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Qualifying Elective Courses

Updated for Fall 2026

  • AFR     351N      BLACK POLITICAL THOUGHT
  • ANS     320E     MYTH, LEGEND, AND FOLKLORE IN CHINA
  • ANS     320F     CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
  • ANS     320J      THE BHAGAVAD GITA: INT AND ETH
  • ANS     340U     DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE OF INDIA
  • ANS     379       CUL MEMORY/CLASSIC CHINESE NOV
  • ARH     327N     ART/POLITICS IMPERIAL ROME (fulfills VAPA)
  • ARH     332K      NORTH RENAIS ART 1350-1500 (fulfills VAPA)
  • ARH      333L     NORTHERN BAROQUE ART: REMBRANDT AND RUBENS
  • CTI       303       COMPETING VISIONS OF THE GOOD LIFE
  • CTI       305G    INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
  • CTI       305N    INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
  • CTI       306D    HISTORY OF THE RELIGIONS OF ASIA
  • CTI       307M   WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN MODERN TIMES
  • CTI       310      INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
  • CTI       320       THE CLASSICAL QUEST FOR JUSTICE
  • CTI       321       THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN POLITICS
  • CTI       322        CRITICS OF MODERN LIBERALISM
  • CTI       323        MIGHT AND RIGHT AMONG NATIONS
  • CTI       324        POLITICS AND LITERATURE
  • CTI       325        MORALITY AND POLITICS
  • CTI       326C      CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
  • CTI       326J       AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
  • CTI       326L      CIVIL LIBERTIES
  • CTI       326R     REGIME PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN POLITICS
  • CTI       326S      STRUCTURE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES 
  • CTI       327D     THE HISTORY OF ROME: THE REPUBLIC
  • CTI       329         THE ANCIENT HISTORIANS
  • CTI       330J        JERUSALEM AND ATHENS
  • CTI       330M     MACHIAVELLI: POLITICS AND CULTURE
  • CTI       331        ORIGINS OF LIBERALISM
  • CTI       333         ROUSSEAU AND HIS LEGACY
  • CTI       335C      HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY
  • CTI       335M      MARX AND MARXIST THEORY
  • CTI       338         THE QUESTION OF RELATIVISM
  • CTI       340         ANCIENT EPIC
  • CTI       341         MORAL AGENCY IN GREEK TRAGEDY 
  • CTI       342         SATAN AND THE IDEA OF EVIL 
  • CTI       343         LOVE IN THE EAST AND WEST
  • CTI       344D      DANTE 
  • CTI       345L      LEADERSHIP: KING ARTHUR TO QUEEN ELIZABETH 
  • CTI       346        THE MAJOR WORKS OF DOSTOEVSKY 
  • CTI       348        WAR AND REVOLUTION IN RUSSIAN LIT AND CULTURE 
  • CTI       350        MASTERWORKS OF WORLD DRAMA (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
  • CTI       351        THE IDEA OF THE BEAUTIFUL (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
  • CTI       354L      LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE
  • CTI       354P      BIBLICAL PROPHESY
  • CTI       355C      LAW, LIBERTY, AND FAITH
  • CTI       355R      THE AGE OF REFORMATION
  • CTI       357        ISLAMIC THEOLOGY
  • CTI       363        THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON
  • CTI       365       CLASSICS OF SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT (fulfills Core and COLA Social and Behavioral Science)
  • CTI       370       HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY
  • CTI       371       EINSTEIN IN THE AGE OF CONFLICT 
  • CTI       371D    DARWIN ON ORIGIN OF SPECIES
  • CTI       371M    HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
  • CTI       371N     NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA
  • CTI       371S      SCIENCE AND RELIGION TO NEWTON
  • CTI       371T  SCIENCE AND RELIGION FROM NEWTON TO THE PRESENT         
  • CTI       372        DARWIN AND THE POLITICS OF EVOLUTION
  • CTI       372M    GREAT WORKS IN BIOLOGY
  • CTI       373        GREAT WORKS IN MEDICINE
  • CTI       374        BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND INJUSTICE
  • CTI       375        TOPICS IN CORE TEXTS AND IDEAS (TOPICS VARY)
  • CTI       375        ART AND THE CITY IN RENAISSANCE ITALY
  • CTI       379        CONFERENCE COURSE
  • E          320L      MAJ WRTRS: RESTORATN/18TH CEN
  • E          321        SHAKESPEARE
