To satisfy UGER requirements, students must satisfy a set of Perspectives requirements.
- Perspective: Moral and Ethical Reasoning
- Perspective: Understanding Global Perspectives
- Perspective: Human Diversity and Commonality
- Perspective: Local and Global Engagement
1. Perspective: Moral and Ethical Reasoning
Courses or course sequences in this category include a critical examination of essential questions of morality, ethical theories, or applied ethics in a variety of contexts spanning cultures, historical time periods, organizations, or individuals. These courses challenge students to reflect on ethical theories and frameworks, cultural values, or social consequences of ethical choices in either theoretical or concrete ways.
By the end of these experiences, students will be able to identify and evaluate moral and ethical aspects of a particular situation.
Students must earn a passing letter grade in a course or course sequence designated as satisfying the Moral and Ethical Reasoning requirement. Transfer credit may not be used to satisfy this requirement unless approved by through an appeal process with the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Moral and Ethical Reasoning Courses: | ||
| AFST 202 | Race and Ethnic Minorities in The United States | 3 |
| ANTH 360 | Global Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| ARTH 220 | Jewish Art and Architecture | 3 |
| BETH 271 | Bioethics: Dilemmas | 3 |
| BETH 315F | Comparison in Bioethics, Spanish and American Perspectives on Health, Medicine, and Culture | 3 |
| BETH 320 | Disability Bioethics | 3 |
| BETH 329/429 | Mental Health Ethics | 3 |
| BETH 335 | Literature and Health Humanities | 3 |
| BETH 339 | Diagnosis: History, Culture, and Ethics | 3 |
| BETH 351/451 | Bioethics in Correctional and Custodial Health | 3 |
| BIOC 240 | Discourses in Modern Biochemistry | 3 |
| BIOC 250 | A Brief History of Cancer | 3 |
| COGS 250 | Responsible AI: Cultivating a Just and Sustainable Socio-technical Future through Data Citizenship | 3 |
| COSI 310 | AI in Communication Sciences | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Markets, Morality, and Civic Responsibility **Note: This is a one-time offering in fall 2026 only. | 3 |
| ECON 348 | Economic Thought | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | Responsible AI: Cultivating a Just and Sustainable Socio-technical Future through Data Citizenship | 3 |
| ENGL 258 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| ENGR 397 | Interdisciplinary Solutions to Global Health Issues | 3 |
| ENGR 399 | Impact of Engineering on Society | 3 |
| ESTD 318 | People and Planet | 3 |
| ESTD 387 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| ETHS 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| HSTY 208 | Social History of Crime | 3 |
| HSTY 213 | Science on Trial | 3 |
| HSTY 217 | The Secret History of Corporate America | 3 |
| HSTY 219 | Berlin in the Tumultuous 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 224 | The Nazis Next Door: Everyday Germans and National Socialism 1919 to the Present | 3 |
| HSTY 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| HSTY 236 | World War I: Crucible of the 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 242 | History of the Body | 3 |
| HSTY 281 | Early Islam: The History and Development of Islamic Civilization and Islamic Law | 3 |
| HSTY 294 | History of Nature | 3 |
| HSTY 325 | Anarchism | 3 |
| HSTY 332 | European International Relations 1789-1945 | 3 |
| HSTY 335 | History of 20th Century Germany | 3 |
| HSTY 344 | Objectivity | 3 |
| HSTY 353 | Women in American History I | 3 |
| HSTY 354 | In Her Shoes Part II: Multicultural U.S. Women's History, 1865-1945 | 3 |
| HTEC 101 | Introduction to Applied Technology, Humanities, and Science (PATHS) | 3 |
| HTEC 301 | Humanity and Technology: Toward a Just and Sustainable Socio-technical World | 3 |
| HUMN 250 | Responsible AI: Cultivating a Just and Sustainable Socio-technical Future through Data Citizenship | 3 |
| JWST 220 | Jewish Art and Architecture | 3 |
| NTRN 340 | Global Food Systems: Environmental Issues, Sustainability, and Health | 3 |
| NTRN 350 | Community Nutrition | 3 |
| NTRN 380 | Pandemics: Biology, Policy and Society | 3 |
| NURS 326 | Ethics of Pain Management in Vulnerable Populations | 3 |
| NURS 343 | Ethics in Nursing and Health Care | 3 |
| ORBH 240 | Ethics for the Real World: Developing a Code of Ethics to Guide Decisions in Work and Life | 3 |
| ORBH 330 | Quantum Leadership: Creating Value for You, Business, and the World | 3 |
| ORBH 375 | Building Leadership Character: Ethics in Action | 3 |
| ORBH 380 | Managing Negotiations | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Moral Character | 3 |
| PHIL 207 | Good Relationships | 3 |
| PHIL 222 | The Art & Science of Happiness | 3 |
| PHIL 240 | Philosophy of Technology **Note: This is a one-time offering in fall 2026 only. | 3 |
| PHIL 280 | AI & the Human Mind: Cognition, Augmentation & Value | 3 |
| PHIL 305 | Ethics in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| PHIL 308 | Bioethics and Armed Conflict | 3 |
| PHIL 309 | Climate Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 318 | People and Planet | 3 |
| PHIL 319 | Philosophy of State Violence: War, Colonization, Punishment, and Immigration | 3 |
| PHIL 321 | Goodness, Truth, and Beauty | 3 |
| PHIL 328 | Moral & Social Responsibility | 3 |
| PHIL 337 | Philosophy of Evil: Defining, Understanding, and Responding to Evil | 3 |
| PHIL 338 | Afterlife | 3 |
| PHIL 392 | Empathic Leadership | 3 |
