Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Northwestern University

Be sure to read these important notes: Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Northwestern University Approved Distribution Courses - 2017-18 Area - Literature and Fine Arts updated 2/13/18 Prerequisites. Many approved distribution courses are advanced courses with one or more prerequisites. Prerequisites are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog and in course descriptions available through the Registrar's webpage. Make sure you have the prerequisites for a course before you decide to enroll. Interdisciplinary courses. Some interdisciplinary courses are approved for inclusion in more than one distribution area. These courses are listed in bold and italics below, and all relevant areas are indicated in the "area(s)" column. If you take such a course, you can choose in which eligible area to count it. When courses are offered. This list includes all courses approved for distribution credit for the indicated academic year. The Registrar's Office maintains lists of distribution courses to be offered each quarter, as well as Yearly Course Planners showing each department's planned course offerings for the year. Some approved courses may not be offered. Lists of approved courses from other years: www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/handbook/degree/distribution-requirements/approved-courses.html Registrar's Website: www.registrar.northwestern.edu dept/pgm number course title area(s) AF AM ST 210 Survey of African American Literature AF AM ST 211 Literatures of the Black World AF AM ST 225 African American Culture AF AM ST 259 Introduction to African American Drama AF AM ST 261 Queer Literatures in the African Diaspora AF AM ST 327 Politics of Black Popular Culture III, AF AM ST 331 The African American Novel AF AM ST 360 Major Authors AF AM ST 378 The Harlem Renaissance AF AM ST 379 Black Women Writers AF ST 276 African Literature in Translation; with COMP LIT 276 ARABIC 316-1 Reading Arabic Poetry (Arabic prereq) ARABIC 316-2 Reading Classical Arabic Texts (Arabic prereq) ARABIC 316-3 Reading Modern Arabic Prose (Arabic prereq) ART 270 Contemporary Art Survey ART 272 Critical Methods for Contemporary Art ART HIST 210 Introduction to Art History IV, ART HIST 220 Introduction to African Art ART HIST 222 Art History and the African Diaspora IV, ART HIST 224 Introduction to Ancient Art IV, ART HIST 225 Introduction to Medieval Art IV, ART HIST 228 Introduction to Pre-Columbian Art ART HIST 230 Introduction to American Art p. 1

ART HIST 232 Introduction to the History of Architecture and Design ART HIST 235 Introduction to Latin American Art ART HIST 240 Introduction to Asian Art ART HIST 250 Introduction to European Art IV, ART HIST 255 Introduction to Modernism IV, ART HIST 260 Introduction to Contemporary Art ART HIST 310-1 Ancient Art ART HIST 310-2 Ancient Art ART HIST 318 Exhibiting Antiquity: The Culture and Politics of Display; with CLASSICS 397 and HUM 397 IV, ART HIST 320-1 Medieval Art IV, ART HIST 320-2 Medieval Art ART HIST 320-3 Medieval Art IV, ART HIST 330-1 Renaissance Art ART HIST 330-2 Renaissance Art ART HIST 330-3 Renaissance Art ART HIST 340-1 Baroque Art IV, ART HIST 340-2 Baroque Art IV, ART HIST 350-1 19th-Century Art ART HIST 350-2 19th-Century Art ART HIST 360-1 20th-Century European Art ART HIST 360-2 20th-Century European Art ART HIST 365-1 American Art ART HIST 365-2 American Art ART HIST 370-1 Modern Architecture and Design ART HIST 370-2 Modern Architecture and Design ART HIST 372-1 Japanese Art ART HIST 372-2 Japanese Art ART HIST 375 Media Theory; with HUM 225 ART HIST 378 Architecture & Urbanism of the World City in the 20th