PEOPLES AND CULTURES COURSES

The peoples and cultures requirement is intended to help students to begin to understand the cultural diversity of American society and the world at large, so that, as citizens of an increasingly interconnected world, they may become better able to respond sensitively and intelligently to peoples of varied social backgrounds and cultural frameworks. Courses which fulfill this requirement are thus designed to familiarize students with some dimension of American cultural diversity or that of the non-Western world. Each student must complete one graded semester course primarily concerned with: (a) the peoples and cultures of North America that trace their origins to Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, or the Caribbean; Native-American peoples and cultures; or (b) the peoples and cultures of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, or the Caribbean. Although this course, which may be counted toward the divisional distribution requirement, may be completed any semester before graduation, students are urged to complete the course by the end of the sophomore year.

Courses that may be used to meet the requirement in 2007-2008:

AFR 122(S) African-American Music (Same as Music 122)*

AFR 200(F) Introduction to Africana Studies*

AFR 201(F) Modern and Contemporary African Art (Same as ArtH 200)*

AFR 205(S) Picturing Race: From Early Modern Europe to Now (Same as ArtH 205)*

AFR 214(S) Arts of Africa (Same as ArtH 214)*

AFR 220(F) Introduction to African American Writing (Same as American Studies 220 and English 220)*

AFR 221(S) Rewriting Slavery (Same as English 221) (W)*

AFR 222(F) Rhythm and Jazz in America, Brazil and Cuba (Same as Latina/o Studies 221 and Music 220)*

AFR 241(F) Performing Race: From Shakespeare to Spike Lee (Same as Comparative Literature 241 and Theatre 241)*

AFR 250(F) African Music: Interdisciplinary Studies (Same as INTR 287 and Music 233)*

AFR 252(F) Cultures and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa (Same as Anthropology 252)*

AFR 253(S) Popular Culture in Africa (Same as Anthropology 253)*

AFR 256(F) Politics of Africa (Same as Political Science 256)*

AFR 281(F) African-American History, 1619-1865 (Same as History 281)*

AFR 285(S) Religion in Black Film and Literature (Same as Comparative Literature 285, English 285 and Religion 229)*

AFR 286(F) Constructing Black Lives in Film and Literature (Same as Comparative Literature 286 and English 286)*

AFR 309(F) Anger, Voice and Violence in Black Women's Stories (Same as English and Women's and Gender Studies 309)*

AFR 331(F) Sound and Movement in the Diaspora: Afro-Latin Identities (Same as American Studies 331, Latina/o Studies 331, Theatre 331, and Women and Gender Studies 331)*

AFR 400(S) Race, Gender, Space (Same as Comparative Literature 369, English 365, and Women's and Gender Studies 400)*

AFR 403(F) Women Writing Africa (Same as Comparative Literature 361, English 364 and Women's and Gender Studies 364) (W)*

AFR 404(S) Imagining Africa: The Politics of Representation (Same as Comparative Literature 347 and English 348) (W)*

AMST 220(F) Introduction to African American Writing (Same as Africana Studies 220 and English 220)*

AMST 235(S) Latina/o Theatre and Performance, 1950-2000 (Same as Comparative Literature 268, Latina/or Studies 235, Theatre 235 and Women's and Gender Studies 235)*

AMST 240(S) Latina/o Language and Literature: Hybrid Voices in Contemporary Context (Same as Comparative Literature 210, Latina/o Studies 240 and Linguistics 254)*

AMST 283(S) Topics in Asian American Literature (Same as English 287)*

AMST 305(S) Cities of the Anglophone Chinese Imagination (Same as Asian Studies 305, Comparative Literature 303 and English 374)*

AMST 331(F) Sound and Movement in the Diaspora: Afro-Latin Identities (Same as Africana Studies 331, Latina/o Studies 331, Theatre 331, and Women and Gender Studies 331)*

AMST 339(S) Theorizing Popular Culture: Latinas/os and the Dynamics of the Everyday (Same as Comparative Literature 338 and Latina/o Studies 338) (W)*

AMST 403(F) New Asian American, African American, Native American, and Latina/o Writing (Same as Comparative Literature 375 and English 375) (Senior Seminar)*

AMST 405(S) Home and Belonging: Comparative Explorations of Displacements, Relocations, and Place-making (Same as Latina/o Studies 405) (Senior Seminar) (W)*

ANTH 101(F,S) The Scope of Anthropology*

ANTH 214(F) The Rise and Fall of Civilizations (Same as Environmental Studies 224)*

ANTH 225(F) Visible Culture: Documentary and Nonfiction (Same as English 303)*

ANTH 233(S) Spiritual Crossroads: Religious Life in Southeast Asia (Same as Asian Studies 233 and Religion 249)*

