Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute
Certificate in Russian and East European Studies
Students on Summer 2022, Fall 2022, or Spring 2023 requirements RUEESTACRT
Requirements
The certificate requires at least 24 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introduction to International Studies. One (1) course:
- INTL-I 100 Introduction to International Studies
INTL-I 100 Introduction to International Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This introductory, interdisciplinary course exposes students to the various academic approaches essential to international studies and to the various concentrations that comprise the major.
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- Russian and East European Area Studies.
- History and Geography. One (1) course:
- Russian and East European Institute
- REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
- REEI-R 202 Magic in the Russian Empire
- REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
- REEI-R 302 Russia, Past and Present
- REEI-X 490 Readings in Russian and East European Studies
- Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 191 Introduction to Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
- CEUS-R 295 Contemporary East Central Europe
- CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
- CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
- CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
- CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
- CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
- CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
- CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
- CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
- CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
- CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
- College of Arts and Sciences
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Collins Living-Learning Center
- CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- European Studies, Institute for
- EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Geography
- GEOG-G 320 Population Geography
- GEOG-G 378 The Geography of North Central Asia
- GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors
- GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe
- Global and International Studies, School of
- SGIS-S 300 Global Issues (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
- History
- HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
- HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
- HIST-B 348 Byzantine History
- HIST-D 100 Issues in Russian and East European History
- HIST-D 102 Icon and Axe: Russia from Earliest Times to 1861
- HIST-D 103 The Making of Modern Russia
- HIST-D 200 Issues in Russian/East European History
- HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980
- HIST-D 300 Issues in Russian/East European History
- HIST-D 302 The Gorbachev Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire
- HIST-D 303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History
- HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
- HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars
- HIST-D 309 Russia in World War II: Battles and People
- HIST-D 310 Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime
- HIST-D 320 Modern Ukraine
- HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711
- HIST-D 322 Hungarian History and Civilization 1711--1918
- HIST-D 325 Path to Emancipation: Nationalism in the Balkans, 1804--1923
- HIST-D 327 The Habsburg Empire, 1780-1918: Nation-Building and Imperial Decline
- HIST-D 329 Eastern Europe 1900--1943
- HIST-D 330 Eastern Europe 1944--Present
- HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
- HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
- HIST-J 300 (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-W 203 World War I: Global War
- HIST-W 325 World War II: The Peoples
- Jewish Studies
- JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
- JSTU-J 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
- JSTU-J 323 History of the Holocaust
- Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
- MELC-M 347 Rise of Eastern Rome
- MELC-M 348 Byzantium
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the history of magic in the Russian Empire. Explores magical murder, herbal medicine, witchcraft trials, and political sorcery through original documents. Considers the importance of gender, class, and religion in the history of magic in this region.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary study of the geography, natural resources, peoples, religions, economy, political and social systems, education, law, cultures, literatures, and arts of Russia. Emphasis on recent developments with appropriate attention to historical roots.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 302 or REEI-R 302.
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- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and the director of the Russian and East European Institute
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REEI-R 495 and REEI-X 490.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Freshman or sophomore standing; or consent of department
- Description
- Introduction to the history of the traditional Central Eurasian ("Inner Asian") peoples through lecture and film. Topics include Proto-Indo-Europeans, Silk Road, Attila, steppe empires, Dalai Lama, Manchu and Russian relations, and the re-emergence of Central Eurasia in the late twentieth century. Extensive use of films.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 191 or CEUS-U 190.
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- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland, three European nations whose peoples speak unique Uralic languages. Covers their culture and history as shaped by their Uralic heritage and by Germanic, Turkish, and Slavic conquerors. Focuses on national awakenings, independence, communism, and their role in Europe today.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines East Central Europe within the context of the twentieth century's bitter legacy that left its shadow on the region. Analyzes how this legacy affected the post-1989 transition into pluralism and democracy. Includes discussion of the sovereignty of the newly independent states and the future of East Central Europe.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth study of modern Finnish history, stressing Russification; 1905 Revolution; independence; interwar period, the Winter War and the Continuation War; "Finlandization," economic miracle, and welfare state; changing role of women; Finland as part of Scandinavia; literature, art, and music; and membership in the European Union.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores Central Asia's role in world history, in Islam, and as a link between East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Readings in English translation.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys Islam and Muslim communities in areas of the former U.S.S.R. After basic coverage of Islam, Russian expansion, and their interaction, the course focuses on the pressures experienced by and exerted by Islam as a religion and socio-cultural system, with attention to religious life's adaptations to the Soviet and post-Soviet context.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 313 or CEUS-U 394.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Europe's largest minority, the so-called "Gypsies," more properly the Roma, have been killed, hunted, and reviled; yet the exotic flavoring of "Gypsiness" has fascinated writers, artists, and composers. Surveys Roma history and representations. No background in East European studies, music, or film is required; readings are in English.
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- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines Mongolia's turbulent history from independence from China's last dynasty in 1911 through theocracy, revolution, and communism to today's market democracy. Also focuses on social, economic, cultural, and demographic changes. No prerequisite.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 360 or CEUS-U 469.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings to its height under Suleyman the Magnificent. Themes include Turks before the empire, Asia Minor before the Turks, rival principalities, centralization, Ottomans as European and Middle Eastern, economy, society, religion, law, learning, ethnic/cultural diversity, and the "classical age" as a concept.
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- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth exploration of Chinggis Khan's Mongol Empire from its origins in the twelfth century in the continent-wide breakdown of the 1330s-1370s. Primary sources (Mongolian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and European) in translation, including many of the medieval era's greatest histories and travelogues.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 393 or CEUS-U 368.
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- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Russia and Central Asia's complex relations, covering Russian expansion in the sixteenth century, Russian conquest in the nineteenth century, socio-political developments, and the emergence of modern nations in the 1920s. Themes include mechanism of Empire, dynamics between conqueror and conquered, and colonial administration of Islamic peoples.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 412 or CEUS-U 494.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys Islamic Central Asia from the sixteenth century to the Russian conquest, especially Chinggisid Uzbek states and the "tribal" dynasties, but also East Turkestan to 1755, and nomadic Qasaqs, Qirghiz, Turkmens. Themes include political institutions, legitimation, nomads and sedentaries; ethnic developments; religion and culture; sources and historiography.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 413 or CEUS-U 493.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of population growth, compositional change and redistribution at regional, national and global scales. Topics include population pressure, fertility control, aging of societies, AIDS epidemiology, immigration, and population policies.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the geography of the Caucuses and North Central Asia. Focuses on general issues, such as the challenges posed by living in Russia's shadow, environmental degradation and political identity, before turning to an examination of each country.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Geographic problems and prospects of the former republics of the Soviet Union with an emphasis on political geography, environmental issues, population, urbanization, energy, and the location of economic activity.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Emphasizes common themes across the countries of Europe and the distinctive cultures that make up the region. Begins with a discussion of the physical landscape of Europe, then explores the cultural and economic landscape of the region.
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- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of a variety of global issues related to security, technology, media, law, global careers, global and local community awareness, global languages and policy making.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of international and global issues relating to politics, security, media and health.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems across more than one period of Western European history. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in modern European history (1750-present). Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the origins, character, and development of anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the post-Holocaust period. Asks whether anti-Semitism is a single phenomenon with a clear tradition and cause, or whether it has varied markedly over time and from country to country.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Anti-Semitism in imperial and Weimar Germany; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; theological, moral, and political implications.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-B 323 or JSTU-J 323.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the history and civilization of the Byzantine Empire (A.D. 330-1453). Explores the survival of the eastern Roman empire after the \"fall\" of its western half; how it developed a distinctive culture and ideology; and how it changed in response to economic, political, and military challenges.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to main events and issues in Russian history from earliest times to the Crimean War in the mid-nineteenth century. Covers foundation of a great Slavic state into the Eurasian plain, the Kievan era of early state building, colorful rulers such as Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 101, HIST-D 102, or HIST-H 261.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to main events and issues in Russian history from the middle of the nineteenth century to present. Covers the great liberating reforms of Tsar Alexander II, the last tsar, Nicholas II, the revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin, the brutal tyrant Joseph Stalin, and the last Communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 101, HIST-D 103, or HIST-H 261.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In recent decades democratically-oriented revolutions have occurred in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. What accounts for this phenomenon? What common ideas and practices link them? Why were some more successful than others?
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The revolution in Soviet politics, culture, and daily life wrought by Mikhail Gorbachev (1986-1991) and the end of the Soviet Empire. Examination of selected issues: political structures, family, education, youth, status of women and minorities. Historical roots traced.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 302 or REEI-R 302.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Biographies of a number of Russia\'s most colorful personalities and the times in which they lived; among them, Ivan the Terrible, Pugachev, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Bakunin, Tolstoy, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the history of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Topics to be discussed will include Hasidism, Kabbalah, shtetl life, Haskalah (the Jewish Enlightenment), Socialism, Yiddish literary traditions, and the Holocaust.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Russian empire under Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Napoleon\'s invasion, expansion across Asia into the Americas, nationalism, war, and revolution. Other topics include daily life of the common people, gender issues, religion, and the emergence of a modern industrial society.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 308 or HIST-D 409.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Issues covered include Soviet politics and society on the eve of WWII, prewar diplomacy, the major battles of WWII on the Eastern Front, the Soviet \"home front,\" popular culture, and the impact of WWII on the Soviet Union and on the Soviet Union\'s international position.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Causes and development of Russian revolutions and civil war; Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin; purges, terror, economic development, society, and arts under Stalin; struggle against Hitler; scope and limits of de-Stalinization under Khrushchev; minorities, dissent, and life in the Soviet Union.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 310 or HIST-D 410.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A history of one of the most neglected nations in European history, once the breadbasket of the Soviet Union and now one of the largest nations in Europe. Examines issues of national identity and national consciousness and explores the place of Ukraine in Eurasian history.