  • E          321P      SHAKESPEARE THROUGH PERFORMANCE (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
  • E          363        MILTON 
  • E          363K     CLASSIC TO ROMANTIC
  • E          358J       THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 
  • E          678SA   SHAKESPEARE AT WINEDALE
  • EUS     347        EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
  • EUS     347        REMBRT/RUBENS: N BAROQ ART
  • FR        326K     INTRO FR LIT I MID AGES-18TH C (fulfills CEHET)
  • FR        326L     INTRO FR LIT II FR REV-PRESENT (fulfills CEHET)
  • GK       324       EURIPIDES
  • GK       324       SOPHOCLES
  • GK       324       XENOPHON
  • GK       365       ARISTOTLE
  • GK       365       PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM
  • GOV    312P     CONSTITUTNL PRINS: CORE TEXTS ((fulfills Core Gov)
  • GOV    335D    NATURAL LAW THEORY
  • GOV    335M    LIBERTY/EMPIRE: MACHIAVELLI
  • GOV    335M    TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
  • GOV    335R     INTEL WORLD AMER FOUNDERS
  • GOV    351F     VISIONS OF EMANCIPATION
  • GOV    355M    CITIZENSHIP AND PATRIOTISM
  • GOV    357D     CIVIL LIBERTIES
  • GOV    357M    CONSTITUTNL STRUCTURE OF POWER
  • GOV    379G     JERUSALEM AND ATHENS
  • GOV    379C     REGIME PERSP ON AMER POLITICS
  • HIS      317L     THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (fulfills Core history)
  • HIS      322D    THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE 17TH CENTURY 
  • HIS      322M   HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE (fulfills CEHET)
  • HIS      322R     BIO, BEHAVIOR, AND INJUSTICE
  • HIS      334L     AMER REV/FND OF US, 1763-1800 (fulfills Core history)
  • HIS      343       THE AGE OF REFORMATION
  • HIS      343G    ITAL RENAISSANCE, 1350-1550 (fulfills CEHET)
  • HIS      345J      THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR 1829-1861 (fulfills Core History, carries CD flag)
  • HIS      350R    DEBATING THE AMER REVOLUTION (fulfills Core history)
  • HIS      355S     US CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY (fulfills Core history)
  • HIS      356S     AMER PRES 1789 TO PRESENT (fulfills Core history)
  • HIS      364E    THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (fulfills CEHET)
  • ITL       321        INTRO TO ITALIAN LITERATURE (fulfills CEHET)
  • LAH     305       REACTING TO THE PAST (fulfills CEHET)
  • LAH     350       RHETORIC OF GREAT SPEECHES
  • LAH     350       SHAKESPEARE
  • LAT     323       CICERO AND CATULLUS
  • LAT     323       CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  • MES     342      BIBLICAL PROPHECY
  • MES     342       MAJOR ISLAMIC TEXTS (fulfills CEHET)
  • MES     342       SHOCK OF MODERNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 
  • MES     342      THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (fulfills CEHET)
  • PHL     301L     EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
  • PHL     322K     HISTORY OF ETHICS 
  • PHL     329K     HIST OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
  • PHL     329L     EARLY MODRN PHL DESCARTES-KANT (fulfills CEHET)
  • PHL     329P     KANTS CRITIQUE PURE REASON
  • PHL     361K     PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE (fulfills CEHET)
  • PHL     366K     EXISTENTIALISM (fulfills CEHET)
  • PHL     610QA  PROBS OF KNOWLEDGE & VALUATION
  • R S       304       JUDAISM/CHRIST/ISLAM-AN INTRO (fulfills CEHET)
  • R S       306D    ROOTS RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
  • R S       321       HIST OF HINDU RELIG TRADITN (fulfills CEHET) 
  • RHE     330D    ARGUING WITH LIBERALS (fulfills CEHET)
  • RHE     330D    CICERO, RHET & ANCIENT ROME (fulfills CEHET)
  • SOC     379M   SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (fulfills CEHET)
  • UGS     302      CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY & LIT (fulfills First Year Signature Course)
  • UGS     303      DISCOVERY OF FREEDOM (fulfills First Year Signature Course)
  • UGS     303      JUSTICE AND THE HUMAN GOOD (fulfills First Year Signature Course)
  • UGS     303      JUSTICE, LIBERTY, HAPPINESS (fulfills First Year Signature Course)
  • UGS     303      THE CHALLENGE OF THE GREEKS (fulfills First Year Signature Course)

 

Updated  4/01/2026

Updated Fall 2026

 