ANTH 252(F) Cultures and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa (Same as Africana Studies 252)*

ANTH 253(S) Popular Culture in Africa (Same as Africana Studies 253)*

ANTH 324(S) Empires of Antiquity*

ANTH 370(S) Gender and Social Change in Modern Africa (Same as Women's and Gender Studies 370)*

ANTH 391(F) Insurgencies: Revolts, Revolutions, Wars of National Liberation, and Jihads (Same as History 391 and INTR 391)*

SOC 269(S) Imagining Spaces of the British Empire in the Twentieth Century (Same as Asian Studies 269)*

SOC 327(F) Violence, Terrorism, and Collective Healing (Same as Asian Studies 327)*

SOC 345(S) Producing the Past (Same as Asian Studies 345 and History 392)*

ARAB 101(F)-W-102(S) Elementary Arabic*

ARAB 103(F) Intermediate Arabic I*

ARAB 104(S) Intermediate Arabic II*

ARTH 103(F) Asian Art Survey: From the Land of the Buddha to the World of the Geisha*

ARTH 200(F) Modern and Contemporary African Art (Same as Africana Studies 201)*

ARTH 205(S) Picturing Race: From Early Modern Europe to Now (Same as Africana Studies 205)*

ARTH 214(S) Arts of Africa (Same as Africana Studies 214)*

ARTH 220(F) The Mosque*

ARTH 258(S) Latina/o Installation and Site-Specific Art (Same as Latina/o Studies 258)*

ARTH 270(S) Japanese Art and Culture (Same as Japanese 270)*

ARTH 274(F) Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Practice*

ARTH 376(S) Zen and Zen Art*

ARTH 470(S) American Orientalism, Then and Now*

ASST 117T(S) Clash of Empires: China and the West, 1800-1900 (Same as History 117T) (W)*

ASST 212(F) Transforming the "Middle Kingdom": China, 2000 BCE-1600 (Same as History 212)*

ASST 213(S) Modern China, 1600-Present (Same as History 213)*

ASST 218(S) Modern Japan (Same as History 218 and Japanese 218)*

ASST 233(S) Spiritual Crossroads: Religious Life in Southeast Asia (Same as Anthropology 233 and Religion 249)*

ASST 269(S) Imagining Spaces of the British Empire in the Twentieth Century (Same as Sociology 269)*

ASST 305(S) Cities of the Anglophone Chinese Imagination (Same as American Studies 305, Comparative Literature 303 and English 374)*

ASST 319(F) Gender and the Family in Chinese History (Same as History 319 and Women's and Gender Studies 319)*

ASST 327(F) Violence, Terrorism, and Collective Healing (Same as Sociology 327)*

ASST 345(S) Producing the Past (Same as History 392 and Sociology 345)*

ASST 493(F)-W31-494(S) Senior Thesis*

ASST 497(F), 498(S) Independent Study*

CHIN 101(F)-W88-102(S) Basic Chinese*

CHIN 152(F) Basic Taiwanese*

CHIN 201(F), 202(S) Intermediate Chinese*

CHIN 219(S) Popular Culture in Modern China*

CHIN 301(F), 302(S) Upper-Intermediate Chinese*

CHIN 401(F), 402(S) Advanced Chinese*

CHIN 412(S) Introduction to Classical Chinese*

CHIN 493(F)-W31-494(S) Senior Thesis*

CHIN 497(F), 498(S) Independent Study*

JAPN 101(F)-W88-102(S) First-Year Japanese*

JAPN 201(F), 202(S) Second-Year Japanese*

JAPN 218(S) Modern Japan (Same as Asian Studies 218 and History 218)*

JAPN 252(F) The Masks of Japanese Literature (Same as Comparative Literature 252)*

JAPN 255(S) Love and Death in Modern Japanese Literature (Same as Comparative Literature 255)*

JAPN 270(S) Japanese Art and Culture (Same as ArtH 270)*

JAPN 301(F), 302(S) Third-Year Japanese*

JAPN 401(F), 402(S) Fourth-Year Japanese*

JAPN 403(F) Advanced Japanese*

JAPN 493(F)-W31-494(S) Senior Thesis*

JAPN 497(F), 498(S) Independent Study*

COMP 111(F) The Nature of Narrative (Same as English 120) (W)*

COMP 111(S) The Nature of Narrative (Same as English 120) (W)*

COMP 210(S) Latina/o Language and Literature: Hybrid Voices in Contemporary Context (Same as American Studies 240, Latina/o Studies 240 and Linguistics 254)*

