Degree requirements

For Arts, Media and Culture, you need to complete 60 credits, which must include a minimum of 30 credits of upper-division courses. Overall, 45 credits upper-division and 45 credits of IAS courses are required to meet the degree requirements. You must earn a total of 180 quarter credits, or 225 quarter credits for a double degree, to earn a bachelor of arts degree in your chosen major.

Arts, Media and Culture now has four themed tracks. You can choose the track that best suits your educational and career goals. Each track has its own requirements and can be found on the appropriate checklist below. If you were admitted to Arts, Media and Culture prior to Autumn 2011, you should use this checklist to track your degree progress.

Arts, Media and Culture Tracks

• LITERATURE TRACK CHECKLIST
• FILM/MEDIA TRACK CHECKLIST
• VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS TRACK CHECKLIST
• COMPARATIVE ARTS TRACK CHECKLIST

List A: Historical Context (* denotes course open to Global Honors students only)
T GH 301 Global Interactions* THIST 150 World History I: Prehistory to 1500 THIST 151 World History II: 1500 to Present THIST 200 American History I, 1607-1877 THIST 201 American History II 1877-present

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List B: Cultural Context (* denotes course open to Global Honors students only)

TANTH 354 History of the Concept of Culture TANTH 365 North American Indian Traditions TANTH 464 Native American Cultural Areas TARTS 210 The African Diaspora through Music: The Rhythm, the Blues and Beyond TARTS 311 History of Rock and Roll TARTS 315 Music and Crisis TARTS 480 Contemporary Art and Society TCOM 201 Media and Society TGH 302 Global Imaginations* THISP 461 Contemporary Mexican Culture THISP 462 Women in Latin America THISP 464 The Arts, Cultures, and History of Mexico THISP 465 Latin American Visual Arts THISP 490 Contemporary Spanish Culture THISP 463 Contemporary Cuban Culture THIST 270 Premodern East Asia THIST 280 German Cultural History THIST 320 Asian American History THIST 419 African American Culture and Consciousness THIST 451 Renaissance Europe THIST 477 Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe THIST 478 Revolution, Industrialization and Modernity in European Culture (1780-1900) THIST 479 Modern European Culture TLIT 332 Asian American Literature TLIT 487 African Folklore and Literature TNPRFT 449 Museum Studies TPHIL 353 The End of the Modern World (1600-2000) TPHIL 355 Mind of Modernity TPHIL 357 The Greek Mind and Imagination TPHIL 358 History of Philosophy: Medieval and Modern TPHIL 360 History of Philosophy: Modern and Contemporary TPHIL 361 Ethics and Society TPHIL 458 Ways of Knowing TPHIL 466 Modernity and Its Critics TPOLS 450 Contemporary Theories of Culture TPSYCH 414 Psychology of Contemporary African-American Culture TRELIG 366 Islam

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List C: Interpretive Course (* denotes course open to Global Honors students only)

TARTS 210 The African Diaspora through Music: The Rhythm, the Blues and Beyond TARTS 469 Art Theories, Methods and Philosophies TARTS 471 Culture and Meaning in the Visual Arts TFILM 272 Film Studies TGH 302 Global Imaginations* THISP 465 Latin American Visual Arts THIST 430 Introduction to Public History THIST 470 The Material World: Art and Artifacts TLIT 251 Ancient Literature of Western Civilization TLIT 252 Medieval Literature of Western Civilization TLIT 253 Modern Literature of Western Civilization TNPRFT 448 Arts Administration TPOLS 450 Contemporary Theories of Culture TPSYCH 414 Psychology of Contemporary African-American Culture TWRT 211 Intermediate Academic Writing TWRT 331 Advanced Academic Writing

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List D: Practice/Studio Course

TARTS 200 Studio Foundation I: Contemporary Art Strategies TARTS 240 Landscape in Contemporary Art TARTS 280 3-D Art & Contemporary Approaches to Sculpture TARTS 366 Artist as Visionary TARTS 367 Ideas Through Objects: A Conceptual Approach to Art TARTS 386 Contemporary Art and Studio Drawing TARTS 390 Site Specificity in Art TARTS 391 Reconstructing Self in Art TARTS 395 Community Arts Practice TARTS 402 Eco-Art: Art in Response to Environmental Crisis TARTS 403 Body Image and Art TARTS 404 Art in a Time of War TARTS 405 Cultural Identity and Art TARTS 406 Labor, Globalization and Art TARTS 407 Art and the Public TCOM 347 Television Criticism and Application TCOM 348 Nonfiction Writing for Television TCOM 349 News Writing TCOM 351 Video Production TCOM 387 Writing for Public Relations TCOM 470 Documentary Production & Critique TCOM 486 Feature Writing for Print Media TWRT 330 Written and Visual Rhetoric TWRT 365 Editing a Literary Arts Magazine TWRT 370 Introduction to Writing Poetry TWRT 380 Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction TWRT 382 Writing Popular Fiction TWRT 387 Writing Creative Non-Fiction TWRT 470 Advanced Poetry Writing TWRT 480 Advanced Fiction Writing

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List E: Visual and Performing Arts