AFR 351N BLACK POLITICAL THOUGHT
ANS 320E MYTH, LEGEND, AND FOKLORE IN CHINA
ANS 320F CLASSICAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
ANS 320J THE BHAGAVAD GITA: INT AND ETH
ANS 340U DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE OF INIDA
ANS 379 CUL MEMORY/CLASSIC CHINESE NOV
ARH 327N ART/POLITICS IMPERIAL ROME (fulfilles VAPA)
ARH 332K NORTH RENAIS ART 1350-1500 (fulfills VAPA)
ARH 333L NOTHERN BAROQUE ART: REMBRANDT AND RUBENS
CTI 303 COMPETING VISIONS OF THE GOOD LIFE (GOV 314C)
CTI 305G INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT (RS 313C, MES 310C)
CTI 305N INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT (RS 315N, MES 310C)
CTI 307E WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN MEDIEVAL TIMES ( HIS 309K, AHC 310)
CTI 307M WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN MODERN TIMES (HIS 309L)
CTI 310 INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (PHL 305)
CTI 320 THE CLASSICAL QUEST FOR JUSTICE (GOV 351C)
CTI 321 THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN POLITICS (GOV 351D)
 CTI 322 CRITICS OF MODERN LIBERALISM (GOV 351G)
CTI 323 MIGHT AND RIGHT AMONG NATIONS (GOVE 351J)
CTI 324 POLITICS AND LITERATURE (GOV 335O)
CTI 325 MORALITY AND POLITICS (GOV 351L)
CTI 326C CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION (GOV 357C)
CTI 326J AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT (GOV)
CTI 326L CIVIL LIBERTIES (GOV 357D)
CTI 326R REGIME PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN POLITICS (GOV 379C)
CTI 326S STRUCTURE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES (GOV 357G)
CTI 327D THE HISTORY OF ROME: THE REPUBLIC (AHC 325, HIS 321M)
CTI 327E ROOTS OF DEMOCRACY: HON (ACH 325, GOV 334D)
CTI 329 THE ANCIENT HISTORIANS (CC 322D)
CTI 330J JERUSALEM AND ATHENS (GOV 379G)
CTI 330M MACHIAVELLI: POLITICS AND CULTURE (HIS, RS)
CTI 331 ORIGINS OF LIBERALISM (PHL 342L)
CTI 333 ROUSSEAU AND HIS LEGACY
CTI 335C HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY (PHL 356D)
CTI 335M MARX AND MARXIST THEORY (HIS 332R, PHL 342M, EUS 346)
CTI 338 THE QUESTION OF RELATIVISM
CTI 340 ANCIENT EPIC (CC 322C)
CTI 341 MORAL AGENCY IN GREEK TRAGEDY (CC 348)
CTI 342 SATAN AND THE IDEA OF EVIL (RS 356D)
CTI 343 LOVE IN THE EAST AND WEST (CL 323, MES)
CTI 344 EPICS AND HEROES OF INDIA (HIS 350L, AHC 330, ANS 373G)
CTI 344D DANTE (E 366D)
CTI 345L LEADERSHIP: KING ARTHUR TO QUEEN ELIZABETH (LAH)
CTI 346 THE MAJOR WORKS OF DOSTOEVSKY (CL 323, RUS 325)
CTI 348 WAR AND REVOLUTION IN RUSSIAN LIT AND CULTURE (CL 323)
 CTI 350 MASTERWORKS OF WORLD DRAMA (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
CTI 351 THE IDEA OF THE BEAUTIFUL (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
CTI 354L LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE (RS 353K, MES 342, JS 363)
CTI 354P BIBLICAL PROPHESY (RS 353N, MES 342, JS 363)
CTI 355C LAW,LIBERTY, AND FAITH
CTI 355R THE AGE OF REFORMATION (HIS 343, RS 344)
CTI 357 ISLAMIC THEOLOGY (RS 358U, MES 342)
CTI 363 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON (HIS 353, EUS)
CTI 365

CLASSICS OF SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGH (GOV 355P)

(fulfills Core and COLA Social and Behavioral Science)