COMP 233(F) Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature (W)*

COMP 241(F) Performing Race: From Shakespeare to Spike Lee (Same as Africana Studies 241 and Theatre 241)*

COMP 252(F) The Masks of Japanese Literature (Same as Japanese 252)*

COMP 253(F) Writing the City: Beirut and Cairo in Contemporary Arabic Literature*

COMP 255(S) Love and Death in Modern Japanese Literature (Same as Japanese 255)*

COMP 262(S) Outlaws and Underworlds: Arabic Literature of the Margins (W)*

COMP 265(F) The Interaction of Three Religions in Early Modern Spain (Same as Spanish 271)*

COMP 268(S) Latina/o Theatre and Performance, 1950-2000 (Same as American Studies 235, Latina/or Studies 235, Theatre 235 and Women's and Gender Studies 235)*

COMP 285(S) Religion in Black Film and Literature (Same as Africana Studies 285, English 285, and Religion 229)*

COMP 286(F) Constructing Black Lives in Film and Literature (Same as Africana Studies 286 and English 286)*

COMP 302T(S) Latino Writing: Literature by U.S. Hispanics (Same as Spanish 306) (W)*

COMP 303(S) Cities of the Anglophone Chinese Imagination (Same as American Studies 305, Asian Studies 305 and English 374)*

COMP 338(S) Theorizing Popular Culture: Latinas/os and the Dynamics of the Everyday (Same as American Studies 339 and Latina/o Studies 338) (W)*

COMP 346(S) Questioning the Cultural Self in Literature (W)*

COMP 347(S) Imagining Africa: The Politics of Representation (Same as Africana Studies 404 and English 348) (W)*

COMP 361(F) Women Writing Africa (Same as Africana Studies 403, English 364 and Women's and Gender Studies 364) (W)*

COMP 369(S) Race, Gender, Space (Same as Africana Studies 400, English 365, and Women's and Gender Studies 400)*

COMP 375(F) New Asian American, African American, Native American, and Latina/o Writing (Same as American Studies 403 and English 375)*

CRHE 201(F)-202(S) Hebrew^*

CRHI 201(F)-202(S) Hindi^*

CRKO 201(F)-202(S) Korean^*

CRSW 201(F)-202(S) Swahili^*

CRAB 401(F), 402(S) Advanced Arabic*

ECON 501(F) Development Economics I*

ENGL 120(F,S) The Nature of Narrative (Same as Comparative Literature 111) (W)*

ENGL 220(F) Introduction to African American Writing (Same as Africana Studies 220 and American Studies 220)*

ENGL 285(S) Religion in Black Film and Literature (Same as Africana Studies 285, Comparative Literature 285, and Religion 229)*

ENGL 286(F) Constructing Black Lives in Film and Literature (Same as Africana Studies 286 and Comparative Literature 286)*

ENGL 287(S) Topics in Asian American Literature (Same as American Studies 283)*

ENGL 221(S) Rewriting Slavery (Same as Africana Studies 221) (Gateway) (W)*

ENGL 303(F) Visible Culture: Documentary and Nonfiction (Same as Anthropology 225)*

ENGL 309(F) Anger, Voice and Violence in Black Women's Stories (Same as Africana Studies 309 and Women's and Gender Studies 309)*

ENGL 348(S) Imagining Africa: The Politics of Representation (Same as Africana Studies 404 and Comparative Literature 347) (W)*

ENGL 364(F) Women Writing Africa (Same as Africana Studies 403, Comparative Literature 361 and Women's and Gender Studies 364) (W)*

ENGL 365(S) Race, Gender, Space (Same as Africana Studies 400, Comparative Literature 369 and Women's and Gender Studies 400)*

ENGL 374(S) Cities of the Anglophone Chinese Imagination (Same as American Studies 305, Asian Studies 305 and Comparative Literature 303)*

ENGL 375(F) New Asian American, African American, Native American, and Latina/o Writing (Same as American Studies 403 and Comparative Literature 375)*

ENVI 224(F) The Rise and Fall of Civilizations (Same as Anthropology 214)*

HIST 103(F) The City in Africa: Accra, Nairobi, and Johannesburg (W)*

HIST 111(S) Movers and Shakers in the Middle East (Same as Leadership Studies 150) (W)*

HIST 117T(S) Clash of Empires: China and the West, 1800-1900 (Same as Asian Studies 117T) (W)*

HIST 148(F) The Mexican Revolution: 1910 to NAFTA (W)*

HIST 203(S) Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1800*

HIST 207(F) The Modern Middle East*

HIST 209(S) The Origins of Islam: God, Empire and Apocalypse (Same as Religion 231)*