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- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Origin of the Hungarian people; settlement of the Danubian basin; adoption of Christianity; formation of Hungarian state; impact of western European civilization and economic system during Middle Ages and Renaissance; effect of Ottoman domination; Ottoman-Habsburg conflict; liberation of Hungary from Turkish rule.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 321 or HIST-D 421.
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- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Modernization and rebuilding of Hungary during Habsburg enlightened absolutism; age of reform and the revolution of 1848-1849; compromise of 1867; social and economic transformation of Hungary within the framework of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; problems of a multinational state; World War I and collapse of historical Hungary.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 322 or HIST-D 422.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Decline of the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionary traditions and movements; peasant societies and folk customs; literary and linguistic nationalism; Balkan irredentism. Formation of Serbian (Jugoslav), Greek, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Albanian, and Turkish national states. Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and British influence and imperialism in southeastern Europe and Near East.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 325 or HIST-D 425.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Enlightened despotism; Metternichian system; struggle for German unification; Habsburg culture and civilization. German-Austrian, Hungarian, Czechoslovak, South Slavic, Rumanian, and Polish nationalism. Industrialization; Christian socialism and Austro-Marxism; murder at Sarajevo; destruction of the empire; its legacy to Europe.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 327 or HIST-D 427.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Begins around 1900 with twilight of great empires (Russian, Prussian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian), exploring origins of modern eastern Europe, the \"rebirth\" of Eastern Europe after WWI; wild 1920s; polarizing ideological spectrum of the 1930s; and dynamics of communism and fascism. Given the spectre of WWII, this course will pose the question of whether and how we can read the interwar years in a way other than as a prelude to an inevitable catastrophe to come.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 328, HIST-D 329, or HIST-D 428.
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- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines origins of communism in Eastern Europe, brutal takeover and Stalinization, attempts to reform communism, the fall of communism and ensuing battles for privatization, democratization, and the Wars in Yugoslavia. Looks at political institutions that shaped communist and post-communist Eastern Europe and important social and cultural developments.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-D 328, HIST-D 330, or HIST-D 428.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topics include the origins of Judaism, Jewish life in ancient Israel and the Diaspora, Judaism and the origins of Christianity, Jewish society and culture under Christian and Muslim rule in the Middle Ages.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 251 or JSTU-J 251.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Jewish history from early modern times to the present. Topics include Jewish daily life in early modern Europe and Ottoman Turkey, Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish emancipation, modern Judaism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, the State of Israel, and the history of American Jewry.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 252 or JSTU-J 252.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HIST H-270; and a major in history or secondary education social studies
- Description
- Develops research skills in history, focusing on the issues and sources of a broad time period and/or theme with multi-national or global scope. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- World War I claimed millions of lives and forever changed global political and economic landscapes. Europe's western front dominates our understandings of the war. Why then, is it called a "world war"? This course considers the war's global scope through different lenses, including military history, empire, gender, race, and environment.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course will study the lives of the millions of peoples all over the world who participated in World War II as factory workers, propagandists, soldiers, mothers, political leaders, and survivors. Beginning with military strategy and diplomacy, we will focus on life on the home fronts of many nations.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topics include the origins of Judaism, Jewish life in ancient Israel and the Diaspora, Judaism and the origins of Christianity, Jewish society and culture under Christian and Muslim rule in the Middle Ages.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-H 251 or JSTU-J 251.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Jewish history from early modern times to the present. Topics include Jewish daily life in early modern Europe and Ottoman Turkey, Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish emancipation, modern Judaism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, the State of Israel, and the history of American Jewry.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of J252 or HIST-H 252.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Anti-Semitism in the modern world; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; anti-Semitism and racial thinking; collaboration, resistance, and rescue.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 323 or HIST-B 323.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers the evolution of the Eastern Roman Empire in relation to Sassanian Persia from the second to seventh centuries, focusing on centralization at Constantinople; response to Western overlords; promotion of Christian orthodoxy, monasticism and Holy Land; and formulation of imperial strategies that defeated Persia but, ultimately, facilitated the Arab conquests.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MELC-M 347 or NELC-N 347.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the history, society, economy and culture of the Byzantine Roman Empire (\"Byzantium\"), ca. 330-1453 CE. Focuses on its imperial and Christian ideology, urban and frontier life, military ventures and diplomatic strategies for survival while situated between Western Christendom and Islamic Caliphates in the medieval Middle East.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-B 348, MELC-M 348, or NELC-N 348.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Social Sciences. One (1) course:
- Russian and East European Institute
- REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
- REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
- REEI-X 490 Readings in Russian and East European Studies
- Anthropology
- ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture
- ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
- ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
- ANTH-E 398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
- ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe
- ANTH-E 415 Topics in Communication and Culture in Comparative Perspective (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-E 445 Seminar in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH-L 400 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
- CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 318 Labor and Migration in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 320 Central Asia in Soviet Times
- CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 345 War and Peace in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
- CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
- CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
- College of Arts and Sciences
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Collins Living-Learning Center
- CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Criminal Justice
- CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
- CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
- CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Economics
- ECON-E 309 Topics in Economics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ECON-E 386 Soviet-Type Economies in Transition
- ECON-E 390 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- European Studies, Institute for
- EURO-W 304 Model European Union
- EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Global and International Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of
- SGIS-S 300 Global Issues (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SGIS-S 401 Cybersecurity, Policy, and Governance
- Global Living-Learning Community
- GLLC-G 210 Global Village Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- GLLC-G 220 Global Village Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- GLLC-G 320 Global Village Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- GLLC-G 321 Intelligence and National Security
- Hutton Honors College
- HON-H 304 Interdepartmental Colloquia (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- International Studies
- INTL-I 203 Global Development
- INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 325 International Issues through Foreign Languages (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar
- INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Political Science
- POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
- POLS-Y 200 Contemporary Political Topics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 210 Honors Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 332 Russian Politics
- POLS-Y 340 East European Politics
- POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
- POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
- POLS-Y 351 Political Simulations (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
- POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
- POLS-Y 375 War and International Conflict
- POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
- POLS-Y 399
- POLS-Y 401 Topics in Political Science (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Public and Environmental Affairs, School of
- SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and the director of the Russian and East European Institute
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REEI-R 495 and REEI-X 490.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Remembrance is analyzed as a cultural and social reality. Review of the theoretical literature on collective memory as it unfolds in written, narrative, visual, and audiovisual art; in architecture and monuments; in private and public ritual; in genealogy; and in the social experience of the body.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Europe is viewed as an idea, an identity, and an historical consciousness. Students explore the meaning of this idea in the contemporary development of social and cultural anthropology, and in such social areas as regionalism and nationalism, ethnic identity, gender and kinship, religion, the city versus the village, and political life.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- General anthropological introduction to social institutions and cultural forms of the Arab countries of North Africa and the Near East, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, development of Islam and Muslim empires, traditional adaptive strategies, consequences of colonialism, independence and rise of nation-states, impact of modernization, changing conceptions of kinship, ethnicity, and gender.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 397, CEUS-R 352, CEUS-U 397, or NELC-N 397.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- General anthropological introduction to societies and cultures of contemporary Muslim successor states of former Soviet Central Asia, Western China (Xinjiang), and Iran and Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, ethnohistory, traditional subsistence strategies, family, kinship, gender, sociopolitical organization, impact of colonial rule of tsarist and Soviet Russia and China, development of modern nation-states in Iran and Afghanistan, and dynamics of current conflicts and future prospects.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 398, CEUS-R 316, or CEUS-U 398.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive examination of selected topics in anthropology. Emphasis on analytic investigation and critical discussion. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be taken with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the contradictory effects of socialism's "fall" through a study of new ethnographies of postsocialist societies. Regional inquiries will be related to broader intellectual issues such as globalization, social suffering, commodification and cultural identity, ethnicity and nation building, armed conflict, and gender inequalities.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Cross-cultural exploration of communication systems, ranging from face-to-face interaction to mediated forms of communication, with an emphasis on their cultural foundations and social organization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ANTH-E 415 and CMCL-C 415.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This advanced seminar in medical anthropology focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding the body and notions of health, illness, and disease across cultures. Concentrates on interpretive and critical (political economy) approaches to issues of health and includes critical study of Western biomedicine.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Current issues in linguistic anthropology, designed to acquaint the student with readings and points of view not covered in the introductory courses. Topics such as languages of the world, variation in language, problems in linguistic structure, and culture and communication. Topic varies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to Central Eurasia, especially the former Soviet Union, focusing on the 1980s and beyond. Main topics are politics, society, and economy; others include demography, Islam, women, and foreign policy.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 315 or CEUS-U 395.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Traces migration flows in Soviet and contemporary Central Asia, asking questions about labor economics, gender, culture and ethnicity in labor migration. Focuses on shifts from formal to informal labor.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the Soviet experiment and its legacy in Central Asia through topics such as economic planning, nuclear testing, language policies, repression, and revival of Islam.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the causes of the two world wars, the Holocaust, Soviet domination and its collapse in East Central Europe and the subsequent quest to deal with an uncomfortable past construct democratic political systems and to finally reconcile with hostile neighbors.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analyzes environmental and social conditions in the immense region of Northern and Central Eurasia (former Soviet Union). Covers general environmental and political situations; environmental transformation under Soviet rule; environmental and health problems; conclusions on current trends.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 394 or CEUS-U 374.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the roles of religious figures and institutions in sanctioning, exercising, and/or undermining political authority in Islamic Central Asia. Focuses on the political influence wielded by the local representatives of Islam's spiritual ideal, especially Sufi shaykhs and how they used their extraordinary socio-economic and political power.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 416 or CEUS-U 498.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Summer 2025CASE CAPPcourseSpring 2025CASE CAPPcourseFall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Roles of legal institutions and processes in social and cultural systems. Cross-cultural examination of the foundations and contexts of legal forms and content and their relation to social, economic, and political systems and institutions. Analysis of legal impact, legal change, and legal development.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary course examines how the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are being influenced by the forces of transition. Analysis of Russian crime, including corruption, patterns of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, and drug use. Last section focuses on the Russian criminal justice system, including juvenile justice, policing, and prisons.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study and analysis of selected problems in criminal justice. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252
- Description
- Study of a topic area in economics. Topics will vary. Intended primarily for those wanting exposure to economics beyond the introductory level.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
- Description
- Economic institutions, resource allocation mechanisms, incentives and decision-making in a Soviet-type economy; economics of transition to a market-oriented system. Particular attention is paid to price liberalization, development of the financial system, privatization of state-owned assets, opening to the world economy, and the role of private sector.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-E 386 or ECON-E 497.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
- Notes
- Additional prerequisites may be required depending on the seminar topic
- Description
- Intensive study of a topic area in economics. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A course with two interrelated parts. The first involves an analysis of the decision-making powers of the European Union (EU). This analysis then leads to a formal simulation of the EU.
