Minors & Concentrations
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Minors
Concentrations
Declaring Minors and Concentrations
The College of Liberal Arts offers students two options for completion of their upper-level liberal arts requirements. Students may choose to complete either a liberal arts concentration or a liberal arts minor. It is important to note that the lower-level liberal arts requirements (the core requirements) remain the same regardless of whether a student elects to complete a concentration or a minor.
A liberal arts concentration is a cohesive set of three upper-level courses (12 credits) approved by the faculty for use in meeting RIT's general education requirements. Concentrations may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary, and some may require prerequisite course work.
Students who are looking for greater depth in the humanities and social sciences may choose to meet the advanced course work requirement by completing a liberal arts minor. Minors require the completion of five upper-level courses (20 credits) in a designated liberal arts area. Students who choose this option will complete a total of 44 credit hours (or more) in the humanities and social sciences as part of their general education curriculum. Liberal arts minors may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary, and some may require prerequisite course work.
Each Concentration and Minor is different. It is essential to follow the requirements stated. Advising is available through the Office of Student Services in the College of Liberal Arts. The office is located in Building 06, Suite 2210.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The advertising and public relations minor prepares students to analyze audiences, write advertising copy, prepare press releases, select media, and manage broad-scaled persuasive campaigns. Students are grounded in the basic theories of persuasive communication enabling them to create persuasive messages with a strong emphasis on ethical decision-making. This minor is closed to students majoring in advertising and public relations.
Required Course:
COMM-305 Persuasion
Electives—Choose four of the following:
COMM-121 Principles of Advertising
COMM-122 Public Relations
COMM-321 Copywriting and Visualization
COMM-221 Public Relations Writing
COMM-322 Campaign Management and Planning
COMM-202 Mass Communications
COMM-101 Human Communication
COMM-303 Small Group Communication
COMM-341 Visual Communication
COMM-223 Digital Design in Communication
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters. However, a minor in history is now available.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The American politics minor studies the basic principles and institutions of the American political order and their implications for current political practice. The strengths and limitations of American constitutionalism will be emphasized throughout and contemporary political and policy questions facing the country will be examined.
Required Course:
POLS-110 American Politics
Electives—Choose four of the following:
POLS-200 Law and Society
POLS-250 State and Local Politics
POLS-290 Politics and the Life Sciences
POLS-295 Cyberpolitics
POLS-305 Political Parties and Voting
POLS-310 The Congress
POLS-315 The American Presidency
POLS-320 American Foreign Policy
POLS-345 Politics and Public Policy
POLS-355 Political Leadership
POLS-415 Evolution and Law
POLS-420 Primate Politics
POLS-425 Constitutional Law
POLS-430 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
POLS-435 American Political Thought
POLS-460 Classical Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
POLS-465 Modern Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
POLS-480 Women in Politics
POLS-485 Politics Through Fiction
POLS-490 Politics Through Film
POLS-525 Special Topics in Political Science
Matt Searls, Minor Adviser
(585) 286-4657, jmsdhd@rit.edu
Cindy Sanders, Minor Adviser
(585) 286-5149, casnss@rit.edu
The Deaf cultural studies minor offers students the opportunity to engage in a focused program of study in the emerging field of Deaf cultural studies. Students may pursue the minor regardless of their level of proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL), and any ASL or Deaf culture course, except for ASL I, can be applied toward the minor. ASL I, or equivalent skills, is a prerequisite for individuals who are not qualified to enroll in ASL II to begin the sequence. Students must have completed ASL III, be fluent in ASL, and/or have approval of the instructor to enroll in American Sign Language Literature or Linguistics of American Sign Language, both of which are taught in ASL.
Required Courses:
For students who are not proficient in ASL:
MLAS-201 Beginning American Sign Language I
MLAS-202 Beginning American Sign Language II
For students who are proficient in ASL—Choose one of the following:
MLAS-450 Linguistics of American Sign Language
MLAS-451 American Sign Language Literature
Electives—Choose three or four of the following:
ENGL-417 Deaf Literature
FNRT-440 Deaf Art and Cinema
HIST-230 American Deaf History
HIST-231 Deaf People in Global Perspective
HIST-330 Deaf People and Technology
HIST-333 Diversity in the Deaf Community
HIST-334 Oppression in the Lives of Deaf People
HIST-335 Women and the Deaf Community
MLAS-450 Linguistics of American Sign Language
MLAS-451 American Sign Language Literature
SOCI-240 Deaf Culture in America
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor was not converted to semesters. However, a minor in communication is available.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
Archaeological science is the application of techniques from the physical sciences to research problems in archaeology and related disciplines. Over the past six decades archaeological science has provided powerful tools for understanding the past, ranging from absolute dating to bone chemistry. It has become an established sub-field within the discipline of archaeology, which itself has grown during the same period from a discipline largely focused on cultural history (the use of artifacts to reconstruct regional cultural sequences) and the validation of documentary history to the explanation of the processes of cultural change in the past.
Required Courses:
ANTH-103 Archaeology and the Human Past
ANTH-415 Archaeological Science
Electives—Choose three of the following (at least one course must be selected from each group and at least one course must be 300-level or higher):
Disciplinary:
ANTH-230 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
ANTH-250 Themes in Archaeological Research
ANTH-255 Regional Archaeology
ANTH-315 Archaeology of Cities
ANTH-355 Historic Archaeology
Applied/Laboratory:
ANTH-215 Field Methods in Archaeology
ANTH-360 Humans and Their Environment
ANTH-375 Native American Repatriation
ANTH-420 Exploring Ancient Technology
ANTH-440 Survey of Metallurgy
ANTH-435 Garbage Archaeology
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The communication minor offers students a foundation in human communication theories, research, and skills. Students can select courses in mass media analysis, communication in professional and organizational contexts, communication skills, and critical reflection of and on communication in society. This minor is closed to students enrolled in the communication major.
Required Course:
COMM-101 Human Communication
Electives–Choose four of the following:
COMM-142 Introduction to Technical Communication
COMM-201 Public Speaking
COMM-202 Mass Communications
COMM-302 Interpersonal Communication
COMM-303 Small Group Communication
COMM-304 Intercultural Communication
COMM-305 Persuasion
COMM-341 Visual Communication
COMM-344 Health Communication
COMM-343 Technology-Mediated Communication
COMM-345 Ethics in Technical Communication
COMM-342 Communication Law and Ethics
COMM-442 Professional Writing
COMM-503 Advanced Public Speaking
COMM-441 Writing the Technical Manual
COMM-440 Visual Communication of Technical Information
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor was not converted to semesters. However, a minor in communication is available.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor provides theoretical and historical background and models to assist students as they develop their own creative writing abilities.
Electives
Choose three of the following:
ENGL-440 Poetry Workshop
ENGL-441 Fiction Workshop
ENGL-442 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
ENGL-443 Editing the Literary Magazine
ENGL-542 Advanced Creative Writing*
Choose two of the following:
ENGL-301 Art of Poetry
ENGL-302 The Short Story
ENGL-403 The Novel
ENGL-408 Modern Poetry
ENGL-420 Science Fiction
ENGL-376 Experimental Writing
* Students in the creative writing minor have the option to take one of the creative writing courses and then take Advanced Creative Writing (ENGL-542) twice in order to complete an extended writing project.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The minor in criminal justice provides a foundation in the formal process of social control through the criminal justice system, including how behavior is defined as criminal, how crime is measured, and how society responds to crime through law enforcement, courts, and corrections. This minor is closed to students majoring in criminal justice.
Required Course:
CRIM-110 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Electives—Choose four of the following:
CRIM-210 Technology in Criminal Justice
CRIM-220 Corrections
CRIM-230 Juvenile Justice
CRIM-240 Law Enforcement in Society
CRIM-260 Courts
CRIM-275 Crime and Violence
CRIM-285 Minority Groups in the Criminal Justice System
CRIM-489 Major Issues in Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
An economics minor provides a systematic analysis of economic issues through the study of the allocation of scarce resources into production and the distribution of production among the members of society. This minor is closed to students majoring in economics.
Prerequisite—Choose one of the following:
ECON-101 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON-105 Honors Economics
Required Course:
ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics
Electives
Choose two or three of the following theory and policy courses:
ECON-401 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
ECON-402 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ECON-405 International Trade and Finance
ECON-406 Global Economic Issues
ECON-407 Industrial Organization
ECON-420 Environmental Economics
ECON-421 Natural Resource Economics
ECON-422 Benefit-Cost Analysis
ECON-430 Managerial Economics
ECON-431 Monetary Analysis and Policy
ECON-440 Urban Economics
ECON-441 Labor Economics
ECON-444 Public Finance
ECON-445 History of Economic Thought
ECON-448 Development Economics
ECON-449 Comparative Economic Systems
ECON-450 Health Care Economics
ECON-451 Economics of Women and the Family
ECON-452 Economics of native America
Choose one or two of the following quantitative courses:
ECON-403 Econometrics I
ECON-404 Mathematical Methods: Economics
ECON-410 Game Theory: Economic Applications
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor provides students with opportunities for the in-depth analysis of global and regional environmental issues, their causes, and their potential solutions. The minor features an emphasis on sustainability and holistic thinking. In particular, a required 500-level seminar will serve as a capstone experience, helping students to integrate knowledge from several disciplinary perspectives, including socio-cultural, historical, political, economic, ethical, scientific, and/or technological factors. Having completed the minor, students will possess a high level of environmental literacy, an important component of many professional fields within the sciences, engineering, law, journalism, and public affairs.
Required Course:
STSO-510 Seminar in Science, Technology and Society
Electives—Choose four of the following:
STSO-120 Introduction to Environmental Studies
STSO-220 Environment and Society
STSO-321 Face of the Land
STSO-325 History of Environmental Science
STSO-326 History of Ecology and Environmentalism
STSO-330 Energy and the Environment
STSO-421 Environmental Policy
STSO-489 Special Topics in STS
STSO-521 Biodiversity
STSO-522 Great Lakes
STSO-550 Sustainable Communities
PUBL-530 Energy Policy
ECON-420 Environmental Economics
ECON-421 Natural Resource Economics
HIST-345 Environmental Disasters
PHIL-308 Environmental Philosophy
SOCI-320 Population and Society
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters. However, a minor in history is now available.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
Film studies explores the role of cinema in the contemporary global culture. Using methodologies and perspectives from a variety of disciplines, such as English, anthropology, philosophy, fine arts/visual culture, political science, history, and modern languages, the film studies minor investigates the cinema’s mass appeal as a form of entertainment, but also the power it wields as a disseminator of ideas, history, values, aesthetics, behavior, and cultural norms.
Electives–Choose five of the following:
ANTH-265 Native Americans in Film
ANTH-430 Visual Anthropology
FNRT-200 Anime
FNRT-372 American Film of the Studio Era
FNRT-373 American Film Since the Sixties
FNRT-440 Deaf Art and Cinema
ENGL-410 Film Studies
ENGL-425 Global Cinemas
HIST-450 Modern Japan in History, Fiction, and Film
HIST-275 Screening the Trenches: The History of World War I through Film
MLFR-351 French Films and Hollywood
MLSP-352 Caribbean Cinema
PHIL-313 Philosophy of Film
POLS-490 Politics through Film
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The minor in global literatures and cultures attracts students interested in literature, travel, and cultural exchange. This minor appeals to students curious about different forms of world literatures and cultures, from epic poetry to contemporary film. Students study historical and contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and film through the cutting-edge methods of critical and cultural studies. The rich variety of courses invite students to participate in the cultural exchange of knowledge, preparing them for careers in the twenty-first century global marketplace.