| PHIL 393 | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology | 3 |
| POSC 201 | Politics: Participation and Power | 3 |
| POSC 318 | People and Planet | 3 |
| POSC 347 | Economic Inequality and Power in the United States | 3 |
| POSC 349 | Political Science Research Methods | 3 |
| POSC 350 | Utopian and Dystopian Political Visions | 3 |
| POSC 352 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| POSC 355 | Political Ideologies | 3 |
| POSC 360 | Revolts and Revolutions in Global Perspective | 3 |
| POSC 387 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| RLGN 101 | Religion and Culture | 3 |
| RLGN 206 | Religion and Ecology | 3 |
| RLGN 212 | Introduction to Christianity | 3 |
| RLGN 220 | Jewish Art and Architecture | 3 |
| RLGN 221 | Indian Philosophy | 3 |
| RLGN 227 | Islam, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| RLGN 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 236 | Religion and the Internet: Digitizing the Sacred | 3 |
| RLGN 246 | Food, Culture, Ethics, and Religion | 3 |
| RLGN 250 | Responsible AI: Cultivating a Just and Sustainable Socio-technical Future through Data Citizenship | 3 |
| RLGN 252 | Soul Murder: Religion and Sexual Abuse | 3 |
| RLGN 253 | Religion and Philosophy in China | 3 |
| RLGN 380 | Thinking Sex: Theorizing the Intersections of Religion, Gender, Sexuality, and Power | 3 |
| SJUS 100 | Introduction to Social Justice | 3 |
| SOCI 202 | Race and Ethnic Minorities in The United States | 3 |
| SOCI 213 | Critical Problems in Modern Society | 3 |
| SOCI 250 | Law & Society: Law, Rights and Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 344 | Health Disparities | 3 |
| SOCI 380 | Social Movements and Social Change | 3 |
| WGST 227 | Islam, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
2. Perspective: Understanding Global Perspectives
Courses or course sequences in this category substantively explore one or more cultures outside the United States in such a way as to challenge students’ perspectives on their own cultural assumptions, traditions, and experiences and/or the impact of the United States in an international context.
By the end of these experiences, students will be able to apply knowledge of one or more cultures outside the United States to better understand cultural assumptions, traditions, and experiences and/or the impacts of the United States.
Students must earn a passing letter grade in a course or course sequence designated as satisfying the Understanding Global Perspectives requirement. Transfer credit may not be used to satisfy this requirement unless approved by through an appeal process with the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding Global Perspectives Courses: | ||
| AFST 258 | History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| ANEE 107 | Introduction to the Ancient Near East and Egypt | 3 |
| ANEE 194 | Catapults and Cavalry: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| ANEE 210 | Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Literature | 3 |
| ANEE 224 | Sword and Sandal: The Ancient Mediterranean in Film | 3 |
| ANEE 242 | Cooking Up the Past: Food & Foodways in the Ancient World | 3 |
| ANEE 316 | Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Being Human: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 215 | Health, Culture, and Disease: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 306 | The Anthropology of Childhood and the Family | 3 |
| ANTH 345 | Culture and Mental Health | 3 |
| ANTH 349 | Cultures of Latin America | 3 |
| ANTH 353 | Chinese Culture and Society | 3 |
| ANTH 354 | Health and Healing in East Asia | 3 |
| ANTH 359 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| ANTH 360 | Global Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| ARTH 101 | Art History I | 3 |
| ARTH 102 | Art History II | 3 |
| ARTH 207 | Doing Buddhism: Texts, Images, and Objects **Note: This is a one-time offering in fall 2026 only. | 3 |
| ARTH 220 | Jewish Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARTH 230 | Ancient Roman Art and Architecture: Power, Politics, and Diversity | 3 |
| ARTH 241 | Medieval Art | 3 |
| ARTH 263 | The Arts of Asia | 3 |
| ARTH 272 | Global Perspectives on Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTH 274 | Nineteenth-Century European Art | 3 |
| ARTH 284 | History of Photography | 3 |
| ARTH 318 | Sketches of Spain: Imagining the Iberian World in Early Modernity | 3 |
| ARTH 348 | Cosmic Ecologies: Medieval Jewish Art | 3 |
| ARTH 349 | Gothic Art: Vision and Matter | 3 |
| ARTH 356 | Medieval Matters: The Monstrous, the Macabre, the Miraculous | 3 |
| ARTH 357 | Medieval Wonders: Monuments from Across the Globe | 3 |
| ARTH 358 | The Medieval Body | 3 |
| ARTH 393 | Global Perspectives on Contemporary Art | 3 |
| BIOC 211 | Antibiotics: From Miracle Drugs to Superbugs | 3 |
| BIOC 277 | Viruses and Human Disease | 3 |
| CHIN 350 | China and Green Energy Transition | 3 |
| CHIN 350D | China and Green Energy Transition | 3 |
| CLSC 102 | From Rome to Istanbul: The Byzantine World, ca. 200 - 1453 CE | 3 |
| CLSC 193 | The Ancient World | 3 |
| CLSC 194 | Catapults and Cavalry: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| CLSC 199 | Athens: City in Context | 3 |
| CLSC 202 | Classical Mythology | 3 |
| CLSC 203 | Gods and Heroes in Greek Literature | 3 |
| CLSC 204 | Heroes and Hustlers in Roman Literature | 3 |
| CLSC 212 | Magic and Witchcraft in the Greco-Roman World | 3 |
| CLSC 224 | Sword and Sandal: The Ancient Mediterranean in Film | 3 |