- Repeatability
- This course may be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of a variety of global issues related to security, technology, media, law, global careers, global and local community awareness, global languages and policy making.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of international and global issues relating to politics, security, media and health.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The Internet has created both opportunities for global connection as well as vulnerabilities that pose new challenges for nation-states and governments, who are forced to contend with actors whose identity and rules of behavior are often not known to them. Explore these issues and the current thinking in law, policy, and governance in dealing with them.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of Global Village director
- Description
- Intermediate consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of Global Village director
- Description
- Intermediate consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of Global Village director
- Description
- Advanced consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of intelligence in U.S. foreign policy and national security issues from 1776 to the present. A look at wartime and peacetime tactics, the Cold War, post–September 11th strategies, and both state and non-state threats. Examines shift to human intelligence, civil liberty issues, and foreign and domestic intelligence activities.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of Hutton Honors College
- Description
- Honors seminar focusing on topics in social and historical studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; introduces theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Topics are interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics focusing on the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This seminar will examine an international issue through a foreign perspective. Course readings and discussions will be conducted in a foreign language at an advanced level. The seminar\'s objective is to expose participants to global problems utilizing non-U.S. sources.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- INTL-I 315; International Studies major; and at least sophomore standing
- Description
- This required seminar is designed for senior majors who have completed all of the International Studies degree requirements to consolidate their studies. Students complete a project that addresses an issue appropriate to their concentration.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of nationalism to explore how history, politics and culture conflict and converge in shaping multiple identities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines issues of international scope through service learning projects. Content varies with instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 435 and INTL-X 370.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines countries around the world to investigate fundamental questions about politics. Topics include democratic development, promotion of economic prosperity, maintenance of security, and management of ethnic and religious conflict. Critical thinking skills encouraged. Cases for comparison include advanced industrialized democracies, communist and former communist countries, and developing countries.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 107 and POLS-Y 217.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Causes of war, nature and attributes of the state, imperialism, international law, national sovereignty, arbitration, adjudication, international organization, major international issues.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 109 or POLS-Y 219.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Extensive analysis of selected contemporary political problems. Topics vary from semester to semester and are listed in the online
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive examination of selected political topics for freshman and sophomore honors students. Emphasis on critical discussion and preparation of brief papers.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Political process and government structure in the Russian state. Political institutions inherited from tsarist empire and the Soviet state (1917-1991), history of subsequent political reform. Political problems of ethnic conflict, creating democratic institutions, and of transition from socialism to market economy.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Compares political change in the East European states, and emphasizes the legacies of authoritarianism and communism and the post-communist transition to democracy. Topics include the building of political institutions, the inclusion of citizens into the polity, the reform of the economy, the management of ethnic and social conflicts, and integration into the European Union.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparative study of major twentieth-century genocides. Examines the political conditions, ideologies, and movements leading up to mass murder, and the ethnic and global context of genocide. Focuses on the question of responsibility and accountability from the viewpoints of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders in the national and international communities.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of the politics of the European Union (EU). Assesses past and present dynamics of economic and political integration in Europe, the structure and work of European Union institutions, and EU public policies such as the Single Market, the common currency, common foreign and security policy, and trade.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- May be taken alone or in conjunction with related political science courses
- Description
- A course tied to simulations of international organizations such as the European Union, the United Nations, or the Organization of American States.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of the socioeconomic conditions and political ideologies leading up to the Holocaust, and the political, administrative, and social context for the genocide from the vantage of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. Focus on the individual, national, and international responses to and responsibilities for the Holocaust. Consideration of the Holocaust's legacies for the postwar world.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Compares factors that influence foreign policy and the foreign policy process. Focuses on domestic or internal sources of foreign policy behavior, including impact of individual leaders, group decision-making processes, bureaucratic politics, ideology and political culture, historical experience, and type of political system. Classroom simulations are central to the course.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: POLS-Y 332
- Description
- Behavior of Russia and U.S.S.R. in world affairs from 1945 to the present. Emphasis on impact of geographic assets and vulnerabilities, historical experience, domestic politics, and the changing international environment.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The nature of war. Theories and evidence on the causes of war. Discussion of the ways in which war has been conceived and perceived across time and of methods employed to study the phenomenon of war.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Theories about the interaction between the international economic and political systems are the subject of this course. Works from each of the main traditions -- liberal, Marxist, and statist -- will be assigned. Specific topics covered will include (among others): the politics of trade, aid, foreign investment, and international monetary affairs; theories of dependency and imperialism; the politics of international competition in specific industries; the stability/ instability of international economic regimes.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 2–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topic varies with the instructor and year; consult the online
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Description
- This course will discuss current debates about U.S. Public Policy on the national and international levels. Some policy issues covered are economic, crime, security, health and energy.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Literature and Culture. One (1) course:
- Russian and East European Institute
- REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
- REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
- REEI-X 490 Readings in Russian and East European Studies
- Art History
- ARTH-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art
- ARTH-A 226 Envisioning the Sacred: Survey of Medieval Art
- ARTH-A 341 Nineteenth-Century European Art
- ARTH-A 421 Pagans and Christians: Christian Art in the Roman Empire
- ARTH-A 425 Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium
- ARTH-A 426 The Medieval City
- ARTH-A 442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900-1945
- ARTH-A 480 Russian Art
- Central Eurasian Studies
- CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
- CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
- CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
- CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
- CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
- CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
- CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- College of Arts and Sciences
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Collins Living-Learning Center
- CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Comparative Literature
- CMLT-C 335 Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism
- CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 347 Literature and Ideas (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- English
- ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
- European Studies, Institute for
- EURO-W 406 Special Topics in European Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Germanic Studies
- GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture
- Hutton Honors College
- HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place (Approved topics: "LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 12))
- HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Jewish Studies
- JSTU-J 203 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (Approved topics: "LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 13))
- JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (Approved topics: "RUSSIAN JEWISH WRITERS" (TPC 25))
- Media School, The
- MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
- MSCH-J 450 History of Journalism (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Studies
- MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Religious Studies
- REL-A 355 The Right Belief: History of Orthodox Christianity
- REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- REL-R 300 Studies in Religion (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
- SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture
- SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
- SLAV-C 364 Lovers & Murderers: Czech Literature and Culture from WWII to Today
- SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
- SLAV-C 366 Czech Cinema
- SLAV-P 223 Introduction to Polish Culture
- SLAV-P 363 Faces of War and Freedom
- SLAV-P 364 From Anxiety To Revolution
- SLAV-P 365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture
- SLAV-P 366 The Bold and the Restless: Polish Film from the 1950s to the Present
- SLAV-R 123
- SLAV-R 223 Introduction to Russian Culture
- SLAV-R 224 Contemporary Russian Culture
- SLAV-R 229 Russian Folk Tales
- SLAV-R 263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky
- SLAV-R 264 Rus Lit: Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
- SLAV-R 322 Linguistic Approaches to Russian Literature
- SLAV-R 328 Nabokov
- SLAV-R 334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
- SLAV-R 349 Myth and Reality: Women in Russian Literature and in Life
- SLAV-R 366 Russian and Soviet Film
- SLAV-R 381 Dostoevsky and His Demons
- SLAV-R 405 Readings in Russian Literature I
- SLAV-R 406 Readings in Russian Literature II
- SLAV-R 407 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society I
- SLAV-R 408 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society II
- SLAV-R 451 Russian Poetry
- SLAV-S 223 Introduction to Balkan and South Slavic Cultures
- SLAV-S 320 Special Topics in Slavic Studies
- SLAV-S 363 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I: Literature and Nationalism in the Balkans
- SLAV-S 364 Socialist Modernism
- SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures
- SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
- SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages
- SLAV-T 366 Central European Cinema
- SLAV-U 223 Introduction to Ukrainian Culture
- SLAV-X 490 Supervised Individual Reading (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and the director of the Russian and East European Institute
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REEI-R 495 and REEI-X 490.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of major styles and monuments in art and architecture from prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 101 or FINA-A 101.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Origins and development of the architecture, and especially the sculpture and painting, of the period from Constantine the Great (300 A.D.) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 in the Byzantine East and the beginning of the Renaissance in the Latin West.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 226 or FINA-A 226.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of major artists and styles in painting and sculpture from c. 1770 to 1900, emphasizing developments in France, England, and Germany. Topics include neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, and post-impressionism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 341 or FINA-A 341.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Christian art as it developed in its first centuries within the Roman Empire (200-600).