TANTH 464 Native American Cultural Areas TARTS 200 Studio Foundation I: Contemporary Art Strategies TARTS 240 Landscape in Contemporary Art TARTS 280 3-D Art & Contemporary Approaches to Sculpture TARTS 281 Art and Culture in India TARTS 282 Art and Culture in China TARTS 283 Art and Culture in Japan TARTS 284 Art and Culture in the Pacific TARTS 335 History of Photography TARTS 366 Artist as Visionary TARTS 367 Ideas Through Objects: A Conceptual Approach to Art TARTS 383 South Sound Contemporary Art TARTS 386 The Material World: Art and Artifacts TARTS 390 Site Specificity in Art TARTS 391 Reconstructing Self in Art TARTS 395 Community Arts Practice TARTS 402 Eco-Art: Art in Response to Environmental Crisis TARTS 403 Body Image and Art TARTS 404 Art in a Time of War TARTS 405 Cultural Identity and Art TARTS 406 Labor, Globalization and Art TARTS 407 Art and the Public TARTS 411 The History of Jazz TARTS 471 Culture and Meaning in the Visual Arts THISP 465 Latin American Visual Arts THIST 226 American Architecture THIST 333 Early American Music, Art, Literature and Theater THIST 377 Art of the Americas THIST 379 Modern Architecture THIST 430 Introduction to Public History THIST 470 The Material World: Art and Artifacts THIST 477 Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe THIST 478 Revolution, Industrialization and Modernity in European Art (1780-1900) THIST 479 Modern European Art TNPRFT 449 Museum Studies

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List F: Film and Media

TARTS 210 The African Diaspora through Music: The Rhythm, the Blues and Beyond TARTS 311 History of Rock and Roll TCOM 201 Media and Society TCOM 247 Television Studies TCOM 257 Ethical Issues in Mass Communications TCOM 258 Children and Television TCOM 310 Contemporary Environmental Issues and the Media TCOM 347 Television Criticism and Application TCOM 351 Video Production TCOM 353 Critical Approaches to Mass Communications TCOM 354 Communication History TCOM 388 Russian Media Studies TCOM 430 Global Networks, Local Identities TCOM 440 Advertising and Consumer Culture TCOM 444 Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the Media TCOM 454 Communications Law TCOM 461 Media and Identity in Asia TCOM 470 Documentary Production & Critique TCOM 480 Political Economy of the Media TCOM 481 Communication Regulations & Policy TFILM 272 Film Studies TFILM 348 Film and Human Values TFILM 386 Silent Cinema TFILM 420 Contemporary World Cinema TFILM 474 Russian History and Soviet Film TFILM 481 Film Theory and Criticism TFILM 483 Film Directors TFILM 484 French Cinema TFILM 485 Media Genres TFILM 486 Feminist Perspectives in Film and Literature TFILM 488 Gender, Sex and Film THISP 376 Latin American Film THISP 377 Spanish Film THISP 441 Mexican Cinema and Society TPSYCH 414 Psychology of Contemporary African-American Culture

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List G: Literature and Language

TFILM 486 Feminist Perspectives in Film and Literature THISP 277 Latin American Literature THISP 476 Latin American Women Writers THIST 333 Early American Music, Art, Literature and Theater TLIT 200 Understanding Literature TLIT 210 Studies in American Literature TLIT 240 Studies in English Literature TLIT 251 Ancient Literature of Western Civilization TLIT 252 Medieval Literature of Western Civilization TLIT 253 Modern Literature of Western Civilization TLIT 305 American Literary Movements, Genres, and Historical Periods TLIT 306 Studies in Selected American Writers TLIT 311 Themes in American Literature TLIT 313 American Poetry TLIT 320 African American Literature from Slavery to the Present TLIT 324 African American Women's Literature TLIT 331 Immigrant and Ethnic Literature TLIT 332 Asian American Literature TLIT 338 Writing in the Pacific Northwest TLIT 343 Shakespeare TLIT 371 The World Stage TLIT 380 Myths and Literary Sagas in Creative Expressions TLIT 388 Cross Cultural Studies in Cont. Women's Literature TLIT 390 Varieties of Literary Criticism TLIT 425 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance TLIT 431 Contemporary Native American Women's Literature TLIT 437 Nature in American Literature TLIT 438 American Folklore: Biographies of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender TLIT 453 Ancient Greek Tragedy TLIT 455 Medieval Quests TLIT 458 Modern Novel TLIT 476 American Women's Literature: 19th & 20th Century Texts TLIT 481 Postcolonial Fiction TLIT 487 African Folklore and Literature TSPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I TSPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II TSPAN 203 Intermediate Spanish III TSPAN 210 Accelerated Intermediate Spanish TSPAN 301 Spanish Language and Lexicon TSPAN 302 Spanish Conversation TSPAN 351 Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies TWRT 200 Introduction to Creative Writing TWRT 211 Intermediate Academic Writing TWRT 330 Written and Visual Rhetoric TWRT 365 Editing a Literary Arts Magazine TWRT 370 Introduction to Writing Poetry TWRT 374 Advanced Academic Writing TWRT 380 Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction TWRT 382 Writing Popular Fiction TWRT 387 Writing Creative Non Fiction TWRT 464 Teaching Writing