Century ART HIST 380-1 Tibetan Buddhist Art ART HIST 380-2 Tibetan Buddhist Art ART HIST 382-1 Chinese Painting ART HIST 382-2 Chinese Painting ART HIST 384 African American Art ART HIST 385 Black Visual Culture: Race and Representation ART HIST 386 Art of Africa ART HIST 395 Museums ASIAN AM 247 Asian Americans and Popular Culture ASIAN AM 275 Introduction to Asian American Literature; with ENGLISH 275 ASIAN AM 276 Topics in Litereary and Cultural Studies ASIAN AM 376 Advanced Topics in Litereary and Cultural Studies ASIAN AM 377 The American Century in Asia ASIAN AM 380 Studies in Arts and Performance ASIAN LC 290 Introductory Topics in Asian Languages and Cultures ASIAN LC 390 Advanced Topics in Asian Languages and Cultures ASIAN ST 290-6 Introductory Topics in Asian Studies (Literature & Fine Arts topics) ASIAN ST 390-6 Advanced Topics in Asian Studies (Literature & Fine Arts topics) CFS 398 Field Studies in Humanities (variable credit course; 1 unit can count toward distribution requirements) p. 2

CLASSICS 210 The World of Homer ; with HUM 205 IV,V, CLASSICS 211 Ancient Athens: Democracy, Drama, and Civilization IV,V, CLASSICS 212 Rome: Culture and Empire IV,V, CLASSICS 245 Classics and the Cinema CLASSICS 250 Literatures of the Ancient World CLASSICS 260 Classical Mythology V, CLASSICS 310 Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean IV, CLASSICS 340 Greek and Roman Drama CLASSICS 350 Greek and Latin Literature CLASSICS 397 Exhibiting Antiquity: The Culture and Politics of Display; with ART HIST 318 and HUM 397 IV, COMP LIT 200 Introduction to Literary Theory COMP LIT 201 Reading World Literature COMP LIT 202 Interpreting Culture COMP LIT 205 Gender, Sexuality, and Representation; with GNDR ST 231 COMP LIT 206 Literature & Media COMP LIT 210 The Bible as Literature; with ENGLISH 220 V, COMP LIT 211 Topics in Genre COMP LIT 274-1 Introduction to Chinese Literature COMP LIT 274-2 Introduction to Chinese Literature COMP LIT 274-3 Introduction to Chinese Literature COMP LIT 275 Arabic Literature in Translation; with MENA 275 COMP LIT 276 African Literature in Translation; with AF ST 276 COMP LIT 278 Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation; with JWSH ST 278 COMP LIT 279 Modern Jewish Literature; with JWSH ST 279 COMP LIT 301 Practices of Reading COMP LIT 302 Major Periods in World Literature COMP LIT 303 Literary Movements COMP LIT 304 Studies in Theme COMP LIT 305 World Cinemas COMP LIT 312 Authors and Their Readers COMP LIT 313 Texts and Contexts ENGLISH 210-1 British Literary Traditions ENGLISH 210-2 British Literary Traditions ENGLISH 211 Introduction to Poetry ENGLISH 212 Introduction to Drama ENGLISH 213 Introduction to Fiction ENGLISH 214 Introduction to Film and Its Literatures ENGLISH 220 The Bible as Literature; with COMP LIT 210 V, ENGLISH 234 Introduction to Shakespeare ENGLISH 270-1 American Literary Traditions ENGLISH 270-2 American Literary Traditions ENGLISH 273 Introduction to 20th-Century American Literature ENGLISH 274 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Literatures ENGLISH 275 Introduction to Asian American Literature; with ASIAN AM 275 ENGLISH 277 Introduction to Latina and Latino Literature; with LATINO 277 and SPANISH 277 ENGLISH 302 History of the English Language IV, ENGLISH 310 Studies in Literary Genres ENGLISH 311 Studies in Poetry p. 3