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 421 or FINA-A 421.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire (A.D. 600-1453). Consideration of materials from the core territories of the Byzantine world (Constantinople, Asia Minor, Greece), the Byzantine commonwealth of Orthodox lands (Kievan Rus, Serbia) and Western Europe (Sicily, Venice, Crusader states).
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 425 or FINA-A 425.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course will examine the cities of Western Europe and the Islamic and Byzantine worlds from the perspective of the institutions of the city and the art and architecture they generated, including houses, fortifications, churches, town halls, guild halls, and markets. Medieval representations of the city also will be explored.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 426 or FINA-A 426.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Art, architecture and design of the first half of the twentieth century: cubism, futurism, German expressionism, Dada, constructivism, the Bauhaus, with emphasis on the central concepts of modernism and the avant-garde.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 442 or FINA-A 442.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Russian art from the twelfth century to the present. Emphasis on the period 1850 to the present: realism, the Slavic revival, symbolism, constructivism, and socialist realism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 480 or FINA-A 480.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to contemporary Finnish literature which leads students through its major developments over the last 30 years. Focuses on the major themes and trends of Finnish literature through selected representative works. Finnish texts will be read in translation, analyzed, and discussed.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys Islam and Muslim communities in areas of the former U.S.S.R. After basic coverage of Islam, Russian expansion, and their interaction, the course focuses on the pressures experienced by and exerted by Islam as a religion and socio-cultural system, with attention to religious life's adaptations to the Soviet and post-Soviet context.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 313 or CEUS-U 394.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Anthropology of former Soviet Central Asia and adjacent areas of Iran and Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, ethnohistory, subsistence traditions; kinship, gender, identities; religion; transformations under Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, and the war on terrorism. No previous knowledge presumed; background in anthropology helpful.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 398, CEUS-R 316, or CEUS-U 398.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Europe's largest minority, the so-called "Gypsies," more properly the Roma, have been killed, hunted, and reviled; yet the exotic flavoring of "Gypsiness" has fascinated writers, artists, and composers. Surveys Roma history and representations. No background in East European studies, music, or film is required; readings are in English.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys the Uralic (Finno-Ugric and Samoyed) peoples of northern Europe and Siberia. Topics include their origins and history, traditional and modern cultures, ethnic and national identity, development and modernization, and political independence and Russian rule. Also covers interrelations among Uralic peoples in the modern era.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 392 or CEUS-U 370.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE CAPPcourseSpring 2025CASE CAPPcourseFall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- The rise of realism in nineteenth-century fiction and its development into naturalism and impressionism; the symbolist reaction in poetry; the reemergence of the drama as a major genre. Authors such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Mallarme, Ibsen, Hauptmann, Strindberg, Chekhov.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Study of literature by women from different ages and societies. Consideration of issues such as the relationship to literary tradition and cultural context, the creation of an authoritative voice, or the representation of women in literature. Course may focus on one genre or mode (such as drama, lyric, autobiography, or satire).
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Historical interrelations between literature and philosophy. Recent topics have included free will and the problem of evil; mysticism, criminality, and suffering; existentialism and the literature of the absurd.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Selected topics focusing on Yiddish fiction and drama (1810-1914) or twentieth-century Yiddish fiction, drama, and poetry. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours for any combination of CMLT-C 377 and GER-E 351.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Selected topics on history of Ashkenazic Jews; Old Yiddish and premodern Yiddish folklore and popular culture; history and sociology of Yiddish; modern Yiddish culture; and centers of modern Yiddish culture. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours for any combination of CMLT-C 378 and GER-E 352.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Specific problems concerning the relationship of two or more literatures or of literature and another area in the humanities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated twice.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Jewish authors, such as I. B. Singer and Elie Wiesel; groups of authors, such as Holocaust writers and writers about the immigrant experience; or genres and themes. Topic will vary from semester to semester.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of arts and humanities. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Expressions of regional cultures and emerging nations of Europe. Social functions of folklore and folk music in rural and urban communities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics focusing on Yiddish fiction and drama (1810-1914) or twentieth-century Yiddish fiction, drama, and poetry. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMLT-C 377, GER-E 351, and GER-Y 300.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics on history of Ashkenazic Jews; Old Yiddish and premodern Yiddish folklore and popular culture; history and sociology of Yiddish; modern Yiddish culture; and centers of modern Yiddish culture. Conducted in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMLT-C 378, GER-E 352, and GER-Y 350.
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Readings in Yiddish or English translations on a topic in Yiddish Culture.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours in GER-X 493 and GER-Y 495.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on works of fiction and/or nonfiction that are distinctive of a particular time period, memorable event or occurrence, or location. Relevant monographs capture the essence of a specific era, happening, or the perspectives of people in a particular place.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of Hutton Honors College
- Description
- Honors seminar focusing on topics in arts and humanities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected arts and humanities topics and issues in Jewish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected arts and humanities topics and issues in Jewish studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Structure and function of international communication systems and barrier to flow of information among nations. Emphasis on gathering and disseminating information around the world. Study of the major newspapers of the world, international news agencies, and international broadcasting and satellite networks.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 448 or MSCH-J 448.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- American social-intellectual history integrated with the story of news media development, emphasizing the historical relationship of the mass media to American social, economic, and cultural patterns and developments. Origin, growth, shortcomings, and achievements of media. Impact of society on the media and vice versa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 450 or MSCH-J 450.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Engages selected works of Middle Eastern literature in relation to a singular cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours in MELC-M 305 and NELC-N 305.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the doctrines, spirituality, and practice of Orthodox Christianity as expressed in various cultural and national contexts. Particular attention is paid to Orthodox asceticism, monasticism, parish life, theology, and religious rivalry within the confession.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Special topics such as problems in Jewish mystical tradition, the nature of religious community, charismatic leadership, religious biography.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REL-A 430 and REL-R 445.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Religious problems confronting Jews and Judaism in our own time: women and Judaism, the impact of the Holocaust on Judaism, contemporary views of Zionism, religious trends in American Judaism.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics and movements in religion.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to history, literature, visual arts, music, film, and theatre of the Czechs.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Some discussion of Slovak language and literature also included.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Czech fiction and drama from World War II to the present. Some discussion of émigré literature also included.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focus on either Czech or Central European literature and culture; intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Readings and lectures in English.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces important trends and movements within the history of Czech cinematography. Places the films in their historical, cultural, and political contexts and illustrates how Czech films captured the life of Czech society during different periods. Examines the region of the Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia and Central Europe: its history, geography, ethnography and languages.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Polish culture from the origins of the Polish state to modern times. Important historical, political, and social developments and trends as seen through literature, art, science, music, architecture, and political documents. Knowledge of Polish not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Polish literature and culture from the nineteenth century to World War II in its turbulent historical and sociopolitical context. Special attention will be given to cultural representations of historical upheavals and the analysis of literary and artistic strategies of responding to the conditions of foreign occupation, colonization, and genocide. Knowledge of Polish language and culture not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Polish literature and culture from the end of World War II to the present day in the context of Poland's and Europe's historical and sociopolitical transformations. The main focus will be on literary and artistic representations of the shifting landscape of Polish culture. Students will analyze literature, film, and the arts, and interpret wide-ranging expressions of existential, aesthetic, and social anxieties and contestations. Knowledge of Polish language and culture not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focus on Polish literature and culture with comparisons to other world literatures and cultures; intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Readings and lectures in English. No previous knowledge of Polish literature or culture required.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An exploration of the post-World War II history of Polish cinema, made famous worldwide by directors such as Wajda, Kieslowski, and Polanski. Topics of interest include the cinema of moral anxiety (1970s); absurd comedies depicting life under communism; adaptations of literary classics; and new topics and genres in contemporary Polish film.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of development of Russian culture and thought from medieval Russia to the present, as seen primarily through literature and the arts. No knowledge of Russian is necessary.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Russian culture from the late Soviet period to the present. Concentration on three simultaneous dichotomies: anthropological versus artistic culture; nationalism and classic Russian themes versus Western and postmodern trends; and popular versus serious art, music, and literature. Knowledge of Russian not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey, analysis, and origins of traditional Russian folk tales based on thematic and structural classifications. Various approaches and theories are introduced in analyzing and interpreting folk tales, e.g., structural, formalist, thematic, and psychological. Pagan mythology, customs, and rituals are viewed as the possible origins of folktales. Influence of folk tales in music, arts, and cinema.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The golden age of the Russian novel; its social, cultural, and economic context; the flowering of art and music; the rise of the metropolis in association with poverty, alienation, quest for identity (both national and personal), as reflected in the romantic and realistic works of Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky. Knowledge of Russian not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- 1880 to present, a period of profound political, social, and intellectual ferment: the Bolshevik Revolution, Civil War, collectivization, the Stalinist purges, World War II, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of a \"new\" Russia. Knowledge of Russian not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 202 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Introduction to Russian Silver Age poetry with focus on linguistic analysis of poems (scansion and related activities for identifying rhyme patterns, meter and other textual elements). Research of the culture and politics of the Silver Age is included to achieve more critical and nuanced reading. Readings in Russian; discussions in English.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides an overview of Vladimir Nabokov\'s work in both Russian and English and contextualizes that work within the Russian diaspora. Explores the themes that make Nabokov a central figure of twentieth-century literature. Includes samples of literature by other Russian émigré authors. Knowledge of Russian not required.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Two giants of world literature who have shaped not only modern cultural history but philosophy and politics as well. Major works of each author will be read within an international perspective. Knowledge of Russian not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The roles, creations, and status of women in Russian and cross-cultural perspectives; and historical, literary, and social roles of Russian women. Major female characters of classical Russian literature and works of the most substantial Russian women writers will be studied. Special attention will be paid to the current situation in Russian literature and society.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Development of Russian cinematography from 1896 to the present. Characteristic features of Soviet films; the theory and practice of filmmaking in the former Soviet Union; the Soviet and Russian cinema in its relationship to Russian literature and in the larger context of European cinema art. Knowledge of Russian not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of homicide, suicide, patricide, and redemption through a study of the psychological novels of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. Primary attention will be paid to narrative style, symbolism, imagery, point of view, structure, themes, allegory, and so on.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
