Cultural Competence

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Cultural Competence

Below are the courses approved to meet the Cultural Competence requirement in the Wartburg Plan of Essential Education for students who matriculated prior to Fall 2024.

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ART 375 Drawing and Painting in Italy
BA 441 Multinational Management
BA 442 International Marketing
BI 214 Amazonian Ecology and Culture II
COM 270 Communication Perspectives: Gender and Sexuality
EC 295 Special Topics
1. Economics of Peace and Conflict
EC 348 Development Economics
EC 355 International Trade and Finance
ED 212 Human Relations
EN 156 Introduction to Myth and Folklore
EN 201 Cornerstones of British Literature
EN 202 Contemporary British Literature and Film
EN 205 Cornerstones of World Literature
EN 206 Contemporary World Literature and Film
EN 232 Myth and the Ancient World
EN 234 The Japanese Supernatural
EN 254 Environmental Literature and Film
EN 255 World Cinema
EN 261 British Isles: Literary Locations
EN 263 Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Culture
EN 295 Special Topics
1. Asian Literature and Film
2. Multicultural American Literature
EN 353 Genders and Representations
EN 395 Special Topics
1. Multiethnic American Literature
FL 350 Topics in Comparative Culture
GER 255 Eisenach: Study of East German Community II
GER 260 May Abroad: German Culture I
GER 275 German Culture Through Film
GER 305 German for the Professions
GM 201 Intercultural Communication
GM 223 Tour With the Arts
GM 224 India: Diversity Issues and the Economy
GM 230 Southeast Asia Expedition II
GM 232 Japan: Tradition and Culture in the 21st Century
GM 270 Exploration and Service Learning in Alaska
HI 141 African History
HI 150 20th-Century World History and Geography
HI 224 Modern History and Culture of the Middle East
HI 343 Colonialism and Culture
ID 304 China in Transition
ID 308 Archaeology and the Bible
ID 310 The Holocaust and Its Significance for Our Time
ID 313 Aging in a Changing Society
ID 316 People, Profit and Planet
ID 322 The Anthropology of the Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago de Compostela
ID 323 Historical Roots of Mathematics and Physics
ID 344 Interfaith Studies
ID 359 Tanzania and the Global AIDS Crisis
ID 360 Metropolis: Place of Convergence
MU 252 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MU 256 Women and Music
PBH 201 Global Health
PH 341 Buddhist Traditions
PS 130 Contemporary Political Ideologies
PS 270 Comparative Political Systems
PS 302 International Relations
PS 304 The Developing World
PSY 221 History of Psychology: A European Tour
PSY 330 Cross-Cultural Psychology
RE 202 World Religions in Dialogue
RE 210 Theology and Ethics of Martin Luther King
RE 215 Contemporary Moral Problems: Poverty or Racism
RE 277 Reformation Then and Now
RE 295 Special Topics
1. World Religions and Film
RE 310 Living with Death
RE 321 Gender, Race and Religions
RE 324 Religious Traditions of Immigrant Communities
RE 340 Islam and the Modern World
RE 341 Buddhist Traditions
RE 342 Religions of China
RE 343 Religions of Japan
RE 373 Religion Across Cultures
SO 225 Social Inequalities
SO 380 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
SO 385 Global Communities
SP 260 Hispanic Culture I
SP 262 Hispanic Culture in the United States I
SW 104 Basic American Sign Language
SW 210 Meeting the Needs of Children
SW 213 Working With Different Abilities
WS 150 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
WS 353 Genders and Representations
WS 380 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective