How do I complete the cultrual understanding requirement?
What is the cultural understanding requirement?
Courses that satisfy the cultural understanding gen ed requirement 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
- ANTH-A 104 Cultural Anthropology
- ASL-A 131 First Year ASL I
- ASL-A 132 First 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
- EALC-C 131 Beginning Chinese I
- EALC-C 132 Beginning Chinese II
- EALC-J 131 Beginning Japanese I
- EALC-J 132 Beginning Japanese II
- EDUC-E 201 Multicultural Education and Global Awareness
- FREN-F 131 First-Year French I
- FREN-F 132 First-Year French II
- GER-G 131 First-Year German I
- GER-G 132 First-Year German II
- INTL-I 100 Introduction to International Studies
- LATS-L 101 Introduction to Latino Studies
- 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
- PBHL-A 120 Culture, Health, and Happiness
- 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 Examining Sociocultural Systems in a Pluralistic Society
- TESM-T 208 Tourism Geography
- TESM-T 234 Cultural Heritage Tourism
Additional courses for IU Columbus students only
- BUS-D 101 Introduction to International Relations
- PSY-B 203 Ethics and Diversity in Psychology
Delisted courses
- AMST-A 102 Asian-American Culture (effective date: fall 2026)
- ASL-A 211 Second Year ASL I (effective date: fall 2026)
- ASL-A 212 Second Year ASL II (effective date: fall 2026)
- CLAS-L 200 Second-Year Latin I (effective date: fall 2020)
- CLAS-L 250 Second-Year Latin II (effective date: fall 2020)
- COMM-C 282 Communicating Social Identities (effective date: fall 2026)
- COMM-C 299 Communicating Queer Identity (effective date: fall 2026)
- EALC-C 201 Second-Year Chinese I (effective date: fall 2026)
- EALC-C 202 Second-Year Chinese II (effective date: fall 2026)
- EALC-J 201 Second-Year Japanese I (effective date: fall 2026)
- EALC-J 202 Second-Year Japanese II (effective date: fall 2026)
- ENG-L 245 Introduction to Caribbean Literature (effective date: fall 2026)
- FREN-F 203 Second-Year French I (effective date: fall 2026)
- FREN-F 204 Second-Year French II (effective date: fall 2026)
- GER-G 203 Second-Year German I (effective date: fall 2026)
- GER-G 204 Second-Year German II (effective date: fall 2026)
- HER-H 221 Art Past and Present (Note: This course is now in arts and humanities.) (effective date: fall 2018)
- HIST-H 100 Introduction to History (effective date: fall 2026)
- LATS-L 228 An Interdisciplinary Look at U.S. Latino/a Identities (effective date: fall 2026)
- NELC-A 131 Beginning Arabic I (effective date: fall 2026)
- NELC-A 132 Beginning Arabic II (effective date: fall 2026)
- NELC-A 200 Intermediate Arabic I (effective date: fall 2026)
- NELC-A 250 Intermediate Arabic II (effective date: fall 2026)
- TCM 18000 Exploring Intercultural Technical Communication (effective date: fall 2024)