Required Course:
ENGL-416 Global Literatures
Electives–Choose four of the following:
ENGL-411 American Literature
ENGL-406 Shakespeare: Tragedies
ENGL-407 Shakespeare: Comedies
ENGL-415 British Literature
ENGL-409 Mythology and Literature
ENGL-461 Latin American Literature
ENGL 421 The Graphic Novel
ENGL 470 The Evolving English Language
ENGL-413 African-American Literature
ENGL-418 Great Authors
ENGL-ST Special Topics: Dangerous Texts
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
A minor in history serves as a complement to any program of study, as historical study at the college level hones the skills that are important to any well-trained professional, namely effective writing, critical analysis, engaged reading, and logical thinking. Students are free to shape the history minor to their liking, by choosing the geographic areas of historical study of most interest to them, such as American, European, or Asian history, or by choosing the historical topic of most interest to them, such as transnational history, comparative history, war, business, race, or gender.
Electives–Choose five of the following:
HIST-101 Making History
HIST-102 Themes in US History
HIST-103 The City in History
HIST-160 History of Modern East Asia
HIST-170 Twentieth Century Europe
HIST-190 American Women’s History
HIST-201 Histories of Globalization
HIST-210 Introduction to African Studies
HIST-220 Introduction to Public History
HIST-230 American Deaf History
HIST-231 Deaf People in Global Perspective
HIST-238 History of Disability
HIST-240 Civil War America
HIST-245 American Slavery and Freedom
HIST-250 Origins of U.S. Foreign Relations
HIST-251 Modern U.S. Foreign Relations
HIST-252 The United States and Japan
HIST-260 History of Pre-modern China
HIST-261 History of Modern China
HIST-265 History of Modern Japan
HIST-266 History of Pre-modern Japan
HIST-270 History of Modern France
HIST-290 U.S. History Since 1945
HIST-301 Great Debates in U.S. History
HIST-302 Special Topics in History
HIST-310 African Slave Trade
HIST-321 Special Topics in Public History
HIST-322 Monuments and Memory
HIST-323 America’s National Parks
HIST-324 Oral History
HIST-325 Museums and History
HIST-326 Doing History in a Digital World
HIST-330 Deaf People and Technology
HIST-335 Women and the Deaf Community
HIST-345 Environmental Disasters
HIST-350 Terrorism, Intelligence, and War
HIST-365 Conflict in Modern East Asia
HIST-369 Histories of Christianity
HIST-402 Special Seminar in History
HIST-421 Hands-on History
HIST-439 Biography as History
HIST-450 Modern Japan in History, Fiction, and Film
HIST-461 Samurai in Word and Image
HIST-462 East-West Encounters
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The international relations minor exposes students to the fundamental concepts and approaches of international relations. Issues of conflict, cooperation, continuity, and change are explained through a variety of subjects and cases.
Required Course:
POLS-120 Introduction to International Relations
Electives—Choose four of the following:
POLS-210 Comparative Politics
POLS-220 Global Political Economy
POLS-315 International Law and Organizations
POLS-320 American Foreign Policy
POLS-330 Human Rights in Global Perspective
POLS-335 Politics of Developing Countries
POLS-350 Government and Politics of East Asia
POLS-410 Evolutionary International Relations
POLS-440 War and the State
POLS-445 Terrorism and Political Violence
POLS-455 Comparative Public Policy
POLS-525 Special Topics in Political Science
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The journalism minor provides students with a foundation in the professional study and practice of journalism. It provides a broad perspective that includes an introduction to U.S. forms of mediated communication; historical, legal, and ethical issues of specific concern to journalism; and learning and practice in writing in a journalistic style. This minor is closed to students enrolled in the journalism major.
Required Courses:
COMM-271 Introduction to Journalism
COMM-202 Mass Communications
Electives—Choose three of the following:
COMM-261 History of Journalism
COMM-263 Computer-Assisted Reporting
COMM-272 Reporting and Writing I
COMM-273 Reporting and Writing II
COMM-274 News Editing
COMM-361 Reporting in Specialized Fields
COMM-362 Law and Ethics of the Press
COMM-461 Multiplatform Journalism
COMM-442 Professional Writing
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The language science minor prepares students in the interdisciplinary scientific study and analysis of human language. The minor is directly applicable to students interested in computing and media, human-computer interaction, brain and cognition, language acquisition, human health, interpreting, relevant branches of engineering, and policy studies. Students can complete the minor requirements irrespective of their skills in languages other than English. Some courses in the minor include core linguistic principles, technology of language, psychology of language, and language in culture and society. Electives allow students to customize the minor to their interests.
Required Courses:
ENGL-310 Introduction to Language Science
Plus one of the following:
ENGL-371 Language, Dialects, and Identity
ENGL-351 Language Technology
MLXX-449 Special Topics: Psycholinguistics
Electives–Choose three of the following:
A beginning ASL or foreign language course
ENGL-371 Language, Dialects, and Identity
ENGL-351 Language Technology
MLXX-449 Special Topics: Psycholinguistics
ENGL-470 Evolving English Language
ENGL-482 Language and Brain
PHIL-414 Philosophy of Language
PSYC-331 Language and Thought
MLAS-596 Linguistics of American Sign Language
MLJP-351 Languages in Japanese Society
MLJP-451 Structure of the Japanese Language
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The Latino/Latina/Latin American studies minor consists of any five appropriate Spanish or Portuguese culture courses, with the option of including one Spanish or Portuguese language course.
MLSP-201 Beginning Spanish I
MLSP-202 Beginning Spanish II
MLSP-301 Intermediate Spanish I
MLSP-302 Intermediate Spanish II
MLSP-401 Advanced Spanish I
MLSP-402 Advanced Spanish II
MLPO-201 Beginning Portuguese I
MLPO-202 Beginning Portuguese II
MLPO-301 Intermediate Portuguese I
MLPO-302 Intermediate Portuguese II
MLPO-401 Advanced Portuguese I
MLPO-402 Advanced Portuguese II
MLSP-351 Gender and Sexuality
MLSP-352 Trauma and Survival
MLSP-353 Caribbean Cinema
ANTH-335 Culture and Politics in Latin America
ANTH-350 The Global Economy and the Grassroots
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The minor in legal studies is for students interested in the study of law and legal institutions and in the relationship of law to other aspects of society and culture. The law extends throughout contemporary political, social, and economic systems, playing an important role in shaping the conduct of life for both individuals and institutions. It is important for students to understand the forces that shape law, the ways laws have been used and understood by a variety of people in differing historical circumstances, and the consequences of law for contemporary life. Political, sociological, historical, and philosophical approaches to legal phenomena are included in the course of study. Recognizing the critical role that law plays in societies, the minor in legal studies is designed to guide students to courses that will deepen and expand their understanding of law as practiced, especially its influence on social and economic institutions.
Required Course—Choose one of the following:
CRIM-215 Law and Society
POLS-200 Law and Society
Elective Courses—Choose four of the following:
CRIM-225 Criminal Law
CRIM-260 Courts
CRIM-315 Evidence
CRIM-489 Major Issues in Criminal Justice
POLS-325 International Law and Organizations
POLS-330 Human Rights in Global Perspective
POLS-425 Constitutional Law
POLS-430 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
POLS-460 Classical Constitutionalism, Virtue and Law
POLS-464 Modern Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
COMM-342 Communication Law and Ethics
COMM-362 Law and Ethics of the Press
PHIL-204 Introduction to Logic
PHIL-302 Symbolic Logic
PHIL-304 Philosophy of Law
PHIL-403 Social and Political Philosophy
SOCI-310 U.S. Housing Policy
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor was not converted to semesters. However, a minor in communication is available.
Yukiko Maru, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad. Students with some proficiency in the language must take the placement test in order to determine the appropriate level course. This concentration is not open to native speakers of Arabic.
Prerequisite:
MLAR-201 Beginning Arabic I
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLAR-202 Beginning Arabic II
MLAR-301 Intermediate Arabic I
MLAR-302 Intermediate Arabic II
MLAR-401 Advanced Arabic I
MLAR-402 Advanced Arabic II
FNRT-381 Art of Islam: The Arabic Tradition
FNRT-382 Art of Islam: The Persian, Turkish/Mughal Traditions
ANTH-240 Muslim Youth Cultures
ANTH-365 Islamic Culture and the Middle East
Hiroko Yamashita, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-6074, hxygsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad.
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLCH 201 Beginning Chinese I
MLCH 202 Beginning Chinese II
MLCH 301 Intermediate Chinese I
MLCH 302 Intermediate Chinese II
MLCH 401 Advanced Chinese I
MLCH 402 Advanced Chinese II
FNRT-380 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
HIST-160 History of Modern East Asia
HIST-261 History of Modern China
POLS-350 Politics in East Asia
Philippe Chavasse, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-3158, pxcgsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad.
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLFR-201 Beginning French I
MLFR-202 Beginning French II
MLFR-301 Intermediate French I
MLFR-302 Intermediate French II
MLFR-401 Advanced French I
MLFR-402 Advanced French II
MLFR-351 French Films and Hollywood
HIST-270 History of Modern France
HIST-302 Special Topics in History
HIST-103 The City in History
Ulrike Stroszeck, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-2921, uisgsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad.
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLGR-201 Beginning German I
MLGR-202 Beginning German II
MLGR-301 Intermediate German I
MLGR-302 Intermediate German II
MLGR-401 Advanced German I
MLGR-402 Advanced German II
Elisabetta D’Amanda, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-6522, exdgla@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad. Students may choose a modern language minor in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish. Students must take five consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course.
Prerequisite:
0525-500 Beginning Italian I
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
0525-501 Beginning Italian II
0525-502 Beginning Italian III
0525-503 Intermediate Italian I
0525-504 Intermediate Italian II
0525-505 Intermediate Italian III
0525-506 Advanced Italian I
0525-507 Advanced Italian II
0525-508 Advanced Italian III
Yukiko Maru Leary, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad.
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLJP-201 Beginning Japanese I
MLJP-202 Beginning Japanese II
MLJP-301 Intermediate Japanese I
MLJP-302 Intermediate Japanese II
MLJP-401 Advanced Japanese I
MLJP-402 Advanced Japanese II
MLJP-403 Professional Japanese
MLJP-404 Japanese Culture in Print
MLJP-351 Language in Japanese Society
MLJP-451 Structure of Japanese
FNRT-380 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
HIST-450, 550 Modern Japan in History, Fiction, and Film
HIST-252 The U.S. and Japan
HIST-265 History of Modern Japan
HIST-160 History of Modern East Asia
POLS-350 Politics in East Asia
Yukiko Maru, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad. All students beginning the study of Russian must see the minor adviser for placement screening. This concentration is not open to native speakers of Russian.