| CLSC 230 | Ancient Roman Art and Architecture: Power, Politics, and Diversity | 3 |
| CLSC 231 | Athens to Alexandria: The World of Ancient Greece | 3 |
| CLSC 232 | Gods and Gladiators: The World of Ancient Rome | 3 |
| CLSC 235 | Homer's Gods and Heroes in the Iliad and the Odyssey | 3 |
| CLSC 240 | From Sappho to Elagabalus: Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome | 3 |
| CLSC 242 | Cooking Up the Past: Food & Foodways in the Ancient World | 3 |
| CLSC 316 | Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| CLSC 318 | Archaeological & Epigraphical Field School | 3 |
| DANC 121 | Dance in Culture - Ethnic Forms | 3 |
| DANC 122 | Dance in Culture - Theatrical Forms | 3 |
| ENGL 293 | Introduction to Modern Jewish Literature, 1880-1945 | 3 |
| ENGL 338 | Writing Black Britain | 3 |
| ENGL 339 | The South Asian Novel in English | 3 |
| ENGL 361 | Irish Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 361S | Study Abroad Ireland: Myth, Memory, and Identity **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| ENGL 364 | Global Anglophone Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 364C | Global Anglophone Poetry Capstone | 3 |
| ENGR 350U | Global Health Design in Uganda | 3 |
| ENGR 397 | Interdisciplinary Solutions to Global Health Issues | 3 |
| ENGR 399 | Impact of Engineering on Society | 3 |
| ESTD 387 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| ESTD 388 | Global Politics of the Climate Crisis | 3 |
| ETHS 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| ETHS 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| ETHS 258 | History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| FRCH 361 | Twentieth-Century French Literature | 3 |
| FRCH 377 | Special Topics | 3 |
| GRMN 303 | German Culture & Civilization | 3 |
| GRMN 309 | Advanced Conversation I | 3 |
| GRMN 310 | Advanced German Readings and Composition | 3 |
| GRMN 311 | Advanced Conversation II | 3 |
| GRMN 313 | Intro to German Literature | 3 |
| GRMN 314 | The Green Energy Transformation in Germany | 3 |
| GRMN 370 | Topics in Literary Periods | 3 |
| GRMN 380 | Topics in Advanced German Culture Studies | 3 |
| GRMN 395 | Special Topics in German Literature | 3 |
| HSTY 103 | Introduction to Medieval History, 500-1500 | 3 |
| HSTY 104 | Introduction to Early Modern European History, 1500-1800 | 3 |
| HSTY 107 | Introduction to the Ancient Near East and Egypt | 3 |
| HSTY 113 | Introduction to Modern World History | 3 |
| HSTY 163 | Introduction to Modern Britain and its Empire | 3 |
| HSTY 164 | The History of London in London: Study Abroad | 3 |
| HSTY 165 | Learn in the Caribbean: The History of the British West Indies | 3 |
| HSTY 194 | Catapults and Cavalry: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| HSTY 170 | Religion and Medicine in the Early Modern Period **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| HSTY 175 | History of Jesuits in the Early Modern Period **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| HSTY 215 | Europe in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 219 | Berlin in the Tumultuous 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 224 | The Nazis Next Door: Everyday Germans and National Socialism 1919 to the Present | 3 |
| HSTY 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| HSTY 231 | Athens to Alexandria: The World of Ancient Greece | 3 |
| HSTY 232 | Gods and Gladiators: The World of Ancient Rome | 3 |
| HSTY 236 | World War I: Crucible of the 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 241 | The History of Public Health | 3 |
| HSTY 245 | History of Capitalism | 3 |
| HSTY 246 | Early Native American History | 3 |
| HSTY 251 | Religion and Medicine in Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HSTY 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| HSTY 258 | History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| HSTY 278 | Nineteenth-Century Europe | 3 |
| HSTY 281 | Early Islam: The History and Development of Islamic Civilization and Islamic Law | 3 |
| HSTY 283 | Gender and Sex in the Medieval Period | 3 |
| HSTY 285 | Psychedelics in History | 3 |
| HSTY 286 | Jews in the Modern World | 3 |
| HSTY 289 | Reform, Revolution, Republics: China 1895 to Present | 3 |
| HSTY 291 | Rivers of Empire: Water and Environment in Chinese History | 3 |
| HSTY 294 | History of Nature | 3 |
| HSTY 303 | History of Early Christianities: First-Fourth Centuries CE | 3 |
| HSTY 313 | The History of White Supremacy | 3 |
| HSTY 316 | Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| HSTY 325 | Anarchism | 3 |
| HSTY 332 | European International Relations 1789-1945 | 3 |
| HSTY 335 | History of 20th Century Germany | 3 |
| HSTY 345 | The Modern European City | 3 |
| HSTY 357 | Advanced Readings in Native American History | 3 |
| HSTY 371 | Jews Under Christianity and Islam | 3 |
| HSTY 389 | History of Zionism | 3 |
| HSTY 395 | History of Medicine | 3 |
| HUMN 364 | Global Anglophone Poetry | 3 |
| INTL 288 | Cultures in Context: Global Citizens-Spain | 3 |
| INTL 390 | Global Citizenship | 3 |
| JAPN 215 | The World of Manga | 3 |
| JAPN 235 | The Japan Experience: Kyoto - Language, Culture & Exchanges | 3 |
| JAPN 255 | Japanese Popular Culture and Society | 3 |
| JAPN 265 | Constructing the Samurai: Images of Japanese Warriors from 1100's to the Present | 3 |
| JAPN 315 | Origins of Anime: Classical Texts, Modern Manga, Anime, and Tales | 3 |
| JAPN 337 | Love and Loss: Reading the Tale of Genji | 3 |
| JAPN 341 | Power of Words: Ritual Uses of Premodern Japanese Literature | 3 |
