAS 445 Arab Thought and Identity
AAAS 450/REL 450 Popular Culture in the Muslim World (May 3, 2005)
AAAS 470/LING 470 Language and Society in Africa (prerequisite: AAAS 103, AAAS 305, LING 106, or consent of instructor)
AAAS 510/AMS 534/SOC 534 Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations
AAAS 520 African Studies in:__________ (prerequisite: junior/senior in good standing)
AAAS 542/REL 535 The History of Islam in Africa (prerequisite: 5 hours in humanities)
AAAS 543/LING 543 Language and Culture in Arabic-speaking Communities (October 5, 2004)
AAAS 545 Unveiling the Veil (October 5, 2004)
AAAS 552/REL 552 Classical Islamic Literatures (May 3, 2005)
AAAS 553/GEOG 553 Geography of African Development
AAAS 555/TH&F 530 African Film and Video
AAAS 561/HIST 561/POLS 561 Liberation in Southern Africa (October 9, 2007)
AAAS 578/HA 578 Central African Art
AAAS 598/HIST 598 Sexuality and Gender in African History
AAAS 600/POLS 665 Politics in Africa (prerequisite: AAAS 105, AAAS 305, or POLS 150)
AAAS 650/REL 650 Sufism (prerequisite: AAAS 349/REL 350 or permission of instructor) (May 3, 2005)
AAAS 657/REL 657 Gender in Islam and Society (prerequisite: AAAS 349/REL 350 or permission of instructor) (May 3, 2005)
AAAS 676/HA 676 West African Art (not open to students who have taken AAAS 376/H A 376)
AAAS 677/HA 677 African Design (prerequisite: AAAS 376, HA 376, AAAS 578, or HA 578)
AAAS 679/ HA 679 African Expressive Culture:________ (prerequisite: AAAS 376, HA 376, AAAS 578, or HA 578)
AMS 534/AAAS 510/SOC 534 Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations
ANTH 160/ANTH 360 The Varieties of Human Experience
ANTH 161/ANTH 361 The Third World: Anthropological Approaches
ANTH 220 The Ethnology of Art
ANTH 293/EALC 130/HWC 130/REL 130 Myth, Legend, and Folk Beliefs in East Asia
ANTH 362 Peoples of Southeast Asia
ANTH 364/EALC 364 Peoples of Japan and Korea
ANTH 365/EALC 365 Japanese People Through Film
ANTH 366/EALC 366 The Life Cycle in Japanese Culture and Literature
ANTH 368/EALC 368 The Peoples of China
ANTH 369 Vietnam: Identity and Conflict
ANTH 370 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific (prerequisite: ANTH 100, ANTH 108, ANTH 160, ANTH 308, or ANTH 360)
ANTH 376 North American Indians
ANTH 378 Contemporary North American Indians
ANTH 379/LAA 334/LAA 634 Indigenous Traditions of Latin America
ANTH 380 Peoples of South America
ANTH 484 Magic, Science, and Religion
ANTH 501 Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology: Introduction to Aboriginal Studies (THIS TOPIC ONLY)
ANTH 506 Ancient American Civilizations: Mesoamerica
ANTH 508 Ancient American Civilizations: The Central Andes
ANTH 510 An Introduction to Southwestern Archaeology (prerequisite: ANTH 110 or ANTH 310)
ANTH 564 The Peoples of Africa
ANTH 565/EALC 565 Popular Images in Japanese Culture, Literatures, and Films
ANTH 567 Japanese Ghosts and Demons
CHIN 562 Modern Chinese Literature I (prerequisite: CHIN 504)
DANC 230/AAAS 334/TH&F 226 Introduction to African Dance Theatre
DANC 440 Introduction to Classical East Indian Dance
EALC 105/REL 106 Living Religions of the East
EALC 130/ANTH 293/HWC 130/REL 130 Myth, Legend, and Folk Beliefs in East Asia
EALC 131 Myth, Legend, and Folk Beliefs in East Asia, Honors
EALC 136 The Japanese Tradition
EALC 220 Asian Autobiographies
EALC 231 Introduction to: ____
EALC 301 Cultural Traditions of China, Inner Asia, and Tibet (November 13, 2007)
