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GE Area C: Arts and Humanities Classes

arrow GE Courses are listed below.
arrow GE Quarterly Classes are listed on PASS, which can be accessed through the Cal Poly Portal
arrow USCP courses are noted with (USCP) designation.
arrow GWR courses are noted with (GWR) designation.

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Catalog Course Descriptions

The information below is for Cal Poly Catalogs
2001-03, 2003-05, 2005-07, and 2007-09


Course
Prefix

 

 Course Title
GE Credit
ENGL 230 Masterworks of Brit Literature through the Eighteenth Century C1
ENGL 231 Masterworks of Brit Literature from Late 18th Century to Present C1
ENGL 240 The American Tradition in Literature    C1
ENGL 251 Great Books I: Great Books I: Intro to Classical Literature C1
ENGL 252 Great Books II: Medieval to Enlightenment Literature C1
ENGL 253 Great Books III: Romanticism to Modernism Literature C1
FR 233 Critical Readings in French Literature      C1
GER 233 Critical Reading in German Literature     C1
HNRS 251 Great Books I: Great Books I: Introduction to Classical Literature C1
SPAN 233 Introduction to Hispanic Readings C1
Area C1: Literature
Course
Prefix 		 Course Title se Titlese
 GE Credit
HNRS 230 Philosophical Classics: Metaphysics and Epistemology C2
HNRS 231 Philosophical Classics: Social and Political Philosophy  C2
PHIL 230   Philosophical Classics: Metaphysics and Epistemology C2
PHIL 231   Philosophical Classics: Social and Political Philosophy C2

Area C2: Philosophy

Course Prefix Course Title GE Credit
ARCH 217 History of World Architecture:Prehistory – Middle Ages C3
ARCH 218   History of World Architecture: Middle Ages – 18th Century C3
ARCH 219 History of World Architecture: 18th Century – Present C3
ART 101 Fundamentals of Drawing C3
ART 111   Introduction to Art C3
ART 112   Survey of Western Art C3
ART 148 Sculpture C3
COMS 208 Performance of Literature C3
DANC 221 Dance Appreciation C3
LA 211 History of Landscape Architecture: Ancient Civilizations through Colonial America C3
LA 212 History of Modern and Contemporary Landscape Architecture C3
MU 101 Introduction to Music Theory C3
MU 120 Music Appreciation C3
MU 221 Jazz Styles (USCP) C3
MU 229 Music of the 60's: War and Peace (USCP) C3
TH 210 Introduction to Theatre C3
TH 227 Theatre History: Classical   C3
TH 228 Theatre History: 18th Century to Contemporary     C3
Area C3: Fine and Performing Arts