- Description
- Reading, in the original, of important Russian literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion and analysis of the works.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
- Description
- Reading, in the original, of important Russian literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion and analysis of the works.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
- Description
- Extensive translation from the original of selected works on Russian history, government, music, folklore, geography, culture. Discussion of both linguistic problems and content.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
- Description
- Extensive translation from the original of selected works on Russian history, government, music, folklore, geography, culture. Discussion of both linguistic problems and content.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
- Description
- Studies Russian lyric verse and its development through Russian literary history. Analyzes the most prominent works in the genre, from the pre-Pushkin period to the present day, and develops interpretive strategies. Considers the unique place of lyric verse in the Russian cultural tradition, its interactions with other cultural forms in Russia, and its origins in and influence on other literary traditions. Readings in Russian; discussion in English.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of the cultures of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Romania, concentrating on the modern period. Lectures and readings in English.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of literary and cultural issues and problems in the Slavic studies area. Variable topics ranging from a study of a single novel or genre to selected themes of Slavic literature in their historical and cultural contexts. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics up to 9 times for a total of 15 credit hours
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of literary and intellectual history of the South Slavs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a special focus on the foundational ideology of nations and nationalism in this period. Readings and discussions in English.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of literatures and cultures of former Yugoslavia during the 20th and 21st centuries. Exploration of the unique Yugoslav aesthetic of socialist modernism and directions Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian literatures have taken in the post-modernist period.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics from Slavic and East European literatures and cultures.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An area studies exploration of the ways in which people of Central and East European heritage express and adapt their ethnic identities in a United States context.
- Repeatability
- With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introductory course on the linguistic analysis of Slavic languages.
- Repeatability
- With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Broad cultural overview of Central European cinema, highlighting major developments of cinema in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and the former Republics of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in the post-Stalin era. Special attention will be given to the individual style and aesthetics of several major film directors.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Ukrainian culture from Kyivan Rus to the present, including such diverse facets of Ukrainian culture as folklore, language, art, literature, and modern pop-culture. Readings are supplemented by documentaries, cartoons, and music. Knowledge of Ukrainian not required.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Summer 2025CASE GCCcourseSpring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of the department
- Description
- Reading, in the original, of materials in field of Slavic studies of particular interest to student.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in SLAV-S 498 and SLAV-X 490.
- REE Area Studies Electives. Two (2) courses:
- Additional course(s) from the History and Geography list
- Additional course(s) from the Literature and Culture list
- Additional course(s) from the Social Sciences list
REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
REEI-R 202 Magic in the Russian Empire
REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
REEI-R 302 Russia, Past and Present
REEI-X 490 Readings in Russian and East European Studies
CEUS-R 191 Introduction to Central Eurasia
CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
CEUS-R 295 Contemporary East Central Europe
CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium
CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies
GEOG-G 320 Population Geography
GEOG-G 378 The Geography of North Central Asia
GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors
GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe
SGIS-S 300 Global Issues
SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs
SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History
HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History
HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
HIST-B 348 Byzantine History
HIST-D 100 Issues in Russian and East European History
HIST-D 102 Icon and Axe: Russia from Earliest Times to 1861
HIST-D 103 The Making of Modern Russia
HIST-D 200 Issues in Russian/East European History
HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980
HIST-D 300 Issues in Russian/East European History
HIST-D 302 The Gorbachev Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire
HIST-D 303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History
HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars
HIST-D 309 Russia in World War II: Battles and People
HIST-D 310 Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime
HIST-D 320 Modern Ukraine
HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711
HIST-D 322 Hungarian History and Civilization 1711--1918
HIST-D 325 Path to Emancipation: Nationalism in the Balkans, 1804--1923
HIST-D 327 The Habsburg Empire, 1780-1918: Nation-Building and Imperial Decline
HIST-D 329 Eastern Europe 1900--1943
HIST-D 330 Eastern Europe 1944--Present
HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History
HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
HIST-J 400 Seminar in History
HIST-W 203 World War I: Global War
HIST-W 325 World War II: The Peoples
JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
JSTU-J 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
JSTU-J 323 History of the Holocaust
MELC-M 347 Rise of Eastern Rome
MELC-M 348 Byzantium
REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
REEI-X 490 Readings in Russian and East European Studies
ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture
ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH-E 398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar
ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe
ANTH-E 415 Topics in Communication and Culture in Comparative Perspective
ANTH-E 445 Seminar in Medical Anthropology
ANTH-L 400 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication
CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
CEUS-R 318 Labor and Migration in Central Asia
CEUS-R 320 Central Asia in Soviet Times
CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
CEUS-R 345 War and Peace in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium
CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice
ECON-E 309 Topics in Economics
ECON-E 386 Soviet-Type Economies in Transition
ECON-E 390 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
EURO-W 304 Model European Union
EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies
SGIS-S 300 Global Issues
SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs
SGIS-S 401 Cybersecurity, Policy, and Governance
GLLC-G 210 Global Village Colloquium
GLLC-G 220 Global Village Colloquium
GLLC-G 320 Global Village Symposium
GLLC-G 321 Intelligence and National Security
HON-H 304 Interdepartmental Colloquia
INTL-I 203 Global Development
INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law
INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance
INTL-I 325 International Issues through Foreign Languages
INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar
INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
POLS-Y 200 Contemporary Political Topics
POLS-Y 210 Honors Seminar
POLS-Y 332 Russian Politics
POLS-Y 340 East European Politics
POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
POLS-Y 351 Political Simulations
POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
POLS-Y 368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
POLS-Y 375 War and International Conflict
POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
POLS-Y 401 Topics in Political Science
SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy
REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues
REEI-X 490 Readings in Russian and East European Studies
ARTH-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art
ARTH-A 226 Envisioning the Sacred: Survey of Medieval Art
ARTH-A 341 Nineteenth-Century European Art
ARTH-A 421 Pagans and Christians: Christian Art in the Roman Empire
ARTH-A 425 Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium
ARTH-A 426 The Medieval City
ARTH-A 442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900-1945
ARTH-A 480 Russian Art
CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium
CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
CMLT-C 335 Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism
CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature
CMLT-C 347 Literature and Ideas
CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature
ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
EURO-W 406 Special Topics in European Studies
FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture
HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place
HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia
JSTU-J 203 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies
JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies
MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
MSCH-J 450 History of Journalism
MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature
REL-A 355 The Right Belief: History of Orthodox Christianity
REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism
REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
REL-R 300 Studies in Religion
SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture
SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
SLAV-C 364 Lovers & Murderers: Czech Literature and Culture from WWII to Today
SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
SLAV-C 366 Czech Cinema
SLAV-P 223 Introduction to Polish Culture
SLAV-P 363 Faces of War and Freedom
SLAV-P 364 From Anxiety To Revolution
SLAV-P 365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture
SLAV-P 366 The Bold and the Restless: Polish Film from the 1950s to the Present
SLAV-R 223 Introduction to Russian Culture
SLAV-R 224 Contemporary Russian Culture
SLAV-R 229 Russian Folk Tales
SLAV-R 263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky
SLAV-R 264 Rus Lit: Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
SLAV-R 322 Linguistic Approaches to Russian Literature
SLAV-R 328 Nabokov
SLAV-R 334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
SLAV-R 349 Myth and Reality: Women in Russian Literature and in Life
SLAV-R 366 Russian and Soviet Film
SLAV-R 381 Dostoevsky and His Demons
SLAV-R 405 Readings in Russian Literature I
SLAV-R 406 Readings in Russian Literature II
SLAV-R 407 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society I
SLAV-R 408 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society II
SLAV-R 451 Russian Poetry
SLAV-S 223 Introduction to Balkan and South Slavic Cultures
SLAV-S 320 Special Topics in Slavic Studies
SLAV-S 363 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I: Literature and Nationalism in the Balkans
SLAV-S 364 Socialist Modernism
SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures
SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages
SLAV-T 366 Central European Cinema
SLAV-U 223 Introduction to Ukrainian Culture
SLAV-X 490 Supervised Individual Reading
- History and Geography. One (1) course:
- Electives. Six (6) additional credit hours:
- Additional course(s) from the Russian and East European Area Studies lists.