ENGLISH 312 Studies in Drama ENGLISH 313 Studies in Fiction ENGLISH 320 Medieval English Literature ENGLISH 322 Medieval Drama ENGLISH 323-1 Chaucer ENGLISH 323-2 Chaucer ENGLISH 324 Studies in Medieval Literature ENGLISH 331 Renaissance Poetry ENGLISH 332 Renaissance Drama ENGLISH 333 Spenser ENGLISH 334-1 Shakespeare ENGLISH 334-2 Shakespeare ENGLISH 335 Milton ENGLISH 338 Studies in Renaissance Literature ENGLISH 339 Special Topics in Shakespeare ENGLISH 340 Restoration & 18th-Century Literature ENGLISH 341 Restoration & 18th-Century Poetry ENGLISH 342 Restoration & 18th-Century Drama ENGLISH 343 18th-Century Prose ENGLISH 344 18th-Century Fiction ENGLISH 348 Studies in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature ENGLISH 350 19th-Century British Literature ENGLISH 351 Romantic Poetry ENGLISH 353 Studies in Romantic Literature ENGLISH 356 Victorian Poetry ENGLISH 357 19th-Century British Fiction ENGLISH 358 Dickens ENGLISH 359 Studies in Victorian Literature ENGLISH 360 20th-Century British & American Literature ENGLISH 361-1 20th-Century Poetry ENGLISH 361-2 20th-Century Poetry ENGLISH 363-1 20th-Century Fiction ENGLISH 363-2 20th-Century Fiction ENGLISH 365 Studies in Postcolonial Literature ENGLISH 366 Studies in African American Literature ENGLISH 367 Postwar British Fiction ENGLISH 368 Studies in 20th-Century Literature ENGLISH 369 Studies in African Literature ENGLISH 370 American Literature before 1914 ENGLISH 371 American Novel ENGLISH 372 American Poetry ENGLISH 374 Topics in Native American and Indigenous Literatures ENGLISH 375 Topics in Asian American Literature ENGLISH 377 Topics in Latina and Latino Literature ENGLISH 378 Studies in American Literature ENGLISH 383 Special Topics in Theory ENGLISH 385 Topics in Combined Studies ENGLISH 386 Studies in Literature and Film ENGLISH 387 Studies in Literature and Commerce ENGLISH 388 Literature and Religion V, p. 4

FRENCH 210 Reading Literatures in French (French prereq.) FRENCH 211 Reading Cultures in French (French prereq.) FRENCH 271 Introducing the Novel (French prereq.) FRENCH 272 Introducting Theater (French prereq.) FRENCH 277 French Existentialism V, FRENCH 279 Theater in Translation FRENCH 310 The Middle Ages and Renaissance (French prereq) FRENCH 322 Medieval French Narratives (French prereq) FRENCH 333 Topics in Renaissance Literature (French prereq) FRENCH 335 17th-Century Literature (French prereq) FRENCH 340 Sexual Politics and the Ancien Regime (French prereq) FRENCH 344 Rousseau and the French Revolution (French prereq) FRENCH 346 Studies in the Enlightenment (French prereq) FRENCH 355 The Invention of Modernity (French prereq) FRENCH 360 From Modernism to Postmodernism: Experiments in Narrative Form (French prereq) FRENCH 362 African Literatures and Cultures (French prereq) FRENCH 364 Caribbean Literatures and Cultures (French prereq) FRENCH 365 The Maghreb and the Middle East FRENCH 367 Transnational Francophone Studies FRENCH 371 Giants, Cannibals, and Critique in the Renaissance FRENCH 374 Proust FRENCH 375 French Film FRENCH 376 Gender and Sexuality FRENCH 378 Contemporary Theory FRENCH 379 Topics in French Literature and Culture FRENCH 380 Political and Social Thought in France (French prereq) FRENCH 384 Women Writing in French (French prereq) FRENCH 386 Gender and Writing (French prereq) FRENCH 390 Topics in Literature and Culture (French prereq) FRENCH 395 Advanced Studies in Culture and Thought GEN LA 280-6 Residence-Linked Seminar - (Literature & Fine Arts topics) GEN MUS 170 Introduction to Music GEN MUS 175 Selected Topics in Music Literature GEN MUS 220 History of the Symphony GEN MUS 230 History of Opera GEN MUS 250 History of Rock GEN MUS 270-1 The Western Musical Tradition GEN MUS 270-2 The Western Musical Tradition GERMAN 211 German Culture through Film (German prereq) GERMAN 221-1 Introduction to Literature: 1800-1900 (German prereq) GERMAN 221-2 Introduction to Literature: 1900-1945 (German prereq) GERMAN 221-3 Introduction to Literature: 1945-today (German prereq) GERMAN 223 Austrian Literature (German prereq) GERMAN 226 New Voices in German Literature GERMAN 228 German Film GERMAN 230 Berlin and the Culture of Democracy IV, GERMAN 232 The Theme of Faust through the Ages V, GERMAN 234-1 Jews & Germans: An Intercultural History I IV,V, GERMAN 234-2 Jews & Germans: An Intercultural History II IV,V, p. 5