| JAPN 345 | Japanese Women Writers | 3 |
| JAPN 355 | Modern Japanese Novels and the West | 3 |
| JWST 220 | Jewish Art and Architecture | 3 |
| JWST 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| JWST 293 | Introduction to Modern Jewish Literature, 1880-1945 | 3 |
| JWST 371 | Jews Under Christianity and Islam | 3 |
| JWST 381 | Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Culture in Israel | 3 |
| JWST 389 | History of Zionism | 3 |
| KORE 312 | Korean Popular Culture | 3 |
| LING 333 | Introduction to Language Teaching Methods | 3 |
| LING 340 | Experiential Cross-Cultural Learning: Service Abroad | 3 |
| MUED 305 | World Music in Education | 3 |
| MUGN 201 | Introduction to Music: Listening Experience | 3 |
| MUHI 200 | Music in Global Contexts | 3 |
| MUHI 201 | Music of Europe and the Americas to 1800 | 3 |
| MUHI 202 | Music of Europe and the Americas after 1800 | 3 |
| MUHI 217 | Liturgy, Music, and Art in Medieval and Renaissance Europe | 3 |
| NTRN 200 | Case Cooks: Ethnic Eats | 1 |
| NTRN 340 | Global Food Systems: Environmental Issues, Sustainability, and Health | 3 |
| NTRN 342 | Food Science | 3 |
| NTRN 343 | Dietary Patterns | 3 |
| NURS 372 | Health in the Global Community | 3 |
| ORBH 375 | Building Leadership Character: Ethics in Action | 3 |
| PHIL 322 | Decolonization | 3 |
| POSC 160 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POSC 172 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| POSC 355 | Political Ideologies | 3 |
| POSC 357 | Economic, Environmental, and Health Challenges: The Impact of Democracy | 3 |
| POSC 360 | Revolts and Revolutions in Global Perspective | 3 |
| POSC 370A | Political Economy | 3 |
| POSC 370D | The Politics of China | 3 |
| POSC 371 | Natural Resources and World Politics | 3 |
| POSC 373 | Politics of the European Union | 3 |
| POSC 375 | The International Politics of Technology | 3 |
| POSC 377 | Politics of Russia | 3 |
| POSC 387 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| POSC 388 | Global Politics of the Climate Crisis | 3 |
| RLGN 101 | Religion and Culture | 3 |
| RLGN 172 | Introducing Islam | 3 |
| RLGN 173 | Introducing Judaism | 3 |
| RLGN 201 | Interpreting Religion: Approaches and Current Issues | 3 |
| RLGN 206 | Religion and Ecology | 3 |
| RLGN 210 | Sacred Space in Global Religious Traditions | 3 |
| RLGN 211 | The Lives of Sacred Objects: Studying Religion through Our Material World | 3 |
| RLGN 216 | Hinduism | 3 |
| RLGN 217 | Buddhism | 3 |
| RLGN 220 | Jewish Art and Architecture | 3 |
| RLGN 221 | Indian Philosophy | 3 |
| RLGN 226 | Southeast Asia And The World: History, Politics, Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 227 | Islam, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| RLGN 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 230 | Drugs, Religion, and Mystical Experiences | 3 |
| RLGN 236 | Religion and the Internet: Digitizing the Sacred | 3 |
| RLGN 242 | World Christianity | 3 |
| RLGN 243 | Bollywood, Social Justice, Gender and Sexuality: Contemporary Bollywood Movies with a Social Message | 3 |
| RLGN 244 | Ghosts, Zombies, and Monsters: What We Fear and Loathe in Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 253 | Religion and Philosophy in China | 3 |
| RLGN 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| RLGN 275 | Religion in the City: Skyscrapers, Hip-Hop, and Urban Spirituality | 3 |
| RLGN 287 | South Asian Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 288 | Psychedelics and Entheogens | 3 |
| RLGN 309 | Cults and New Religious Movements | 3 |
| RLGN 346 | Buddhism Goes to the Movies | 3 |
| RLGN 347 | Buddhism, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| RLGN 371 | Jews Under Christianity and Islam | 3 |
| RLGN 373 | History of Early Christianities: First-Fourth Centuries CE | 3 |
| SASS 375C | International Travel & Study Abroad: Invisible Groups in a New Poland | 3 |
| SOCI 232 | Social Policy and Global Issues | 3 |
| SOCI 236 | After Maria: Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Resilience in the Caribbean | 3 |
| SOCI 326 | Gender, Inequality, and Globalization | 3 |
| SOCI 328 | Capitalism, Cities, and Inequality | 3 |
| SOCI 357 | Sociology of Human Rights | 3 |
| SOCI 370 | Sociology of Families, Globally | 3 |
| SOCI 377 | Sociology of Population | 3 |
| SPAN 301 | Multicultural Spain: Christian, Jewish and Muslim Coexistence | 3 |
| SPAN 308 | Spanish Culture in Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 385 | Hispanic Literature in Translation | 3 |
| WGST 227 | Islam, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| WLIT 203 | Gods and Heroes in Greek Literature | 3 |
| WLIT 224 | Sword and Sandal: The Ancient Mediterranean in Film | 3 |
| WLIT 285 | Land-Identity-Nation: An Introduction to Israeli Literature | 3 |
| WLIT 288 | Cultures in Context: Global Citizens-Spain | 3 |
| WLIT 293 | Introduction to Modern Jewish Literature, 1880-1945 | 3 |
| WLIT 310 | Tel Aviv-Jaffa-Jerusalem and the Israeli Cultural Imaginary | 3 |
| WLIT 380 | From Maus to The Rabbi’s Cat: The Jewish Graphic Novel | 3 |
3. Perspective: Human Diversity and Commonality
Courses and course sequences in this category address in a substantive way one or more categories of human diversity, e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, age, religion, and other cultural practices, so as to provide students with new understandings of cultural variation, similarity, and change, or how one’s actions could have disparate impacts on different peoples.
