Humanities & Comparative World Literature
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Interim Dean: Dr. Sophie Clavier
Department of Humanities and Comparative World Literature
Humanities Building, Room 377
Telephone: (415) 338-2068
Website: humcwl.sfsu.edu
Chair: Dr. Cristina Ruotolo
Professor
Laura Garcia-Moreno (2004), Professor in Humanities. Ph.D. Cornell University.
Dane Johnson (1995), Professor in Comparative and World Literature. Ph.D. Stanford University.
Shirin A. Khanmohamadi (2005), Professor in Comparative and World Literature. Ph.D. Columbia University.
George J. Leonard (1986), Professor in Humanities. Ph.D. Columbia University.
Cristina Ruotolo (1997), Professor in Humanities. Ph.D. Yale University.
Mary E. Scott (1990), Professor in Humanities. Ph.D. Princeton University.
Associate Professor
David M. Peña-Guzmán (2018), Associate Professor in Humanities and Liberal Studies. Ph.D. Emory University.
Christopher S. Weinberger (2009), Associate Professor in Comparative and World Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Major
- Bachelor of Arts in American Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Comparative and World Literature
- Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
Minors
Comparative World Literature courses
American Studies
AMST 200 Self, Place, and Knowing: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Inquiry (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2* or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as LS 200 and AMST 200. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- E: Lifelong Learning Develop
AMST 300GW Junior Seminar in American Studies - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GE Area A2; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
AMST 305 Topics in American Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 or permission of the instructor.
AMST 310 The Arts and American Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 485 and AMST 310. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
AMST 410 California Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 450 and AMST 410. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
Comparative and World Literature
CWL 180 Introduction to Videogames: A Comparative Perspective (Units: 3)
Interdisciplinary examination of videogames as creative and aesthetic objects, psychological and social experiences, cultural expressions, economic commodities, forums of interaction, platforms for storytelling and communication, opportunities for ethical inquiry, sites of identity construction, and instances of collaboration. Explores issues of genre, design, aesthetics, representation, storytelling, social justice, and more. Includes team-taught lessons from scholars of Design, Cinema, Music, History, Philosophy, Communication Studies, and Comparative and World Literature.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Global Perspectives
CWL 214 Second Year Written Composition: Comparative and World Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent with a grade of CR or C- or better.
Course Attributes:
- A4: Written English Comm II
CWL 216 Telling Stories: How the World Writes "You" (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2* with a grade of C- or better.
Course Attributes:
- E: Lifelong Learning Develop
- Global Perspectives
CWL 220 Reading Beyond Boundaries: An Introduction to Comparing Literatures (Units: 3)
Reading literature from diverse times and places to discover the relevance of literary representation for contemporary life. Covers basics of literary analysis, examination of genres, and comparative methodology to uncover the significances and effects of literary representation. [Formerly CWL 210]
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
- Global Perspectives
CWL 230 World Literature (Units: 3)
Literary classics of the world, their cultural backgrounds, and their place in the history of ideas from a variety of genres and national literatures.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
- Global Perspectives
CWL 250 Fables and Tales (Units: 3)
Development from folklore and parable of fables and tales. Narrative forms such as the animal fable, fairy tale, and remarkable voyage. Exploration of central themes and techniques in the tradition of didactic and fantastic fiction.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
- Global Perspectives
CWL 260 Myths of the World (Units: 3)
Investigation of different mythologies including their interpretation and significance to world literature.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
- Global Perspectives
CWL 270 Fantasy and Fiction: Exploring Parallel Worlds (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
CWL 275 Reading Video Games (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: First-year composition or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as ENG 275 and CWL 275. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
CWL 380 Thinking with Video Games (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with grades of C- or better.
CWL 400GW Approaches to Comparative and World Literature - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
CWL 420 Studies in Comparative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Love Letters: Desire and the Novel
- Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature
- Ethics, Alterity, and the Novel
- Modernism and Desire
- Travel and the Literary Imagination
CWL 421 Celtic Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
CWL 422 Imagining the Constructed Body: From Statues to Cyborgs (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
CWL 423 Going Medieval: Medieval Literature and Contemporary Adaptations (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 423 and HUM 423. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
CWL 424 Multicultural Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 424 and HUM 424. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
CWL 426 Literary Orients and Orientalisms, Classical to Contemporary (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 426 and HUM 426. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
CWL 427 Travel and the Literary Imagination (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, B4*, and E* all with grades of C- or better; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 427 and HUM 427. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
CWL 430 Heroic Tales of the Mediterranean (Units: 3)
Heroic narratives, in poetry and prose, provide the means for examining aspects of the ancient, medieval, and modern cultures of the eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
CWL 432 From Ghost Stories to Short Stories: Japanese Fiction in Comparative Contexts (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 432 and HUM 532. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
CWL 437 Holocaust and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 437, ENG 533, and CWL 437. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
CWL 440 "Typical American": Narratives of Multiculturalism in the Americas from 1492 to the Present (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
CWL 450 Literary Crossings (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
CWL 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 451, CWL 451, and ENG 451. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Global Perspectives
CWL 452 Forster, Durrell, and Cavafy (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as MGS 452, CWL 452, and ENG 452. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
CWL 465 Modern Greek Poetry in Comparative Perspective (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to English: Concentration in English Education and Creative Writing majors.