EALC 302 Civilizations of Japan and Korea (May 13, 2008)
EALC 306/REL 306 Living Religions of the East
EALC 330 Chinese Culture
EALC 332 Asian Literature in Translation:___________
EALC 333 Asian Literature in Translation, Honors:__________
EALC 350 Contemporary Japan (offered only during the summer institute in Hiratsuka, Japan)
EALC 364/ANTH 364 Peoples of Japan and Korea
EALC 365/ANTH 365 Japanese People Through Film
EALC 366 The Life Cycle in Japanese Culture and Literature
EALC 368 The Peoples of China
EALC 380 Popular Cultures of East Asia (March 11, 2008)
EALC 410 Asobi: Play in Japan
EALC 411 Asobi: Play in Japan, Honors
EALC 415/615 Ancient China (November 14, 2006)
EALC 418/618 Sexual Politics in Dynastic China (Recommended: A course in East Asian studies) (October 9, 2007)
EALC 420/620 Daily Life in China from the Opium War to the Present (December 13, 2005)
EALC 508/REL 508 Religion in China
EALC 509/REL 509 Religion in Japan
EALC 510 Education in Japan
EALC 520/HIST 640 Entrepreneurship in East Asia
EALC 527/TH&F 527 Asian Theatre and Film
EALC 530 Chinese Culture
EALC 536 Cultural Traditions of Japan
EALC 565 Popular Images in Japanese Culture, Literatures, and Films
EALC 567 Japanese Ghosts and Demons
EALC 580 Popular Cultures of East Asia (March 11, 2008)
EALC 583/HIST 583 Imperial China
EALC 584/HIST 584 Modern China
EALC 585/HIST 585/POLS 668 Reform in Contemporary China
EALC 586/HIST 586 Ancient and Medieval Japan
EALC 587/HIST 587 Early Modern Japan
EALC 588/HIST 588 Japan 1853-1945
EALC 589/HIST 589 Japan since 1945
EALC 592/HIST 592 Huns, Turks, and Mongols: The Nomad Factor in History
EALC 593/HIST 593 Modern Korea
EALC 596/HIST 596 Defining Japan: Marginalized Groups and the Construction of National Identity
EALC 597/HIST 597 Japanese Theater History
EALC 620/420 Daily Life in China from the Opium War to the Present (December 13, 2005)
EALC 642/HWC 524/PHIL 506 Chinese Thought (prerequisite: an Eastern Civilization course, an Asian history course, or a distribution course in philosophy)
EALC 649 Doing Business with China: Law and Policy (prerequisite: a course on China or background in law or business)
EALC 656/POLS 656 Government and Politics of East Asia (prerequisite: a political science distribution course or an East Asian studies course)
ECIV 104/ECIV 304 Eastern Civilizations
ECIV 105/ECIV 305 Eastern Civilizations, Honors
ENGL 326/AAAS 332 Introduction to African Literature (prerequisite: ENGL 102 and one 200-level ENGL course)
ENGL 526 African Literature:_______ (prerequisite: completion of the Freshman-Sophomore English requirement or its equivalent)
ENGL 571 American Indian Literature: _____ (prerequisite: completion of the Freshman-Sophomore English requirement or its equivalent)
FREN 432/AAAS 432 Francophone African Literature (prerequisite: ENGL 102 and a 200-level ENGL course)
GEOG 351/AAAS 351 Africa's Human Geographies
GEOG 396 China's Geographies
GEOG 553/AAAS 553 Geography of African Development
GEOG 570 Geography of American Indians
HAIT 200/AAAS 301 Portrait of a Third-World Nation: Haiti
HAIT 300 Contemporary Haiti (prerequisite: AAAS 301/HAIT 200, or consent of instructor) (March 11, 2008)
HIST 104/AAAS 105 Introduction to African History
HIST 105 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern and Greek History
HIST 118 History of East Asia (name change – October 5, 2004)
HIST 119 History of East Asia, Honors (name change – October 5, 2004)
HIST 120 Colonial Latin America