- Methods Courses
- ANTH-E 302
- INTL-I 315 Research Design in International Studies
- INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
- INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
- POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis
- POLS-Y 405 Models and Theories of Political Decision Making
- SOC-S 370 Research Methods in Sociology
- Russian or East European Language Courses
- CEUS-T 303 Advanced Estonian I
- CEUS-T 304 Advanced Estonian II
- CEUS-T 341 Advanced Hungarian I
- CEUS-T 342 Advanced Hungarian II
- SLAV-C 301
- SLAV-C 302
- SLAV-N 341 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
- SLAV-N 351 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
- SLAV-N 352 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
- SLAV-N 362 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
- SLAV-N 461 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
- SLAV-N 471 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
- SLAV-N 472 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian II
- SLAV-N 481 Fifth-Year Russian I
- SLAV-N 482 Fifth-Year Russian II
- SLAV-N 491 Sixth-Year Russian I
- SLAV-N 492 Sixth-Year Russian II
- SLAV-P 301
- SLAV-P 302
- SLAV-P 473 Fourth-Year Polish I
- SLAV-P 474 Fourth-Year Polish II
- SLAV-R 301 Advanced Intermediate Russian I
- SLAV-R 302 Advanced Intermediate Russian II
- SLAV-R 325 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian I
- SLAV-R 326 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian II
- SLAV-R 401 Advanced Russian I
- SLAV-R 402 Advanced Russian II
- SLAV-R 421 Fifth-Year Russian
- SLAV-R 422 Fifth-year Russian II
- SLAV-R 425 Advanced Oral Russian I
- SLAV-R 426 Advanced Oral Russian II
- SLAV-R 470 Political Russian
- SLAV-R 472
- SLAV-S 301
- SLAV-S 302
- SLAV-S 401
- SLAV-S 402
- SLAV-U 111 Summer Intensive Elementary Ukrainian I
- SLAV-U 322 Advanced Ukrainian II
- REEI Capstone or Upper-Level Writing Course
- Up to three (3) credits from the following:
- CEUS-R 491 Capstone Seminar in Central Eurasian Studies
- INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar
- Professional Experience Courses
- Up to three (3) credits from the following:
- ANTH-X 476 Museum Practicum
- ANTH-X 478 Practicum in Anthropology
- ARTH-X 376 Professional Practice in the History of Art
- CLLC-X 273 Collins Internship in Student Self-Governance and Management
- ECON-X 373 Internship in Economics
- EURO-X 373 Internship in European Studies
- FOLK-X 476 Museum Practicum in Folklore
- GNDR-X 474 Internship in Gender Studies
- GNDR-X 476 Practicum in Gender Studies
- HIST-X 376 Practicum in History
- HIST-X 473 Internship for History Majors
- INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
- INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
- JSTU-X 473 Internship in Jewish Studies
- MSCH-X 472 Media Internship
- MSCH-X 474 Journalism Internship
- MSCH-X 490 Projects in Media
- POLS-X 276 Political Science Practicum I
- POLS-X 376 Political Science Practicum II
- POLS-X 471 Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
- POLS-X 476 Political Science Practicum III
- POLS-X 477 Field Experience in Political Science
- POLS-Y 496 Foreign Study in Political Science
- REL-X 370 Service Learning in Religious Studies
- SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
- SOC-X 373 Internship in Professional Practice
- SOC-X 477 Field Experience in Sociology
- SOC-X 498 Sociological Research I
- SOC-X 499 Sociological Research II
- INFO-I 391 Professional Internship
- SPEA-V 380 Internship in Public and Environmental Affairs
- SPEA-V 381 Professional Experience
- SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs
- Career Preparation Course
- Up to three (3) credits from the following:
- ASCS-Q 275 Professional Portfolio Development
- ASCS-Q 294 College to Career I: Explore Your Options
- ASCS-Q 295 Design Your Life and Career
- ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
- ASCS-Q 299 Build Your Job and Internship Search Toolkit
- ECON-E 298 Careers in Economics
- POLS-X 299 Careers for Political Science Students
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- International Studies major or minor; and at least sophomore standing
- Notes
- Completion before the major's overseas/international experience is strongly recommended. This course is required for all International Studies majors.
- Description
- Introduction to research design and methodology used in international studies in preparation for undertaking research abroad and completing the INTL-I 400/INTL-I 406 Capstone Seminar.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to statistics and quantitative measures in international studies. Provides practical experience with descriptive and inferential statistics as well as international indicators. No previous knowledge or coursework in statistics is required.
- Summer 2025CASE NMcourseSpring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys quantitative frameworks for evaluating global and international phenomena, events, and processes to assess political and social obstacles to achieving collective goals. A basic knowledge of algebra is necessary to succeed in this course.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to methods and statistics used in political inquiry, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, sampling, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, measures of association, analysis of variance, and regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Summer 2025CASE NMcourseSpring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One course in political science at the 200 level or above
- Notes
- R: ECON-E 201
- Description
- Introduces collective choice and game theory for understanding how societies make political decisions. Examines how institutions, or the political context in which decisions are made, affect group choices. Theories of individual and group decision making, collective choice, and social dilemmas. Applications to congressional politics, intergovernmental relations, and parliamentary democracies.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The logic of scientific work in sociology; theory construction; major research designs, including experiments, sample surveys, and ethnographic field studies. Methods of sampling; measurement of variables; and descriptive statistics. Commonly used rates and indices in social research; using software to produce graphical displays and descriptive statistics.