(This course is offered as MGS 465, CWL 465, and C W 465. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
CWL 480 European Jewish Writers (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 480 and CWL 480. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
CWL 515 The Uncanny in World Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: CWL 400GW recommended.
CWL 520 Modern Prose of the Americas (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; CWL 400GW or other GWAR course recommended.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
CWL 525 The Partial Magic of Metafiction (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 214 or permission of the instructor.
CWL 540 Faulkner, García Márquez, and Morrison (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: CWL 400GW or another GWAR course is recommended.
CWL 690 Editing and Publishing the Comparative Literature Journal (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Comparative Literature majors or minors or permission of the department.
CWL 697 Honor's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Comparative Literature majors and permission of the department.
CWL 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair and instructor.
Topics:
- Independent Study
CWL 746 Seminar: Opera and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as ENG 746 and CWL 746. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
CWL 800 Introduction to Graduate Study in Comparative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
CWL 815 Seminar: Topics in Critical Theory (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Ethics in Literature, Theory, and Criticism
- Literary Value
- Narrative Theory in Comparative Literature
- Theory and the Premodern Text
CWL 820 Topics in Comparative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Medieval and Early Modern Encounters
- 20th-Century Comparative American Literary Studies
- Novel Mirrors: Global Metafiction
- The Body of the Text/The Text of the Body
- Experiments in Reading 21st-Century World Fiction
- Literatures of Diaspora and Migration
- Weird Fiction: Global Visions of Otherness
CWL 825 Advanced Study in Comparative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: CWL 800 or permission of the instructor.
CWL 890 Editing and Publishing the Comparative Literature Journal (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Comparative Literature majors or minors or permission of the department.
CWL 896 Directed Reading in Comparative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Approved ATC and culminating experience proposal.
CWL 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Units: 0-3)
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor, committee chair, and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
CWL 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor; recommendation of major adviser; and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) for the Master of Arts and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
CWL 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser and supervising faculty member.
Humanities
HUM 130 The Humanities: Major Works (Units: 3)
Major works from several places and times, including the present, with the aim of perceiving their significance in human culture and creating meaningful individual relationships with them.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
HUM 205 Asian Art History (Units: 3)
Conceptual and technical relationship of visual form to values in the art of China, Korea, Japan, India, Tibet, and South-East Asia.
(This course is offered as ARTH 205 [Formerly ART 205] and HUM 205. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- C1: Arts
- Global Perspectives
HUM 220 Values and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 225 Values in American Life (Units: 3)
Values that American thinkers, writers, artists, and designers have expressed within a developing culture. The diversities as well as the unities in the American experience and on the contributions of ethnic minorities to American society and its values.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
HUM 271 The Classic Chinese Novel in Contemporary Pop Culture (Units: 3)
Explore the legacy of China's four great classic novels in contemporary Chinese popular culture. Analysis of original works and their adaptation in TV shows and cinema, fiction, computer games, and theme parks.
(This course is offered as CHIN 271 and HUM 271. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
HUM 300GW Junior Seminar Humanities Writing - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
HUM 301 Form and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 302 Theories and Methods in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 303 History and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 304 Making Comics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as LS 304, CMX 304, and HUM 304. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 315 History of Science from the Scientific Revolution (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, B4*, and E* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 315 and HUM 315. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global Perspectives
HUM 317 Critical Animal Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
(This course is offered as LS 317 and HUM 317. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 320 Music, Ideas, and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 325 Comics and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 325 and CMX 325. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 340 Bay Area Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as A U 302 and HUM 340. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global Perspectives
HUM 345 Humanism and Mysticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 348 Thought and Culture in Modern Europe (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GE Area E; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 348 and HUM 348. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 360 Styles of African Cultural Expression (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 361 Cultural Expression in Islam (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 366 India's Gandhi (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 368 The Art(s) of Ritual: A Cross-Cultural Approach (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 370 Biography of a City: Asian Cities (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
Topics:
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Tokyo
- Delhi
HUM 371 Biography of a City: Latin American Cities (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
Topics:
- Mexico City
- Rio de Janeiro
HUM 372 Critical Political Theory (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as PLSI 372, HUM 372, and I R 372. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 373 Biography of a City: European Cities (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
Topics:
- Paris
- London
- Berlin
- Rome
- Naples
- Florence
- Venice
- Vienna
- Istanbul
- Moscow
HUM 374 Biography of a City: African and Middle Eastern Cities (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
Topics:
- Cairo
- Alexandria
- Lagos
- Cape Town
- Accra
- Kabul
- Tehran
HUM 375 Biography of a City: United States Cities (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
Topics:
- Biography of a City: Los Angeles
- Biography of a City: New York
- Biography of a City: Chicago
- Biography of a City: Boston
- Biography of a City: New Orleans
HUM 376 San Francisco (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
HUM 378 Athens (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 378 and MGS 378. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 379 Jerusalem (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 379 and JS 379 [Formerly HUM 377/JS 377]. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 380 Nature and Human Values (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
HUM 390 Images of Eroticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 391 Images of Eroticism in Contemporary Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4; permission of the instructor.
