Engaging thoughtfully and fluidly across cultures begins with one’s own self-awareness. With this learning objective, you will deepen your cultural agility through a mix of three introspective courses in which you learn about others while reflecting upon your own self in relation to others. The goal is for you to build your capacity to shift perspective and behavior around relevant cultural differences.
Some example courses:
Take at least 1 of these core courses:
- ANTH 230 Cultures of US-Mexico Borderlands
- ANTH 280 Anthropology of Gender
- ANTH 310 Anthropology and Education
- EDUC 315 Critical Issues in Education
- EDUC 360 Inclusive Education
- EDUC 400 Topics: Culture, Equity, Race & Gender
- ENGC 390 Writer as Witness
- GEND 267/8 Introduction to Gender Studies
- HIST 281 Aid & Development in Africa
- HIST 307 Gender & Society in East Africa
- PHIL 201 Ethics in the Face of Poverty
- PHIL 315 Ethics of Friend, Kin & Community
- POLI 380 Gender, Sexuality, and American Politics
- POLI 390 Race and American Politics
- POLI 276 Ethics and Politics of Development
- PSYC 255 Stereotyping and Prejudice
- PSYC 400 Psychology of Gender
- RELI 330 Religion, Gender, & Sexuality
- RELI 393 Inter-Religious Dialogue
- SOCI 270 Race & Ethnicity
- SOCI 310 Gender & Sexuality
- SOCI 390 Social Inequality and Identity
And choose 2 additional electives from the above list or these below:
- ANTH 314 Globalization of Religion
- ANTH 360 Globalization and Transnationalism
- ENGL 343 Sexuality Before Sex in Early American Literature
- ENGL 361 The Black Writer
- ENGL 363 English as a Global Language
- ENGL 397 Vietnam in Literary Image
- HIST 230 Native North America
- HIST 290 African American History to 1865
- HIST 295 African American History since 1865
- HIST 243 The Modern Middle East
- HIST 244 Modern China
- HIST 246 Modern Japan
- HIST 250 South Africa: Race, Status, Nation
- HIST 280 Modern Africa
- HIST 285 East Asia and the United States
- HIST 292 The Two Koreas
- HIST 325 Africa and the Americas
- HIST 330 Culture and Colonialism
- HIST 334 Comparative Genocides
- HIST 341 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- MUSI 230 History of Jazz
- MUSI 270 Intro to World Music
- PHIL 250 Philosophies of India
- PHIL 260 Philosophies of China & Japan
- POLI 272 Politics of Central & Eastern Europe
- POLI 283 Model United Nations
- POLI 325 International Law and Organizations
- POLI 326 International Human Rights
- POLI 341 The World of Elections
- POLI 355 Advanced International Relations
- POLI 376 Democracy, Development, and Violence
- RELI 110 The World’s Religions: An Intro
- RELI 111 Asian Religions: An Introduction
- RELI 210 Native American Religions
- RELI 211 African-American Religions
- RELI 216 Judaism
- RELI 222 Chinese Religions
- RELI 223 Introduction to Hinduism
- RELI 225 Introduction to Buddhism
- RELI 238 Tibetan Buddhist Culture
- RELI 327 Race, Gender, Empire & the Bible
- RELI 334 Buddhist Saints
- RELI 335 Shamans, Scholars & Indigenous Religions
- RELI 337 Contemporary Buddhist Thought
- RELI 339 Contemporary Islamic Thought
- RELI 410 Topics in Asian Religions
- SOCI 362 Images of the City
If there another Hendrix course that you feel meets this requirement, please discuss it with the PC Prep Coordinator.