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLRU-201 Beginning Russian I
MLRU-202 Beginning Russian II
MLRU-301 Intermediate Russian I
MLRU-302 Intermediate Russian II
MLRU-401 Advanced Russian I
MLRU-402 Advanced Russian II
ENGL-418 Great Authors
ENGL-416 Global Literature
Diane Forbes, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-6765, djfgsl@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad. Students with some proficiency must see the minor adviser for placement screening. This concentration is not open to fluent/native speakers of Spanish.
Required Courses—Choose five of the following:
MLSP-201 Beginning Spanish I
MLSP-202 Beginning Spanish II
MLSP-301 Intermediate Spanish I
MLSP-302 Intermediate Spanish II
MLSP-401 Advanced Spanish I
MLSP-402 Advanced Spanish II
MLSP-351 Gender and Sexuality
MLSP-352 Trauma and Survival
MLSP-353 Caribbean Cinema
ANTH-335 Culture and Politics in Latin America
ANTH-350 The Global Economy and the Grassroots
ANTH-235 Immigration to the U.S.
ENGL-416 Global Literature
ENGL-418 Great Authors
Yukiko Maru, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Students with some proficiency must see the minor adviser and take the placement test to determine the appropriate level course. This minor is not open to fluent native speakers of Arabic.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLAR-201 Beginning Arabic I
MLAR-202 Beginning Arabic II
MLAR-301 Intermediate Arabic I
MLAR-302 Intermediate Arabic II
MLAR-401 Advanced Arabic I
MLAR-402 Advanced Arabic II
FNRT-381 Art of Islam: The Arabic Tradition
FNRT-382 Art of Islam: The Persian, Turkish/Mughal Traditions
ANTH-240 Muslim Youth Cultures
ANTH-365 Islamic Culture and the Middle East
Hiroko Yamashita, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-6074, hxygsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLCH-201 Beginning Chinese I
MLCH-202 Beginning Chinese II
MLCH-301 Intermediate Chinese I
MLCH-302 Intermediate Chinese II
MLCH-401 Advanced Chinese I
MLCH-402 Advanced Chinese II
FNRT-380 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
HIST-160 History of Modern East Asia
HIST-261 History of Modern China
POLS-350 Politics in East Asia
Philippe Chavasse, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-3158, pxcgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLFR-201 Beginning French I
MLFR-202 Beginning French II
MLFR-301 Intermediate French I
MLFR-302 Intermediate French II
MLFR-401 Advanced French I
MLFR-402 Advanced French II
MLFR-351 French Films and Hollywood
HIST-270 History of Modern France
HIST-302 Special Topics in History
HIST-103 The City in History
Ulrike Stroszeck, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-2921, uisgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLGR-201 Beginning German I
MLGR-202 Beginning German II
MLGR-301 Intermediate German I
MLGR-302 Intermediate German II
MLGR-401 Advanced German I
MLGR-402 Advanced German II
Elisabetta D’Amanda, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-6522, exdgla@rit.edu
This minor provides two full years of modern language instruction to prepare students for living and working within an intercultural society both at home and abroad.
Required Courses–Choose five of the following:
MLIT-201 Beginning Italian I
MLIT-202 Beginning Italian II
MLIT-301 Intermediate Italian I
MLIT-302 Intermediate Italian II
MLIT-401 Advanced Italian I
MLIT-402 Advanced Italian II
ENGL-400 Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies
Yukiko Maru Leary, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLJP-201 Beginning Japanese I
MLJP-202 Beginning Japanese II
MLJP-301 Intermediate Japanese I
MLJP -02 Intermediate Japanese II
MLJP-401 Advanced Japanese I
MLJP-402 Advanced Japanese II
MLJP-403 Professional Japanese
MLJP-404 Japanese Culture in Print
MLJP-351 Language in Japanese Society
MLJP-451 Structure of Japanese
FNRT-380 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
HIST-450, 550 Modern Japan in History, Fiction, and Film
HIST-252 The US and Japan
HIST-265 History of Modern Japan
HIST-160 History of Modern East Asia
POLS-350 Politics in East Asia
Yukiko Maru, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLPO-201 Beginning Portuguese I
MLPO-202 Beginning Portuguese II
MLPO-301 Intermediate Portuguese I
MLPO-302 Intermediate Portuguese II
MLPO-401 Advanced Portuguese I
MLPO-402 Advanced Portuguese II
ANTH-335 Culture and Politics in Latin America
Yukiko Maru, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Students with some proficiency must see the minor adviser and take the placement test to determine the appropriate level course. This minor is not open to fluent native speakers of Russian.
Prerequisite:
0525-540 Beginning Russian I
Required Courses—A sequence of three from the following:
0525-541 Beginning Russian II
0525-542 Beginning Russian III
0525-543 Intermediate Russian I
0525-544 Intermediate Russian II
0525-545 Intermediate Russian III
0525-546 Advanced Russian I
0525-547 Advanced Russian II
0525-548 Advanced Russian III
Electives—Choose two of the following culture courses:
0504-485 Global Literature: Tolstoy
0505-435 Russian Art—10th through 20th Centuries
0507-448 History of Russia to 1917
0507-449 History of Russia Since 1917
0507-450 Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler
0513-443 Politics of Russia
0513-444 International Studies: Cold War and Beyond
Diane Forbes, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-6765, djfgsl@rit.edu
The modern language and culture minor consists of five courses: three language courses beyond Beginning Level I and two culture courses. The minor provides beginning and some intermediate level study of a modern language and appropriate courses in the culture of the nations where that language is most often used. The goal of this minor is to introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (e.g., history, art, literature, politics, anthropology, and music) of one particular country or area. Students will become aware of the relationship between language and culture and of the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
Students with some proficiency must see the minor adviser and take the placement test to determine the appropriate level course. This minor is not open to fluent native speakers of Spanish.
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLSP-201 Beginning Spanish I
MLSP-202 Beginning Spanish II
MLSP-301 Intermediate Spanish I
MLSP-302 Intermediate Spanish II
MLSP-401 Advanced Spanish I
MLSP-402 Advanced Spanish II
MLSP-351 Gender and Sexuality
MLSP-352 Trauma and Survival
MLSP-353 Caribbean Cinema
ANTH-335 Culture and Politics in Latin America
ANTH-350 The Global Economy and the Grassroots
ANTH-235 Immigration to the U.S.
ENGL-416 Global Literature
ENGL-418 Great Authors
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This minor has not been converted to semesters. However, a minor in history is now available.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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This minor has not been converted to semesters.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters.
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(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The philosophy minor provides basic competency in a variety of areas of philosophical inquiry and in developing the critical skills central to philosophical analysis. Students will achieve an articulate understanding of many of the great philosophers, major philosophical issues, and methods of philosophical inquiry that shape our most fundamental forms of critical reflection upon human life and conduct. As a result, students develop understanding and skills that directly enhance their future personal and professional lives. This minor is closed to students majoring in philosophy.
Electives—Choose five of the following:
PHIL-201 Ancient Philosophy
PHIL-202 Foundations of Moral Philosophy
PHIL-203 Modern Philosophy
PHIL-204 Introduction to Logic
PHIL-301 Philosophy of Religion
PHIL-302 Symbolic Logic
PHIL-303 Philosophy of Art/Aesthetics
PHIL-304 Philosophy of Law
PHIL-305 Philosophy of Peace
PHIL-306 Professional Ethics
PHIL-307 Philosophy of Technology
PHIL-308 Environmental Philosophy
PHIL-309 Feminist Theory
PHIL-310 Theories of Knowledge
PHIL-311 East Asian Philosophy
PHIL-312 American Philosophy
PHIL-313 Philosophy of Film
PHIL-314 Philosophy of Vision and Imaging
PHIL-401 Great Thinkers
PHIL-402 Philosophy of Science
PHIL-403 Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL-404 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL-405 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
PHIL-406 Contemporary Philosophy
PHIL-407 Philosophy of Action
PHIL-408 Critical Social Theory
PHIL-409 Existentialism
PHIL-410 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL-411 Metaphysics
PHIL-412 Nineteenth Century Philosophy
PHIL-413 Philosophy and Literary Theory
PHIL-414 Philosophy of Language
PHIL-415 Ethical Theory
PHIL-416 Seminar in Philosophy
PHIL-449 Special Topics
PHIL-571 Honors Philosophy
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The political science minor emphasizes the interdependence of domestic politics and international relations in the age of globalization. The minor brings together components of American politics, international relations, and comparative politics to provide students with both national and global perspectives on politics. Perhaps most important, the political science minor seeks to help students make sense of the increasingly complicated political environment that confronts them in their role as citizens. This minor is closed to students majoring in political science.
Required Course:
Choose one of the following:
POLS-110 American Politics
POLS-120 Introduction to International Relations
Electives–Choose two courses from the American politics group and two courses from the international relations group.
American Politics
POLS-200 Law and Society
POLS-250 State and Local Politics
POLS-290 Politics and the Life Sciences
POLS-295 Cyberpolitics
POLS-305 Political Parties & Voting
POLS-310 The Congress
POLS-315 The American Presidency
POLS-320 American Foreign Policy
POLS-345 Politics and Public Policy
POLS-355 Political Leadership
POLS-415 Evolution and Law
POLS-420 Primate Politics
POLS-425 Constitutional Law
POLS-430 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
POLS-435 American Political Thought
POLS-460 Classical Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
POLS-465 Modern Constitutionalism, Liberty and Equality
POLS-480 Women in Politics
POLS-485 Politics Through Fiction
POLS-490 Politics Through Film
POLS-525 Special Topics in Political Science
International Relations
POLS-210 Comparative Politics
POLS-220 Global Political Economy
POLS-325 International Law and Organizations
POLS-320 American Foreign Policy
POLS-330 Human Rights in Global Perspective
POLS-335 Politics of Developing countries
POLS-350 Government and Politics of East Asia
POLS-410 Evolutionary International Relations
POLS-440 War and the State
POLS-445 Terrorism and Political Violence
POLS-455 Comparative Public Policy
POLS-525 Special Topics in Political Science
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This minor provides a solid knowledge base of psychological terms, concepts, methods, theories, and issues.
Electives—Choose five of the following:
PSYC-221 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC-222 Biopsychology
PSYC-223 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC-224 Perception
PSYC-225 Social Psychology
PSYC-231 Death and Dying
PSYC-232 Developmental Psychology
PSYC-233 History and Systems
PSYC-234 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSYC-235 Learning and Behavior
PSYC-236 Personality
PSYC-237 Psychology of Gender
PSYC-238 Psychology of Religion
PSYC-239 Positive Psychology
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The public policy minor provides students with a foundation in the field of public policy and allows them to make connections between public policy and other fields of study. Students are allowed to select one of two tracks within the minor. The first track, policy issues, develops a broad perspective on public policy and its relationship to other fields. The second track, policy analysis, highlights the analytical tools used by the policy analyst to evaluate and understand policy formulation and impacts. Both tracks explore contemporary public policy issues, especially those connected to the science and technology fields. This minor underscores the role of public policy on science and technology-based problems. Through the minor, students obtain a deeper understanding of what public policy is and how it is integrated within a number of specific contexts. This minor is closed to students majoring in public policy.