By the end of these experiences, students will be able to analyze the ways in which forms of human difference shape a person’s experiences of and perspectives on contemporary and historical issues and/or how one’s actions could have disparate impacts on different peoples.
Students must earn a passing letter grade in a course or course sequence designated as satisfying the Human Diversity and Commonality requirement. Transfer credit may not be used to satisfy this requirement unless approved by through an appeal process with the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Human Diversity and Commonality Courses: | ||
| AFST 202 | Race and Ethnic Minorities in The United States | 3 |
| AFST 216 | Hip Hop History, Culture, Music | 3 |
| AFST 258 | History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| AFST 285 | Embodied Politics: Contemplative Practices and Social Justice | 3 |
| AFST 263 | African-American History in and through Film | 3 |
| AFST 310 | African American Literature Survey | 3 |
| ANEE 107 | Introduction to the Ancient Near East and Egypt | 3 |
| ANEE 194 | Catapults and Cavalry: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| ANEE 316 | Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Being Human: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Human Evolution | 3 |
| ANTH 107 | Archaeology: An Introduction | 3 |
| ANTH 215 | Health, Culture, and Disease: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 304 | Anthropology of Aging | 3 |
| ANTH 306 | The Anthropology of Childhood and the Family | 3 |
| ANTH 317 | Science and Race | 3 |
| ANTH 345 | Culture and Mental Health | 3 |
| ANTH 354 | Health and Healing in East Asia | 3 |
| ANTH 360 | Global Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| ARTH 101 | Art History I | 3 |
| ARTH 102 | Art History II | 3 |
| ARTH 207 | Doing Buddhism: Texts, Images, and Objects **Note: This is a one-time offering in fall 2026 only. | 3 |
| ARTH 230 | Ancient Roman Art and Architecture: Power, Politics, and Diversity | 3 |
| ARTH 263 | The Arts of Asia | 3 |
| ARTH 270 | American Art and Culture Before 1900 | 3 |
| ARTH 271 | American Art and Culture: The Twentieth Century | 3 |
| ARTH 274 | Nineteenth-Century European Art | 3 |
| ARTH 284 | History of Photography | 3 |
| ARTH 318 | Sketches of Spain: Imagining the Iberian World in Early Modernity | 3 |
| ARTH 348 | Cosmic Ecologies: Medieval Jewish Art | 3 |
| ARTH 349 | Gothic Art: Vision and Matter | 3 |
| ARTH 356 | Medieval Matters: The Monstrous, the Macabre, the Miraculous | 3 |
| ARTH 357 | Medieval Wonders: Monuments from Across the Globe | 3 |
| ARTH 358 | The Medieval Body | 3 |
| ARTH 390A | Visual Arts and Museums I | 3 |
| ARTH 393 | Global Perspectives on Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ARTH 490A | Visual Arts and Museums I | 3 |
| BETH 222 | Health Humanities | 3 |
| BETH 320 | Disability Bioethics | 3 |
| BETH 325 | Philosophy of Medicine | 3 |
| BETH 339 | Disability in Society | 3 |
| BIOL 233 | The Life and Science of Ernest Everett Just | 3 |
| CLSC 102 | From Rome to Istanbul: The Byzantine World, ca. 200 - 1453 CE | 3 |
| CLSC 193 | The Ancient World | 3 |
| CLSC 194 | Catapults and Cavalry: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| CLSC 199 | Athens: City in Context | 3 |
| CLSC 202 | Classical Mythology | 3 |
| CLSC 203 | Gods and Heroes in Greek Literature | 3 |
| CLSC 230 | Ancient Roman Art and Architecture: Power, Politics, and Diversity | 3 |
| CLSC 231 | Athens to Alexandria: The World of Ancient Greece | 3 |
| CLSC 232 | Gods and Gladiators: The World of Ancient Rome | 3 |
| CLSC 316 | Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| COGS 202 | Cognition and Culture | 3 |
| COGS 251 | Cognition and Immersion: From Gaming to AR/VR | 3 |
| COGS 317 | Cognitive Diversity and Commonality | 3 |
| COGS 343 | Music Cognition | 3 |
| COSI 310 | AI in Communication Sciences | 3 |
| COSI 364 | Disability and the ICF Framework | 3 |
| EDUC 336 | The Diverse Learner: Best Practice for Effective Classrooms | 3 |
| ENGL 263 | African-American History in and through Film | 3 |
| ENGL 280 | The Politics of Beauty and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 286 | Literature, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| ENGL 293 | Introduction to Modern Jewish Literature, 1880-1945 | 3 |
| ENGL 311 | African American Literature Survey | 3 |
| ENGL 361S | Study Abroad Ireland: Myth, Memory, and Identity **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| ENGL 363H | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 365F | Afrofuturism and the Black Imaginary: Legacies and Futures | 3 |
| ENGL 373 | American Women's Poetry | 3 |
| ENGR 399 | Impact of Engineering on Society | 3 |
| ETHS 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| ETHS 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| ETHS 258 | History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| ETHS 263 | African-American History in and through Film | 3 |
| GRMN 370 | Topics in Literary Periods | 3 |
| GRMN 380 | Topics in Advanced German Culture Studies | 3 |
| HSTY 103 | Introduction to Medieval History, 500-1500 | 3 |
