Cultures & Peoples
Cultures and Peoples courses allow students to study in depth one or more aspects of a non-Western culture (i.e., those of Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and indigenous cultures of Oceania, and North and South America) or to study historical and contemporary interactions between non-Western and Western cultures. Courses may consider art, music, drama, literature, religion, science, philosophy, history, politics, or social norms and practices of non-Western cultures and peoples. Courses may also focus on a non-Western sub-culture within a Western culture. In this case emphasis should be placed on the sub-culture's non-Western roots and on its effort to preserve a distinct identity within the mainstream culture. To be approved, the content of a course must be substantially on non-Western cultures and peoples, that is, at least half of the semester should be devoted to non-Western cultures and peoples.
Completion of a Cultures and Peoples course has been a part of the College's general education requirements since June 2005. Prior to this date, courses in Cultures and Peoples were offered as electives.
Courses used to satisfy the Cultures and Peoples requirement may be used to satisfy prerequisites and major requirements, but not another general education requirement. Courses currently approved by the Wofford faculty to fulfill the Cultures and Peoples requirement are listed below:
ARTH 220 – Survey of Asian Art History
ARTH 241 – African Art
ARTH 280 – The Art and Culture of Islam**
ARTH 280 – Introduction to Non-Western Art**
ARTH 321 – Art of South Asia
ARTH 322 – Art of China
ARTH 323 – Art of Japan
CHIN 280 – Selected Topics in Chinese Study
CHIN 306 – Intercultural Communication between East and West
CHIN 307 – Modern China: 1850 - Present
CHIN 411 – Chinese Film
CHIN 412 – Chinese Literature
ECO 336 – Economics of Native Americans
ECO 441 – Comparative Economic Systems
ENGL 204 – Survey of World Literature
ENGL 319 – Native American Literature
ENGL 320 – African American Literature
ENGL 324 – Ethnic American Literature
ENGL 339 – Race, Gender and Empire
ENGL 340 – African Literature
ENGL 358 – Literature & Human Rights
FL 223 – Global Perspectives
FREN 306 – The French World: Africa, Europe, and the Americas
GER 406 – Multiculturalism and Diversity in the German-Speaking World
GOV 361 – Middle East Politics
GOV 363 – African Politics
HIST 291 – Modern Middle East
HIST 292 – Modern East Asia
HIST 293 – History of the People of Sub-Saharan Africa
HIST 294 – History of Slavery and Slave Socities
HIST 296 – Colonial Latin American History
HIST 297 – Modern Latin American History
HIST 490 – The Family in Latin American History**
HIST 490 – African History**
LACS 320 – Americas, Seminar I
LACS 321 – Americas, Seminar II
PHIL 201 – World Philosophy
PHIL 331 – African Philosophy
PHIL 333 – Chinese Philosophy
PHIL 335 – Buddhist Philosophy
REL 240 – Religions of the World
REL 260 – Introduction to Religion
REL 261 – Religious Pilgrimage
REL 262 – Japanese Religion Through Pop Culture
REL 282 – Christianity in China**
REL 355 – Islamic Religious Traditions
REL 356 – Religions of Asia
REL 357 – Buddhist Religious Traditions
REL 358 – Hindu Religious Traditions
REL 361– Fieldwork on Religion: Experiencing Religious Lives
SOC 201 – Introduction to Archaeology and Physical Anthropology
SOC 202 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Communications
SOC 225 – Human Ecology
SOC 250 – Sex & Gender Across Cultures
SOC 300 – Ethnography
SOC 310 – Ethnographic Film
SOC 311 – Ecological Anthropology
SOC 312 – Medical Anthropology
SOC 313 – Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania
SOC 314 – Prehistory and History of Native American Culture in the Southeast
SPAN 305 – The Hispanic World: Spanish America
SPAN 309 – Building Linguistic and Cultural Competence Through Oral Texts
SPAN 311 – Leadership & Social Change in the Hispanic World
THEA 361 – African-American Drama
**The only Special Topics courses that meet the Cultures and Peoples requirement are those listed above as designated by course subject, number, and title.