Required Courses:
STSO-510 Seminar in Science, Technology and Society
Plus one of the following:
PUBL-101 Foundations of Public Policy
PUBL-120 Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
STSO-201 Science and Technology Policy
Electives–Choose three of the following:
PUBL-101 Foundations of Public Policy*
PUBL-120 Contemporary Issues in Public Policy*
STSO-201 Science and Technology Policy*
STSO-240 Social Consequences of Technology
PUBL-201 Values and Public Policy
PUBL-210 Introduction to Qualitative Methods
STSO-330 Energy and the Environment
STSO-341 Biomedical Issues
PUBL-301 Public Policy Analysis
PUBL-302 Decision Analysis
STSO-421 Environmental Policy
STSO-489 Special Topics in STS
PUBL-489 Special Topics in Public Policy
PUBL-510 Technology Innovation and Public Policy
PUBL-520 Information and Communication Policy
PUBL-530 Energy Policy
* Students may take this course as an elective if it was not chosen as one of their required courses.
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This minor has not been converted to semesters.
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(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters.
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This minor integrates the studies of human society and science and technology in their social content and context. The minor bridges the humanities and social sciences to provide better understanding of the ways in which science, technology, and society are mutually interacting forces in our world. Students learn how to analyze the social institutions, the built environment, and their role in creating them. This minor enhances a student’s ability to contribute to the development of science and technology in ways that are historically, culturally, and ethically informed.
Required Course:
STSO-510 Seminar in STS
Electives—Choose four of the following:
STSO-140 Science Technology and Values
STSO-201 Science and Technology Policy
STSO-240 Social Consequences of Technology
STSO-245 History of Women in Science and Engineering
STSO-321 Face of the Land
STSO-341 Biomedical Issues
STSO-342 Gender, Science and Technology
STSO-345 Makers of Modern Science
STSO-346 History of American Technology
STSO-441 Cyborg Theory
STSO-442 Science, Technology and Society Classics
STSO-445 History of Science
STSO-446 History of Chemistry
STSO-489 Special Topics in STS
PUBL-530 Energy Policy
ENGL-419 Literature and Technology
PHIL-402 Philosophy of Science
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The minor in sociology and anthropology offers insights into two academic disciplines dedicated to understanding human social life, both local and global. Through sociology we discover how our own lives are influenced by social relationships around us. Through anthropology we discover and appreciate the diversity of other cultural systems on a global scale. Careful selection of courses provides insights into a wide range of topics such as human history and prehistory through archaeology, gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, social class and inequality, urban life and cities, cultural images and mass media, war and violence, social movements, social and cultural change, and globalization.
Required Course—Choose one of the following:
ANTH-102 Cultural Anthropology
SOCI-102 Foundations of Sociology
Electives—Choose four of the following (at least two courses must be 300-level or above):
ANTH-103 Archaeology and the Human Past
ANTH-201/SOCI-201 Writing about Society and Culture
ANTH-210 Culture and Globalization
ANTH-220 Language and Culture
ANTH-215 Field Methods in Archaeology
ANTH-225 Globalizing Africa
ANTH-230 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
ANTH-235 Immigration to the U.S.
ANTH-240 Muslim Youth Cultures
ANTH-245 Ritual and Performance
ANTH-250 Themes in Archaeological Research
ANTH-255 Regional Archaeology
ANTH-260 Native North Americans
ANTH-265 Native Americans in Film
ANTH-270/INGS-270 Cuisine, Culture, and Power
ANTH-275 Global Islam
ANTH-280 Sustainable Development
ANTH-285 Religion and Culture
ANTH-301/SOCI-301 Social and Cultural Theory
ANTH-302/SOCI-302 Qualitative Research
ANTH-303/SOCI-303 Quantitative Research
ANTH-310 African Popular Cultures
ANTH-315 The Archaeology of Cities
ANTH-325 Bodies and Culture
ANTH-330 Cultural Images of War
ANTH-335 Culture and Politics in Latin America
ANTH-340 Divided Europe
ANTH-345 Genocide and Post-Conflict Justice
ANTH-350 The Global Economy and the Grassroots
ANTH-355 Historic Archaeology
ANTH-360 Humans and Their Environment
ANTH-365 Islamic Culture and the Middle East
ANTH-370 Media and Globalization
ANTH-375 Native American Repatriation
ANTH-380 Nationalism and Identity
ANTH-410 Global Cities
ANTH-415 Archaeological Science
ANTH-420 Exploring Ancient Technology
ANTH-425 Global Sexualities
ANTH-430 Visual Anthropology
ANTH-435 Garbage Archaeology
ANTH-440 Survey of Metallurgy
SOCI-103 The Urban Experience
SOCI-210 African-American Culture
SOCI-215 The Changing Family
SOCI-220 Minority Group Relations
SOCI-225 Social Inequality
SOCI-230 Sociology of Work
SOCI-235 Women, Work, and Culture
SOCI-240 Deaf Culture in America
SOCI-245 Gender and Health
SOCI-250 Globalization and Security
SOCI-310 U.S. Housing Policy
SOCI-315 Global Exiles of War and Terror
SOCI-320 Population and Society
SOCI-325 Community and Economic Development: Rochester
SOCI-330 Urban Deviance
SOCI-335 Urban Cultures
SOCI-340 Urban Planning and Policy
SOCI-345 Urban Poverty
SOCI-350 Social Change
SOCI-410 Diversity in the City
INGS-101 Global Studies
INGS-201 Histories of Globalization
INGS-210 Africa and the Diaspora
INGS-310 Global Slavery and Human Trafficking
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This minor has not been converted to semesters.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This minor has not been converted to semesters.
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Visual culture explores the role of visual media in everyday life and its critical function in the dissemination of ideas in the public sphere. Emphasizing comparative critical approaches to the convergence of art, popular media, science, and technology, the minor engages globalized visual media ranging from photography, television and film, to new media (the Web, digital imaging and social networks), architecture, design, and art (painting, sculpture and multimedia forms) in the context of such social arenas, as art, news, science, advertising, and popular culture.
Required course:
FNRT-376 Visual Culture Theory
Electives–Choose three courses from Group A and one from Group B:
Group A
FNRT-206 Queer Looks
FNRT-350 Introduction to Museums and Collecting
FNRT-351 Panel Painting
FNRT-352 Historic Photographic Processes
FNRT-353 History and Theory of Exhibitions
FNRT-356 Interactive Design for Museums
FNRT-370 American Painting
FNRT-371 African American Art
FNRT-372 American Film of the Studio Era
FNRT-373 American Film Since the Sixties
FNRT-374 Art in the Age of the New Deal
FNRT-375 Women/Gender/Art
FNRT-377 Imag(in)ing Rochester
FNRT-378 Memory, Memorials, and Monuments
FNRT-379 Art of India and Southeast Asia
FNRT-380 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
FNRT-381 Art of Islam: The Arabic Tradition
FNRT-382 Art of Islam: the Persian, Turkish/Mughal Tradition
FNRT-383 Traumatic Images
FNRT-384 Art of Dying
FNRT-440 Deaf Art and Cinema
Group B
ANTH-210 Culture and Globalization
ANTH-240 Muslim Youth Cultures
ANTH-265 Native North Americans in Film
ANTH-310 African Popular Cultures
ANTH-325 Bodies and Culture
ANTH-330 Cultural Images of War
ANTH-375 Native American Repatriation
ANTH-425 Global Sexualities
ANTH-430 Visual Anthropology
ANTH -35 Garbage Archaeology
COMM-341 Visual Communication
COMM-440 Visual Communication of Technical Information
ENGL-410 Film Studies
ENGL-421 The Graphic Novel
ENGL-422 Maps, Spaces and Places
HIST-421 Hands On History
MLFR-351 French Films and Hollywood
MLSP-351 Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Studies
MLSP-352 Caribbean Cinema
PHIL-303 Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
PHIL-309 Feminist Theory
PHIL-313 Philosophy of Film
PHIL-314 Philosophy of Vision/Imaging
POLS-490 Politics Through Film
STSO-321 Faces of the Land
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The women's and gender studies minor provides a critical framework to explore the significance of gender (along with race, sexuality, and class) in the construction of knowledge within academic disciplines and in the shaping of women’s and men’s lives. Courses engage a critical pedagogy focused on the recovery of women’s contributions in a variety of fields, on women’s and men’s roles in society across cultures, and especially on critical questions about gender neutrality in the shaping of culture.
Required Course:
WGST-400 Foundations of Women's and Gender Studies
Electives—Choose four of the following:
WGST-235 Women, Work, Culture
WGST-237 Psychology of Gender
WGST-245 Prostitution and Vice
WGST-246 History of Women in Science and Engineering
WGST-250 Domestic Violence
WGST-255 Seminar on Sexual Violence
WGST-265 Women and Crime
WGST-306 Feminist Theory
WGST-314 Topics in WGST
WGST-335 Women and the Deaf Community
WGST-342 Gender, Science, and Technology
WGST-351 Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Studies
WGST-361 Queering Gender
WGST-375 Women, Gender, Art
WGST-383 Traumatic Images
WGST-384 Art of Dying
WGST-385 Queer Looks
WGST-410 Introduction to LGBT Studies
WGST-451 Economics of Women and the Family
WGST-481 Women in Politics
ANTH-425 Global Sexualities
ANTH-325 Bodies and Culture
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This minor has not been converted to semesters.
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The African studies concentration provides students with a broad understanding of the African people and their histories, societies, and cultures from pre-colonial times to the post-colonial period and the contemporary neo-liberal era. The concentration allows students to critically analyze the social worlds of Africa and reverberations for the African Diaspora by examining cultures, societies, and histories from multiple perspectives and by analyzing changing and competing interpretations of issues, events, and political issues in African societies.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0510-486 Globalizing Africa
0510-487 African Popular Cultures
0510-460 Genocide and Post-Conflict Justice
0515-482 African American Culture
0524-420 Introduction to African Studies
0524-421 African Slave Trade
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This concentration provides students with the opportunity to study the American artistic experience in a variety of arts, including painting, architecture, film, photography, music, theater, and mass media. Each course will present American art within the context of the broader current of American life, including its history, philosophy, social, and cultural traditions.
Electives–—Choose three of the following:
0505-442 Music in the United States
0505-443 Images of American Life
0505-444 American Painting
0505-445 Issues in American Art
0505-446 American Film of the Studio Era
0505-447 American Musical
0505-448 20th Century American Music
0505-452 Special Topics in American Art*
0505-453 Theater in the United States
0505-454 Orchestra Repertoire and History
0505-455 Survey of Jazz
0505-457 Contemporary Drama, Theater, and Media
0505-463 Survey of African-American Music
0505-464 Blues as Personal and Social Commentary
0505-467 American Film Since the 1960s
0505-470 American Popular Song 1830-1950
0505-471 American Popular and Rock Music
0505-488 Special Topics in American Theater*
0505-491 Traumatic Images
0505-500 African-American Art
0505-504 Memory, Memorials, and Monuments
0505-505 Art in the Age of the New Deal
0505-506 Museums of Art and Design
0505-507 Landscapes Transformed
0505-516 Queer Looks
* Topics will vary.
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The value in studying the American political system can scarcely be overemphasized. As Thomas Jefferson maintained, only an educated and enlightened democracy can endure. A democratic society remains valid only to the extent that its citizens are educated and well-informed about their government and issues of public policy. The purpose of this concentration is to give students a sound understanding of the U.S. political system. Courses detail various aspects of the American political system, giving students the tools to participate effectively in the political process.