Course Prefix Area C4: Upper-Division Elective
 GE Credit
ARCH 320 Topics in Architechtural History C4
ARCH 326 Native American Architecture and Place (USCP)
cross listed with ES 326 		C4
ART 314 The History of Photography C4
ART 318 Asian Art Topics: Religious & Intellectual Movements C4
COMS 308 Group Performance of Literature C4
DANC 311 Dance: American Musical Theatre C4
DANC 321 Cultural Influences on Dance in America (USCP) C4
ENGL 330 British Literature in the Age of Belief: to 1485 (GWR) C4
ENGL 331 British Literature in the Age of Discovery 1485-1600 (GWR) C4
ENGL 332 British Literature in the Age of Enlightenment: 1660-1798 (GWR) C4
ENGL 333 Brit Literature in the Age of Romanticism: 1798-1832 (GWR) C4
ENGL 334 British Literature in Age of Industrialism: 1832-1914 (GWR) C4
ENGL 335 Brit Literature in the Age of Modernism: 1914-Present (GWR) C4
ENGL 338 Introduction to Shakespeare: London C4
ENGL 339 Introduction to Shakespeare   (GWR) C4
ENGL 340 Literary Sources of the Amer Character: 1600-1865 (GWR) C4
ENGL 341 Literary Sources of the Amer Character: 1865-1914 (GWR) C4
ENGL 342 Literary Sources of the Amer Character: 1914-1956 (GWR) C4
ENGL 343 Multiple Voices of Cont Amer Literature: 1956 - Pres (GWR) C4
ENGL 345 Women Writers of the 20th Century (USCP) (GWR) C4
ENGL 346 Ethnic American Literature (USCP) (GWR) C4
ENGL 347 African American Literature (USCP) (GWR) C4
ENGL 349 Gender in 20th Century Literature (USCP) (GWR) C4
ENGL 350 Modern Novel (GWR) C4
ENGL 351 Modern Poetry (GWR) C4
ENGL 352 Modern Drama (GWR) C4
ENGL 353 Drama in London C4
ENGL 354 Bible as Literature and in Literature and the Arts (GWR) C4
ENGL 370 World Cinema (GWR) Rubric - includes many subtopics C4
ENGL 371 Film Styles and Genres (GWR) Rubric - includes many subtopics C4
ENGL 372 Film Directors (GWR) Rubric - includes many subtopics C4
ENGL 380 Literary Themes (GWR) Rubric - includes many subtopics C4
ENGL 381 Diversity in 20th-Century American Literature (USCP) (GWR) C4
ENGL x382 LGBT Literature and Media
Start Date: Spring 2007 		C4
ENGL 386 Creative Nonfiction C4
ENGL 387 Creative Writing: Fiction C4
ENGL 388 Creative Writing: Poetry C4
ES 300 Chicano/a Non-Fiction Literature (USCP) C4
ES 321 Native-American Cultural Images (USCP) through Spring 07 C4
ES 326 Native American Architecture and Place (USCP)
cross listed with ARCH 326 		C4
ES 360 Ethnicity and the Land (USCP) C4
FNR 360 Ethnicity and the Land (USCP) C4
FR 305  Significant Writers in French C4
FR 350 French Literature in English Translation C4
GER 305 Significant Writers in German C4
GER 350 German Literature - English Translation C4
HUM 303 Values and Technology C4
HNRS 304  Values and Technology C4
HNRS 320 Values, Media, and Culture C4
HNRS x347 African American Literature (USCP) (GWR) C4
HNRS x380 Literary Themes (GWR) Rubric - includes many subtopics C4
HUM 320 Values, Media, and Culture C4
HUM 310 World Cultures C4
HUM 312 Chicano/a Culture (USCP) C4
HUM 361 Modernism
(also listed as UNIV x361) 		C4
MU 324   Music and Society - Rubric - includes many subtopics C4
MU 328   Women in Music C4
PHIL 311 Greek Philosophy C4
PHIL 312  Medieval Philosophy C4
PHIL 313  Continental Philosophy: Descartes to Lebniz C4
PHIL 314 British Philosophy: Bacon to Mill C4
PHIL 315  German Philosophy: Kant to Nietzsche C4
PHIL 316 Contemporary European Philosophy C4
PHIL 317 Contemporary British & American Philosophy C4
PHIL 320 Asian Philosophy C4
PHIL 321  Philosophy of Science C4
PHIL 322 Philosophy of Technogy C4
PHIL 331 Ethics C4
PHIL 332  History of Ethics C4
PHIL 333 Political Philosophy C4
PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law C4
PHIL 335 Social Ethics (USCP) C4
PHIL 336 Ethics, Gender, and Society (USCP) C4
PHIL 337  Business Ethics C4
PHIL 338 Ethics and Education C4
PHIL 339  Biomedical Ethics C4
PHIL 340 Environmental Ethics C4
PHIL 341 Professional Ethics C4
PHIL 342  Philosophy of Religion C4
PHIL 350 Aesthetics C4
RELS 301 Religions of Asia C4
RELS 302 Monotheisms: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam C4
RELS 304 Judaism C4
RELS 306  Hinduism C4
RELS 307 Buddhism C4
RELS 310 Christianity C4
RELS 311 Islam C4
RELS 370 Religion, Gender and Society (USCP) C4
RELS 372 Spiritual Extremism: Asceticism, Mysticism, and Madness C4
RELS 374 Religion and Violence
C4
SPAN 305   Significant Writers in Spanish C4
SPAN 340 Chicano/a Authors (USCP) C4
SPAN 350 Hispanic Literature in English Translation C4
SPAN 351 Latino/a Writers in U.S. (USCP) C4
TH 310 Women's Theatre C4
TH 320 Black Theatre (USCP) C4
TH 360 Theatre in the United States C4
TH 390 World Drama C4
UNIV x361 Modernism C4
WS 370 Religion, Gender, and Society (USCP) C4
Area C4: Upper-Division Elective

 
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