- Summer 2025CASE SHcourseSpring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 204 or CEUS-U 212 with a grade of C or higher
- Description
- Builds students' confidence as language users via class discussion of newspaper articles, fiction and poetry, class presentations, journal entries, summaries of articles, film and news clips, short essays, TV broadcasts, and audiotape recordings. Focuses on structures of formal written Estonian and different registers of oral production.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 303 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Consolidates students' knowledge of Estonian structure, and adds to vocabulary, especially in students' areas of interest. While speaking, reading, listening, and writing are developed, this course has more emphasis on reading and writing. Independent work and student contribution a must; class is tailored to individual interests.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 242 or CEUS-U 232 with a grade of C or higher
- Description
- Assumes four semesters of Hungarian and substantial knowledge of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Enables students to converse about moderately complex personal, social, and academic topics; to read and understand a full range of literary genres; and to write and translate to meet most personal and academic needs.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CEUS-T 341 with a grade of C or higher
- Description
- Students continue to learn how to converse about moderately complex personal, social, and academic topics; read and understand a range of genres; and write and translate for personal and academic needs. Through readings, students extend vocabulary and develop a more academic style for conversation and writing.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 232, SLAV-N 242, or SLAV-R 202 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 301.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 341, SLAV-N 351, or SLAV-R 301.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 232, SLAV-N 242, or SLAV-R 202 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 301.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 341, SLAV-N 351, or SLAV-R 301.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 341, SLAV-N 351, or SLAV-R 301 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 302.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 352, SLAV-N 362, or SLAV-R 302.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 341, SLAV-N 351, or SLAV-R 301 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 302.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 352, SLAV-N 362, or SLAV-R 302.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 352, SLAV-N 362, or SLAV-R 302 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 401.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 461, SLAV-N 471, or SLAV-R 401.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 352, SLAV-N 362, or SLAV-R 302 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 401.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 461, SLAV-N 471, or SLAV-R 401.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 461, SLAV-N 471, or SLAV-R 401 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-R 402.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 472 or SLAV-R 402.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 471 or SLAV-R 402 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- First semester of an intensive fifth-year Russian language course.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 481 or SLAV-N 581.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 481, SLAV-N 581, or SLAV-R 501 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- The second semester of an intensive fifth-year Russian language course.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 482 or SLAV-N 582.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 482, SLAV-N 582, or SLAV-R 502 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- First semester of an intensive sixth-year Russian language course.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 491 or SLAV-N 691.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-N 491, SLAV-N 691, or SLAV-R 601 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- This is the second semester of an intensive sixth-year Russian language course.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 492 or SLAV-N 692.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Refinement of active and passive language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and word usage. Extensive readings, discussion, composition writing. Individualized remedial drill in grammar and pronunciation.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Refinement of active and passive language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and word usage. Extensive readings, discussion, composition writing. Individualized remedial drill in grammar and pronunciation.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 202 with a grade of B or higher; or appropriate placement exam score; or consent of department
- Description
- Morphological, lexical, and syntactic analysis of a broad spectrum of textual materials with special emphasis on meaning. Development of oral and written fluency and comprehension. Remedial grammar and phonetics as required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 341, SLAV-N 351, SLAV-R 301, SLAV-W 305, or SLAV-W 354.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 301 with a grade of B or higher; or appropriate placement exam score; or consent of department
- Description
- Morphological, lexical, and syntactic analysis of a broad spectrum of textual materials with special emphasis on meaning. Development of oral and written fluency and comprehension. Remedial grammar and phonetics as required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 352, SLAV-N 362, SLAV-R 302, SLAV-W 306, or SLAV-W 355.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 202 or consent of the department
- Description
- Designed primarily for those interested in developing oral fluency. Sections in advanced conversation, recitation, and oral comprehension, supplemented by lab and drill in corrective pronunciation, dictation, and reading.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 301 or SLAV-R 325; or consent of department
- Description
- Continuation and advanced treatment of topics covered in SLAV-R 325, as well as themes relating to current events.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 with a grade of B or higher; or appropriate placement exam score; or consent of department
- Description
- Refinement of active and passive language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and word usage. Extensive reading, discussion, composition writing. Individualized remedial drill in grammar and pronunciation aimed at preparing students to meet departmental language proficiency standards.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 461, SLAV-N 471, SLAV-R 401, SLAV-W 307, or SLAV-W 356.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 401 with a grade of B or higher; or appropriate placement exam score; or consent of department
- Description
- Refinement of active and passive language skills, with emphasis on vocabulary building and word usage. Extensive reading, discussion, composition writing. Individualized remedial drill in grammar and pronunciation aimed at preparing students to meet departmental language proficiency standards.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-N 472, SLAV-R 402, or SLAV-W 357.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 402 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- This course continues developing students' advanced skills in Russian, while focusing on a particular topic related to a diverse range of social, cultural, or historical domains. Language work includes writing, syntactical and stylistic analysis, academic speech, reading and listening activities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 402 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Covers a range of socio-cultural, historical, and political topics. Develops linguistic and cultural proficiency in preparation for academic study or research in Russian.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 18 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 302 or consent of the department
- Description
- Designed primarily for those interested in maintaining or developing oral fluency. Sections in advanced conversation, recitation and oral comprehension, dictation, and reading.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-R 401 or SLAV-R 425; or consent of the department
- Description
- Continuation of SLAV-R 425.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Students will develop advanced language skills with a focus on international relations, economics, trade, national security, and arms control. Students will be exposed to such authentic materials as newspaper articles and audio excerpts from news broadcasts. Course goal is to develop functional proficiency in all basic language skills: reading, listening, speaking. Grammar review is part of the course.
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- No previous knowledge of Ukrainian required. Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-U 101, designed to provide active command of phonology and basic grammatical patterns of Ukrainian.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-U 101, SLAV-U 111, or SLAV-U 311
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-U 311 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Develops advanced skills in speaking, writing, reading, and listening about a broad range of topics related to contemporary Ukrainian society and culture. Emphasis is on fostering cultural awareness, a higher level of listening and reading comprehension, and more sophisticated self-expression in both writing and speaking.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- CEUS major; senior standing; and consent of supervising faculty
- Description
- Requires the preparation of an original thesis or research project that brings together the student's interests, region, and language of specialization and demonstrates accumulated training in the field. The project must be produced under the supervision of a faculty member.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- INTL-I 315; International Studies major; and at least sophomore standing
- Description
- This required seminar is designed for senior majors who have completed all of the International Studies degree requirements to consolidate their studies. Students complete a project that addresses an issue appropriate to their concentration.
- Credits
- 1–8 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-A 403, ANTH-A 405, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Independent work of student's choice in one aspect of the field of museum work. Relevant readings required.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit hours in ANTH-X 476.
- Credits
- 1–8 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of chairperson
- Description
- Supervised work of an anthropological nature arranged through an outside agency or institution, such as an internship, apprenticeship, or volunteer work at a governmental office, zoo, or archaeological site. One credit hour per 45 hours or one full-time week of activity.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit hours in ANTH-A 496 and ANTH-X 478.
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Art history major or minor; junior or senior standing; minimum 3.000 overall GPA; and consent of the director of undergraduate studies
- Notes
- Does not count toward CASE Breadth of Inquiry or art history requirements.
- Description
- Supervised, career-related work experience in a cooperative institution, agency, or business. Evaluation by supervisor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ARTH-X 376 and FINA-Y 399.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of director
- Description
- Students expand their engagement in Collins residence or LLC self-government, in educational programming, arts management, or other activities, by reflecting on their work through journal-keeping and a final report. Meetings with the LLC Director (or designated instructor of record) provide opportunities to gain critical reflections on the experience and to learn how to apply learned skills to post-college experience.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated up to 3 times for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Notes
- Does not count toward a major or minor in economics
- Description
- Supervised work experience in an academic or business environment, including as a teaching assistant for undergraduate classes. Performance evaluation by a faculty mentor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours in ECON-X 373 and ECON-Y 398.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department based on completion of at least 6 credit hours toward the minor or certificate in European Studies
- Description
- Provides an opportunity to combine interests in modern Europe with practical experience working with the Institute for European Studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Prior arrangement with the museum professional supervising work
- Description
- Independent, supervised, folklore-oriented practicum at a campus or community museum or systematic research collection relevant to folklore, ethnography, or cultural history. Participatory activities will be supplemented by reading and writing activities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with consent of the chair for a maximum of 6 credit hours in FOLK-F 408 and FOLK-X 476.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- At least Junior class standing; and 15 credit hours of gender studies course work
- Notes
- Does not count toward major
- Description
- Selected career-related work in a cooperating institution or business. Evaluation by faculty supervisor and employer.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 3–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Junior or senior standing; 12 credit hours of gender studies coursework; consent of faculty advisor and department
- Description
- Directed study of issues or policies related to gender or sexuality based on a field experience. Directed readings, papers and/or an analytical journal may be required.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Students will engage in practical applications of history, such as facilitating a history discussion forum, working with K-12 students, preparing an exhibit, or recreating historical materials, with faculty supervision. By arrangement with instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a total of 3 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- History major; HIST-H 270; and 6 additional credit hours of History coursework
- Description
- Provides opportunity to receive academic credit for a part-time or full-time, paid or unpaid internship experience in any professional field. Requires a learning contract, employer evaluations, and faculty-supervised critical reflections relating the internship experience to the competencies gained in the major. Credits based on at least 50 work hours per credit hour.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In-depth study and analysis of an international problem, culminating in a research project. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics up to four times.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines issues of international scope through service learning projects. Content varies with instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 435 and INTL-X 370.
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Through internships, students make particular use of their skills, learn new skills, and start to build professional contacts in the field of their interest. Students who wish to receive credit through Jewish Studies for their internship need to have a Jewish Studies faculty sponsor and are responsible for finding and securing their own internships.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours in JSTU-P 498 and JSTU-X 473.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; at least 12 credit hours completed in the school; and application for internship credit approved by the school
- Notes
- Application is available on the Media School website
- Description
- Faculty-supervised work in a media field related to student's academic interests. Credits based on at least 45 work hours per credit hour with a maximum of 6 credit hours applied toward the B.A. in Media or the B.S. in Game Design. Student must write a critical analysis paper and be evaluated by a workplace supervisor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 382, MSCH-I 382, MSCH-I 497, MSCH-X 472, or TEL-T 497.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Approval for a College Career Internship
- Notes
- Application is available on the Media School website
- Description
- Supervised internship working in a journalism or media-related role with a professional media organization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Application approved by director of undergraduate studies, instructor, and facilities and technology director (when relevant)
- Notes
- Application is available on the Media School website
- Description
- Opportunity for individual and group projects in media production and journalism; work with faculty member on individual or group basis.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in MSCH-X 475, MSCH-X 490, and TEL-T 498.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Information on topic and course affiliation available in the online schedule of classes
- Description
- In the practicum, students will conduct experiments, or participate in simulations, or hold moot court sessions, or compete in debates or engage in problem-solving exercises.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credit hours in POLS-X 180 and POLS-X 276.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Information on topic and course affiliation available in the online schedule of classes
- Description
- In the practicum, students will conduct experiments, or participate in simulations, or hold moot court sessions, or compete in debates or engage in problem-solving exercises.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours in POLS-X 280 and POLS-X 376.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Faculty-directed participation in the various aspects of academic teaching and research. Students will assist a faculty member in such activities as directing simulations, grading, teaching discussion sections, doing research, etc. Individual assignments will vary by instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in POLS-X 471 and POLS-Y 484.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Information on topic and course affiliation available in the online schedule of classes
- Description
- In the practicum, students will conduct experiments, or participate in simulations, or hold moot court sessions, or compete in debates or engage in problem-solving exercises.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours in POLS-X 380 and POLS-X 476.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Junior or senior standing, 15 credit hours of political science, and project approval by instructor
- Description
- Faculty-directed study of aspects of the political process based on field experience. Directed readings, field research, research papers. Certain internship experiences may require research skills.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in POLS-X 477 and POLS-Y 481.
