GEP Humanities
Requirement (6 credit hours)
- A total of six credit hours from the university approved GEP Humanities course list.
- The selected courses must be from two different disciplines.
- Special Note: If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements. Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.
Double-counting
- A course taken to satisfy a Major requirement may also satisfy this requirement if the course is on the approved GEP Humanities course list.
- A course that satisfies the Humanities requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge or U.S. Diversity co-requisite if the course also exists on either university approved GEP co-requisite course list.
- Note: Double-counting with U.S. Diversity applies to students matriculated prior to Fall 2023. Students matriculated after Fall 2023 may only double-count Global Knowledge.
Rationale
The humanities comprise the subjects and disciplines that use various models of rational inquiry to understand human nature and experience, organization and change in human societies, the nature of the world, and rational inquiry itself. An education in the humanities requires analysis and interpretation of significant works, gaining an exposure to a variety of methodologies, and learning to apply these in written exposition. An education in the basic humanistic disciplines is necessary to become a citizen with a broad knowledge of human cultures and with well-considered moral, philosophical, aesthetic, and intellectual convictions.
Category Objectives
Each course in the Humanities category of the General Education Program will provide instruction and guidance that help students to:
- Engage the human experience through the interpretation of human culture and
- Become aware of the act of interpretation itself as a critical form of knowing in the humanities; and
- Make academic arguments about the human experience using reasons and evidence for supporting those reasons that are appropriate to the humanities.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFS 240 | African Civilization | 3 | GK |
| AFS 241 | Introduction to African American Studies | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 275 | Introduction to History of South and East Africa | 3 | GK |
| AFS 276 | Introduction to History of West Africa | 3 | GK |
| AFS 342 | Introduction to the African Diaspora | 3 | GK |
| AFS 343 | African American Religions | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 346 | Black Popular Culture | 3 | USD, I, HUM, USD |
| AFS 372 | African-American History Through the Civil War, 1619-1865 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 373 | African-American History Since 1865 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 442 | Issues in the African Diaspora | 3 | |
| AFS 448 | African-American Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 455 | History of the Civil Rights Movement | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 470 | The Red Record and The Birth of a Nation | 3 | USD, , I |
| AFS 548 | African-American Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| AFS 555 | History of the Civil Rights Movement | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ARS 251 | The Arts of a World Capital: London | 3 | GK, VPA |
| ARS 346 | Black Popular Culture | 3 | USD, I, HUM, USD |
| COM 200 | Communication Media in a Changing World | 3 | |
| COM 211 | Argumentation and Advocacy | 3 | |
| COM 289 | Science Communication and Public Engagement | 3 | IP, SS |
| COM 395 | Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media | 3 | |
| ECD 225 | Foundations of Cultural Competence | 3 | GK, USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 206 | Studies In Drama | 3 | |
| ENG 207 | Studies in Poetry | 3 | |
| ENG 208 | Studies In Fiction | 3 | |
| ENG 209 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 | |
| ENG 219 | Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 220 | Studies in Great Works of Western Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 221 | Literature of the Western World I | 3 | GK |
| ENG 222 | Literature of the Western World II | 3 | GK |
| ENG 223 | Contemporary World Literature I | 3 | GK |
| ENG 224 | Contemporary World Literature II | 3 | GK |
