How do I complete the cultrual understanding requirement?
What is the core communication requirement?
Courses that satisfy the cultural understanding gen ed requirment must include at least half of the following learning goals:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the range of diversity and universality in human history, societies, and ways of life
- Analyze and understand the interconnectedness of global and local communities
- Operate with civility in a complex world
- Recognize the extent and impact of diversity among individuals, cultures, or societies in contemporary or historical contexts
- Analyze and evaluate texts, objects, events, or ideas in their cultural context
- Develop arguments about forms of human agency or expression grounded in rational analysis and in an understanding of and respect for cultural contexts
- Analyze diverse narratives and evidence in order to explore the complexity of human experience across space and time
How do I complete this requirement?
Students must have 3 credit hours in cultural understanding courses.
Courses
- AFRO-A 140 - Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies
- AFRO-A 150 - Survey of the Culture of Black Americans
- AFRO-A 152 - Introduction to African Studies
- AMST-A 101 - Introduction to American Studies
- AMST-A 102 - Asian-American Culture
- ANTH-A 104 - Cultural Anthropology
- ASL-A 131 - First Year ASL I
- ASL-A 132 - First Year ASL II
- ASL-A 211 - Second Year ASL I
- ASL-A 212 - Second Year ASL II
- CLAS-C 213 - Sport and Competition in the Ancient World
- CLAS-L 131 - Beginning Latin I
- CLAS-L 132 - Beginning Latin II
- COMM-C 282 - Communicating Social Identities
- COMM-C 299 - Communicating Queer Identity
- EALC-C 131 - Beginning Chinese I
- EALC-C 132 - Beginning Chinese II
- EALC-C 201 - Second-Year Chinese I
- EALC-C 202 - Second-Year Chinese II
- EALC-J 131 - Beginning Japanese I
- EALC-J 132 - Beginning Japanese II
- EALC-J 201 - Second-Year Japanese I
- EALC-J 202 - Second-Year Japanese II
- EDUC-E 201 - Multicultural Education and Global Awareness
- ENG-L 245 - Introduction to Caribbean Literature
- FREN-F 131 - First-Year French I
- FREN-F 132 - First-Year French II
- FREN-F 203 - Second-Year French I
- FREN-F 204 - Second-Year French II
- GER-G 131 - First-Year German I
- GER-G 132 - First-Year German II
- GER-G 203 - Second-Year German I
- GER-G 204 - Second-Year German II
- HIST-H 100 - Introduction to History
- INTL-I 100 - Introduction to International Studies
- LATS-L 101 - Introduction to Latino Studies
- LATS-L 228 - An Interdisciplinary Look at U.S. Latino/a Identities
- MUS-M 394 - Survey of African American Music
- MUS-Z 105 - Traditions in World Music
- NAIS-N 101 - Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
- NELC-A 131 - Beginning Arabic I
- NELC-A 132 - Beginning Arabic II
- NELC-A 200 - Intermediate Arabic I
- NELC-A 250 - Intermediate Arabic II
- PBHL-A 120 - Culture, Health, and Happiness
- PSY-B 203 - Ethics and Diversity in Psychology
- REL-R 101 - Religion and Culture
- REL-R 103 - The Bible and Culture
- SPAN-S 131 - First-Year Spanish I
- SPAN-S 132 - First-Year Spanish II
- SPAN-S 203 - Second-Year Spanish I
- SPAN-S 204 - Second-Year Spanish II
- SWK-S 102 - Understanding Diversity in a Pluralistic Society
- TESM-T 208 - Tourism Geography (was TCEM-T 208)
- TESM-T 234 - Cultural Heritage Tourism (was TCEM-T 234)
Additional course for IU Columbus students only
- BUS-D 101 - Introduction to International Relations
Delisted courses
- CLAS-L 200 - Second-Year Latin I - Effective date Fall 2020
- CLAS-L 250 - Second-Year Latin II - Effective date Fall 2020
- HER-H 221 - Art Past and Present (Note: This course is now in arts and humanities.) - Effective date Fall 2018
- TCM 18000 - Exploring Intercultural Technical Communication - Effective date Fall 2024