 CTI 370 HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY
CTI 371 EINSTEIN IN THE AGE OF CONFLICT (HIS 350L)
CTI 371D DARWIN ON ORIGIN OF SPECIES
CTI 371M HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS (MTH 375T)
CTI 371N NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA (HIS 366Q)
CTI 371S SCIENCE AND RELIGION TO NEWTON 
CTI 371T SCIENCE AND RELIGION FROM NEWTON TO THE PRESENT (BIO 337)
CTI 372 DARWIN AND THE POLITICS OF EVOLUTION (GOV 353D)
CTI 372M GREAT WORKS IN BIOLOGY
CTI 373  GREAT WORKS IN MEDICINE (AHC 330)
CTI 374 BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND INJUSTICE (HIS 322R)
CTI 375 TOPICS IN CORE TEXTS AND IDEAS (TOPICS VARY)
CTI 375 ART AND THE CITY IN RENAISSANCE ITALY (ARH 331P, EUS)
CTI 379 CONFERENCE COURSE
E 320L MAJ WRTRS: RESTORATN/ 18TH CEN
E 321 SHAKESPEARE
E 321P SHAKESPEARE THROUGH PERFORMANCE (fulfills VAPA, CEHET)
E 363  MILTON
E 363K CLASSIC TO ROMANTIC
E 358J THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
E 678SA SHAKESPEARE AT WINEDALE
EUS 347 EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
EUS 347 REMBRT/RUBENS: N BAROQ ART
FR 326K INTRO FR LIT I MID AGES-18TH CEN (fulfills CEHET)
 FR 326L  INTRO FR LIT II FR REV-PRESENT (fulfills CEHET)
GK 324 EURIPIDES
GK 324 SOPHOCLES
GK 324 XENOPHON
GK 365 ARISTOTLE
GK 365 PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM
GOV 312P CONSTITUTIONAL PRINS: CORE TEXTS (fulfills Core Gov)
GOV 335D NATURAL LAW THEORY
GOV 335M  LIBERTY/EMPIRE: MACHIAVELLI
GOV 335M TOCQUEVILLE'S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
GOV 335R INTEL WORLD AMER FOUNDERS
GOV 351F VISIONS OF EMANCIPATION
GOV 355M  CITIZENSHIP AND PATRIOTISM
GOV 357D CIVIL LIBERTIES
GOV 357M CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF POWER
GOV 379G JERUSALEM AND ATHENS
GOV 379C REGIME PERSP ON AMER POLITICS
HIS 317L THE ERA OF THE AMERICAL REVOLUTION (fulfills Core history)
HIS 322D SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE 17TH CENTURY
HIS 322M HISTORY OF MODERN SCIENCE (fulfills CEHET)
HIS 322R BIO, BEHAVIOR, AND INJUSTICE
HIS 334L AMER REV/FND OF US, 1763-1800 (fulfills Core history)
HIS 343 THE AGE OF REFORMATION
HIS 343G ITAL RENAISSANCE, 1350-1550 (fulfills CEHET)
HIS 345J THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR 1829-1861 (fulfills Core history, carries CD flag)
HIS 350R DEBATING THE AMER REVOLUTION (fulfills Core history)
HIS 355S US CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY (fulfills Core history)
HIS 356S AMER PRES 1789 TO PRESENT (fulfills Core history)
HIS 364E THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (fulfills CEHET)
ITL 321  INTRO TO ITALIAN LITERATURE (fulfills CEHET)
LAH 305 REACTING TO THE PAST (fulfills CEHET)
LAH 350 RHETORIC OF GREAT SPEECHES
LAH 350 SHAKESPEARE
LAT 323  CICERO AND CATULLUS
LAT 323 CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
MES 342 BIBLICAL PROPHECY
MES 342 MAJOR ISLAMIC TEXTS (fulfills CEHET)
MES 342 SHOCK OF MODERNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
MES 342 THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (fulfills CEHET)
PHL 301L EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
PHL 322K HISTORY OF ETHICS
PHL 329K HIST OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (fulfills CEHET)
PHL 329L EARLY MODERN PHL DESCARTES-KANT (fulfills CEHET)
PHL 329P KANTS CRITIQUE PURE REASON
PHL 361K PHILOSOPHY IN LITERATURE (fulfills CEHET)
PHL366K EXISTENTIALISM (fulfills CEHET)
PHL 610QA PROBS OF KNOWLEDGE & VALUATION
RS 304 JUDAISM/CHRIST/ISLAM-AN INTRO (fulfills CEHET)
RS 306D ROOTS RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
RS 321 HIST OF HINDU RELIG TRADITION (fulfills CEHET)
RHE 330D ARGUING WITH LIBERALS (fulfills CEHET)
RHE 330D CICERO, RHET & ANCIENT ROME (fulfills CEHET)
SOC 379M SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (fulfills CEHET)