HIST 212(F) Transforming the "Middle Kingdom": China, 2000 BCE-1600 (Same as Asian Studies 212)*

HIST 213(S) Modern China, 1600-Present (Same as Asian Studies 213)*

HIST 214(S) Japanese Religions and the State (Same as Religion 259) (W)*

HIST 218(S) Modern Japan (Same as Asian Studies 218 and Japanese 218)*

HIST 242(F) Latin America From Conquest to Independence*

HIST 243(S) Modern Latin America, 1822 to the Present*

HIST 281(F) African-American History, 1619-1865 (Same as Africana Studies 281)*

HIST 307(S) Islam and Modernity*

HIST 319(F) Gender and the Family in Chinese History (Same as Asian Studies 319 and Women's and Gender Studies 319)*

HIST 380(S) Comparative American Immigration History*

HIST 384(F) Comparative Asian-American History, 1850-1965*

HIST 386(S) Latinas in the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households (Same as Latina/o Studies 386 and Women's and Gender Studies 386)*

HIST 391(F) Insurgencies: Revolts, Revolutions, Wars of National Liberation, and Jihads (Same as Anthropology 391 and INTR 391)*

HIST 392(S) Producing the Past (Same as Asian Studies 345 and Sociology 345)*

HIST 443(S) Slavery, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America*

HIST 452(F) Antebellum American Women's History (Same as Women's and Gender Studies 452)*

HIST 471(F) Comparative Latina/o Migrations (Same as Latina/o Studies 471) (W)*

HIST 480T(F) Historical Narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (W)*

HIST 481T(S) The American Revolution, 1763-1798: Meanings and Interpretations (W)*

HIST 482T(S) (formerly 389) Fictions of African-American History (W)*

HIST 483T(F) African Political Thought (W)*

INTR 110(S) Geopolitics, Religion, and Oil: The Case of Iraq and Iran (Same as International Studies 101 and Political Science 258)*

INTR 287(F) African Music: Interdisciplinary Studies (Same as Music 233 and Africana Studies 250)*

INTR 391(F) Insurgencies: Revolts, Revolutions, Wars of National Liberation, and Jihads (Same as Anthropology 391 and History 391)*

INST 101(S) Geopolitics, Religion, and Oil: The Case of Iraq and Iran (Same as INTR 110 and Political Science 258)*

LATS 105(F) Latina/o Identities: Constructions, Contestations, and Expressions*

LATS 209(F) Spanish for Heritage Speakers: Introduction to Latina/o Cultural Production (Same as Spanish 209)*

LATS 221(F) Rhythm and Jazz in America, Brazil and Cuba (Same as Africana Studies 222 and Music 220)*

LATS 230(F) Approaching Performance Studies (Same as Theatre 230 and Women and Gender Studies 231)*

LATS 235(S) (formerly 335) Latina/o Theatre and Performance, 1950-2000 (Same as American Studies 235, Comparative Literature 268, Theatre 235 and Women's and Gender Studies 235)*

LATS 240(S) Latina/o Language and Literature: Hybrid Voices in Contemporary Context (Same as American Studies 240, Comparative Literature 210, and Linguistics 254)*

LATS 258(S) Latina/o Installation and Site-Specific Art (Same as ArtH 258)*

LATS 331(F) Sound and Movement in the Diaspora: Afro-Latin Identities (Same as Africana Studies 331, American Studies 331, Theatre 331, and Women and Gender Studies 331)*

LATS 338(S) Theorizing Popular Culture: Latinas/os and the Dynamics of the Everyday (Same as American Studies 339 and Comparative Literature 338) (W)*

LATS 375(S) Performance and Its Traces (Same as Theatre 375)*

LATS 386(S) Latinas in the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households (Same as History 386 and Women's and Gender Studies 386)*

LATS 397(F), 398(S) Independent Study*

LATS 405(S) Home and Belonging: Comparative Explorations of Displacements, Relocations, and Place-making (Same as American Studies 405) (W)*

LATS 471(F) Comparative Latina/o Migrations (Same as History 471) (W)*

LEAD 150(S) Movers and Shakers in the Middle East (Same as History 111) (W)*

LING 254(S) Latina/o Language and Literature: Hybrid Voices in Contemporary Context (Same as American Studies 240, Comparative Literature 210, and Latina/o Studies 240)*

MUS 122(S) African-American Music (Same as Africana Studies 122)*

MUS 126(F) Musics of Asia*

MUS 209(F) Music in History III: Musics of the Twentieth Century*

MUS 220(F) Rhythm and Jazz in America, Brazil and Cuba (Same as Africana Studies 222 and Latina/o Studies 221)*

