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Course Descriptions

The interdisciplinary electives must include 18 credits selected from a minimum of five departments. Courses which may be applied towards the major electives include:

Ar202 Art: Public Issues - See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar210 Art in the Museums- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar226 Contemporary Art- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar240 Cultural Diversity in Art- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar250 Live Performance Art- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar255 Live Musical Art- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar274 Music of the American Stage- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar276 Contemporary Popular Music- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar278 Music in America- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ar340 The Visual Arts in America- See Fine Arts Course Descriptions
Ec351 American Economic History - See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ec353 Labor Economics- See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ec354 Industrial Organization- See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ec355 Government and Business- See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ec/As356 Urban Economics- See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ec358 Public Finance- See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ec420 Money, Credit and Banking- See Economics and Finance Course Descriptions
Ed160 Aims of American Education - See Education Course Descriptions
El347 The American Novel Before 1900 - See English Course Descriptions
El353 The American Short Story- See English Course Descriptions
El356 Modern American Poetry- See English Course Descriptions
El357 The American Novel Since 1900- See English Course Descriptions
El358 Contemporary Literature- See English Course Descriptions
El/As359 The Literature of Black America- See English Course Descriptions
Hs425 The Age of Jefferson and Jackson - See History Course Descriptions
Hs450 The Colonial Experience to 1763 - See History Course Descriptions
Hs452 The Period of the American Revolution, 1763-1789 - See History Course Descriptions
Hs454 American Frontier: Myth and Reality - See History Course Descriptions
Hs/As459 The Era of the Civil War - See History Course Descriptions
Hs464 History of American Immigration - See History Course Descriptions
Hs468 The American Republic, 1914-1945 - See History Course Descriptions
Hs469 American Republic Since 1945 - See History Course Descriptions
Hs470 American Political Parties - See History Course Descriptions
Pl265 Plato and American Democracy - See Philosophy Course Descriptions
Pl285 American Philosophy- See Philosophy Course Descriptions
Po201 American Government - See Political Science Course Descriptions
Po/As211 The American Judicial Process- See Political Science Course Descriptions
Po212 Elections, Parties, and Pressure Groups- See Political Science Course Descriptions
Po213 Congress- See Political Science Course Descriptions
Po214 The American Presidency- See Political Science Course Descriptions
Po303 Early American Political Theory- See Political Science Course Descriptions
Po304 Recent American Political Theory- See Political Science Course Descriptions
So151 Current Social Problems - See Sociology Course Descriptions
So155 Personality and Social Interaction- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So160 Sociology of Work- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So/Cc180 Cultural Anthropology- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So/As200 Ethnic and Racial Relations- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So230-231 Experiencing Social Issues, I and II- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So305 Sociology of Film- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So337 Sociology of Human Sexuality- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So340 Sociology of Religion- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So352 Minority Group Relations- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So/As353 Sociology of the Black Family- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So355 Sociology of Sports- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So/Ur370 Urban Anthropology- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So460 The Sociology of Intimacy: Sexuality, Marriage and Family- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So/Ur465 Vietnam and the U.S.- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So470 Medical Sociology- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So472 Sociology of the Professions- See Sociology Course Descriptions
So498-499 Special Projects in Sociology- See Sociology Course Descriptions
Th/As443 Black Religion - See Theology Course Descriptions
Th444 The Religious Story of the American People- See Theology Course Descriptions
Th453 The Zen Spirit- See Theology Course Descriptions
Th460 Christianity and American Literature
Ur151 The Contemporary City - See Urban Studies Course Descriptions
Ur/Cc157 Introduction to the Culture of the City - See Urban Studies Course Descriptions
Ur201 Contemporary Social Ideas - See Urban Studies Course Descriptions
Ur/Bm313 Business and the City - See Urban Studies Course Descriptions

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