GERMAN 236 Kafka and Nietzsche V, GERMAN 238 Turn-of-the-Century Vienna GERMAN 242 Imagining Modern Jewish Culture in German and Yiddish; with JWSH ST 242 GERMAN 244 Analyzing Freud GERMAN 245 Special Topics in German Literature & Culture (German prereq) GERMAN 266 Introduction to Yiddish Culture: Images of the Shtetl; with JWSH ST & YIDDISH 266 GERMAN 321-1 Reason, Revolution, & Despair: 1800-1900 (German prereq) IV, GERMAN 321-2 Myth & Modernity: 1900-1945 (German prereq) IV, GERMAN 321-3 Recoveries & Transitions: 1945 to Present (German prereq) IV, GERMAN 322 German Contributions to World Literature GERMAN 323 Rhyme and Reason in German Poetry (German prereq) GERMAN 324 Modern German Drama GERMAN 327 German Expressionism (German prereq) GERMAN 329 Brecht: Theater, Film, and Media (German prereq) GERMAN 331 Shattered Worlds: Representation after the Shoa (German prereq) GERMAN 333 Literature of a Divided Nation (German prereq) GERMAN 334 Writers and their Critics GERMAN 335 Minority Voices in Germany (German prereq) GERMAN 366 Yiddish Culture and the Holocaust; with JWSH ST 366 and YIDDISH 366 GNDR ST 231 Gender, Sexuality, and Representation; with COMP LIT 205 GNDR ST 350-6 Research Seminar in Gender and Sexuality Studies (Literature & Fine Arts topics) GNDR ST 361 Gender, Sexuality, and Literature GNDR ST 362 Gender, Sexuality, and Drama GNDR ST 363 Postcolonial Studies and Gender and Sexuality GNDR ST 372 Gender, Sexuality, and Performance GNDR ST 373 Gender, Sexuality, and Film GNDR ST 374 Gender, Sexuality, and Digital Technologies GNDR ST 381 Queer Theory GNDR ST 382 Race, Gender, and Sexuality GREEK 301 Readings in Greek Literature (Greek prereq.) HEBREW 216-1 Hebrew III: Topics in Hebrew Literature (Hebrew prereq) HEBREW 216-2 Hebrew III: Topics in Hebrew Literature (Hebrew prereq) HEBREW 216-3 Hebrew III: Topics in Hebrew Literature (Hebrew prereq) HEBREW 316-1 Hebrew IV: Advanced Topics in Hebrew Literature (Hebrew prereq) HEBREW 316-2 Hebrew IV: Advanced Topics in Hebrew Literature (Hebrew prereq) HEBREW 316-3 Hebrew IV: Advanced Topics in Hebrew Literature (Hebrew prereq) HUM 205 The World of Homer ; with CLASSICS 210 IV,V, HUM 210 Humanities in the World-1 HUM 225 Media Theory; with ART HIST 375 HUM 260 Humanities Explorations V, HUM 310-6 Global Humanities Lab (Literature & Fine Arts topics) HUM 325-6 Humanites in the Digital Age (Literature & Fine Arts topics) HUM 370-6 Special Topics in the Humanities (Literature & Fine Arts topics) HUM 397 Exhibiting Antiquity: The Culture and Politics of Display; with ART HIST 318 and CLASSICS 397 IV, ITALIAN 202 Italian through Performance (Italian prereq) ITALIAN 204 Introducing Italian Literature (Italian prereq) p. 6

ITALIAN 230 Italian Theatre and Performance ITALIAN 250 Topics in Italian Culture and Literature ITALIAN 251 Introduction to Italian Cinema ITALIAN 265 Body & Soul from Rome to the Renaissance IV, ITALIAN 270 Michelangelo and the Italian Renaissance IV, ITALIAN 275 Dante's Divine Comedy ITALIAN 277 Global Neorealism ITALIAN 306 Migrations (Italian prereq) ITALIAN 310 Reading Italian Literature (Italian prereq) ITALIAN 347 Italy in Art and Literature (Italian prereq) ITALIAN 348 The Italian Novella (Italian prereq) ITALIAN 349 Topics in Italian Culture and Literature (Italian prereq) ITALIAN 350 Advanced Topics in Italian Culture and Literature ITALIAN 351 Italian Film and Transnational Cinema ITALIAN 360 From the Avant-Garde to the