| ENG 232 | Literature and Medicine | 3 | IP |
| ENG 246 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 | GK |
| ENG 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 249 | Native American Literature | 3 | USD, , USD, HUM |
| ENG 251 | Major British Writers | 3 | |
| ENG 252 | Major American Writers | 3 | |
| ENG 255 | Beyond Britain: Literature from Colonies of the British Empire | 3 | GK |
| ENG 261 | English Literature I | 3 | |
| ENG 262 | English Literature II | 3 | |
| ENG 265 | American Literature I | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 266 | American Literature II | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 267 | LGBTQI Literature in the U.S. | 3 | |
| ENG 275 | Literature and War | 3 | GK |
| ENG 305 | Women and Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 308 | Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism | 3 | IP |
| ENG 326 | History of the English Language | 3 | GK |
| ENG 329 | Language and Globalization | 3 | GK, IP |
| ENG 339 | Literature and Technology | 3 | IP |
| ENG 340 | Literature, Art, and Society | 3 | IP |
| ENG 341 | Literature and Science | 3 | IP |
| ENG 342 | Literature of Space and Place | 3 | USD, USD, , IP, HUM |
| ENG 361 | Studies in British Poetry | 3 | |
| ENG 362 | Studies in the British Novel | 3 | |
| ENG 370 | American Fiction, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 | |
| ENG 372 | American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 | |
| ENG 377 | Fantasy | 3 | |
| ENG 380 | Modern Drama | 3 | GK |
| ENG 385 | Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 390 | Classical Backgrounds of English Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 392 | Major World Author | 3 | GK |
| ENG 393 | Studies in Literary Genre | 3 | GK |
| ENG 394 | Studies in World Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 395 | Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media | 3 | |
| ENG 399 | Contemporary Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 406 | Modernism | 3 | GK |
| ENG 407 | Postmodernism | 3 | GK |
| ENG 410 | Studies in Gender and Genre | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 420 | Major American Authors | 3 | |
| ENG 439 | Studies in English Renaissance Literature | 3 | GK |
| ENG 448 | African-American Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 451 | Chaucer | 3 | GK |
| ENG 453 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature | 3 | |
| ENG 460 | Major British Author | 3 | |
| ENG 464 | British Literature and the Founding of Empire | 3 | GK |
| ENG 465 | British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire | 3 | GK |
| ENG 466 | Transatlantic Literatures | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 467 | American Colonial Literature | 3 | |
| ENG 468 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature | 3 | |
| ENG 470 | American Literature, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| ENG 476 | Southern Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 485 | Shakespeare: Revisions and Resources | 3 | |
| ENG 486 | Shakespeare, The Earlier Plays | 3 | |
| ENG 487 | Shakespeare, The Later Plays | 3 | |
| ENG 548 | African-American Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| ENG 551 | Chaucer | 3 | GK |
| HA 240 | Introduction to Visual Culture | 3 | GK, IP |
| HI 207 | Ancient Mediterranean World | 3 | GK |
| HI 208 | The Middle Ages | 3 | GK |
| HI 209 | From Renaissance to Revolution: The Origins of Modern Europe | 3 | GK |
| HI 210 | Modern Europe 1815-Present | 3 | GK |
| HI 214 | History and Archaeology of Ancient Latin America | 3 | GK |
| HI 215 | Colonial Latin America | 3 | GK |
| HI 216 | Modern Latin America | 3 | GK |
| HI 217 | Caribbean History | 3 | GK |
| HI 221 | British History to 1688 | 3 | GK |
| HI 222 | History of British Cultures and Societies From 1688 | 3 | GK |
| HI 232 | The World from 1200 to 1750 | 3 | GK |
| HI 233 | The World Since 1750 | 3 | GK |
| HI 240 | Introduction to Visual Culture | 3 | GK, IP |
| HI 251 | American History I | 3 | |
| HI 252 | American History II | 3 | |
| HI 253 | Early American History | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| HI 254 | Modern American History | 3 | USD, , USD, HUM |