Electives–—Choose three of the following:
0508-484 Environmental Policy
0513-425 Politics and the Life Sciences
0513-426 Cyberpolitics
0513-427 Evolutionary International Relations
0513-428 Evolution and the Law
0513-429 Primate Politics
0513-449 Special Topics in Political Science
0513-450 State and Local Politics
0513-451 The Congress
0513-452 The American Presidency
0513-453 American Foreign Policy
0513-454 Political Parties and Voting
0513-455 Politics and Public Policy
0513-456 The Judicial Process
0513-457 Constitutional Law
0513-458 American Political Thought
0513-460 Constitutional Rights and Liberties
0513-462 Abraham Lincoln and American Democracy
0513-463 First Amendment, Liberty, and Deliberative Democracy
0513-465 Modern Constitutionalism, Liberty, and Equality
0513-466 Political Leadership
0513-481 Women in Politics
0513-485 Politics through Fiction
0513-514 Political Theory
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Archaeology is the study of the human past by means of the physical residues of past human behavior: for example, poetry, stone and metal tools, and the remains of ancient dwelling sites. The archaeologist explains how human society has changed and developed over time using such physical evidence. Archaeology employs techniques from the physical sciences to build a more detailed picture of the human past. Students explore the worlds of the past through hands-on applications of physical science techniques in a diverse range of fields, including chemistry, metallurgy, biology, and material science, applying these disciplines in a novel and challenging context.
Electives–—Choose three of the following:
0510-455 Special Topics
0510-465 Social and Cultural Theory
0510-485 Exploring Ancient Technology
0510-502 Archaeology and the Human Past
0510-506 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
0510-507 Archaeological Science
0510-508 Archaeology of Cities
0510-509 Survey of Metallurgy
0510-511 Field Methods in Archaeology
0510-512 Garbage Archaeology
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The art history concentration is the study of art history across a broad period of historical time and geographical space. The variety of specialized courses allows students to gain insight into the artistic contributions of Europe, Asia, and the developing world. The concentration includes several liberal arts courses and some upper-division specialty art history courses. This concentration is offered as an alternative to the American artistic experience concentration, specifically designed for those students who wish to acquire a broader understanding of art and culture outside of the United States.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0505-421 Introduction to Museums and Collecting
0505-422 Art Materials: Panel Printing
0505-423 Art Materials: Photography
0505-424 Legal and Ethical Issues for Collecting Institutions
0505-425 Display and Exhibition Design
0505-436 Women’s Stories and Films
0505-437 The Forensic Investigation of Art
0505-438 Conservation of Cultural Material
0505-443 Images of American Life
0505-444 American Painting
0505-445 Issues in American Art
0505-446 American Film of the Studio Era
0505-452 Special Topics*
0505-467 American Film Since the 1960s
0505-468 Art of India and Southeast Asia
0505-469 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
0505-480 Women and the Visual Arts
0505-487 Special Topics: Art of Islam†
0505-491 Traumatic Images
0505-500 African-American Art
0505-504 Memory, Memorials, and Monuments
0505-505 Art in the Age of the New Deal
0505-506 Museums of Art and Design
0505-507 Landscape Transformed
0505-516 Queer Looks
* Special Topics (0505-452) may include the following topics: American Architecture, Queer Looks I, Queer Looks II, Harlem Renaissance, Visual Culture, Reading Images, Traumatic Images, and Art of Dying.
† Special Topics: Art of Islam (0505-487) may include the following topics: Persian/Turkish/Mughal Traditions and Arabic Tradition.
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This concentration provides opportunities for the advanced study of selected areas of communication. Topics include an overview of the fields of persuasion, mass communications, public speaking, and small group communication. Students will understand and apply several modes of communication in academic, professional, and personal situations. Students are encouraged to complete Human Communication (0535-480) before enrolling in other concentration courses. This concentration is closed to students enrolled in the following degree programs: professional and technical communication, advertising and public relations, and journalism.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0535-414 Interpersonal Communication
0535-480 Human Communication
0535-481 Persuasion
0535-482 Mass Communications
0535-483 Small Group Communication
0535-501 Public Speaking
0535-520 Intercultural Communication
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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A concentration in criminal justice provides students with the appropriate foundation to analyze crime, crime control policy, and the role of the criminal justice system in the maintenance of order in society. Courses focus on the social definition and measurement of crime; the broad understanding of the causes of crime; and the societal response to crime through the police, courts, and corrections. The concentration further introduces students to the body of theory and research necessary to examine the effects and effectiveness of the criminal justice process. This concentration is closed to students enrolled in the criminal justice degree program.
Required Course:
0501-400 Criminology
Electives—Choose two of the following:
0501-405 Major Issues in the Criminal Justice System
0501-406 Technology in Criminal Justice
0501-415 Domestic Violence
0501-440 Juvenile Justice
0501-441 Corrections
0501-443 Law Enforcement in Society
0501-444 Concepts in Criminal Law
0501-445 Minority Groups and the Criminal Justice System
0501-446 Women and Crime
0501-456 Courts
0501-507 Computer Crime
0501-511 Alternatives to Incarceration
0501-517 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
0501-518 Crime and Justice in the Community
0501-522 Victimless Crime
0501-523 Crime and Violence
Matt Searls, Concentration Adviser
(585) 286-4657, jmsdhd@rit.edu
Cindy Sanders, Concentration Adviser
(585) 286-5149, casnss@rit.edu
This concentration provides students who are fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) with the opportunity to study deaf culture from various perspectives.
Prerequisite: Proficiency in ASL is required for American Sign Language Literature (0525-595, 0504/0525-400) and Structure of American Sign Language (0525-496). Therefore, only students with ASL proficiency (not beginning or intermediate level skills) will be able to declare this concentration. Evening students may not declare this concentration.
Electives—Choose three courses from the following groups:
Choose one of the following linguistics courses:
0525-385 Linguistics of ASL
0525-386 American Sign Language Literature
0525-391 American Sign Language II
0525-596 Special Topics: DST
Choose two of the following culture courses:
0504-545 Deaf American Literature
0507-463 American Deaf History
0507-473 European Deaf History
0507-476 Diversity in the Deaf Culture
0507-477 Oppression in Lives of Deaf People
0515-452 Special Topics: Diversity in the Deaf Community
0515-529 Deaf Culture in America
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
Economics is the study of human behavior in the allocation of scarce resources to production and the distribution of production among the members of society. The study of economics has taken on increasing importance as we realize that so many of the world's problems, including energy, overpopulation, and global pollution, have an economic basis. The purpose of the economics concentration is to apply tools of economic analysis to a variety of study areas. Note: The economics concentration is closed to students enrolled in the economics degree program.
Prerequisite:
0511-211 Principles of Microeconomics
Electives–—Choose three of the following:
0511-402 Principles of Macroeconomics†
0511-440 Urban Economics
0511-441 Economics of Human Resources
0511-442 Contemporary International Economic Problems
0511-443 Current American Macroeconomics Problems
0511-444 Public Finance
0511-445 Survey of Economic Thought
0511-448 Economics of Less Developed Countries
0511-449 Comparative Economic Systems
0511-450 Benefit-Cost Analysis
0511-452 Monetary Analysis and Policy
0511-453 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
0511-454 International Trade and Finance
0511-455 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
0511-456 Industrial Organization
0511-457 Applied Econometrics*
0511-458 Economic Forecasting*
0511-459 Managerial Economics
0511-460 Mathematical Methods: Economics*
0511-461 Seminar in Applied Economics
0511-464 Game Theory with Economic Applications
0511-466 Health Care Economics
0511-480 Economic Role of Women
0511-481 Environmental Economics
0511-484 Natural Resource Economics
0511-571 Honors Seminar in Economics
* Introductory calculus and statistics are additional prerequisites for these courses.
† It is recommended that students take Principles of Macroeconomics (0511-402) as their first course before beginning the concentration.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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The environmental studies concentration is an examination of the basic environmental problems we face, how environmental resource depletion and energy issues are related, and what kind of environmental ethics and/or values we have today and have had in the past. The concentration also explores the economic, legislative, and regulatory framework within which most environmental decisions are made. Since most technological areas are associated with significant environmental implications, it is essential that students have an understanding of, and a well-thought-out value orientation about, such environmental consequences.
Electives–—Choose three of the following:
0507-464 Environmental Disasters in American History
0508-443 Face of the Land
0508-460 Environment and Society
0508-463 Great Lakes I
0508-464 Great Lakes II‡‡
0508-482 Energy and the Environment
0508-483 Environmental Values
0508-484 Environmental Policy
0508-487 Special Topics: Environmental Studies†
0508-488 History of Ecology and Environmentalism
0508-489 History of the Environmental Sciences
0508-490 Biodiversity and Society
0508-491 Sustainable Communities
0508-500 Science, Technology, and Society Classics
0508-520 Historical Perspectives on Science and Technology Seminar*
0508-530 Seminar in Science, Technology, and the Environment††
0508-540 Science and Technology Policy Seminar‡
0508-570 Environmental Studies Seminar§
0509-453 Environmental Philosophy
0510-449 Sustainable Development
0511-481 Environmental Economics**
0511-484 Natural Resource Economics**
0515-449 Population and Society§§
0521-451 Energy Policy
* Prerequisite: any two of the history of science or technology courses approved by the department
† Topics will vary.
‡ Prerequisite courses: Science and Technology Policy (0508-441), Environmental Policy (0508-484), or Foundations of Public Policy (0521-400)
§ Prerequisite: Two environmental studies electives
** Prerequisite course: Principles of Microeconomics (0511-211)
†† Prerequisite: Any two science, technology, and society courses
‡‡ Prerequisite: Great Lakes I (0508-463)
§§ Prerequisite: Cultural Anthropology (0510-210), Foundations of Sociology (0515-210) or equivalent
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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The global justice and peace studies concentration examines attempts to effect lasting accord and social justice on the international scale. Courses in philosophy, social sciences, and literature help students to understand concepts of human rights, world poverty, and global solidarity. The goal of the concentration is to elucidate the link between concepts of peace and justice while assessing non-violent means of conflict resolution. Note: Evening students may not declare this concentration.
Electives—Choose three of the following:*
0504-319 Arts of Expression: To Make Peace
0509-445 Social and Political Philosophy
0509-446 Philosophy of Law
0509-447 Contemporary Moral Problems
0509-448 The Philosophy of Peace
0509-476 Ethical Theory
0510-459 Cultural Images, War, and Terror
0513-453 American Foreign Policy
0513-488 War and the State
0513-491 Politics of the Middle East
* With approval from the global justice and peace studies adviser, certain Special Topics or Great Thinkers courses may also satisfy the requirements for this concentration.
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The global studies concentration offers courses in economics, history, and political science. While some courses focus on the comparative economic and political systems of the world, others emphasize the development of modern states through studying their social, intellectual, and institutional systems. Finally, other courses examine relations among the states of the world. The purpose of this concentration is to provide students with an opportunity to develop a global perspective to examine the economic, political, historical, and diplomatic aspects of the contemporary world. The concentration further introduces students to the tools to analyze the component parts of the global system, namely the individual countries of which it is comprised. Note: Evening students may not declare this concentration.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0507-441 Modern U.S. Foreign Relations
0507-446 Europe since 1945 and the European Union
0507-496 African History
0511-448 Economics of Lesser-Developed Countries*
0513-453 American Foreign Policy†
0513-461 Comparative Politics
* Prerequisite: Principles of Microeconomics (0511-211)
† Prerequisite: American Politics (0513-211) or Introduction to International Relations (0513-214)
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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Networks, flows of people, capital, goods, institutions, ideas, and images all contribute to globalization. This concentration analyzes the formal and informal connections across and beyond conventional borders and among the world's nations. Courses examine how these global connections have been forged, the various dynamic and unpredictable responses of people in diverse locations to global processes, and the implications of global processes for a shared future.
