Area 2: Ideas, Cultural Traditions, and Values
6 credit hours (2 courses) selected from approved CLE courses
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Goals for Area 2
- Examine some of the formative ideas and cultural traditions that have shaped Western experience;
- Study classic and contemporary texts that have influenced or exemplified currents in Western thought and imagination;
- Gain an understanding of some aspects of human achievement and experience that have been persistently overlooked in mainstream Western culture, including those of women, minorities, and non-Western peoples;
- Analyze creative works of various mediums in both the arts and technology from the viewpoints of cultural meanings and influence;
- Gain acquaintance with historical traditions and with humanistic methods of studying and interpreting them;
- Consider the contributions of philosophical, ethical, or religious systems to human life;
- Recognize how the interaction of tradition and innovation nourishes both individuality and community;
- Gain critical and appreciative perspective upon one’s own culture by studying other historical periods and other cultural traditions;
- Study the life, thought, and creative activity of men and women of achievement in various fields of human endeavor.
Current Course Offerings
All of the following courses are approved for the Curriculum for Liberal Education for Area 2. If your college requires depth studies in this Area, you may choose one of the course combinations listed, or courses in a sequence (course number ending with 5 and 6; for example ART 2385 and ART 2386). Colleges may also recommend particular combinations of courses. Sequenced courses may be taken individually, unless listed together on one line. Some courses noted in this section can be counted for Area 6 credit; remember that they CANNOT be used to count for BOTH Area 2 and Area 6 for an individual student.
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Africana Studies
- AFST 1714 Black Studies
- AFST 1814 Introduction to African Studies (also in Area 7)
(cross-listed with IDST 1814)
Agricultural and Applied Economics
- AAEC 2244 Food and Clothing: Cultural Traditions, Conflicts and Possibilities
(cross-listed with AHRM 2244) - AAEC 2424 Cooperatives and their Impact on the Human
Condition
American Indian Studies
- AINS 1104 Intro. to American Indian Studies (cross-listed with HUM 1104)
Apparel, Housing and Resource Management
- AHRM 2244 Food and Clothing: Cultural Traditions, Conflicts
and Possibilities
(cross-listed with AAEC 2244)
Architecture
- ARCH 3115 History of Architecture I (also in Area 6)
- ARCH 3116 History of Architecture II (also in Area 6)
Art and Art History
(Note: All Art classes below are also in Area 6)
- ART 2385 Survey of the History of Western Art I
- ART 2386 Survey of the History of Western Art II
- ART 3084 Greek Arts and Architecture
(Pre: ART 2385) - ART 3184 Roman Art and Architecture
(Pre: ART 2385) - ART 3284 Medieval Art and Architecture
(Pre: ART 2385) - ART 3384 Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture (WI)
(Pre: ART 2386) - ART 3484 Baroque and Rococo Art and Architecture
(Pre: ART 2386) - ART 3584 Nineteenth Century Art: Neo-classicism to Post-
Impressionism
(Pre: ART 2386) - ART 3784 Twentieth Century Art and American Art
(Removed from the CLE March 2008) - ART 3884 American Art to 1914 (WI)
(Pre: ART 2386)
Building Construction
- BC 3115 Building Culture, a History of Construction I
- BC 3116 Building Culture, a History of Construction II (also in Area 6)
Classics
- CLA 2444 Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology
(cross-listed with ENGL 2444 and HUM 2444) - CLA 2454 Ancient Greek and Latin Literature in English
Translation
(cross-listed with ENGL 2454 and HUM 2454)
Communication
- COMM 2064 The Rhetorical Tradition
English
English courses at the 2xxx level or higher, prior completion of ENGL 1105 + 1106/1204H or equivalent credit from AP, IB, CLEP, transfer, or COMM 1015-1016 is required.
