Foreign Culture Requirement

For the Foreign Culture requirement, students may take only one of the following general courses as part of the cluster:

Anthropology & Sociology 102: Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology & Sociology 103: Introduction to Sociology
Economics 347: Comparative Economics Systems
Government & Law 102: Introduction to International Politics
Government & Law 103: Introduction to Comparative Politics
History 105: Development of the Modern World
History 106: Introduction to History
Music 103: Introduction to World Music Traditions
Religion 101: Introduction to Religion

Foreign Culture Cluster

Students are advised to choose their courses from one of the following seven clusters. However, they may design an individualized cluster subject to approval of their adviser and the Foreign Culture Requirement Subcommittee.

Africa and the Middle East
Anthropology & Sociology 209: Ethnography (if focus is Africa)
Anthropology & Sociology 232: Magic, Science, and Religion (if focus is Middle East or Africa)
Economics & Business 354: Contemporary African Economics
English 349: Post-Colonial Literature
Government & Law 222: Political Change in the Third World
Government & Law 223: Politics of Africa
Government & Law 230: Middle East Politics
Government & Law 402: Peace Process in the Middle East
Hebrew 101, 102 (or demonstration of elementary-level proficiency)
History 373: The Middle East and North Africa
Interdisciplinary Studies 170: Africa (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 175: Israel, Greece, Rome (Interim Session)
Religion 216: Traditional West African Religion
Asia
Government & Law 224: Politics in Asia
Government & Law 228: Human Rights in Asia
Government & Law 229: Politics, Law, and Diplomacy in Japan
Government & Law 239: International Politics of Asia
History 247: Traditional China
History 248: Modern China
History 249: Modern Japan
History 372: Studies in Asian History
Interdisciplinary Studies 112: Introduction to East Asia
Japanese 101, 102: Elementary Japanese (or demonstration of elementary-level proficiency)
Japanese 211, 212: Japanese Civilization and Culture
Religion 211: Hinduism
Religion 212: Buddhism
Central and Western Europe

Along with French and/or German 101, 102, included within this cluster are all appropriate elementary-level language courses that might be taken at Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges institutions or within the framework of a LVAIC-sponsored summer language/culture study abroad program.

Each course places strong emphasis on historical and cultural contexts. However, CL 225, 351, and 460 are acceptable only if the major content is appropriate to the cluster-focused on aspects of culture within Central and Western Europe.

Courses dealing with the British Isles are excluded from this cluster.

Anthropology & Sociology 204: European Communities
Anthropology & Sociology 209: Ethnography
Anthropology & Sociology 214: Race and Ethnic Relations
Art 102: Introduction to Art History II
Art 126: History of Architecture II
Art 222: Medieval Art
Art 223: Italian Renaissance Art
Art 224: Baroque and Rococo Art
Art 226: Age of Michelangelo
Art 228: Northern Renaissance Painting
Comparative Literature 102: Survey of European Literature II
Comparative Literature 142: Masterworks of German Literature and Film
Comparative Literature 225: Special Topics in Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature 351: Special Topics in Literature in Translation
Comparative Literature 460: Reading and Research in Comparative Literature
German 237: German Foreign Policy
Government & Law 221: Politics in Western Europe
History 219: Modern European Society through Film
History 221: The Medieval World
History 222: Emergence of Western Europe
History 227: Europe: 1850-1917
History 228: Europe: World War I to the Present
History 253, 254: European Thought, Society, and Culture
History 352: Europe Seminar
Interdisciplinary Studies 165: The Open Wall and the New Europe of the 1990s (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 180: Fin-de-Siscle Vienna (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 185: Contemporary French Civilization in Paris (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 250: French Commerce and Culture (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 492: Politics and the Arts in France, 1919-1945 (Interim Session)
Music 102: Music in Western Civilization
Music 282: Mozart
Religion 262: Jewish Responses to Catastrophe
France
Art 233: Nineteenth-Century Painting and Sculpture
Comparative Literature 351: Special Topics in French Literature in Translation
French 101, 102; demonstration of elementary-level proficiency; or LVAIC summer session in France
History 225: The Age of Revolution
Interdisciplinary Studies 185: Contemporary French Civilization in Paris (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 250: French Culture and Commerce (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 492: Politics and the Arts in France, 1919-1945 (Interim Session)
Germany
Comparative Literature 142: Masterworks of German Literature and Film
Comparative Literature 351: Special Topics in German Literature in Translation
German 101, 102; demonstration of elementary-level proficiency; or LVAIC summer session in Germany
German 237: German Foreign Policy
Interdisciplinary Studies 165: The Open Wall and the New Europe of the 1990s (Interim Session)
Interdisciplinary Studies 180: Fin-de-Siscle Vienna (Interim Session)
Latin America
Anthropology & Sociology 206: People of the Andes
Anthropology & Sociology 208: New World Civilizations
Anthropology & Sociology 209: Ethnography (if focus is Latin America)
Government & Law 227: Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
History 245: Spanish and Portuguese America
History 246: Modern Latin America
History 368: Latin American Seminar
Spanish 101, 102; demonstration of elementary-level proficiency; or LVAIC summer session in Spain or Mexico
Russia
Comparative Literature 161, 162: Russian Literature in English
Economics and Business 356: Economic History of Russia in the Twentieth Century
Government & Law 225: Politics in Russia
Government & Law 238: Russian Foreign Policy
History 243, 244: Traditional Russia and the USSR
History 354: Seminar in Russo-Soviet His tory
Interdisciplinary Studies 280: Russia (Interim Session)
Russian 101, 102 (or demonstration of elementary-level proficiency)



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