Prerequisite—Choose one of the following:
0515-210 Foundations of Sociology (or equivalent)
0510-210 Cultural Anthropology (or equivalent)
0524-210 Global Studies (or equivalent)
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0510-440 Cultures in Globalization
0510-443 Immigration to the U.S.
0510-444 Global Economy and the Grassroots
0510-445 Global Cities
0510-447 Anthropology of Mass Media
0510-449 Sustainable Development
0510-451 Global Sexualities
0510-459 Cultural Images of War and Terror
0515-453 Global Exiles of War and Terror
0524-422 Histories of Globalization
0524-449 Special Topics: U.S. Relations with the Arab World
0524-449 Special Topics: Societies of the Modern Middle East
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This concentration offers courses in three major geographic areas: Europe, America, and the Third World. While some courses focus on the internal development of a people through studying their social, intellectual, and institutional growth, others examine international affairs as reflected in the diplomatic relations between countries. Depending on which three courses are selected, the student may aim to achieve a breadth of understanding of various geographic regions and historical approaches or to acquire depth in a more restricted field of study.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0507-401 American Women: Colonies to 1848
0507-402 American Women: 1848 to Now
0507-410 Terrorism, Intelligence, and War
0507-411 Origins of U.S. Foreign Relations
0507-412 Modern Japan in History, Fiction, and Film
0507-440 U.S. Social and Intellectual History
0507-441 Modern U.S. Foreign Relations
0507-442 Contemporary Middle East
0507-443 European Social and Intellectual History Since 1600
0507-444 Strategy and Diplomacy of Europe
0507-445 Modern Latin American History
0507-446 Europe Since 1945 and the European Union
0507-447 U.S. History Since 1945
0507-448 History of Russia to 1917
0507-449 History of Russia Since 1917
0507-450 Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler
0507-451 History of Rochester
0507-462 The Civil War and Reconstruction
0507-463 American Deaf History
0507-464 Environmental Disasters in American History
0507-465 Survey of African-American History
0507-466 American Slavery, American Freedom
0507-467 American Disability History
0507-468 The United States and Japan
0507-469 Special Topics: History
0507-473 European Deaf History
0507-474 America’s National Parks
0507-475 Hands on History
0507-485 Foundations of Asian Civilizations
0507-486 20th Century China and Japan
0507-487 Communist China
0507-488 Modern Germany
0507-489 Japan in the Modern World
0507-490 History of Mexico
0507-496 African History
0507-497 Biography As History
0510-464 Nationalism and Identity
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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The international relations concentration introduces students to the complexities and shifting trends of international affairs, with an opportunity to study the significance of at least one aspect of the international system. We live in an increasingly interdependent world. Many career tracks will carry graduates into the multicultural arena of international transactions, which know no borders. Many emerging problems require international approaches if they are to be managed in the future.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0507-442 Contemporary Middle East
0507-444 Strategy and Diplomacy of Europe
0507-488 Modern Germany
0513-425 Politics and the Life Sciences
0513-426 Cyberpolitics
0513-427 Evolutionary International Relations
0513-428 Evolution and the Law
0513-429 Primate Politics
0513-441 Politics in China
0513-443 Politics of Russia
0513-446 Politics in Developing Countries
0513-447 Human Rights/Global Perspectives
0513-449 Special Topics in Political Science
0513-453 American Foreign Policy
0513-461 Comparative Politics
0513-467 Modern Korea
0513-484 Government and Politics of Africa
0513-486 Comparative Politics in Latin America
0513-487 International Law and Organization
0513-488 War and the State
0513-489 Terrorism and Political Violence
0513-490 International Political Economy
0513-491 Politics of the Middle East
0513-492 Religion and International Politics
0513-493 Global Politics and the Environment
0513-494 Comparative Public Policy
0513-496 Government and Politics in East Asia
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
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The Latino/Latina/Latin American studies concentration enables students to explore the rich social, historical, and cultural heritage in the western hemisphere that emanates from the Caribbean and Central and South America and manifests itself in the history, sociology, anthropology, politics, languages, and literatures of the Latin American countries and the Latino/Latina populations in the United States. While knowledge of Spanish will significantly deepen the student’s cultural understanding, language courses are an option rather than a required component of the concentration. Students may opt to complete the concentration with two elective courses and one language course or three elective courses. Note: Evening students may not declare this concentration.
Electives—Choose up to three of the following:†
0504-435 Global Literature: Latin American Literature
0504-447 Special Topics: Magical Realism
0504-469 American Literature: Latino
0504-479 Latino Experience in Literature
0510-442 Cultures and Politics in Latin America
0510-444 Global Economy and the Grassroots
0525-573 Women in the Hispanic World: Politics of Identity Formation
0525-576 Trauma and Survival in the First-Person Narrative
0525-577 Screening the Hispanic Caribbean
0525-579 Special Topics*
* Special Topics (0525-579) may include the following: The Caribbean and Globalization and Cuban Film: Cultural and National Identity.
† With department approval: CIAS Art History: Latin American Art History I, II, plus one additional credit per course.
One of the following Spanish or Portuguese language courses may be used for this concentration. The student should consult with the concentration adviser for placement at the proper level.
0525-521 Beginning Portuguese II
0525-522 Beginning Portuguese III
0525-523 Intermediate Portuguese I
0525-524 Intermediate Portuguese II
0525-525 Intermediate Portuguese III
0525-526 Advanced Portuguese I
0525-527 Advanced Portuguese II
0525-528 Advanced Portuguese III
0525-561 Beginning Spanish II
0525-562 Beginning Spanish III
0525-563 Intermediate Spanish I
0525-564 Intermediate Spanish II
0525-565 Intermediate Spanish III
0525-566 Advanced Spanish I
0525-567 Advanced Spanish II
0525-568 Advanced Spanish III
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A concentration in literary and cultural studies offers a variety of approaches to the study of literary and non-literary texts, including but not limited to imaginative fiction, non-fiction, poetry, visual culture, and new media. Those who choose this concentration will have the opportunity to engage such texts through both traditional and contemporary approaches. Students will develop their critical and analytical abilities as they become versed in the formal, contextual, and historical aspects of specific texts. All of the courses offered by the department of English are writing intensive and offer opportunities for sustained writing and communication practice.
Prerequisite:
0502-227 Writing (or equivalent)
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0502-463 Language and Brain
0504/0525-400 American Sign Language Literature
0504-425 Great Authors
0504-435 Global Literature
0504-436 The Graphic Novel
0504-440 Drama and Theater
0504-441 The Art of Poetry
0504-442 The Short Story
0504-443 The Novel
0504-444 Film as Literature
0504-447 Special Topics
0504-448 Biographical Literature
0504-454 Shakespeare: Tragedy and Romance
0504-455 Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories
0504-460 Modern Poetry
0504-462 Literature and Technology
0504-464 Mythology and Folklore
0504-465 Viking Myth and Saga
0504-467 African American Literature
0504-469 American Literature
0504-474 Studies in British Literature
0504-476 Immigrant Voices in American Literature
0504-479 Latino Experience in Literature
0504-480 Women’s Studies in Language and Literature
0504-482 Science Fiction
0504-545 Deaf American Literature
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A concentration in material cultural studies allows students to study the resources and technologies that convert natural and man-made materials into cultural objects. Archaeological and art conservation science integrate chemistry, engineering, art, and anthropology in order to investigate methods and materials from the past. This concentration includes courses from a broad range of topics with laboratory components such as archeological science, forensic investigation of art, ancient metallurgy, art conservation, and the technology of organic and inorganic materials.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0510-446 Native North Americans
0510-507 Archaeological Science
0510-508 Archaeology of Cities
0510-509 Survey of Metallurgy
0510-511 Field Methods in Archaeology
0526-441 GIS Applications
0533-437 The Forensic Investigation of Art
0533-438 Introduction to Art Conservation
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
A concentration in minority relations in the United States offers students a variety of academic perspectives on how groups of people sharing similar characteristics (whether cultural, inherited, or learned) interact with groups sharing different characteristics. The focus of this concentration is on racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. Courses examine the issues of differential power between groups and analyze the social structures that are used to maintain or alter these power differences. Courses also look at the interpersonal level of response of both majority and minority group members. Finally, the concentration investigates the experience of minority groups in the U.S. Note: Evening students may not declare this concentration.
Required Course:
0515-448 Minority Group Relations
Electives—Choose two of the following:
0504-447 Special Topics: Multicultural Literature
0507-496 African History
0515-482 African-American Culture
0515-483 Hispanic-American Culture
0535-484 Rhetoric of Race Relations
Yukiko Maru, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning Arabic I (0525-400) or equivalent.
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-401 Beginning Arabic II
0525-402 Beginning Arabic III
0525-403 Intermediate Arabic I
0525-404 Intermediate Arabic II
0525-405 Intermediate Arabic III
0525-406 Advanced Arabic I
0525-407 Advanced Arabic II
0525-408 Advanced Arabic III
Electives—Choose one of the following:
0505-487 Special Topics: Art of Islam: Persian/Turkish/Mughal Traditions
0505-487 Special Topics: Art of Islam: Arabic Tradition
0510-484 Islamic Culture/Middle East
Cindy Sanders, Concentration Adviser
(585) 286-5149, casnss@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite:
0525-390 Beginning American Sign Language I
Required Courses:
0525-391 American Sign Language II
0525-392 American Sign Language III
Electives–—Choose one of the following:
0504-545 Deaf American Literature
0507-463 American Deaf History
0507-473 European Deaf History
0507-476 Diversity in the Deaf Culture
0507-477 Oppression in Lives of Deaf People
0515-529 Deaf Culture in America
0525-385 Linguistics of ASL
0525-386 American Sign Language Literature
* ASL courses taken through NTID cannot be applied toward this concentration.
Hiroko Yamashita, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-6074, hxygsl@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning Chinese I (0525-420) or equivalent
Required courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-421 Beginning Chinese II
0525-422 Beginning Chinese III
0525-423 Intermediate Chinese I
0525-424 Intermediate Chinese II
0525-425 Intermediate Chinese III
0525-426 Advanced Chinese I
0525-427 Advanced Chinese II
0525-428 Advanced Chinese III
Electives–—Choose one of the following:
0504-447 Special Topics: Chinese
0505-469 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
0507-485 Foundations of Asian Civilizations
0507-486 20th Century China and Japan
0507-487 Communist China
0513-441 Politics in China
0513-496 Government and Politics in East Asia
Philippe Chavasse, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-3156, pxcgsl@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning French I (0525-440) or equivalent
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-441 Beginning French II
0525-442 Beginning French III
0525-443 Intermediate French I
0525-444 Intermediate French II
0525-445 Intermediate French III
0525-446 Advanced French I
0525-447 Advanced French II
0525-448 Advanced French III
0525-459 Special Topics: Modern French Society
Electives—Choose one from the following:
0525-458 French Films and Hollywood
0504-487 Literature of French Black Africa and the Caribbean
0504-499 The View from Paris
0510-457 Divided Europe
0535-520 Intercultural Communication
Ulrike Stroszeck, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-2921, uisgsl@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning German I (0525-460) or equivalent
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-461 Beginning German II
0525-462 Beginning German III
0525-463 Intermediate German I
0525-464 Intermediate German II
0525-465 Intermediate German III
0525-466 Advanced German I
0525-467 Advanced German II
0525-468 Advanced German III
Electives—Choose one from the following:
0525-477 Contemporary German Culture*
0525-479 Special Topics: Modern German Culture Through Film
0505-459 Era of Haydn and Mozart
0505-465 Special Topics: Mozart’s Operas
0505-482 Beethoven
0505-483 Bach and the Baroque
0505-484 Romanticism in Music
0505-486 German Theater and Drama
0507-488 Modern Germany
* Contemporary German Culture (0525-477) is offered alternating summers in Germany.