- Credits
- 3–8 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor
- Description
- Course involves planning of research project during year preceding summer abroad. Time spent in research abroad must amount to at least one week for each credit hour granted. Research paper must be presented by end of semester following foreign study.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of director of undergraduate studies
- Notes
- To obtain consent, student must submit an application and obtain a faculty sponsor
- Description
- Affords a student the opportunity to receive academic credit for work experience in a communal or public setting.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-R 496 or REL-X 370.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Two sociology courses, including one at 200-level or above; and consent of the director of undergraduate studies
- Notes
- Three credit hours to count in the major or minor
- Description
- Provides opportunities for students to receive credit for selected, career-related work in a cooperating institution, agency, or business. Research paper that relates work experience to materials learned in sociology courses is required. Evaluation by employer and the director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology.
- Repeatability
- Limited to a total of 9 credit hours among the following courses: SOC-S 494, SOC-S 495, SOC-X 373, SOC-X 477, SOC-X 490, and SOC-Y 398.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and prior arrangement
- Description
- Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience, in conjunction with directed readings and writing. Specifically, each intern is required to (1) keep a daily or weekly journal, which is given at regular intervals to the faculty sponsor; (2) give an oral report once the fieldwork is completed; and (3) depending on academic credit, write a journal or an analytic paper or both.
- Repeatability
- Limited to a total of 9 credit hours among the following courses: SOC-S 494, SOC-S 495, SOC-X 373, SOC-X 477, SOC-X 490, and SOC-Y 398.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOC-S 370 and SOC-S 371; or consent of instructor.
- Description
- Participation in all aspects of a sociological research project, including conceptualization and design, data collection, analysis, and report writing.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SOC-S 491 or SOC-X 498.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SOC-S 491 or SOC-X 498; or consent of instructor
- Description
- None
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SOC-S 492 or SOC-X 499.
- Description
- Students gain professional work experience in an industry or research organization setting, using skills and knowledge acquired in informatics course work.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- Students and faculty must complete appropriate paperwork prior to or during experience. Retroactive experiential credit will not be awarded. Students work with public agencies or governmental units for assignment to a defined task relevant to their educational interests in public affairs. Tasks may involve staff work or research.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- Students will be required to fulfill a minimum of 120 hours of professional relevant work.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- SPEA Abroad Program: study of selected topics in public affairs. Topics vary from semester to semester.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Students create a professional portfolio, an educational tool used for reflection and the practical pursuit of graduate studies and/or career placement. Students incorporate their personal academic experience into a tangible record of their accomplishments in order to communicate the value of their liberal arts education with outside constituents.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- Freshman or sophomore standing
- Description
- Development and integration of self-assessment, career planning, and academic work. Students design and produce an individual career action plan. Through self-assessment instruments, they develop their understanding of their personal values, interests, skills, and personality in relation to their vocational options, academic process, and career projections.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Uses design-thinking principles and framework as a way to approach important life decisions with mindfulness and creativity. Includes exploration of majors and careers of interest as well as development of a plan to continue this exploration throughout the college years.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- At least sophomore standing
- Description
- Explores the relationship between academic and extracurricular choices and life after graduation. Students assess their skills, develop a portfolio to highlight them, and create a plan to address gaps. Focuses on a paradigm of job searching that emphasizes research and highly customized, focused application materials.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ASCS-Q 296, BUS-T 275, or SPEA-V 252.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- At least sophomore standing
- Description
- Introduces a job and internship search paradigm focused on the developing a professional story and communicating it through resumes, cover letters, interviews, and networking. Provides training in the creation of a self-marketing plan that incorporates academic, extracurricular, and professional experiences, as well as strengths and skills into a compelling narrative.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ASCS-Q 299, BUS-X 420, SPEA-H 267, SPEA-V 252, or SPEA-V 352.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- Major in economics or consent of instructor
- Notes
- R: Sophomore or junior standing
- Description
- How to use campus career development resources, write a resume and cover letter, and develop interviewing and networking skills for the job market. Options to prepare for professional or graduate education. Invited speakers provide perspectives from a variety of fields. Helps match student skills and interests to the requirements of a chosen career.
- Credits
- 1
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Through presentations and discussions with IU alumni with professional careers in law, government, business, non-profits and research institutes, international service, polling, and other fields, introduces various career options available to political scientists as well as how to write a resume and excel in interviews for such opportunities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of two credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
- Additional Requirement*.
- Russian or East European Language Requirement. Complete coursework or show proficiency in one of the following languages through the second semester of the second year:
- Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
- Czech
- Estonian
- Hungarian
- Polish
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Other language for the Russian/East European area with approval of the program
- Russian or East European Language Requirement. Complete coursework or show proficiency in one of the following languages through the second semester of the second year:
- Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Certificate GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Certificate Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
- Certificate Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Certificate Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
INTL-I 315 Research Design in International Studies
INTL-I 431 Statistics for International Studies
INTL-I 432 Models of Social and Political Processes
POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis
POLS-Y 405 Models and Theories of Political Decision Making
SOC-S 370 Research Methods in Sociology
CEUS-T 303 Advanced Estonian I
CEUS-T 304 Advanced Estonian II
CEUS-T 341 Advanced Hungarian I
CEUS-T 342 Advanced Hungarian II
SLAV-N 341 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
SLAV-N 351 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian I
SLAV-N 352 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
SLAV-N 362 Summer Intensive Advanced Intermediate Russian II
SLAV-N 461 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
SLAV-N 471 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian I
SLAV-N 472 Summer Intensive Advanced Russian II
SLAV-N 481 Fifth-Year Russian I
SLAV-N 482 Fifth-Year Russian II
SLAV-N 491 Sixth-Year Russian I
SLAV-N 492 Sixth-Year Russian II
SLAV-P 473 Fourth-Year Polish I
SLAV-P 474 Fourth-Year Polish II
SLAV-R 301 Advanced Intermediate Russian I
SLAV-R 302 Advanced Intermediate Russian II
SLAV-R 325 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian I
SLAV-R 326 Advanced Intermediate Oral Russian II
SLAV-R 401 Advanced Russian I
SLAV-R 402 Advanced Russian II
SLAV-R 421 Fifth-Year Russian
SLAV-R 422 Fifth-year Russian II
SLAV-R 425 Advanced Oral Russian I
SLAV-R 426 Advanced Oral Russian II
SLAV-R 470 Political Russian
SLAV-U 111 Summer Intensive Elementary Ukrainian I
SLAV-U 322 Advanced Ukrainian II
CEUS-R 491 Capstone Seminar in Central Eurasian Studies
INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar
ANTH-X 476 Museum Practicum
ANTH-X 478 Practicum in Anthropology
ARTH-X 376 Professional Practice in the History of Art
CLLC-X 273 Collins Internship in Student Self-Governance and Management
ECON-X 373 Internship in Economics
EURO-X 373 Internship in European Studies
FOLK-X 476 Museum Practicum in Folklore
GNDR-X 474 Internship in Gender Studies
GNDR-X 476 Practicum in Gender Studies
HIST-X 376 Practicum in History
HIST-X 473 Internship for History Majors
INTL-I 426 Advanced Topics in International Studies
INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies
JSTU-X 473 Internship in Jewish Studies
MSCH-X 472 Media Internship
MSCH-X 474 Journalism Internship
MSCH-X 490 Projects in Media
POLS-X 276 Political Science Practicum I
POLS-X 376 Political Science Practicum II
POLS-X 471 Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
POLS-X 476 Political Science Practicum III
POLS-X 477 Field Experience in Political Science
POLS-Y 496 Foreign Study in Political Science
REL-X 370 Service Learning in Religious Studies
SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
SOC-X 373 Internship in Professional Practice
SOC-X 477 Field Experience in Sociology
SOC-X 498 Sociological Research I
SOC-X 499 Sociological Research II
INFO-I 391 Professional Internship
SPEA-V 380 Internship in Public and Environmental Affairs
SPEA-V 381 Professional Experience
SPEA-V 482 Overseas Topics in Public Affairs
ASCS-Q 275 Professional Portfolio Development
ASCS-Q 294 College to Career I: Explore Your Options
ASCS-Q 295 Design Your Life and Career
ASCS-Q 296 College to Career II: Navigate Your Arts and Sciences Experience
ASCS-Q 299 Build Your Job and Internship Search Toolkit
ECON-E 298 Careers in Economics
POLS-X 299 Careers for Political Science Students
Notes
Certificate Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Minor in Polish Studies (POLISTMIN)
- Minor in Russian and East European Studies (REESTMIN)
- Minor in Russian and East European Studies with Language Certification (REELNGMIN)
Exceptions to and substitutions for certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.