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Cultural Studies is a concentration within the Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree. This interdisciplinary program provides an understanding of the humanities, such as literature, history, music history, art history, philosophy and language. It demonstrates the interrelations, interaction and influences of the humanities on one another as well as the significant impact of their diversity. Cultural Studies provides students with an understanding of cultural diversity within the United States and how it is affected by its global context.

The requirements of the Bachelor of Liberal Arts program and the Cultural Studies concentration are flexible. Students can focus their Cultural Studies program around particular area of interest in the humanities. The Cultural Studies concentration is one of two 24-30 credit concentrations the student takes for the Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree.

Concentration I: Cultural Studies:  24 credits

At least 12 credits must be earned at or above the 300 level

(Course descriptions are available under the appropriate departments elsewhere in this catalogue.)

Comparative Arts (59.105 - 3 credits)

Methodology (Choose one - 3 credits)

  • 42.431  Contemporary Linguistic Theory
  • 43.298  Historical Methods
  • 45.301  Ways of Knowing
  • 58.352  Critical Issues: History of Art, Theory and Criticism
  • 48.322  Symbolic Interactionist and Post Modernist Theories

Critical Discourse in the Humanities (Choose one - 3 credits)

  • 42.430  Literary Criticism
  • 45.342  Critical Theory of Society
  • 45.305  Language, Sings and Symbols
  • 47.365  Psychology of Language
  • 48.260  Mass Media and Communication

Diasporas and Cultures in America (15 - 18 credits)

(Other appropriate courses may be substituted with the permission of the BLA Advisor)

  • 42.372  Comparative World Literature
  • 42.248  Values in American Culture
  • 42.277  Cross-Cultural Perspectives in American Literature
  • 43.383  Technology in American Culture
  • 43.210  History of American Popular Culture
  • 48.110  Introduction to Social Values
  • 48.357  Sociology of Religion
  • 48.310  Ethnicity in Massachusetts
  • 48.212  Cultures of the World
  • 48.102 Social Anthropology
  • 49.323 The Economy of East Asia
  • 49.324 The Economy of Japan
  • 50.376  French Cinema in Society
  • 52.378  Italian Cinema and Culture
  • 58-205  Studies of World Art
  • 58.313  American Art
  • 74.301  American Music
  • 74.320  African American Concert Music
  • 74.355  Jazz
  • 71.110  Basic Music Theory
  • 74.466  Music of the Early Twentieth Century
  • 74.356 American Musical Theatre
  • 88.101  World and Regional Geography

Concentration II:  (24 - 30 credits)

At least 12 credits must be earned at or above the 300 level

  • Art History
  • Comparative Arts
  • English Literature
  • Economics
  • Gender Studies
  • History
  • Languages
  • Literature
  • Legal Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Theater Arts
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Cultural Studies
  • Environmental Studies

 

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