Students must have 3 credit hours in cultural understanding courses.
General education courses for Cultural Understanding
Course learning outcomes
Instructors teaching courses in the Cultural Understanding domain include at least half of the following learning goals so students can successfully complete this general education core requirement.
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
Courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE |
| 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 |
| AMST-A 102 | Asian-American Culture |
| ANTH-A 104 | Cultural Anthropology |
| ASL-A 131 | First Year ASL I |
| ASL-A 132 | First Year ASL II |
| ASL-A 211 | Second Year ASL I |
| ASL-A 212 | Second 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 |
| COMM-C 282 | Communicating Social Identities |
| COMM-C 299 | Communicating Queer Identity |
| EALC-C 131 | Beginning Chinese I |
| EALC-C 132 | Beginning Chinese II |
| EALC-C 201 | Second-Year Chinese I |
| EALC-C 202 | Second-Year Chinese II |
| EALC-J 131 | Beginning Japanese I |
| EALC-J 132 | Beginning Japanese II |
| EALC-J 201 | Second-Year Japanese I |
| EALC-J 202 | Second-Year Japanese II |
| EDUC-E 201 | Multicultural Education and Global Awareness |
| ENG-L 245 | Introduction to Caribbean Literature |
| FREN-F 131 | First-Year French I |
| FREN-F 132 | First-Year French II |
| FREN-F 203 | Second-Year French I |
| FREN-F 204 | Second-Year French II |
| GER-G 131 | First-Year German I |
| GER-G 132 | First-Year German II |
| GER-G 203 | Second-Year German I |
| GER-G 204 | Second-Year German II |
| HIST-H 100 | Introduction to History |
| INTL-I 100 | Introduction to International Studies |
| LATS-L 101 | Introduction to Latino Studies |
| LATS-L 228 | An Interdisciplinary Look at U.S. Latino/a Identities |
| 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 |
| NELC-A 131 | Beginning Arabic I |
| NELC-A 132 | Beginning Arabic II |
| NELC-A 200 | Intermediate Arabic I |
| NELC-A 250 | Intermediate Arabic II |
| PBHL-A 120 | Culture, Health, and Happiness |
| PSY-B 203 | Ethics and Diversity in Psychology |
| 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 | Understanding Diversity in a Pluralistic Society |
| TESM-T 208 | Tourism Geography (was TCEM-T 208) |
| TESM-T 234 | Cultural Heritage Tourism (was TCEM-T 234) |
Additional course for IU Columbus students only
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE |
| BUS-D 101 | Introduction to International Relations |
Delisted courses
| COURSE | COURSE TITLE | EFFECTIVE DATE |
| CLAS-L 200 | Second-Year Latin I | Fall 2020 |
| CLAS-L 250 | Second-Year Latin II | Fall 2020 |
| HER-H 221 | Art Past and Present (Note: This course is now in arts and humanities.) | Fall 2018 |
| TCM 18000 | Exploring Intercultural Technical Communication | Fall 2024 |