- ENGL 1604 Introduction to Poetry (also in Area 6)
- ENGL 1614 Introduction to Short Fiction (also in Area 6)
- ENGL 1624 Introduction to Detective Fiction
- ENGL 1634 Intro. to Shakespeare (also in Area 6)
- ENGL 1644 Intro. to World Literature (also in Area 7)
- ENGL 1654 Intro. to Science Fiction and Fantasy
- ENGL 1664 Intro. to Women’s Literature
- ENGL 1674 Intro. to African American Literature
- ENGL 1684 Introduction to Drama
- ENGL 2444 Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology
(cross-listed with CLA 2444 and HUM 2444) - ENGL 2454 Ancient Greek and Latin Literature in English
Translation
(cross-listed with CLA 2454 and HUM 2454) - ENGL 2515 Survey of British Literature
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H or COMM 1016) - ENGL 2516 Survey of British Literature
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H or COMM 1016) - ENGL 2525 Survey of American Literature
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H or COMM 1016) - ENGL 2526 Survey of American Literature
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H or COMM 1016) - ENGL 3404 French Literature in English Translation
(cross-listed with FR 3404) - ENGL 3414 German Literature in English Translation
(cross-listed with GER 3414) - ENGL 3424 Russian Literature in English Translation
(cross-listed with RUS 3424) - ENGL 3434 Hispanic Literature in English Translation
(cross-listed with SPAN 3434) - ENGL 3534 Literature and Ecology (WI) (also in Area 7)
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H) - ENGL 3644 Postcolonial Cultural Studies (also in Area 7)
(Pre: ENGL 1106 or 1204H) - ENGL 4165 Shakespeare I
- ENGL 4166 Shakespeare II
Foreign Languages
Courses taught in the foreign language:
- FR 3205 French Culture and Civilization I
(Pre: FR 2106) - FR 3206 French Culture and Civilization II
(Pre: FR 2106) - FR 3305 Survey of French Literature I
(Pre: FR 3304) - FR 3306 Survey of French Literature II
(Pre: FR 3304) - GER 3305 Intro. to German Literature I
(Pre: GER 3304) - GER 3306 Intro. to German Literature II
(Pre: GER 3304)
Courses taught in English:
- FR 2714 Intro. to French Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with HUM 2714) - FR 3404 French Literature in English Translation
(Pre: 2000 level ENGL course; cross-listed with ENGL 3404) - GER 2724 Intro. to German Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with HUM 2724) - GER 3414 German Literature in English Translation
(Pre: 2000 level ENGL course; cross-listed with ENGL 3414) - RUS 2734 Intro. to Russian Culture and Civilization (also in Area 7)
(cross-listed with HUM 2734) - RUS 3424 Russian Literature in English Translation
(Pre: 2000 level ENGL course; cross-listed with ENGL 3424) - SPAN 2744 Intro. to Spanish Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with HUM 2744) - SPAN 2754 Intro. to Spanish-American Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with HUM 2754) - SPAN 3404 Early Peninsular Culture and Literature
(Pre: SPAN 3304) - SPAN 3414 Modern Peninsular Culture and Literature
(Pre: SPAN 3304) - SPAN 3434 Hispanic Literature in English Translation
(Pre: 2000 level ENGL course; cross-listed with ENGL 3434) - SPAN 3444 Early Spanish-American Culture and Literature
(Pre: SPAN 3304) - SPAN 3454 Modern Spanish-American Culture and Literature (Pre: SPAN 3304)
Forestry
- FOR 2554 Nature and American Values
History
- HIST 1024 Ancient History
- HIST 1025 Intro. to European Civilization I
- HIST 1026 Intro. to European Civilization II
- HIST 2054 Engineering Cultures (also in Area 7)
(cross-listed with STS 2054)
Horticulture
- HORT 3524 History of Landscape Architecture
(Pre: junior standing)
Humanities
- HUM 1104 Intro. to American Indian Studies (cross-listed with AINS 1104)
- HUM 1114 Intro. Humanities: The Classical Age
- HUM 1124 Intro. Humanities: The Roman World and Early Christianity
- HUM 1214 Intro. Humanities: The Medieval World
- HUM 1224 Intro. Humanities: The Renaissance
- HUM 1314 Intro. Humanities: Enlightenment & Romanticism
- HUM 1324 Intro. Humanities: The Modern World
- HUM 1604 Intro. to Humanities and the Arts
- HUM 1704 Intro. to Appalachian Studies