HIST 122 Colonial Latin America, Honors
HIST 160/AAAS 160 Introduction to Western African History (November 13, 2007)
HIST 307/AAAS 307 Modern African History, Honors (October 5, 2004)
HIST 326 Native American Civilizations and Their European Conquerors
HIST 353 Indigenous Peoples of North America
HIST 397 From Mao to Now: China’s Red Revolution (November 8, 2005)
HIST 398 Introduction to History of Japan: Anime to Zen
HIST 399 The Samurai
HIST 470 Popular Culture in Latin America and Africa (March 1, 2005)
HIST 510 Topics in: Islamic Fundamentalism (THIS TOPIC ONLY) (May 13, 2008)
HIST 561/ AAAS 561/POLS 561 Liberation in Southern Africa (October 9, 2007)
HIST 569 The Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries
HIST 570 The Middle East Since World War II
HIST 583/EALC 583 Imperial China
HIST 584/EALC 584 Modern China
HIST 585/EALC 585/POLS 668 Reform in Contemporary China
HIST 586/EALC 586 Ancient and Medieval Japan
HIST 587/EALC 587 Early Modern Japan
HIST 588/EALC 588 Japan 1853-1945
HIST 589/EALC 589 Japan Since 1945
HIST 592/EALC 592 Huns, Turks, and Mongols: The Nomad Factor in History
HIST 593/EALC 593 Modern Korea
HIST 596/EALC 596 Defining Japan: Marginalized Groups and the Construction of National Identity
HIST 597EALC 597 Japanese Theater History
HIST 598/AAAS 598 Sexuality and Gender in African History
HIST 600 West African History
HIST 603 History of Tibet
HIST 604 Contemporary Greater China (October 18, 2005)
HIST 619 History of the American Indian
HIST 622 History of the Plains Indians
HIST 640/EALC 520 Entrepreneurship in East Asia
HA 265 Introduction to Asian Art
HA 266 The Visual Arts of East Asia
HA 267 Art and Culture of Japan
HA 268 Art and Culture of China
HA 269 The Art and Culture of Korea
HA 305 Special Study: Topics in Asian Art, Introduction to the Arts of Japan (Edwards Campus ONLY - SU 2004 ONLY)
HA 369 Introduction to Korean Painting
HA 376/AAAS 376/AAAS 676/HA 676 West African Art
HA 467 Art and Culture of Japan, Honors
HA 468 Art and Culture of China, Honors
HA 469 Art and Culture of Korea, Honors
HA 488 Chinese Painting, Honors (prerequisite: one of the following four courses: HA 150, HA 265, HA 266, ECIV 104)
HA 578/AAAS 578 Central African Art
HA 676/AAAS 676 West African Art (not open to students who have taken AAAS 376/H A 376)
HA 677/AAAS 677 African Design
HA 679/AAAS 679 African Expressive Culture: _____
HWC 130/ANTH293/EALC 130/REL 130 Myth, Legend and Folk Belief in East Asia
HWC 524/EALC 642/PHIL 506 Chinese Thought
INS 101 Introduction to Indigenous Nations Studies (March 11, 2008)
INS 504 Topics in Indigenous Nations Studies: ________ (March 11, 2008)
INS 510 Indigenous Women and Activism (March 11, 2008)
JOUR 502 International Journalism
LAA 332 Language and Society in Latin America
LAA 333 Language and Society in Latin America, Honors
LAA 334/LAA 634/ANTH 379 Indigenous Traditions of Latin America
LAA 335 The Politics of Language in Latin America
LAA 503 Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Latin America
LAA 506 Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Latin America, Honors
LA&S 202 History of North American Indian Tribes (taught at Haskell Indian Nations University)
LING 370/AAAS 370 Introduction to the Languages of Africa
LING 470/AAAS 470 Language and Society in Africa (prerequisite: AAAS 103, AAAS 305, LING 106, or consent of instructor)
LING 543/AAAS 543 Language and Culture in Arabic-speaking Communities (October 5, 2004)
