Courses Approved to Meet Perspective Areas (as of July 2011)

The Committee on General Education (COGE) has approved the following courses to meet Perspective Area Requirements in the General Education Program. COGE continues to review departmental proposals for additional courses to meet Perspective Areas in the General Education Program.

Arts Perspective

AFR 141: African-American Literature
AFR 234: African-American Music: An Overview
APS 213: Appalachian Crafts
APS 224: Appalachian Music
ARH 242: Medieval Art
ARH 248: Islamic Art and Architecture
ARH 250: Indian and Southwest Asian Art History
ARH 267: Colonial and Modern Latin American Art
ART 111: Printmaking I
ART 115: Drawing Fundamentals
ART 116: Painting I ART
123: Ceramics I ART
125: Fibers I ART
130: Sculpture I AST
248: Islamic Art and Architecture
AST 250: Indian and Southwest Asian Art History
CFS 238: Human Environments II
COM 200: Oral Interpretation
CSC 111: Storytelling Through Computer Animation
ENG 124: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 141: African-American Literature
ENG 200: Studies in Times
ENG 282: Workshop in Creative Writing
FRN 320: Panorama of French Literature I
FRN 321: Panorama of French Literature II
FRN 325: Seventeenth-Century French Literature
FRN 330: Nineteenth-Century French Literature
FRN 340: Twentieth-Century French Literature
GER 320: German Poetry
GER 325: German Narrative Prose
GER 330: German Drama
GER 340: German Novel
HIS 210: Classical Roman Civilization
LAT 210: Classical Roman Civilization
LAT 215: Classical Mythology
LAT 223: Virgil
LAT 321: Latin Historians
LAT 324: Classical Poetry
MUS 106: World Music
MUS 115: Introduction to Music Literature
MUS 216: Perceptive Listening
MUS 224: Appalachian Music
MUS 234: African-American Music: An Overview
PED 245: Dance
PED 248: World Dance
PED 249: Dancing through Space and Time
PED 305: Improvisation and Choreography
REL 210: Theology in the Arts and Media
SPN 315: Introduction to Spanish Literature
SPN 320: Peninsular Literature I
SPN 321: Peninsular Literature II
SPN 330: Spanish American Literature I
SPN 331: Spanish American Literature II
SPN 340: The Novel
TEC 180: Graphic Communication
TEC 202: Photography
TEC 213: Appalachian Crafts

Social Science Perspective

BUS 257: Consumer Behavior
CFS 207: Family Relations
COM 220: Theories of Communication (formerly COM 300)
ECO 101: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 102: Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 301: Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECO 302: Intermediate Microeconomics
ECO 370: Environmental Issues in Public Policy
GST 235: Introduction to Behavioral Sciences
HIS 200: Introduction to Historical Study
PSC 100: Introduction to the Study of Politics
PSC 110: American Government
PSY 100: General Psychology
SOC 100: Sociology of Everyday Life
SOC 110: Problems of American Institutions
SOC 220: Cultural Anthropology
WGS 207: Family Relations

Western History Perspective

AFR 165: Introduction to African American History
ARH 242: Medieval Art
FRN 140: French Civilization
GER 140: German Civilization
HIS 101: Western Civilization I
HIS 102: Western Civ II – A Study in Gender
HIS 130: Albion and Eire – The British Isles to 1688
HIS 131: Britain and the Empire, 1688 to Present
HIS 140: History of Spain
HIS 161: American History to 1865
HIS 162: American History Since 1865
HIS 165: Introduction to African American History
HIS 209: Classical Greek Civilization
HIS 210: Classical Roman Civilization
HIS 215: History of Christianity to 1600
HIS 234: Christians and Pagans in the Late Antique World
HIS 310: Seminar in United States History
HIS 314: Renaissance and Reformation
HIS 316: 20th-Cent Europe: Div and Reconciliation
HIS 335: Seminar in Modern European History
HIS 355: Seminar in American Religious History
LAT 210: Classical Roman Civilization
PHI 204: Classical Political Philosophy
PHI 209: Freedom, Law, and the Modern State
PHI 305: Classical Philosophy
PSC 204: Classical Political Philosophy
PSC 209: Freedom, Law, and the Modern State
PSY 420: History and Systems of Psychology
REL 215: History of Christianity to 1600
REL 221: The Protestant Reform and its Legacies
REL 234: Christians and Pagans in the Late Antique World
REL 355: Seminar in American Religious History
SPN 140: History of Spain
TEC 118: History of Technology

Religion Perspective

ARH 248: Islamic Art and Architecture
ARH 250: Indian and Southwest Asian Art History
AST 132: Religions of China
AST 135: Religions of Japan
AST 248: Islamic Art and Architecture
AST 250: Indian and Southwest Asian Art History
AST 260: Buddhism
HIS 215: History of Christianity to 1600
HIS 223: History of the Pre-Modern Middle East
HIS 234: Christians and Pagans in the Late Antique World
HIS 240: Islam
HIS 310: American Religious History
HIS 311: Seminar in Medieval European Civilization
HIS 314: Renaissance and Reformation
HIS 355: Topical Sem in Modern European History
LAT 215: Classical Mythology
PSJ 205: PSJustice Studies: Theories and Practices
REL 101: Wrestling with God: An Intro to the Scriptures
REL 109: Introduction to Christian Thought
REL 117: An Introduction to World Religions
REL 126: Poverty and Justice
REL 132: Religions of China
REL 135: Religions of Japan
REL 200: Myth, Symbol, and Ritual
REL 205: Introduction to the Old Testament
REL 207: Introduction to the New Testament
REL 211: Women in Religion
REL 215: History of Christianity to 1600
REL 218: Voices of Nonviolence
REL 221: The Protestant Reform and its Legacies
REL 223: Theologies of Liberation
REL 225: Images of Jesus
REL 227: Biblical Themes, Modern Life
REL 235: Christian Social Ethics
REL 240: Islam
REL 250: Judaism
REL 260: Buddhism
REL 310: Adv Old Testament Studies-The Prophets
REL 311: Adv New Testament Studies
WGS 211: Women in Religion
WGS 223: Theologies of Liberation

