The United States and Its Role in the World (USW)
(3 credits)
Students must complete one 3-credit course.
Courses in this area:
- Study cultures, histories, and social practices in the U.S., including consideration of the ways that differences in power affect different racial, ethnic, gender, and cultural groups as evidenced by readings, texts, testimony, and narratives.
- Address issues of economic and political power that shape the U.S. and the world.
- Trace the roots and development of U.S. political and economic institutions at home and around the globe.
- Focus on particular aspects of U.S. culture and how understanding them helps to illuminate the larger context of U.S. society and its role in its world.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ED-253 | History and Philosophy of Ed | 3 |
| EN-120 | Race in Comics | 3 |
| EN-169 | Ethnic Literature in the U.S. | 3 |
| EN-210 | U.S. Literature (Beginnings-1865) | 3 |
| EN-211 | U.S. Literature (1865-Present) | 3 |
| EN-272 | News Reporting and Writing I | 3 |
| EN-328 | Narratives of U.S. Immigration | 3 |
| EN-345 | American Women Writers | 3 |
| EN-347 | Studies in U.S. Ethnic Literature | 3 |
| EN-370 | Antislavery Literature | 3 |
| GE-285 | Sustainable Communities | 3 |
| HI-111 | US History to 1877 | 3 |
| HI-112 | US History 1865 to the Present | 3 |
| HI-205 | Native America | 3 |
| HI-211 | History of US Foreign Policy I | 3 |
| HI-216 | Labor, Capital, and Power in United States History | 3 |
| HI-217 | US Social History | 3 |
| HI-218 | US Constitutional History I | 3 |
| HI-219 | US Constitutional History II | 3 |
| HI-248 | Seminar on Globalization & Human Rights | 3 |
| HI-267 | US-Latin American Relations | 3 |
| HI-268 | American Revolutionary Period | 3 |
| HI-274 | The History of Gender and Sexuality in America | 3 |
| HI-285 | History of Baseball | 3 |
| HI-300 | The Early National Period of the US: 1783-1829 | 3 |
| HI-320 | Citizen Nation | 3 |
| HI-351 | Age of Jackson | 3 |
| HI-356 | The History of the Cold War | 3 |
| HI-377 | American Fascism | 3 |
| HI-391 | U.S. History for Educators | 4 |
| JO-101 | Introduction to Journalism | 3 |
| LA-150 | Introduction to Latinx Cultures in the US | 3 |
| LA-357 | Latinx Podcasts | 3 |
| MU-330 | Jazz Ensemble | 0.5-3 |
| PH-151 | Race, Gender, and the Law | 3 |
| PH-178 | Africana Philosophy | 3 |
| PH-231 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PH-240 | Political Theory | 3 |
| PH-241 | Genocide and Human Rights | 3 |
| PH-242 | Race, Nation, Class, Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| PH-251 | Mass Violence Against Women | 3 |
| PH-254 | Feminist Theory | 3 |
| PO-110 | American Government | 3 |
| PO-160 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 3 |
| PO-201 | International Relations Theory | 3 |
| PO-202 | Globalization | 3 |
| PO-213 | The Modern Presidency | 3 |
| PO-215 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| PO-264 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| PO-265 | Racial and Ethnic Politics | 3 |
| PO-320 | Citizen Nation | 3 |
| PO-380 | American Foreign Policy Since the Cold War | 3 |
| SO-190 | Sport and Society | 3 |
| SO-200 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| SO-228 | Latinx Experiences in the U.s. and the World | 3 |
| SO-307 | Puerto Rican Diaspora | 3 |
| SO-320 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SO-332 | Contemporary Immigrant Experiences | 3 |
| SO-350 | Wealth, Poverty, and Power | 3 |
| SP-323 | Advanced Spanish Conversation Through Film | 3 |
| SP-333 | Hispanic Presence in US | 3 |
| TH-270 | History of American Entertainment I | 3 |
| TH-271 | History of American Entertainment II | 3 |
| UR-101 | Introduction to Urban Studies | 3 |
| UR-150 | Introduction to City Research | 3 |
| UR-212 | American Metropolitan Evolution | 3 |
| UR-312 | Worcester:A City & Its People | 3 |
| UR-347 | Refugees in American Society | 3 |
| UR-380 | Public Policy and Cultural Diversity | 3 |