| HSTY 104 | Introduction to Early Modern European History, 1500-1800 | 3 |
| HSTY 107 | Introduction to the Ancient Near East and Egypt | 3 |
| HSTY 108 | Introduction to Early American History | 3 |
| HSTY 113 | Introduction to Modern World History | 3 |
| HSTY 138 | Radical History in America | 3 |
| HSTY 163 | Introduction to Modern Britain and its Empire | 3 |
| HSTY 165 | Learn in the Caribbean: The History of the British West Indies | 3 |
| HSTY 170 | Religion and Medicine in the Early Modern Period **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| HSTY 175 | History of Jesuits in the Early Modern Period **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| HSTY 194 | Catapults and Cavalry: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean | 3 |
| HSTY 201 | Science in Western Thought I | 3 |
| HSTY 202 | Science in Western Thought II | 3 |
| HSTY 208 | Social History of Crime | 3 |
| HSTY 210 | Colonial America, 1607-1763 | 3 |
| HSTY 211 | The Era of the American Revolution, 1763 - 1789 | 3 |
| HSTY 212 | U.S. Politics, Culture, and Society, 1790-1860 | 3 |
| HSTY 213 | Science on Trial | 3 |
| HSTY 215 | Europe in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 219 | Berlin in the Tumultuous 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 224 | The Nazis Next Door: Everyday Germans and National Socialism 1919 to the Present | 3 |
| HSTY 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| HSTY 231 | Athens to Alexandria: The World of Ancient Greece | 3 |
| HSTY 232 | Gods and Gladiators: The World of Ancient Rome | 3 |
| HSTY 236 | World War I: Crucible of the 20th Century | 3 |
| HSTY 241 | The History of Public Health | 3 |
| HSTY 242 | History of the Body | 3 |
| HSTY 246 | Early Native American History | 3 |
| HSTY 251 | Religion and Medicine in Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HSTY 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| HSTY 258 | History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| HSTY 261 | African-American History, 1865-Present | 3 |
| HSTY 263 | African-American History in and through Film | 3 |
| HSTY 268 | American Rebellion | 3 |
| HSTY 278 | Nineteenth-Century Europe | 3 |
| HSTY 281 | Early Islam: The History and Development of Islamic Civilization and Islamic Law | 3 |
| HSTY 282 | Modern Native American History | 3 |
| HSTY 283 | Gender and Sex in the Medieval Period | 3 |
| HSTY 285 | Psychedelics in History | 3 |
| HSTY 286 | Jews in the Modern World | 3 |
| HSTY 294 | History of Nature | 3 |
| HSTY 296 | American Labor History | 3 |
| HSTY 303 | History of Early Christianities: First-Fourth Centuries CE | 3 |
| HSTY 313 | The History of White Supremacy | 3 |
| HSTY 316 | Alexander the Great: Materials and Methods | 3 |
| HSTY 318 | History of Black Women in the U.S. | 3 |
| HSTY 332 | European International Relations 1789-1945 | 3 |
| HSTY 335 | History of 20th Century Germany | 3 |
| HSTY 345 | The Modern European City | 3 |
| HSTY 350 | Indigenous Ohio and the Great Lakes | 3 |
| HSTY 353 | Women in American History I | 3 |
| HSTY 354 | In Her Shoes Part II: Multicultural U.S. Women's History, 1865-1945 | 3 |
| HSTY 357 | Advanced Readings in Native American History | 3 |
| HSTY 367 | In Her Shoes III: Multicultural U.S. Women's History 1945-2000 | 3 |
| HSTY 371 | Jews Under Christianity and Islam | 3 |
| HSTY 387 | Growing Up in America: 1607-2000 | 3 |
| HSTY 389 | History of Zionism | 3 |
| HSTY 393 | Advanced Readings in the History of Race | 3 |
| HSTY 395 | History of Medicine | 3 |
| HUMN 212 | Interrogating Information: Research and Writing for a Digital Public | 3 |
| INTL 288 | Cultures in Context: Global Citizens-Spain | 3 |
| JAPN 235 | The Japan Experience: Kyoto - Language, Culture & Exchanges | 3 |
| JWST 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| JWST 293 | Introduction to Modern Jewish Literature, 1880-1945 | 3 |
| JWST 371 | Jews Under Christianity and Islam | 3 |
| JWST 381 | Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Culture in Israel | 3 |
| JWST 389 | History of Zionism | 3 |
| MUED 215 | Embodied Music: Rhythms of Self and Community | 3 |
| MUED 343 | Music Cognition | 3 |
| MUED 443 | Music Cognition | 3 |
| MUEN 371B | Klezmer Music Ensemble | 1 |
| MUHI 200 | Music in Global Contexts | 3 |
| MUHI 212 | History of Rock and Roll | 3 |
| MUHI 214 | Composers of the Musical on Stage and Screen | 3 |
| MUHI 216 | Hip Hop History, Culture, Music | 3 |
| MUHI 218 | Jazz Perspectives on STEM and the Humanities | 3 |
| MUHI 315 | History of Jazz and American Popular Music | 3 |
| MUHI 317 | Music, Mind, and Medicine | 3 |
| NTRN 320 | Women's Wellness: From Food and Nutrition to Reproductive Health and Aging | 3 |
| NTRN 328 | Child Nutrition, Development and Health | 3 |
| NTRN 337 | Nutrition Communication, Counseling and Behavior Change Strategies | 3 |
| NTRN 341 | Food as Medicine | 3 |
| NTRN 343 | Dietary Patterns | 3 |
| NURS 280 | Management of Chronic Illness in a Cultural Context | 3 |
| NURS 326 | Exploring the Intersection of Pain, Ethics, and Culture in Vulnerable Populations | 3 |
| NURS 372 | Health in the Global Community | 3 |
