Prospectus

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Culture, History & Society (LUC)

Major

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Major requirements:

  • 15 EC: all three 100-levels courses of the core tracks, namely What is Culture?, Birth of the Modern World, and Social Theory in Everyday Life

  • 15 EC: methodology courses, to include A Child on a Hill: Research Design for the Arts

  • 10 EC: Capstone

  • 45 EC: Additional courses in the Major, either in core tracks, co-convened tracks, or extra methodology classes; must include at least 20 EC at the 300-level

100-level

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Sociolinguistics 5
Women, Human Rights, and World Religions 5
Birth of the Modern World 5
Introduction to Gender Studies 5
Social Theory in Everyday Life 5
What is Culture? 5
Philosophies of the World 5

200-level

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Qualitative Research Methods 5
Anthropology of Difference 5
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality 5
Economy, Society & Environment 5
Infrastructure, Art & Culture 5
Cultural & Visual Analysis 5
Gender & Development 5
Historical Approaches: Environmentalisms Rich and Poor 5
Historical Research Methods: History and Testimony 5
Intersectionality, Media and Conflict 5
Cultural Translation 5
Historical Research Methods 5
A Child on a Hill: Research Design for the Arts 5
Empire and Post Empire: Anti-colonialism and Decolonization 5
Thinking about Politics: From Machiavelli to Marx 5

300-level

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Feminist Philosophy 5
Black British Literature 5
Political Iconology: Art and Diversity in the Dutch Republic (1550-1700) 5
The Digital Form of Social Life 5
Vulnerability, Gender and the Politics of Care 5
Asia in Global History: From Colonialism to the Post-Cold War Era 5
Case-studies in Diversity: Public Spaces 5
Faking the Past: Forgery, History and Propaganda 5
History & Politics: Environmental History 5
Politics of Cultural Memory 5
Topics in Philosophy: Death and the Dead in the Digital World 5