MUS 233(F) African Music: Interdisciplinary Studies (Same as Africana Studies 250 and INTR 287)*

PSCI 102(F) Religion and Capitalism (W)*

PSCI 213(S) Theory and Practice of Civil Rights Protest*

PSCI 222(S) The United States and Latin America*

PSCI 235(S) Multiculturalism and Political Theory*

PSCI 247(S) Political Power in Contemporary China*

PSCI 256(F) Politics of Africa (Same as Africana Studies 256)*

PSCI 258(S) Geopolitics, Religion, and Oil: The Case of Iraq and Iran (Same as International Studies 101 and Interdisciplinary Studies 110)*

PSCI 345T(S) Political Leadership in Ancient Chinese Thought (W)*

PSCI 346(S) Mexican Politics*

PSCI 349T(F) Cuba and the United States (W)*

REL 229(S) Religion in Black Film and Literature (Same as Africana Studies 285, Comparative Literature 285 and English 285)*

REL 231(S) The Origins of Islam: God, Empire and Apocalypse (Same as History 209)*

REL 234(F) Shi'ism Ascendant?*

REL 245(F) Tibetan Civilization*

REL 249(S) Spiritual Crossroads: Religious Life in Southeast Asia (Same as Anthropology 233 and Asian Studies 233)*

REL 251(F) Zen Buddhism: History and Historiography*

REL 256(S) Engendering Buddhism: How Women and Men Shape and Are Shaped by Buddhism (Same as Women's and Gender Studies 256) (W)*

REL 257(F) Gods and Demons in East Asian Religion*

REL 259(S) Japanese Religions and the State (Same as History 214) (W)*

RLFR 312T(F) (formerly COMP 312) Francographic Islands (W)*

RLFR 410(S) Senior Seminar: Landscapes of Movement and Migration in French*

RLSP 200(S) (formerly 112) Latin-American Civilizations*

RLSP 203(F) From Modernismo to El Boom de la Novela (W)*

RLSP 209(F) Spanish for Heritage Speakers: Introduction to Latina/o Cultural Production (Same as Latina/o Studies 209)*

RLSP 271(F) The Interaction of Three Religions and Cultures in Early Modern Spain (Same as Comparative Literature 265)*

RLSP 306T(S) Latino Writing: Literature by U.S. Hispanics (Same as Comparative Literature 302T) (W)*

RLSP 403(F) Literature and the Body Politic: Space, Power and Performance in Latin America*

THEA 230(F) Approaching Performance Studies (Same as Latina/o Studies 230 and Women and Gender Studies 231)*

THEA 235(S) Latina/o Theatre and Performance, 1950-2000 (Same as American Studies 235, Comparative Literature 268, Latina/or Studies 235, and Women's and Gender Studies 235)*

THEA 241(F) Performing Race: From Shakespeare to Spike Lee (Same as Africana Studies 241 and Comparative Literature 241)*

THEA 331(F) Sound and Movement in the Diaspora: Afro-Latin Identities (Same as Africana Studies 331, American Studies 331, Latina/o Studies 331, and Women and Gender Studies 331)*

THEA 375(S) Performance and Its Traces (Same as Latina/o Studies 375)*

WGST 231(F) Approaching Performance Studies (Same as Latina/o Studies 230 and Theatre 230)*

WGST 235(S) Latina/o Theatre and Performance, 1950-2000 (Same as American Studies 235, Comparative Literature 268, Latina/o Studies 235, and Theatre 235)*

WGST 256(S) Engendering Buddhism: How Women and Men Shape and Are Shaped by Buddhism (Same as Religion 256) (W)*

WGST 309(F) Anger, Voice and Violence in Black Women's Stories (Same as Africana Studies 309 and English 309)*

WGST 319(F) Gender and the Family in Chinese History (Same as Asian Studies 319 and History 319)*

WGST 331(F) Sound and Movement in the Diaspora: Afro-Latin Identities (Same as Africana Studies 331, American Studies 331, Latina/o Studies 331, and Theatre 331)*

WGST 364(F) Women Writing Africa (Same as Africana Studies 403, Comparative Literature 361, and English 364) (W)*

WGST 370(S) Gender and Social Change in Modern Africa (Same as Anthropology 370)*

WGST 386(S) Latinas in the Global Economy: Work, Migration, and Households (Same as History 386 and Latina/o Studies 386)*

WGST 400(S) Race, Gender, Space (Same as Africana Studies 400, Comparative Literature 369 and English 365)*

WGST 452(F) Antebellum American Women's History (Same as History 452)*

WNY 303(F) The Social Worlds of New York*