- HUM 1914 Explorations in Traditional Asian Cultures
- HUM 1924 Explorations in Modern Asian Cultures
- HUM 2204 Humanities and the Arts: The Creative Process
- HUM 2444 Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology
(cross-listed with ENGL 2444 and CLA 2444) - HUM 2454 Ancient Greek and Latin Literature in English Translation
(cross-listed with ENGL 2454 and CLA 2454) - HUM 2714 Intro. to French Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with FR 2714) - HUM 2724 Intro. to German Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with GER 2724) - HUM 2734 Intro. to Russian Culture and Civilization (also in Area 7)
(cross-listed with RUS 2734) - HUM 2744 Intro. to Spanish Culture and Civilization
(cross-listed with SPAN 2744) - HUM 2754 Intro. to Spanish-American Culture and
Civilization
(cross-listed with SPAN 2754) - HUM 4404 Appalachian Folk Culture
Interior Design
- ITDS 1114 Design Appreciation (also in Area 6)
Judaic Studies
- JUD 2134 Jewish History, Culture, and Heritage
- JUD 2414 Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
(cross-listed with REL 2414)
Landscape Architecture
- LAR 4034 Evolution of the American Landscape (WI)
Leadership
- LDRS 1015 Exploring Citizen Leadership: Contexts and
Competencies
Music
- MUS 1005 Theory/Fundamentals I
- MUS 1006 Theory/Fundamentals II
- MUS 1104 Music Appreciation (also in Area 6)
- MUS 2115 Survey of Music I (also in Area 6)
- MUS 2116 Survey of Music II (also in Area 6)
- MUS 3115 Music in America I (also in Area 6)
- MUS 3116 Music in America II (also in Area 6)
Philosophy
- PHIL 1204 Knowledge and Reality
- PHIL 1304 Morality and Justice
- PHIL 2115 Ancient through Medieval Philosophy I
- PHIL 2116 Ancient through Medieval Philosophy II
- PHIL 2125 History of Modern Philosophy I
- PHIL 2126 History of Modern Philosophy II
- PHIL 2304 Global Ethics (also in Area 7)
- PHIL 2605 Reason and Revolution in Science I
- PHIL 2606 Reason and Revolution in Science II
- PHIL 3015 Political Theory I
(Pre: PSCI 1024; cross-listed with PSCI 3015) - PHIL 3016 Political Theory II
(Pre: PSCI 1024; cross-listed with PSCI 3016) - PHIL 3314 Ethical Theory
(Pre: 3 cr. in PHIL) - PHIL 3454 Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 4204 Philosophy of Mind (WI)
(Pre: 3 cr. in PHIL) - PHIL 4214 Metaphysics (WI)
(Pre: 3 cr. in PHIL) - PHIL 4224 Epistemology (WI)
(Pre: 3 cr. in PHIL) - PHIL 4304 Topics in Social and Political Philosophy
(Pre: 3 cr. in PHIL) - PHIL 4334 Jurisprudence (WI)
(Pre: 3 cr. in PHIL) - PHIL 4614 Philosophy of Science (WI)
(Pre: 1-year science, 3 cr. in PHIL)
Political Science
- PSCI 3015 Political Theory I
(Pre: PSCI 1024; cross-listed with PHIL 3015) - PSCI 3016 Political Theory II
(Pre: PSCI 1024; cross-listed with PHIL 3016)
Religion
- REL 1014 Asian Religions
- REL 1024 Judaism, Christianity, Islam (also in Area 7)
- REL 1034 Religion and the Modern World
- REL 1044 Religious Ethics
- REL 2124 Religion in American Life
- REL 2234 Women, Ethics and Religion (also in Area 7)
(cross-listed with WS 2234) - REL 2414 Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
(cross-listed with JUD 2414) - REL 2424 New Testament
- REL 3024 Religion and Literature
- REL 3214 Religion and Culture in India
- REL 3224 Religions of China and Japan
- REL 3414 Jesus and the Gospels
(Pre: REL 2414 or 2424) - REL 3424 Paul and His Interpreters
(Pre: REL 2414 or 2424)
Science and Technology in Society
- STS 1504 Intro. to Humanities, Science, and Technology
- STS 2054 Engineering Cultures (also in Area 7)
(cross-listed with HIST 2054) - STS 2154 Humanities, Technology, and Life Sciences
- STS 2354 Humanities, Technology, and Physical Sciences
- STS 3105 Science and Technology in Modern Society
- STS 4304 Contemporary Issues in Humanities, Sciences, and Technology
Sociology
- SOC 2024 Minority Group Relations
(ONLY in combination with AFST 1714)
Teaching and Learning
- EDPE 3114 20th Century Dance
Theatre Arts
Urban Affairs and Planning
- UAP 4264 Environmental Ethics and Policy (WI)
Women’s Studies
- WS 1824 Introduction to Women’s Studies
- WS 2224 Women and Creativity
- WS 2244 Women and Science (WI)
(Pre: WS 1824) - WS 2254 Feminist Activism
(Pre: WS 1824)