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-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-203 | The United States Since 1945 | 3 |
| HI-205 | Native America | 3 |
| HI-211 | History of US Foreign Policy I | 3 |
| HI-212 | History of US Foreign Policy II | 3 |
| HI-215 | History of American Thought | 3 |
| HI-217 | US Social History | 3 |
| HI-218 | US Constitutional History I | 3 |
| HI-219 | US Constitutional History II | 3 |
| HI-230 | Nicaragua, the US and the World | 3 |
| HI-248 | Seminar on Globalization & Human Rights | 3 |
| HI-263 | US-Middle East Relations | 3 |
| HI-267 | US-Latin American Relations | 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-345 | Religions in America | 3 |
| HI-351 | Age of Jackson | 3 |
| HI-356 | The History of the Cold War | 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 |
| MU-330 | Jazz Ensemble | 0.5-3 |
| PH-151 | Race, Gender, and the Law | 3 |
| PH-163 | Philosophy on Television | 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 |
| PH-360 | Philosophy of History | 3 |
| PO-110 | American Government | 3 |
| PO-160 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 3 |
| PO-201 | International Relations Theory | 3 |
| PO-202 | Globalization | 3 |
| PO-211 | History of US Foreign Policy I | 3 |
| PO-212 | History of US Foreign Policy II | 3 |
| PO-213 | The Modern Presidency | 3 |
| PO-215 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| PO-218 | US Constitutional History I | 3 |
| PO-219 | US Constitutional History II | 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-228 | Latina-Latino Experiences in the U.S. and the World | 3 |
| SO-320 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SO-332 | Contemporary Immigrant Experiences | 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-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 |