Postmodern ITALIAN 374 Love and Sexuality in the Early Modern Period ITALIAN 377 Gender and Sexuality in Italian Culture ITALIAN 378 Against Acting: Spectacle and Performance in Italy JAPANESE 311-1 Japanese IV: Reading Modern Japanese Literature in Japanese (Japanese prereq) JAPANESE 310 Japanese IV: Special Topics in Reading Japanese Literature in Japanse (Japanese prereq) JWSH ST 242 Imagining Modern Jewish Culture in German and Yiddish; with GERMAN 242 JWSH ST 266 Introduction to Yiddish Culture: Images of the Shtetl; with GERMAN 266 & YIDDISH 266 JWSH ST 278 Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation; with COMP LIT 278 JWSH ST 279 Modern Jewish Literature; with COMP LIT 279 JWSH ST 280-6 Topics in Israel Studies (Literature & Fine Arts Topics) JWSH ST 350 Representing the Holocaust in Literature and Film JWSH ST 366 Yiddish Culture and the Holocaust; with GERMAN 366 & YIDDISH 366 JWSH ST 379 Storytelling in American Jewish Literature JWSH ST 396 Topics in Modern Jewish Culture LATIN 310 Readings in Latin Literature (Latin prereq) LATINO 203 Introduction to Latina and Latino Cultural Studies LATINO 277 Introduction to Latina and Latino Literature; with ENGLISH 277 and SPANISH 277 LATINO 393 Topics in Latina and Latino Text and Representation MENA 200 Making the Modern Middle East: Culture, Politics, History III, MENA 275 Arabic Literature in Translation (moved to MENA from AMES) MENA 290-6 Introductory Topics in Middle East and North African Studies (Literature & Fine Arts topics) MENA 390-6 Advanced Topics in Middle East and North African Studies (Literature & Fine Arts topics) MUSICOL 323 Topics in Ethnomusicology MUSICOL 329 Topics in Middle Eastern Music MUSICOL 330 Russian Fairy Tale and Opera MUSICOL 331 Orientalism and Music MUSICOL 335 Selected Topics in Musicology MUSICOL 339 Music and Gender MUSICOL 341 Music and the Visual Arts p. 7

MUSICOL 342 Authenticity MUSICOL 350 Topics in Medieval Music MUSICOL 351 Topics in 16th Century Music PERF ST 103 Analysis and Performance of Literature (formly GEN CMN 103) PERF ST 200 Introduction to Performance Studies PERF ST 301 Peformance and Activism in Digital Culture PERF ST 303 Transnational Flows of Performance PERF ST 304 Sonic Practices of the Middle East and North Africa PERF ST 305 Performance Theory PHIL 280 Introduction to the Philosophy of Art PORT 210 Icons, Legends, and Myths in Brazil (may have Portuguese prereq.) IV, PORT 380 Contemporary Brazil: Literature and Film PORT 396 Topics in Lusophone Cultures RTVF 220 Analyzing Media Texts RTVF 230 Understanding Media Contexts RTVF 312-1 History of Film RTVF 312-2 History of Film RTVF 313-1 Documentary Film: History and Criticism RTVF 313-2 Documentary Film and Video RTVF 321 Radio/Television/Film Authorship RTVF 322 Radio/Television/Film Genre RTVF 323-1 Experimental Film: History and Criticism RTVF 323-2 Experimental Film and Video RTVF 326 Film and TV Criticism RTVF 351 National Cinema SLAC 210-1 Introduction to Russian Literature SLAC 210-2 Introduction to Russian Literature SLAC 210-3 Introduction to Russian Literature SLAC 211-1 20th-Century Russian Literature SLAC 211-2 20th-Century Russian Literature SLAC 267 Czech Culture: Film, Visual Arts, Music SLAC 278-1 Visual Art in the Context of Russian Culture SLAC 278-2 Visual Art in the Context of Russian Culture SLAC 310 Tolstoy SLAC 311 Dostoevsky SLAC 313 Nabokov SLAC 314 Chekhov SLAC 350 Folklore, Music, Poetry SLAC 358-1 Polish for Advanced & Native Speakers (Polish prereq.) SLAC 358-2 Polish for Advanced & Native Speakers (Polish prereq.) SLAC 359-1 Russian Prose (Russian prereq.) SLAC 359-2 Russian Prose (Russian prereq.) SLAC 360 Survey of 19th-Century Russian Poetry (Russian prereq.) SLAC 361 Survey of 20th-Century Russian Poetry (Russian prereq.) SLAC 367-1 Russian Film SLAC 367-2 Russian Film SLAC 368 Andrei Tarkovsky's Aesthetics & World Cinema SLAC 369 Two Hundred Years of Russian Drama SLAC 390 Literature & Politics in Central and Eastern Europe IV, SLAC 392 East European Literature and Visual Arts p. 8