| ORBH 240 | Ethics for the Real World: Developing a Code of Ethics to Guide Decisions in Work and Life | 3 |
| ORBH 303 | Developing Interpersonal Skills for Leading | 3 |
| ORBH 391 | Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion: Towards a Globally Inclusive Workplace | 3 |
| PHED 222 | Sex Education | 3 |
| PHIL 366 | Brain, Mind and Consciousness: The Science and Philosophy of Mind | 3 |
| POSC 160 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POSC 172 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| POSC 345 | The Politics of Guns in the U.S. | 3 |
| POSC 352 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| POSC 377 | Politics of Russia | 3 |
| PSCL 343 | Music Cognition | 3 |
| RLGN 101 | Religion and Culture | 3 |
| RLGN 173 | Introducing Judaism | 3 |
| RLGN 206 | Religion and Ecology | 3 |
| RLGN 209 | Introduction to Biblical Literature | 3 |
| RLGN 210 | Sacred Space in Global Religious Traditions | 3 |
| RLGN 212 | Introduction to Christianity | 3 |
| RLGN 216 | Hinduism | 3 |
| RLGN 221 | Indian Philosophy | 3 |
| RLGN 225 | Sharp Edges/Tender Bodies: Religion, Health and Resilience **Note: This is a one-time offering in fall 2026 only. | 3 |
| RLGN 226 | Southeast Asia And The World: History, Politics, Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 227 | Islam, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| RLGN 228 | Asian Americans: Histories, Cultures, Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 230 | Drugs, Religion, and Mystical Experiences | 3 |
| RLGN 241 | Translating Religion | 3 |
| RLGN 242 | World Christianity | 3 |
| RLGN 243 | Bollywood, Social Justice, Gender and Sexuality: Contemporary Bollywood Movies with a Social Message | 3 |
| RLGN 244 | Ghosts, Zombies, and Monsters: What We Fear and Loathe in Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 246 | Food, Culture, Ethics, and Religion | 3 |
| RLGN 252 | Soul Murder: Religion and Sexual Abuse | 3 |
| RLGN 253 | Religion and Philosophy in China | 3 |
| RLGN 254 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| RLGN 275 | Religion in the City: Skyscrapers, Hip-Hop, and Urban Spirituality | 3 |
| RLGN 285 | Embodied Politics: Contemplative Practices and Social Justice | 3 |
| RLGN 288 | Psychedelics and Entheogens | 3 |
| RLGN 289 | Secularism and Non-Religion **Note: This is a one-time offering in summer 2026 only. | 3 |
| RLGN 287 | South Asian Religions | 3 |
| RLGN 346 | Buddhism Goes to the Movies | 3 |
| RLGN 347 | Buddhism, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| RLGN 371 | Jews Under Christianity and Islam | 3 |
| RLGN 373 | History of Early Christianities: First-Fourth Centuries CE | 3 |
| RLGN 380 | Thinking Sex: Theorizing the Intersections of Religion, Gender, Sexuality, and Power | 3 |
| SJUS 100 | Introduction to Social Justice | 3 |
| SOCI 202 | Race and Ethnic Minorities in The United States | 3 |
| SOCI 208 | Family in the 21st Century | 3 |
| SOCI 228 | Sociology of Sexuality | 3 |
| SOCI 236 | After Maria: Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Resilience in the Caribbean | 3 |
| SOCI 237 | Sociology of Migration | 3 |
| SOCI 264 | Body, Culture and Disability | 3 |
| SOCI 275 | Lives in Medicine: Becoming and Being a Physician | 3 |
| SOCI 313 | Sociology of Stress and Coping | 3 |
| SOCI 328 | Capitalism, Cities, and Inequality | 3 |
| SOCI 349 | Social Inequalities | 3 |
| SOCI 366 | Racial Inequality and Mass Imprisonment in the US | 3 |
| SOCI 369 | Age, Society, and Inequality | 3 |
| SOCI 370 | Sociology of Families, Globally | 3 |
| SOCI 384 | Sociology of Sex(es), Gender(s) and Sexuality(ies) | 3 |
| SOCI 386 | Race and Racism | 3 |
| SPAN 301 | Multicultural Spain: Christian, Jewish and Muslim Coexistence | 3 |
| SPAN 308 | Spanish Culture in Spain | 3 |
| SPAN 385 | Hispanic Literature in Translation | 3 |
| WGST 201 | Introduction to Gender Studies | 3 |
| WGST 227 | Islam, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| WGST 228 | Sociology of Sexuality | 3 |
| WGST 285 | Embodied Politics: Contemplative Practices and Social Justice | 3 |
| WGST 286 | Literature, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| WGST 391 | Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion: Towards a Globally Inclusive Workplace | 3 |
| WLIT 203 | Gods and Heroes in Greek Literature | 3 |
| WLIT 211 | World Literature I | 3 |
| WLIT 212 | World Literature II | 3 |
| WLIT 285 | Land-Identity-Nation: An Introduction to Israeli Literature | 3 |
| WLIT 288 | Cultures in Context: Global Citizens-Spain | 3 |
| WLIT 293 | Introduction to Modern Jewish Literature, 1880-1945 | 3 |
| WLIT 310 | Tel Aviv-Jaffa-Jerusalem and the Israeli Cultural Imaginary | 3 |
| WLIT 315 | From Maus to The Rabbi’s Cat: The Jewish Graphic Novel | 3 |
4. Perspective: Local and Global Engagement
Courses, course sequences, and activities in this category engage with communities beyond the university classroom in such a way as to promote civic engagement or community service. They facilitate the development of civic or social responsibilities and the deeper understanding of communities in Cleveland, nationally, or around the world either through curricular or approved extracurricular participation.