MUSC 305 Music of Latin America
MUSC 560 Music in World Cultures
PHIL 506/EALC 642/HWC 524 Chinese Thought (prerequisite: An Eastern civilization course, an Asian history course, or a distribution course in philosophy)
POLS 561/AAAS 561/HIST 561 Liberation in Southern Africa (October 9, 2007)
POLS 656/EALC 656 Government and Politics of East Asia (prerequisite: POLS 150 or a East Asian Studies course)
POLS 657 Government and Politics of Southeast Asia (prerequisite: POLS 150 or a course in Asian or Southeast Asian history)
POLS 660 The Politics and Problems of Developing Countries (prerequisites: one of the following: POLS 652-POLS 659)
POLS 661 Politics of the Middle East (prerequisite: 9 hours in POLS, HIST, and or ECON including POLS 150 or POLS 170 or consent of instructor)
POLS 665/AAAS 600 Politics in Africa (prerequisite: POLS 150, AAAS 105, or AAAS 305)
POLS 667/SOC 640 Islam and Politics (prerequisite: A principal course in sociology, POLS 150, or consent of instructor) (New crosslisting as of October 9, 2007)
POLS 668/EALC 585/HIST 585 Reform in Contemporary China
REES 220 Societies and Cultures of Eurasia (March 14, 2006)
REES 221 Societies and Cultures of Eurasia, Honors (May 8, 2007)
REES 510 Understanding Central Asia
REL 106/EALC 105 Living Religions of the East
REL 130/ANTH 293/EALC 130/HWC 130 Myth, Legend, and Folk Belief in East Asia
REL 306/EALC 306 Living Religions of the East
REL 330 Native American Religions
REL 350/AAAS 349 Islam (May 3, 2005)
REL 360 The Buddhist Tradition in Asia
REL 440 Muslim Women in Religion and Society (Study Abroad) (October 10, 2006)
REL 450/AAAS 450 Popular Culture in the Muslim World (May 3, 2005)
REL 507 Religion in India
REL 508/EALC 508 Religion in China
REL 509/EALC 509 Religion in Japan
REL 510 Religion in Korea (prerequisite: REL 106/EALC 105, EALC 104, or permission of instructor) (May 13, 2008)
REL 535/AAAS 542 The History of Islam in Africa (prerequisite: 5 hours in humanities)
REL 552/AAAS 552 Classical Islamic Literatures (May 3, 2005)
REL 650/AAAS 650 Sufism (prerequisite: AAAS 349/REL 350 or permission of instructor) (May 3, 2005)
REL 657/AAAS 657 Gender in Islam and Society (prerequisite: AAAS 349/REL 350 or permission of instructor) (May 3, 2005)
SLAV 508 South Slavic Literature and Civilization
SLAV 512 Siberia Yesterday and Today
SOC 130 Comparative Societies
SOC 131 Comparative Societies, Honors
SOC 532 Sociology of the Middle East (March 14, 2006)
SOC 534/AAAS 510/AMS 534 Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOC 621 Cross-cultural Sociology
SOC 640/POLS 667 Islam and Politics (prerequisite: A principal course in sociology , POLS 150, or consent of instructor) (New crosslisting as of October 9, 2007)
TH&F 226/AAAS 334/DANC 230 Introduction to African Dance Theatre
TH&F 326/AAAS 355 African Theatre and Drama
TH&F 385 Contemporary Japanese Film (March 14, 2006)
TH&F 429/AAAS 429 Postcolonial Theatre and Drama
TH&F 527/EALC 527 Asian Theatre and Film
TH&F 530/AAAS 555 African Film and Video
TH&F 586 Asian Film (March 14, 2006)
W S 330/AAAS 340 Women in Contemporary African Literature
W S 389/ANTH 389 The Anthropology of Gender: Female, Male and Beyond

The dates listed next to the course are when the course was approved by the College to satisfy the Non-Western Culture requirement. If no date appears, it was approved prior to the creation of the document. The document was initially created December 2004.