Humanities
9 credit hours required in Fine Arts and Humanities combined.
Must be taken in a minimum of 2 departments and also must include at least 3 credits designated as Fine Arts and at least 3 credits designated as Humanities.
Some of these courses are also approved to meet one of the Special Emphasis requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits | Goals | Special Emphasis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian Studies | ||||
| IS 121 | Introduction to American Indian Studies * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| IS 151 | Popular Culture and American Indians | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| IS 201 | History of the Lakota | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 203 | History of the Ojibwe | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 207 | History of the Three Affiliated Tribes | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 225 | Gender and Sexuality | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 232 | Ojibwe Language I | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 235 | Ojibwe Language II | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| IS 262 | Indigenous Art * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 325 | Federal Policy and Native Nations * | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| IS 333 | Indigenous Peoples of the World * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 342 | Native Environmental History | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 365 | Public and Environmental Health * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 368 | Issues in Native Health * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 370 | Native Civil Rights * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| IS 373 | Native Health Workers * | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| IS 375 | Health and Food Sovereignty * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| Art | ||||
| ART 110 | Introduction to the Visual Arts * | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ART 210 | History of Art - Ancient to Medieval * | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ART 211 | History of Art - Renaissance to Present * | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| Chinese | ||||
| CHIN 101 | First Year Chinese I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CHIN 102 | First Year Chinese II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| CHIN 201 | Second Year Chinese I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CHIN 202 | Second Year Chinese II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| Classical Studies | ||||
| CLAS 101 | First Year Latin I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CLAS 102 | First Year Latin II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| CLAS 151 | First Year Greek I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CLAS 152 | First Year Greek II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| CLAS 185 | Introduction to Classical Mythology | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CLAS 201 | Second Year Latin I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CLAS 202 | Second Year Latin II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| CLAS 364 | Special Topics in Classical Literature * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| CLAS 311 | Ancient Greek Theater | 3 | Oral Communication | Advanced Communication |
| Communication | ||||
| COMM 310 | Media and Diversity * | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | Advanced Communication |
| Communication & Sciences Disorders | ||||
| CSD 103 | American Sign Language I | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| CSD 104 | American Sign Language II | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| English | ||||
| ENGL 225 | Introduction to Film | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 227 | Literature and the Environment | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 230 | Analyzing Worldview through Story | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| ENGL 231 | Literature and Social Issues | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 271 | Reading and Writing about Texts | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| ENGL 301 | Survey of English Literature I | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 302 | Survey of English Literature II | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 303 | Survey of American Literature | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 304 | Survey of American Literature | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 315 | Shakespeare | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 357 | Women Writers and Readers | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| ENGL 359 | Young Adult Literature | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| ENGL 365 | Black American Writers * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| ENGL 367 | Indigenous Literatures | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| ENGL 369 | Literature and Culture * | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| ENGL 408 | Advanced Public and Professional Writing | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| French | ||||
| FREN 101 | First Year French I * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| FREN 102 | First Year French II * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| FREN 201 | Second Year French I * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| FREN 202 | Second Year French II * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| German | ||||
| GERM 101 | First Year German I * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| GERM 102 | First Year German II * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| GERM 201 | Second Year German I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| GERM 202 | Second Year German II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| GERM 206 | Germany in a Global World | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| GERM 306 | Contextualizing Culture: Introduction to German Studies | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| GERM 310 | Screening German Cultures * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| GERM 406 | Literary Voices in Translation | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| History | ||||
| HIST 101 | Western Civilization I * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 102 | Western Civilization II * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 103 | United States to 1877 * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 104 | United States since 1877 * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 105 | World Civilizations I * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 106 | World History II, 1000 CE-present * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 140 | Historical Detectives | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| HIST 181 | Athletes as Activists * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HIST 201 | Civilizations | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| HIST 210 | United States Military History | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| HIST 220 | History of North Dakota | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| HIST 253 | History of Stuff | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| HIST 260 | Slaves, Citizens and Social Change | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 304 | The Holocaust * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 310 | Monuments, Museums and Memory | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 325 | American West | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 328 | Human Rights * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 332 | Women in Early America * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 333 | Women in Modern America | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 370 | African-American History to 1877 | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 371 | African-American History since 1877 * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 405 | The Founding and Fracturing of the United States, 1776-1861 * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HIST 406 | The United States: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| Honors | ||||
| HON 101 | The Human Experience * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| HON 381 | Worldviews through the Humanities | 3-4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| HON 391 | Advanced Colloquium in the Humanities | 1-4 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| Humanities | ||||
| HUM 212 | Integrated Cultural Experience | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| HUM 300 | Knowledge, Truth and Reality | 1-3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| Languages | ||||
| LANG 320 | Faculty-Led Study Abroad | 1-12 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| LANG 380 | Global Gateways * | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| Music | ||||
| MUSC 201 | Rock and Roll History I: From World War II to 1975 * | 3 | Written Communication | |
| MUSC 202 | Rock & Roll History II: From 1975 to the Present * | 3 | Written Communication | |
| MUSC 203 | Music and Culture | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| MUSC 310 | Music History Survey I | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| MUSC 311 | Music History Survey II | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced communication |
| Norwegian | ||||
| NORW 101 | First Year Norwegian I * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| NORW 102 | First Year Norwegian II * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| NORW 201 | Second Year Norwegian I * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| NORW 202 | Second Year Norwegian II * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| NORW 350 | Norwegian Culture | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| Outdoor Leadership & Environmental Education | ||||
| OLEE 362 | Place-Based Environmental Education | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| Philosophy | ||||
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 105 | Religions of Asia | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| PHIL 110 | Introduction to Logic | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 120 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 130 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 140 | Introduction to Philosophy of Education | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 227 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| PHIL 245 | Death and Dying | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| PHIL 250 | Ethics in Engineering and Science | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 251 | Ethics in Health Care | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 253 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| PHIL 254 | Unmanned Aircraft Systems Ethics | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 300 | History of Philosophy | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 304 | Existentialism & Phenomenology | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| PHIL 312 | American Philosophy | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| PHIL 315 | Philosophy of Race & Postcolonialism | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| PHIL 320 | Hinduism | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| PHIL 342 | Advanced Ethics | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| PHIL 350 | Philosophy of Technology | 3 | Written Communication | Advanced Communication |
| PHIL 360 | Feminist Philosophy | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| PHIL 380 | Buddhism | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| PHIL 451 | Current Topics in Political Philosophy | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| Space Studies | ||||
| SPST 300 | The Case for Space | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| SPST 360 | NASA | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| Spanish | ||||
| SPAN 101 | First Year Spanish I * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| SPAN 102 | First Year Spanish II * | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| SPAN 201 | Second Year Spanish I | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | |
| SPAN 202 | Second Year Spanish II | 4 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| Teaching & Learning | ||||
| T&L 328 | Survey of Children's Literature * | 3 | Oral Communication | |
| Theatre Arts | ||||
| THEA 230 | Text Analysis | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| THEA 401 | Theatre Study Abroad | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Diversity of Human Experience |
| THEA 423 | History of the Theatre: Classical, Medieval and Renaissance | 3 | Critical Inquiry & Analysis | |
| Women & Gender Studies | ||||
| WGS 200 | Introduction to Gender Studies * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| WGS 225 | Introduction to Women Studies * | 3 | Intercultural Knowledge & Skills | Analyzing Worldviews |
| *Course offered online | ||||