Elisabetta D’Amanda, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-6928, exdgla@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning Italian I (0525-500) or equivalent
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-501 Beginning Italian II
0525-502 Beginning Italian III
0525-503 Intermediate Italian I
0525-504 Intermediate Italian II
0525-505 Intermediate Italian III
0525-506 Advanced Italian I
0525-507 Advanced Italian II
0525-508 Advanced Italian III
Electives—Choose one from the following:
0525-519 Contemporary Italian Culture*
0504-435 Special Topics: Italian Literature†
0504-435 Special Topics: Survey of Italian Literature†
* Contemporary Italian Culture (0525-519) is offered each summer in Italy
† Special Topics: Italian Literature (0504-435) and Special Topics: Survey of Italian Literature (0504-435) are offered every other year.
Yukiko Maru Leary, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgls@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning Japanese I (0525-480) or equivalent
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-481 Beginning Japanese II
0525-482 Beginning Japanese III
0525-483 Intermediate Japanese I
0525-484 Intermediate Japanese II
0525-485 Intermediate Japanese III
0525-486 Advanced Japanese I
0525-487 Advanced Japanese II
0525-488 Advanced Japanese III
Electives—Choose one of the following:
0525-495 Japanese Culture in Print
0525-496 Structure of Japanese Language
0525-497 Languages in Japanese Society
0505-469 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
0507-468 The U.S. and Japan
0507-485 Foundations of Asian Civilizations
0507-486 20th Century China and Japan
0507-489 Japan in the Modern World
0513-496 Government and Politics in East Asia
Yukiko Maru, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-4558, yxmgsl@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Russian language and culture minor (quarters)
Prerequisite: Beginning Russian I (0525-540) or equivalent.
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-541 Beginning Russian II
0525-542 Beginning Russian III
0525-543 Intermediate Russian I
0525-544 Intermediate Russian II
0525-545 Intermediate Russian III
0525-546 Advanced Russian I
0525-547 Advanced Russian II
0525-548 Advanced Russian III
Electives—Choose one of the following:
0504-435 Great Authors: Tolstoy
0504-435 Great Authors: Dostoyevsky
0504-485 Global Literature: Russian Literature
0505-435 Russian Art, 10th through 20th Century
0505-452 Special Topics: Russian Art I
0505-452 Special Topics: Russian Art II
0507-448 History of Russia to 1917
0507-449 History of Russia Since 1917
0507-450 Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler
0513-443 Politics of Russia
0513-444 The Cold War and Beyond
Russian language and culture minor (semesters), effective fall 2013
Required Courses–Choose any five sequential language courses. One culture course may be substituted for one of the language courses with permission of the minor adviser.
MLRU-201 Beginning Russian I
MLRU-202 Beginning Russian II
MLRU-301 Intermediate Russian I
MLRU-302 Intermediate Russian II
MLRU-401 Advanced Russian I
MLRU-402 Advanced Russian II
ENGL-418 Great Authors
ENGL-416 Global Literature
Diane Forbes, Concentration Adviser
(585) 475-6765, djfgsl@rit.edu
This concentration will introduce students to the language, customs, and cultural aspects (history, art, literature) of one particular country or area. Students will choose two consecutive language courses beyond the introductory prerequisite language course, as well as one related liberal arts culture course. The goal of this concentration is to raise students’ awareness of the relationship between language and culture and the differences between their own language and culture and those of the country they choose to study.
It is important to note that two out of the three required courses must be taken at RIT. Only one course may be transferred in, if necessary.
Students may not skip or go back to the lower level in the language course sequence. Students with some proficiency in the intended concentration should contact the concentration adviser to take a placement test prior to registration for the first course of the sequence at RIT. These concentrations are closed to native speakers. Evening students may not declare these concentrations.
Prerequisite: Beginning Spanish I (0525-560) or equivalent.
Required Courses—Choose two of the following:
0525-561 Beginning Spanish II
0525-562 Beginning Spanish III
0525-563 Intermediate Spanish I
0525-564 Intermediate Spanish II
0525-565 Intermediate Spanish III
0525-566 Advanced Spanish I
0525-567 Advanced Spanish II
0525-568 Advanced Spanish III
Electives—Choose one of the following:†
0525-576 Trauma and Survival in the First-Person Narrative
0525-577 Screening the Hispanic Caribbean
0525-578 Women in the Hispanic World: Politics of Identity Formation
0525-579 Special Topics*
0504-435 Global Literature: Latin American Literature
0504-447 Special Topics: Magical Realism
0504-479 The Latino Experience in Literature
0510-442 Cultures and Politics in Latin America
0510-444 Global Economy and the Grassroots
* Special Topics (0525-579) may include the following: The Caribbean and Globalization and Cuban Film: Cultural and National Identity.
† With department approval: CIAS Art History: Latin American Art History I & II plus one additional credit per course
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
A concentration in music offers courses in the history, theory, and practice of music. Students with a background in music and/or a genuine desire to know more about the subject will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of various theoretical and historical aspects as well as participate in performing groups at RIT. Note: Evening students may not declare this concentration.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0505-401 RIT Singers*
0505-402 RIT Orchestra*
0505-403 RIT Concert Band*
0504-404 RIT World Music Ensemble*
0504-405 RIT Jazz Ensemble*
0505-420 Applied Music*
0505-442 Music in the United States
0505-447 The American Musical Theater
0505-448 20th Century American Music
0505-449 Music Theory I†
0505-450 Music and the Stage
0505-454 Orchestra Repertoire and History
0505-455 Survey of Jazz
0505-456 Topics in Music History
0505-459 Era of Haydn and Mozart
0505-461 World Music I
0505-462 World Music II
0505-463 Survey of African-American Music
0505-464 Blues as Personal and Social Commentary
0505-465 Special Topics in Music
0505-466 Sounds of Protest
0505-470 American Popular Song 1830-1950
0505-471 American Popular and Rock Music
0505-482 Beethoven
0505-483 Bach and the Baroque
0505-484 Romanticism in Music
0505-485 Music Theory II‡
* Each of these ensemble and applied music courses is one quarter credit hour. Four quarters of participation are required to complete one concentration course.
† Prerequisite: Elementary Music Skills
‡ Prerequisite: Music Theory I (0505-449).
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The Native American science and technology concentration enhances students’ understanding of the unique heritages of Native North Americans and their relationships with other peoples in the United States and Canada. Courses emphasize traditional ways of learning, modern and ancient technologies used by contemporary tribes, histories of relations, and Native American and First Nations science.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0510-442 Cultures in Latin America
0510-446 Native North Americans
0510-448 Native Americans in Film
0510-450 Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation
0510-461 Native American Repatriation
0510-462 Language and Revitalization
0510-484 Islamic Culture/Middle East
0510-502 Archaeology and Human Past
0510-507 Archaeological Science
0510-511 Field Methods in Archaeology
0510-599 Independent Study: Field Experience with a Native American Tribe
0511-467 Economy of Native America
0526-441 GIS Applications
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The philosophy concentration provides students with an opportunity to study the nature, methods, problems, and achievements of philosophical inquiry. The concentration emphasizes the following goals: the ability to think rationally and critically, an awareness of ethical values, an appreciation of aesthetic values, an awareness of how the past affects the present and future, and an understanding of the relationship between the individual and the social settings with which he or she interacts. This concentration is closed to students enrolled in the philosophy degree program.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0509-440 Philosophy of Religion
0509-441 Logic
0509-442 Philosophy of Art/Aesthetics*
0509-443 Philosophy of Science‡
0509-444 The Great Thinkers**
0509-445 Social and Political Philosophy§
0509-446 Philosophy of Law
0509-447 Contemporary Moral Problems
0509-448 Philosophy of Peace
0509-449 Special Topics**
0509-450 Seminar in Philosophy†**
0509-451 Professional Ethics
0509-452 Philosophy of Technology
0509-453 Environmental Philosophy
0509-454 Feminist Theory*
0509-455 Theories of Knowledge
0509-456 Ancient Philosophy
0509-457 Modern Philosophy
0509-458 Philosophy of Mind
0509-459 Philosophy of the Social Sciences††
0509-460 East Asian Philosophy
0509-461 American Philosophy
0509-462 Contemporary Philosophy
0509-464 Philosophy of Action
0509-465 Critical Theory*
0509-466 Existentialism
0509-467 Medieval Philosophy
0509-468 Metaphysics*
0509-469 19th Century Philosophy*
0509-470 Philosophy and Literary Theory*
0509-471 Philosophy of Film*
0509-472 Minds and Machines
0509-473 Technology and Embodiment
0509-474 Philosophy of Language*
0509-475 Philosophy of Vision/Imaging*
0509-476 Ethical Theory
0509-571 Honors Philosophy
* Prerequisite: One previous philosophy course or permission of the instructor is strongly encouraged.
† Prerequisite: Two prior courses in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
‡ Prerequisite: At least one prior course in either philosophy or one of the natural sciences (physics, chemistry, or biology).
§ Prerequisite: At least one prior course in philosophy, political science, or sociology
** Topics may vary.
†† Prerequisite: At least one prior course in either philosophy or one of the social sciences (psychology, economics, political science, sociology, or anthropology)
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This concentration provides advanced study in various areas of psychology. Courses enable students to learn more about their own and others’ functioning. Students will become well-informed consumers of psychological information and will also learn to apply psychological principles in their own lives. Note: This concentration is closed to students enrolled in the psychology program.
Prerequisite:
0514-210 Introduction to Psychology or equivalent
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0502-463 Language and Brain
0514-440 Childhood and Adolescence
0514-441 Humanistic Psychology
0514-442 Adulthood and Aging
0514-443 Cognitive Psychology
0514-444 Social Psychology
0514-445 Psychology of Perception
0514-446 Psychology of Personality
0514-447 Abnormal Psychology
0514-448 Industrial and Organizational Psychology
0514-449 Behavior Modification
0514-451 Psychology of Motivation
0514-453 Death and Dying
0514-483 Social Psychology of Religion
0514-544 History and Systems
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This concentration provides students with a clear understanding of public policy, the policy process, and policy analysis. Students have the opportunity to develop perspectives on a variety of contemporary public policy issues, especially those that emerge from scientific and technological advancements. At the heart of the concentration is the Foundations of Public Policy (0521-400) course, where students are introduced to the concept of public policy and the policy making process. The roles of stakeholders and interest groups are discussed in the context of contemporary cases in various policy arenas. Students are also introduced to some of the methodologies associated with policy analysis. Additional courses are offered from the areas of sociology; political science; and science, technology, and society. Policy Analysis I and II (0521-402, 403) are offered especially for students who are considering the MS in public policy or who have an interest in analytical tools.