| HI 263 | Asian Civilizations to 1800 | 3 | GK |
| HI 264 | Modern Asia: 1800 to Present | 3 | GK |
| HI 270 | Modern Middle East | 3 | GK |
| HI 275 | Introduction to History of South and East Africa | 3 | GK |
| HI 276 | Introduction to History of West Africa | 3 | GK |
| HI 305 | Frauds and Mysteries of the Past | 3 | IP |
| HI 307 | Jewish History | 3 | GK |
| HI 317 | Cuba Today: Historical and Sociopolitical Perspectives | 3 | GK |
| HI 320 | Religion in American History | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| HI 321 | Scientific Revolution and European Society, 1500-1800 | 3 | GK, IP |
| HI 324 | History of Common Law and Constitution | 3 | GK |
| HI 332 | Germany and the World Wars | 3 | GK |
| HI 335 | The World at War | 3 | GK |
| HI 337 | Spy vs. Spy: Cold War Intelligence History | 3 | |
| HI 338 | Empire, War, and Revolution in Russia | 3 | GK |
| HI 340 | History of Agriculture | 3 | GK |
| HI 342 | Global Environmental History | 3 | GK, IP |
| HI 343 | Topics in Urban History | 3 | |
| HI 345 | American Popular Culture | 3 | |
| HI 346 | The Civil War Era in Popular Culture | 3 | IP, USD, , I, USD |
| HI 350 | American Military History | 3 | |
| HI 351 | U.S. Naval History | 3 | |
| HI 354 | The Rise of the American Empire | 3 | |
| HI 360 | U.S. Agricultural History | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 361 | Global History of American Food and Drink | 3 | GK, IP |
| HI 364 | History of North Carolina | 3 | |
| HI 365 | The American West | 3 | USD |
| HI 366 | Native American History | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 369 | Sexuality in U.S. History | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 370 | Modern Egypt | 3 | GK |
| HI 371 | Modern Japan, 1850 to Present | 3 | GK |
| HI 372 | African-American History Through the Civil War, 1619-1865 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 373 | African-American History Since 1865 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 374 | Visual Culture of Modern South Asia | 3 | GK |
| HI 375 | Global History of Travel and Tourism | 3 | GK |
| HI 376 | Global Migrations | 3 | GK |
| HI 377 | The Silk Road in the Medieval World | 3 | GK |
| HI 380 | History of Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Change | 3 | |
| HI 381 | Changemakers: The Global Context of Activism | 3 | GK |
| HI 382 | History of Capitalism in America | 3 | IP, USD, , I, USD |
| HI 383 | Law in the American Story | 3 | IP, USD, , I |
| HI 385 | Introduction to Public History | 3 | USD |
| HI 402 | Early Christianity to the Time of Eusebius | 3 | GK |
| HI 407 | Islamic History to 1798 | 3 | GK |
| HI 408 | Islam in the Modern World | 3 | GK |
| HI 410 | Italian Renaissance | 3 | GK |
| HI 429 | 20th Century Britain | 3 | GK |
| HI 445 | Early American Borderlands | 3 | USD |
| HI 446 | Topics in Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 | USD, USD, I, HUM |
| HI 447 | Women in America to 1890 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 448 | American Women in the Twentieth Century | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 455 | History of the Civil Rights Movement | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 462 | Southern History since the Civil War | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 486 | Science and Empire | 3 | GK |
| HI 545 | Early American Borderlands | 3 | USD |
| HI 546 | Topics in Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 | USD, USD, I, HUM |
| HI 547 | Women in America to 1890 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 548 | American Women in the Twentieth Century | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 555 | History of the Civil Rights Movement | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 562 | Southern History since the Civil War | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| HI 586 | Science and Empire | 3 | GK |
| HON 202 | Inquiry, Discovery, and Literature | 3 | |
| HON 210 | How We Argue | 2 | IP |
| HON 290 | Honors Special Topics - Humanities/US Diversity | 3 | USD |
| HON 294 | Honors Special Topics-Humanities | 3 | |
| HON 314 | Society's Mirror: Literature in 20th-Century America | 3 | USD, , I |
| HON 341 | Time Travel | 3 | IP |