HUM 401 Ancient Greek Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CLAS 410 and HUM 401. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 402 Ancient Roman Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CLAS 415 and HUM 402. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 403 Vikings, Caliphs, & Carolingians: Europe in the Early Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GE Area E; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 330 and HUM 403. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 404 The High Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 404 and HIST 331. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 407 Romanticism and Impressionism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.
HUM 410 The Modern Revolution (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 415 Contemporary Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 423 Going Medieval: Medieval Literature and Contemporary Adaptations (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 423 and HUM 423. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 424 Multicultural Middle Ages (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 424 and HUM 424. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 425 Thought and Image: Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 426 Literary Orients and Orientalisms, Classical to Contemporary (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 426 and HUM 426. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
HUM 427 Travel and the Literary Imagination (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, B4*, and E* all with grades of C- or better; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 427 and HUM 427. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
HUM 432 Nietzsche and Postmodernism (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 432 and PHIL 432. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 434 Arendt and Heidegger (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 434, JS 414, PHIL 434, and PLSI 434. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 438 The Reading Experiment: The Power of the Book (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 440 Mind, Body, and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as LS 440 and HUM 440. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-B: Physical Life Science
HUM 441 American Jews and Popular Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
(This course is offered as JS 441, HIST 441 and HUM 441. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
HUM 450 California Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 450 and AMST 410. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 455 Humanities of the Americas (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 470 American Autobiography (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 480 Thought and Culture in America to 1880 (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GE Area E; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 480 and HUM 480. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 481 Thought and Culture in America: 1880 to the Present (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GE Area E; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 481 and HUM 481. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 485 The Arts and American Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 485 and AMST 310. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
HUM 490 American Images: Photography and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
HUM 496 Space and Architecture in the Islamic World (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 501 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 501, PHIL 501, and HUM 501. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 510 Comparative Form and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 526 Culture of Japan before 1850 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
HUM 527 Japan and Modernity (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
HUM 530 Chinese Civilization (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 531 Images of Modern China (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 532 From Ghost Stories to Short Stories: Japanese Fiction in Comparative Contexts (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CWL 432 and HUM 532. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 535 Classical South Asian Cultural Forms (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 536 Modern South Asian Cultural Forms (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 541 Manga (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HUM 541 and CMX 541. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 550 The Art of Autobiography (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
HUM 582 Tales from Ancient India: Hinduism and Buddhism (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 370 [Formerly HIST 582], HUM 582, and CLAS 582. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
HUM 586 Bollywood and Beyond: Indian History Through Film (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as HIST 374 [Formerly HIST 586] and HUM 586. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
- Social Justice
HUM 604 Advanced Comics Making (Units: 3)
Builds on the making and analytical skills covered in LS 304/CMX 304. Project-based course for developing skills in communicating through comic form, culminating in the production of a significant work ready for publication.(This course is offered as LS 604, HUM 604, and CMX 604. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 625 Advanced Readings in Comics (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division or graduate standing; CMX 325; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as CMX 625 and HUM 625. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 690 Senior Seminar in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
HUM 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-4)
Prerequisites: Previous Humanities coursework demonstrating the student's ability to do independent work and permission of the instructor.
HUM 700 Introduction to Integrative Study (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 701 Fine Arts in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 702 Literature in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 703 History in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 704 Philosophy in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 705 Text and Context: The Word and the World (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate standing or consent of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 706 Image and Culture: Picturing the World (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the major advisor or instructor.
HUM 710 Seminar in European Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 711 Seminar in American Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or American Studies adviser or instructor.
HUM 712 Seminar in African Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 713 Seminar in Asian Forms and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 720 Current Topics in the Humanities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
HUM 721 Culture and Style (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 723 Contemporary Humanistic Scholarship (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser or instructor.
HUM 725 Great Theorists: Walter Benjamin (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as PLSI 786, GER 786, and HUM 725. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
HUM 750 Comparative Cities: Space, Place, and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
HUM 896 Directed Study of Humanistic Works (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy for the master's degree and acceptance for culminating experience by the graduate faculty member.
HUM 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Units: 0-3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, committee chair, and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
HUM 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
HUM 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate major adviser and supervising faculty member.