World Civilization Requirement

You must have completed or be enrolled in the course(s) needed to complete the World Civilization requirement at the time of application to the major. You will be admitted into the major only after completion of at least one of the two world civilization prerequisites. Proof of completion (transcript) must be received by the department before students may be officially declared.

Pre-l600 MAY BE FULFILLED BY:
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African American Studies 4A - Africa: History and Culture
Art History 10 - Intro to Western Art: Ancient to Medieval
Art History 16 - Intro to Islamic Art
Art History 137 - The Art of Southeast Asia
Art History 141 - Greek Sculpture and Painting
Art History 141A - Archaic Greek Art and Architecture (750-480BC)
Art History 141B - Classical Greek Art and Architecture (500-320 BC)
Art History 141C - Hellenistic Art and Architecture (330-30BC)
Art History 145 - Roman Art
Art History 154 - Byzantine Art
Art History 155 - Romanesque Art
Art History 156A - Gothic Art in Northern Europe (1150-1270)
Art History 156B - Gothic Art in Northern Europe (1270-1400)
Asian Studies 10A - Intro to Traditional Asian Cultures
Classics l0A - Intro. to Greek Civilization
Classics l0B - Intro. to Roman Civilization
Classics 34 - Epic Poetry: Homer and Vergil
Classics 35 - Greek Tragedy
Classics 36 - Greek Philosophy
Classics l00A - Greek Literature
Classics l00B - Latin Literature
*Classics l30 - Topics in Ancient Greek & Roman Culture
Comparative Literature 151 - Ancient Mediterranean World
Comparative Literature l52 - The Middle Ages
Comparative Literature l53 - The Renaissance
Dramatic Art 20A - Survey of World Drama (Aeschylus to Shakespeare)
Dramatic Art 122 - Drama and Theatre in Ancient Greece and Rome
Dramatic Art 123 - Drama & Theatre in Europe: Middle Ages to 1600; British to 1642
Dramatic Art 151A - Theater History
English ll0 - Medieval Literature
English 116 - Backgrounds of English Literature in the Continental Renaissance
History 4A - Origins of Western Civ. - Ancient
History 4B - Origins of Western Civ. - Medieval
History 30A - Science and Society (Antiquity through Newton
History l05A - Ancient Greece (Bronze & Archaic)
History l05B - Ancient Greece (Classical)
History l05C - Ancient Greece (Hellenistic)
History l06A - Ancient Rome (Roman Republic)
History l06B - Ancient Rome (Roman Empire)
History l07C - Women in the Life and Thought of Ancient Greece
History l09A - Islamic History (to l3 cent.)
History l09B - The Middle East (l000-l750)
History 112A - Pre-Colonial Africa
History ll6A - China (Early)
History ll6B - China (Middle China)
History l55A - Medieval Europe-from late Empire to Investiture Conflict
History l55B - Medieval Europe-from Investiture Conflict to 15th Century
History l56A - History of Christian Thought
History l56B - Medieval Intellectual History (1050-1270)
History l56C - The State in the Middle Ages
History l57 - The Renaissance and the Reformation
History l59A - European Economic History (4 units)(= Economics lllA)
History l64A - European Society before the Industrial Revolution (4 units)
History l85A - History of Christianity to l250
Letters & Science 44 - Western Civ. Before 1600
Philosophy 25A - Ancient Philosophy
Political Science ll2A - History of Political Theory

See also Letters & Science College Courses

Post-l600 MAY BE FULFILLED BY:

African American Studies 4B - Africa: History and Culture
Art History 11 - Intro to Western Art: Renaissance to Present
Art History 81 - Intro to Modern Art
Art History 186B - Art in the Mid-20th Century
Art History 186C - Art in the Later 20th Century
Comparative Literature l54 - 18th and 19th Century Literature
Comparative Literature 155 - The Modern Period
Dramatic Art 20B - Survey of World Drama (Shakespeare to Beckett)
Dramatic Art 127 - Drama and Theatre: 1918 to present
Dramatic Art 151B - Theater History
Economics l05 - History of Economic Thought
Economics ll5 - The World Economy in the 20th Century
English l25C - The European Novel
English 125D - 20th Century Novel
English 125E - The Contemporary Novel
Geography 10 - World Regional Geography
Geography 153 - Geography of Social and Economic Development in East Asia
Geography 164 - Geography of Economic Development in China
History 5 - European Civ. from the Renaissance to the Present
History 8A - Latin American History - The Colonial Period
History 8B - Latin American History - The National Period
History l5 - Topics in the History of Modern Europe
History 30B - Science, Technology, and Society since Newton
History l09C - The Middle East l8th Cent. to Present
History 111B - Modern SouthEast Asia
History ll2B - Modern Africa
History ll6C - Modern China
History 158A - Modern Europe
History l58B - Modern Europe - l8l5-l9l4
History l58C - Modern Europe - l9l4 to Present
History l59B - European Economic History (=Econ lllB)
History l60 - International Econ. of 20th Century
History l6l - Emergence of Mod. Industrial Societies
History l62A - International History
History l62B - International History
History l63A - Modern European Intellectual History: Enlightenment to l870
History l63B - Modern European Intellectual History: l870-Present
History 165A - Early Modern Europe
History l65B - Revolution in Euro. Culture since late l8th Cent.
History l73B - History of Eastern Europe l500 to l900
IAS 45 - Survey of World History
ISF 145 - Multicultural Europe
Music 27 - Intro to Western Music
Music 170 - History of Western Music
Philosophy 25B - Modern Philosophy
Political Science ll2B - History of Political Theory
Political Science ll2C - History of Political Theory
Sociology l7l - Historical Sociology
Women's Studies 14 - Contemporary Global Issues for Women

* means topic must have the prior approval of an ISF Faculty Adviser

SUBSTITUTIONS for the world civilization requirement:
With consent of adviser, you may substitute an appropriate course not on this list. The substitute course must be comparable to one of the courses listed above and/or be particularly suited to the student's Concentration and research. Above all, the proposed course must conform to the intention of the requirement, namely that students need both a broad background regarding the foundations of societies and cultures and an opportunity to develop the historico-geographical awareness that adds substance to the study of the social sciences or humanities.