African Americans’, Appalachians’, and Women’s Perspective

AFR 132: Introduction to Race in America
AFR 135: African American Women Writers
AFR 141: African-American Literature
AFR 165: Introduction to African-American History
AFR 202: Women and African Americans in Politics
AFR 212: Literature of Caribbean Women
AFR 222: Introduction to African-American Studies
AFR 225: Environmental Justice
AFR 230: African Americans in Appalachia
AFR 234: African-American Music: An Overview
APS 121: Appalachian Culture
APS 140: Appalachian Literature
APS 210: Health in Appalachia
APS 213: Appalachian Crafts
APS 215: Sustainable Appalachian Communities
APS 220: Gender in Appalachia
APS 224: Appalachian Music
APS 225: Environmental Justice
APS 229: Contemporary Issues in Appalachia
APS 230: African Americans in Appalachia
APS 253: Appalachian America
APS 330: Community Anal: The Appalachian Case
CFS 207: Family Relations
CFS 366: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Family
ENG 135: African American Women Writers
ENG 140: Appalachian Literature
ENG 141: African-American Literature
ENG 212: Literature of Caribbean Women
ENG 237: Women and Literature
HIS 102: Civilization II – A Study in Gender
HIS 165: Introduction to African-American History
HIS 228: Gender in the Modern West, 1750-Present
HIS 253: Appalachian America
HLT 210: Health in Appalachia
HLT 236: Women and Health
MUS 224: Appalachian Music
MUS 234: African-American Music: An Overview
PSC 202: Women and African Americans in Politics
PSJ 210: Diversity and Social Justice
PSJ 225: Environmental Justice
REL 211: Women in Religion
SENS 215: Sustainable Appalachian Communities
SENS 225: Environmental Justice
SOC 132: Introduction to Race in America
SOC 330: Community Anal: The Appalachian Case
TEC 213: Appalachian Crafts
WGS 124: Introduction to Women's Studies
WGS 127: Riding the Waves of Feminism
WGS 135: African American Women Writers
WGS 202: Women and African Americans in Politics
WGS 207: Family Relations
WGS 211: Women in Religion
WGS 212: Literature of Caribbean Women
WGS 220: Gender in Appalachia
WGS 225: Environmental Justice
WGS 228: Gender in the Modern West, 1750-Present
WGS 236: Women and Health
WGS 237: Women and Literature
WGS 315: Classic Texts in Women's Studies
WGS 366: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Family

International Perspective (Two Options)

The International Perspective is met by taking EITHER:

Foreign Language Option—two courses in the same foreign language, one of which may be waived by a placement examination (at least one language course must be taken after entering Berea College unless transfer credit has been awarded for a foreign language through the second level) OR
World Culture Option—two approved World Culture courses, at least one of which must be approved as Non-Western. Here is a list of courses that have been approved to meet the World Culture component of this perspective, first Non-Western, then Western:

International Perspective (Non-Western)

AFR 212: Literature of Caribbean Women
AFR 260: Survey of African History
ARH 239: Art and Archeology of Native North America
AST 122: History of China
AST 123: History of Japan
AST 132: Religions of China
AST 135: Religions of Japan
AST 260: Buddhism
AST 322: Seminar in Chinese History
AST 323: Seminar in Japanese History
ENG 212: Literature of Caribbean Women
ENG 242: Introduction to Non-Western Literature
HIS 122: History of China
HIS 123: History of Japan
HIS 132: Religions of China
HIS 135: Religions of Japan
HIS 175: History and Pol of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
HIS 223: History of the Pre-Modern Middle East
HIS 240: Islam
HIS 260: Survey of African History
HIS 270: The Recent History of the Middle East
HIS 322: Seminar in Chinese History
HIS 323: Seminar in Japanese History
MUS 106: World Music
PED 248: World Dance
PSC 175: History and Pol of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
PSC 352: Politics of Developing Nations
REL 117: An Introduction to World Religions
REL 231: Religions of India and Tibet
REL 232: Religions of China and Japan
REL 240: Islam
REL 260: Buddhism
THR 312: Theatre and Drama in Non-Western Culture
WGS 212: Literature of Caribbean Women

International Perspective (Western)

ARH 267: Colonial and Modern Latin American Art
AST 229: Modern Imperialism
CFS 225: Food, Culture, and Society
CFS 366: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Family
GER 140: German Civilization
HIS 131: Britain and the Empire, 1688 to Present
HIS 140: History of Spain
HIS 224: 20th-Century World History
HIS 229: Modern Imperialism
HIS 311: Seminar in Medieval European Civilization
LAT 117: Classical Etymology
PHI 207: Human Rights, International Law
PSC 207: Human Rights, International Law
SPN 140: History of Spain
WGS 366: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Family

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Posted: 9-22-2011

Updated by Wanda Burch