Required course:
0521-400 Foundations of Public Policy
Electives—Choose two of the following:
0508-441 Science and Technology Policy
0508-484 Environmental Policy
0508-530 Seminar in Science, Technology, and the Environment*
0508-540 Science and Technology Policy Seminar*
0513-455 Politics and Public Policy*
0515-413 Urban Planning and Policy
0515-451 Transfer Technology and Globalization*
0521-401 Values and Public Policy*
0521-402 Policy Analysis I*
0521-403 Policy Analysis II*
0521-404 Policy Analysis III*
0521-406 Introduction to Qualitative Analysis*
0521-408 Technological Innovation and Public Policy*
0521-410 Information and Communications Policy*
0521-449 Special Topics in Public Policy†
0521-451 Energy Policy
* These courses have prerequisites or co-requisites.
† Topics will vary.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
Religion plays a major role in human affairs. To understand the nature of society and the individual, it is essential to have some understanding of religion. The religious studies concentration engages students in the study of religion from the perspective of major Western and non-Western traditions through courses in such disciplines as anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, political science, the fine arts, and sociology. (With approval from the religious studies adviser, certain Special Topics or Great Thinkers courses may also satisfy the requirements for the concentration.)
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0504-464 Mythology and Folklore
0504-467 African American Literature
0504-484 Literature and Religion*
0505-468 Art of India and Southeast Asia
0505-469 Art of China, Korea, and Japan
0505-487 Art of Islam
0507-483 History of Christianity
0509-440 Philosophy of Religion
0509-460 East Asian Philosophy
0509-466 Existentialism†
0509-467 Medieval Philosophy
0509-468 Metaphysics†
0509-469 19th Century Philosophy†
0510-446 Native North Americans
0510-483 Anthropology of Religion
0510-484 Islamic Culture and the Middle East
0513-492 Religion and International Politics
0514-483 Social Psychology of Religion
* Prerequisite: Writing (0502-227).
† Student must obtain the approval of the religious studies concentration adviser.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
The science and technology studies concentration examines some major impacts of science and technology in the contemporary world. Special reference will be given to American concerns. Students gain an overall appreciation of the social nature of science and technology as they have developed in the past, as they exist today, and as they may affect society in the future under various scenarios. Science and technology have become social systems in their own right and have made possible increasing freedom, a fantastic variety of choice, and, paradoxically, the growing interdependence of all segments of world society. A new level of public awareness and concern is crucial to understanding and dealing successfully with these consequences.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0504-462 Literature and Technology*
0508-440 History of Science
0508-441 Science and Technology Policy
0508-442 History of American Technology
0508-443 Face of the Land
0508-444 Social Consequences of Technology
0508-445 Biomedical Issues: Science and Technology Studies
0508-446 Makers of Modern Science
0508-447 Special Topics: Science and Technology‡
0508-449 History of Women in Science and Engineering
0508-450 History of Chemistry
0508-451 Cyborg Theory: (Re)Thinking the Human Experience in the 21st Century
0508-452 Gender, Science, and Technology
0508-500 Science, Technology, and Society Classics
0508-520 Historical Perspectives on Science and Technology Seminar**
0508-530 Seminar in Science, Technology, and the Environment**
0508-540 Science and Technology Policy Seminar
0509-443 Philosophy of Science†
0515-451 Transfer Technology and Globalization§
0521-451 Energy Policy
* Prerequisite: Writing (0502-227) or an equivalent course.
† Prerequisite: At least one prior course in either philosophy or one of the natural sciences.
‡ Topics may vary.
§ Prerequisite: Foundations of Sociology (0515-210) or equivalent.
** Prerequisites: Any two of the history of science or technology courses approved by the department.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This concentration examines the dynamism and creative contestation of culture and social norms across the globe, as well as the constraints within which people negotiate meaningful lives. By selecting from courses on a wide range of topics—including gender and sexuality, families and marriage, ethnicity and racism, class and inequality, immigration, health and cultural conceptions of the body, urban life, war and violence, cultural images and mass media, technology and work, social movements, and globalization—students explore how people create and experience their social worlds.
Prerequisite–Choose one of the following:
0515-210 Foundations of Sociology (or equivalent)
0510-210 Cultural Anthropology (or equivalent)
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0510-440 Cultures in Globalization
0510-442 Cultures and Politics in Latin America
0510-443 Immigration to the U.S.
0510-444 Global Economy and the Grassroots
0510-445 Global Cities
0510-446 Native North Americans
0510-447 Anthropology of Mass Media
0510-448 Native Americans in Film
0510-449 Sustainable Development
0510-450 Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation
0510-451 Global Sexualities
0510-452 Bodies and Culture
0510-454 Visual Anthropology
0510-457 Divided Europe
0510-459 Cultural Images of War and Terror
0510-460 Genocide and Post-Conflict Justice
0510-461 Native American Repatriation
0510-464 Nationalism and Identity
0510-465 Social and Cultural Theory
0510-483 Anthropology of Religion
0510-484 Islamic Culture and the Middle East
0510-486 Globalizing Africa
0510-487 African Popular Cultures
0510-488 Muslim Youth Cultures
0510-502 Archaeology and the Human Past
0510-506 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
0510-507 Archaeological Science
0510-508 The Archaeology of Cities
0510-509 Survey of Metallurgy
0510-511 Field Methods in Archaeology
0510-512 Garbage Archaeology
0515-406 Qualitative Methods
0515-413 Urban Planning and Policy
0515-441 The Changing Family
0515-442 Urban Experience
0515-443 Sociology of Work
0515-444 Social Change
0515-446 Sociology of Health
0515-447 Women, Work, and Culture
0515-448 Minority Group Relations
0515-449 Population and Society
0515-451 Transfer of Technology and Globalization
0515-453 Global Exiles of War and Terror
0515-454 US Housing Policy
0515-455 Urban Poverty
0515-482 African-American Culture
0515-483 Hispanic-American Culture
0515-485 Diversity in the City
0515-506 Social Inequality
0515-507 Complex Organizations
0515-509 Social Policy
0515-515 Social Policy and Aging
0515-524 Applied Sociology
0515-529 Deaf Culture in America
0515-569 Human Sexuality
0524-420 Introduction to African Studies
0524-421 African Slave Trade
0524-422 Histories of Globalization
0526-440 Quantitative Research
0526-441 GIS Applications in Urban Cultural Studies
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This concentration offers students a focused study of the theatrical and dramatic arts, with courses in dramatic and theatrical literature, history, criticism, and theory. It also serves to offer students a more profound understanding of the theater arts and in a broader sense an introduction to cultural development and the communication of ideas.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0505-450 Music and the Stage
0505-453 Theater in the United States
0505-457 Contemporary Drama, Theater, and Media
0505-458 Modern European Theater and Drama
0505-486 German Theater and Drama
0505-488 Special Topics: Theater Arts
0505-489 Theater Production Seminar and Workshop
0505-502 Shakespeare the Dramatist
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
Metropolitan areas must address such perennial issues as housing, transportation, education, crime, safety, recreation, and economic development. Each must do so with recognition of its place in the wider regional, national, and global contexts as well as with sensitivity to its own defining features. The urban studies concentration helps students identify and analyze such fundamental issues and allows them to explore and assess various ways policy-makers respond to those issues.
Prerequisite–Choose one of the following:
0515-210 Foundations of Sociology (or equivalent)
0510-210 Cultural Anthropology (or equivalent)
Electives–Choose three of the following:
0510-443 Immigration to the U.S.
0510-445 Global Cities
0510-465 Social and Cultural Theory
0510-508 Archaeology of Cities
0515-413 Urban Planning and Policy
0515-442 The Urban Experience
0515-454 U.S. Housing Policy
0515-455 Urban Poverty
0515-485 Diversity in the City
0526-443 Community and Economic Development: Rochester
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
Women and gender studies offers students a variety of academic perspectives on the role of women in modern western civilization. The courses enable the student to examines the roles, values, and self-perceptions of women in a traditionally male-oriented society; develop a sophisticated, humanistic angle of vision from which to appreciate the many and varied accomplishments of women; and develop a mature sensitivity to the difficulties and frustrations encountered by women. Although the focus of the concentration is on the experiences of women, the concentration does not intend to be a study in separatism. Rather, it offers the possibility for integrating a new, academically disciplined appreciation of women’s issues into the student’s comprehension of wider problems and issues of humanity. All courses emphasize critical reading, thinking, and analysis. All require at least one substantial written assignment. Students are encouraged to relate the intellectual knowledge gained in each course to insights about their own experience and behavior.
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0505-480 Women and Visual Arts
0505-491 Traumatic Images
0505-516 Queer Looks
0510-451 Global Sexualities
0522-400 Foundations of Gender Studies*
0522-401 American Woman: Colonies to 1848*
0522-402 American Woman: 1848 to Now*
0522-405 Women and Science
0522-406 Feminist Theory*
0522-407 Seminar on Sexual Violence
0522-410 Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
0522-415 Domestic Violence
0522-436 Women’s Stories, Women’s Films*
0522-439 Queer Looks I
0522-446 Women and Crime*
0522-447 Women, Work, and Culture*
0522-449 History of Women in Science and Engineering
0522-450 Gender, Science, and Technology*
0522-451 Global Sexualities
0522-452 Bodies and Culture
0522-453 Economic Role of Women
0522-454 Hispanic Women in the World
0522-459 Toni Morrison*
0522-460 Special Topics†
0522-480 Women and the Visual Arts*
0522-481 Women’s Studies in Language and Literature*
0522-482 Women in Politics*
0522-483 Psychology of Women*
0522-484 Auto/Biography
0525-543 Women in the Hispanic World: Politics of Identity Formation
* These courses may require prerequisites.
† Special Topics (0522-460) may include the following: Traumatic Images, Queer Looks II, Art of Dying, Contemporary Women’s History, Prostitution and Vice, and Queering Gender.
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Student Services
(585) 475-2444, libarts@rit.edu
This concentration provides opportunities for advanced study in writing and linguistics. Courses provide opportunities for students to study language and develop strategies for effective writing across a variety of contexts. Writing processes and language awareness from academic to public forums receive close attention.
Prerequisite:
0502-227 Writing (or equivalent)
Electives—Choose three of the following:
0502-443 Written Argument
0502-444 Technical Writing
0502-445 The Evolving English Language
0502-449 Worlds of Writing
0502-455 Writing the Self and Others
0502-456 Rhetoric of Science
0502-457 Language, Variation, and Identity
0502-459 Creative Nonfiction
0502-460 Science Writing
0502-463 Language and Brain
0502-560 Special Topics: Introduction to Language Science
To declare a concentration or minor, go to the Registrar’s forms website http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/registrar/forms and complete the Concentration Authorization/Change form or Minor Authorization/Change form.
Note: Minor Authorization/Change Form requires the signature of the minor advisor and department advisor. Minor advisor information is listed in each minor's description.
