New & Featured Classes
There are many great A&S courses available for the upcoming semester! This electronic bulletin board is designed to highlight a number of new and featured classes offered across the College of Arts and Sciences. Once you have identified a class of interest, log in to to add the relevant class(es) to your shopping cart and finalize the enrollment process.
Summer and Fall 2026 Upper-Division Electives
Each semester, the College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Office puts together a list of upper-division classes that are NOTrestricted to specific majors or minors and do have prerequisites. The list is designed to help Juniors and Seniorsin A&S work toward the 45upper-division credit hours (at least30 of which must be in A&S) that are required for graduation.
Summer 2026 Featured Classes
Anthropology
ANTH 4020-101:
Summer Session A (May 26 - June 26)
Online
The aim of this class is to critically apply concepts in anthropology (such as hybrids, biological determinism, senescence, intersexuality and gender, decolonization and indigeneity) onto the Star Trek Universe and Franchise. We will be diving into select episodes of the Star Trek Universe.
Art and Art History
ARTH 3929-001:
Maymester (May 4 - May 21)
Online
This course will explore the intersection of identity and visual representation through a focus on African American culture and art. Together we will investigate the historical and cultural factors that influenced African American creative practices as well as how those factors and practices lent themselves to the creation of African American identity. Students will look at how the work of African American artists reflects their negotiations with race, gender, sexuality, and class. The course will cover a range of topics from the late eighteenth century to the present day.
French & Italian
FREN/ITAL 1550:
Summer Session B (June 30 - July 31)
Online
Did you know that the Italian Cinderella murdered her stepmother? Or that Sleeping Beauty had twins before marrying the prince? Or that the cats in Italian Puss-in-Boots stories were female? In this class we’ll study the French and Italian tales that are the “dirty” origins of the Walt Disney classic fairy tale films and how these tales live on in popular culture (films, television, comics, advertising, and art).
History
HIST 1438:
Summer Session B (June 30 - July 31)
Online
This course examines the history of Korea from the archaeological period to the 21st century. Topics may include: the origin of the early states, Koryŏ dynasty and Mongol rule, Confucian influence on Chosŏn society, Japanese colonial rule, WWII and the “Comfort Women,” the Korean War and the division, North Korea, rapid industrialization in South Korea under dictatorships, the democratization movement, evolving roles for women, and Korea as an emerging multiethnic society.
Theatre & Dance
THTR 3011:
Summer Session A (May 26 - June 26)
Online
This course investigates diversity in American musical theatre through the disciplinary frameworks of critical race theory, intersectional feminism, the American Myth, Jewish and LGBTQIA+ theories, and music and performance theory. In addition to increasing students’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of this uniquely American art form, this course encourages students to examine larger historical and/or political events and movements through the lens of the reception and development of musicals in a given time period. Recommended prerequisite: 3 credits in THTR, DNCE or MUSC.
Fall 2026 Featured Classes
History
HIST 1150: Interpreting the Past: Historical Analysis and Writing: Founding the United States
M/W/F 9:05-9:55am
This course concerns the American founding, exploring the influence of Enlightenment thought and revolutionary experience in the formation of the United States. The course introduces students to basic methods of historical analysis while focusing on developing written communication skills. Students will learn about the challenges of finding and interpreting primary sources and will also study secondary sources in a critically to understand the basics of historiography. This course meets A&S Lower Division Written Communication requirements.
A&S Honors Program Courses
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