| HON 344 | Kantian Ethics | 3 | |
| HON 345 | On the Human | 3 | IP |
| HON 347 | Freedom and the Self | 3 | IP |
| HON 357 | Performing the Lost Cause | 3 | USD, , I |
| HSS 201 | Critical Thinking in American Life: Engaging Across Difference | 3 | USD, , I |
| HUM 295 | Humanities Special Topics | 3 | |
| HUMG 295 | Humanities and Global Knowledge Special Topics | 3 | GK |
| ID 244 | History of Industrial Design | 3 | IP |
| MUS 215 | The Beatles and the British Invasion | 3 | GK |
| MUS 231 | Music in Film and Television | 3 | |
| NS 420 | Naval Leadership and Ethics | 3 | IP |
| PHI 205 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 210 | Representation, Reason and Reality | 3 | IP |
| PHI 214 | Issues in Business Ethics | 3 | |
| PHI 221 | Contemporary Moral Issues | 3 | |
| PHI 227 | Data Ethics | 3 | IP |
| PHI 300 | Ancient Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 301 | Early Modern Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 302 | 19th Century Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 305 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 | |
| PHI 308 | History of Social and Political Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 309 | Political Philosophy | 3 | |
| PHI 310 | Existentialism | 3 | |
| PHI 312 | Philosophy of Law | 3 | IP |
| PHI 313 | Ethical Problems in the Law | 3 | IP |
| PHI 319 | Black Political Philosophy | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| PHI 320 | Philosophy of Race | 3 | USD, I, HUM, USD |
| PHI 325 | Bio-Medical Ethics | 3 | IP |
| PHI 330 | Metaphysics | 3 | |
| PHI 331 | Philosophy of Language | 3 | IP |
| PHI 332 | Philosophy of Psychology | 3 | IP |
| PHI 333 | Knowledge and Skepticism | 3 | |
| PHI 340 | Philosophy of Science | 3 | IP |
| PHI 347 | Neuroscience and Philosophy | 3 | IP |
| PHI 375 | Ethics | 3 | |
| PHI 376 | History of Ethics | 3 | |
| PHI 401 | Kant's Critique of Pure Reason | 3 | |
| PHI 403 | Continental Philosophy After 1900 | 3 | |
| PHI 420 | Global Justice | 3 | |
| PHI 425 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3 | IP |
| PHI 440 | The Scientific Method | 3 | IP |
| PHI 447 | Philosophy, Evolution and Human Nature | 3 | IP |
| PS 361 | Introduction to Political Theory | 3 | |
| PS 362 | American Political Thought | 3 | |
| PSY 425 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3 | IP |
| REL 200 | Introduction to the Study of Religion | 3 | GK |
| REL 210 | Religious Traditions of the World | 3 | GK |
| REL 220 | Religion in the Contemporary World | 3 | GK |
| REL 230 | Asian Religions | 3 | GK |
| REL 309 | Religion and Society | 3 | SS |
| REL 311 | Introduction to the Old Testament | 3 | GK |
| REL 312 | Introduction to the New Testament | 3 | GK |
| REL 314 | Introduction to Intertestamental Literature | 3 | GK |
| REL 317 | Christianity | 3 | GK |
| REL 320 | Religion in American History | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| REL 323 | Religious Cults, Sects, and Minority Faiths in America | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| REL 327 | Issues in Contemporary Religion | 3 | GK |
| REL 331 | The Hindu Tradition | 3 | GK |
| REL 332 | The Buddhist Traditions | 3 | GK |
| REL 333 | Chinese Religions | 3 | GK |
| REL 334 | Japanese Religions | 3 | GK |
| REL 340 | Islam | 3 | GK |
| REL 343 | African American Religions | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| REL 350 | Judaism | 3 | GK |
| REL 380 | Emotion and Religion | 3 | IP |
| REL 383 | Religion, Globalism, and Justice | 3 | GK |
| REL 402 | Early Christianity to the Time of Eusebius | 3 | GK |
| REL 407 | Islamic History to 1798 | 3 | GK |
| REL 408 | Islam in the Modern World | 3 | GK |
| REL 412 | Advanced Readings in the Christian Gospels | 3 | GK |
| REL 413 | The Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul | 3 | GK |
| REL 423 | Religion and Politics in America | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| REL 424 | Religion and Politics in Global Perspective | 3 | GK |
| REL 471 | Darwinism and Christianity | 3 | IP |
| REL 472 | Women and Religion | 3 | |
| REL 482 | Religion and Conflict | 3 | GK |
| REL 489 | Interpretations of Religion | 3 | GK |
| SOC 309 | Religion and Society | 3 | SS |