By the end of these experiences, students will be able to interact as engaged citizens with civic or societal responsibilities with audiences outside the university.
Students may complete the Local and Global Engagement requirement either by earning a passing letter grade in an approved course or course sequence or by participation in an approved extracurricular activity. Transfer credit may not be used to satisfy this requirement unless approved by through an appeal process with the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Local and Global Engagement Courses and Activities: | ||
| Weatherhead School of Management—Certified Internship in Business, Management, or Economics | ||
| UAS-Certified Local and Global Engagement: for students completing individual volunteering and service projects; please consult your Four-Year Advisor for details | ||
| One semester of successful completion of Clinical Membership in Case EMS | ||
| Non-transcripted engineering internships approved by the Case School of Engineering Division of Engineering Leadership and Professional Practice; students looking to propose an internship for CSE dean's office review should fill out this form with the appropriate information | ||
| Center for Civic Engagement and Learning Civic Engagement Scholars | ||
| Student Volunteer Program with University Hospitals Volunteer and Reception Services | ||
| College Volunteer Program with the Cleveland Clinic Volunteer Services | ||
| Student Volunteer Program in Rehabilitation Engineering with RePlay for Kids | ||
| AIQS 130 | Community Engaged Academic Inquiry Seminar | 3 |
| ANTH 324 | Community-based Research in Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ARTH 316 | Methods in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| ARTH 364 | Pressing Matters: Issues in the History of Print | 3 |
| ARTH 375 | Issues in the History of Collecting | 3 |
| BETH 315F | Comparison in Bioethics, Spanish and American Perspectives on Health, Medicine, and Culture | 3 |
| BIOL 309 | Biology Field Studies | 3 |
| CLSC 199 | Athens: City in Context | 3 |
| CLSC 318 | Archaeological & Epigraphical Field School | 3 |
| COGS 377 | Ecopsychology: Reconnecting Mind, Body, Community | 3 |
| COOP 1 | Cooperative Education | 0 |
| COOP 10 | Cooperative Education Part-time | 0 |
| COSI 226 | Research-to-Practice Implementation: Evidence Translation in Real-World Settings | 3 |
| ECON 352 | Sustainability and Solidarity: Exploring the Nordic Economic Model **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| EDAB 1 | Education Abroad | 0 |
| EDAB 3 | Education Abroad Summer Term | 0 |
| EDAB 11 | Alternate Education Abroad Program Experience | 0 |
| EDAB 21 | First Semester CWRU in Madrid | 0 |
| ENGL 307 | Feature/Magazine Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 361S | Study Abroad Ireland: Myth, Memory, and Identity **Note: This is a one-time offering in spring 2026 only. | 3 |
| ENGR 350 | International Project Field Work | 3 |
| ENGR 350U | Global Health Design in Uganda | 3 |
| ENGR 395 | Community-engaged, Interdisciplinary Team-based Design Projects | 1 |
| FRCH 308 | Immigration and the Paris Experience | 3 |
| HSTY 164 | The History of London in London: Study Abroad | 3 |
| HSTY 165 | Learn in the Caribbean: The History of the British West Indies | 3 |
| HSTY 349 | Digital History Internship with the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | 3 |
| HSTY 360 | Methods in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| HUMN 349 | Digital History Internship with the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | 3 |
| LING 340 | Experiential Cross-Cultural Learning: Service Abroad | 3 |
| MGMT 315 | International Management Institute | 3 |
| MGMT 396 | Experience in Business Consulting for Sustainable Impact | 3 |
| MUED 391 | Music in Early Childhood | 3 |
| MUED 396A | Student Teaching in Music Education | 3 |
| NURS 210 | Teaching/Learning in the Community | 3 |
| NURS 260 | Evidence Based Public Policy in the Community | 3 |
| ORBH 310 | The Art and Science of High-Functioning Teams | 3 |
| ORBH 320 | History of Labor & Unions in Business & Society; What Executives Need to Know to Manage Effectively | 3 |
| POSC 357 | Economic, Environmental, and Health Challenges: The Impact of Democracy | 3 |
| PRAC 1 | Practicum I | 0 |
| PRAC 4 | Practicum – Specialized Programs | 0 |
| PRAC 10 | PT Practicum | 0 |
| PRAC 11 | Part Time Practicum Program - Specialized Programs | 0 |
| PSCL 334 | Seminar and Volunteer Experience: Hospitalized Children | 3 |
| SASS 375C | International Travel & Study Abroad: Invisible Groups in a New Poland | 3 |
| SOCI 236 | After Maria: Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Resilience in the Caribbean | 3 |
| SPAN 301 | Multicultural Spain: Christian, Jewish and Muslim Coexistence | 3 |
| SPAN 308 | Spanish Culture in Spain | 3 |