SLAC 393 Prague: City of Cultures, City of Conflict IV, SLAC 396 Topics in Literature and Arts SPANISH 210 Icons, Legends, & Myths in Latin Amrican, Latino, and/or Iberian Cultures (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 220 Introduction to Literary Analysis (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 223 Cervantes SPANISH 231 The "New" Latin American Narrative SPANISH 232 Discovering Jewish Latin America SPANISH 250 Literature in Spain before 1700 (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 251 Literature in Spain since 1700 (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 260 Literature in Latin America before 1888 (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 261 Literature in Latin America since 1888 (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 277 Introduction to Latina and Latino Literature; with ENGLISH 277 and LATINO 277 SPANISH 301 Topics in Language (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 310 Origins of Spanish Civilization (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 320 Golden Age of Poetry and Prose (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 321 Golden Age Drama (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 323 Cervantes' Don Quijote (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 331 Realism in Spain: The Problem of Representation (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 335 Modern Fiction in Spain: Studies in Genre (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 340 Colonial Latin American Literature (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 341 Latin American Modernisimo (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 343 Latin American Avant-Gardes (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 344 Borges (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 345 Reading the "Boom" (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 346 Testimonial Narrative in Latin America (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 347 Literature and Revolution in Latin America (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 348 Readings in Latin American Short Fiction (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 350 Visual Culture in Latin/o America and Spain (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 360 Spain: Studies in Culture and Society (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 361 Latin America: Studies in Culture and Society (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 362 Citizenship and Urban Violence in Latin America SPANISH 363 Topics in U.S. Latina and Latino Literary and Cultural Studies (Spanish prereq) III, SPANISH 364 Cultural Borders / Border Cultures SPANISH 380 Topics in Film in Latin America and/or Spain (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 395 Topics in Latin American, Latina and Latino, and/or Iberian Cultures (Spanish prereq) SPANISH 397 Topics in Latin American, Latina and Latino, and/or Iberian Literatures and Cultures SWAHILI 216-1 Introduction to Swahili Literature (Swahili prereq) SWAHILI 216-2 Introduction to Swahili Literature (Swahili prereq) SWAHILI 216-3 Introduction to Swahili Literature (Swahili prereq) YIDDISH 266 Introduction to Yiddish Culture: Images of the Shtetl; with GERMAN 266 & JWSH ST 266 YIDDISH 366 Yiddish Culture and the Holocaust; with GERMAN 366 & JWSH ST 366 p. 9