| STS 325 | Bio-Medical Ethics | 3 | IP |
| STS 471 | Darwinism and Christianity | 3 | IP |
| WGS 305 | Women and Literature | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 308 | Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism | 3 | IP |
| WGS 390 | Queer Theory | 3 | |
| WGS 410 | Studies in Gender and Genre | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 447 | Women in America to 1890 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 448 | American Women in the Twentieth Century | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 472 | Women and Religion | 3 | |
| WGS 492 | Theoretical Issues in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 3 | USD |
| WGS 547 | Women in America to 1890 | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 548 | American Women in the Twentieth Century | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WL 210 | Global Literature and Culture | 3 | GK |
| WL 211 | Introduction to the French-speaking World | 3 | GK |
| WL 219 | Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature | 3 | GK |
| WL 220 | Studies in Great Works of Western Literature | 3 | GK |
| WL 221 | Literature of the Western World I | 3 | GK |
| WL 222 | Literature of the Western World II | 3 | GK |
| WL 223 | Contemporary World Literature I | 3 | GK |
| WL 224 | Contemporary World Literature II | 3 | GK |
| WL 246 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 | GK |
| WL 250 | Austrian Culture Up Close | 3 | GK |
| WL 275 | Literature and War | 3 | GK |
| WL 392 | Major World Author | 3 | GK |
| WL 393 | Studies in Literary Genre | 3 | GK |
| WL 394 | Studies in World Literature | 3 | GK |
| WL 406 | Modernism | 3 | GK |
| WL 407 | Postmodernism | 3 | GK |
| WLAR 318 | Egyptian Culture through Film | 3 | GK |
| WLAR 351 | Modern Arab Popular Culture | 3 | GK |
| WLCH 351 | Modern Chinese Popular Culture | 3 | GK |
| WLCH 402 | Advanced Chinese: Readings in Literature and Science | 3 | GK |
| WLCL 210 | Classical Mythology | 3 | GK |
| WLCL 215 | The Ancient World in Modern Media | 3 | GK |
| WLCL 320 | Masterpieces of Classical Literature | 3 | GK |
| WLCL 325 | Gender, Ethnicity & Identity in the Ancient World | 3 | GK |
| WLFR 301 | Survey of French Literature from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment | 3 | GK |
| WLFR 302 | Survey of French Literature from Romanticism to the Contemporary Period | 3 | GK |
| WLFR 315 | French Civilization and Culture | 3 | GK |
| WLFR 425 | Literature, Cinema and Culture of the Francophone World | 3 | GK |
| WLFR 525 | Literature, Cinema and Culture of the Francophone World | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 315 | Germanic Civilization and Culture | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 318 | New German Cinema and Beyond | 3 | GK, VPA |
| WLGE 320 | Introduction to German Literature | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 323 | Twentieth Century German Literature | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 325 | German Lyric Poetry | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 420 | Current Issues in German-Language Media | 3 | GK |
| WLHU 301 | Twentieth Century Hindi & Urdu Fiction | 3 | GK |
| WLHU 302 | Modern Hindi & Urdu Poetry | 3 | GK |
| WLHU 351 | Hindi-Urdu Popular Culture | 3 | GK |
| WLHU 401 | Hindi Literature and South Asian Cultural Contexts | 3 | GK |
| WLIT 315 | Made in Italy: Where Heritage, Culture & Culinary History blend with Technological Innovation | 3 | GK |
| WLIT 318 | Italian Society Through Cinema | 3 | GK |
| WLJA 342 | Classical Japanese Literature in Translation | 3 | GK |
| WLJA 344 | Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation | 3 | GK |
| WLJA 345 | Modern Japanese Literature in Translation | 3 | GK |
| WLRU 303 | Russian Literature in Translation: The Nineteenth Century | 3 | GK |
| WLRU 304 | Russian Literature in Translation: The Twentieth Century | 3 | GK |
| WLRU 318 | Russian Cinema and Society | 3 | GK |
| WLSP 335 | Spanish for Native and Heritage Speakers | 3 | GK |
| WLSP 340 | Introduction to Hispanic Literatures and Cultures | 3 | GK |
| WLSP 343 | Literature and Culture of Spain III | 3 | GK |
| WLSP 352 | Literature and Culture of Latin America II | 3 | GK |