Students who complete the Bodies block will be able to analyze how bodily practices intersect with knowledge systems, as well as articulate the ways in which bodies are shaped by and transgress structures of power and oppression.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives

2. Bodies in function (take at least one unit):

• ANTH 120. The Human Animal
• ANTH 225. Mortuary Archeology
• ANTH 230. Fundamentals of Human Osteology
• BIOL 110. Human Biology
• BIOL 111. Zoology
• BIOL 121. Botany
• BIOL 152. Aquatic Biology
• BIOL 256. Anatomy
• COGS 241. Minds, Brains, and Bodies
• GLAM 215. Ancient Medicine
• HEAL 252. Women’s Health
• PHIL 221. Biomedical Ethics
• SOCI 275.Health, Medical Care, & Society
• Relevant topics courses.

3. Bodies in culture (take at least one unit):

• ANTH 253. Queer Ethnography
• ANTH 308. Bodies
• CRIS 255. Maladies of Empire
• PSYC 225. Psychology of Women
• RLST 311. Curative Communities
• RLST 315. Enlightened Bodies
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • ANTH 375. Archaeology of Animal Companions
  • COGS 205. Cyborg Brains and Hybrid Minds
  • CRIS 265. Bodies and Care

4. Bodies in motion (take at least one unit):

• ART 135. Figure Drawing
• HEAL 110. Myofascial Conditioning and Wellness
• PART 100. Improvisation for Theatre
• PART 106. Fundamentals of Acting
• PART 113. Modern Dance 1
• PART 180. Movement Improvisation
• PART 213. Modern Dance 2
• PART 215. Ballet 2
• PART 313. Modern Dance 3
• PART 315. Ballet 3
• PERC 104. Introduction to Weight Training
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • HEAL 280. Pilates
  • PART 200. Hip Hop Dance

Students who complete the Colonialism and Decoloniality will be able to articulate how global structures of power depend upon and reproduce interdependent and transformative forms of knowledge production, as well as identify and practice alternatives to colonial structures and norms.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives

2. History and culture (at least one unit):

• HIST 250. Modern African History
• HIST 268. Europe and the Modern World
• PART 150. Performing Arts Historiography
• PART 219. Fakes, Forgeries, and Keepin’ It Real?
• PART 310. History of Fashion
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • ENGL 263. Colonial/Postcolonial Literatures in English
  • HIST 150. Colonialism
  • HIST 310. History Beyond Borders

3. Forms of knowledge and power (at least one unit):

• PHIL 275. Africana Philosophy
• POLS 160.International Politics
• POLS 210. Sustainable Cities
• POLS 265. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
• POLS 272. Politics of Latin America & the Caribbean
• RLST 206. Decolonizing the Anthropology of Religion
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• RLST 315. Enlightened Bodies
• Relevant topics courses.

Students who complete the Criminal Justice and the Carceral State block will be able to identify the social norms and values that shape notions of criminality, as well as analyze the variable impact of the carceral state on different bodies and communities.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory courses (two units):

• SOCI 100. Introduction to Sociology
• One unit from (as appropriate for course choices below):
  • POLS 110. U.S. Federal Government and Politics
  • POLS 180. Introduction to Political Thinking

2. Theories of justice/criminality (at least one unit):

• PHIL 243. Theories of Law and Justice
• POLS 180. Introduction to Political Thinking
• POLS 280. Classical Justice
• Relevant topics courses

3. Carceral institutions and social structures (at least one unit):

• POLS 211. Poverty, Punishment, and State Control
• POLS 214. Race and Ethnicity in America
• POLS 237. International Law and Organization: European Union
• POLS 262. Human Rights Seminar
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 256. Criminal Justice
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance: Issues of Freedom and Control
• SOCI 281. The Sociology of Law
• Relevant topics courses.

For a minor in Criminal Justice and the Carceral State, select two additional courses from the above lists (in consultation with an advisor) for a total of six.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology

• Forensic Biology

• Forensic Chemistry

• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State

• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete the Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Education, Identity, and the Life Cycle block will be able to analyze how different pedagogical goals and approaches contribute to identity formation at the K–12 level globally, as well as advance social change through pedagogical innovation.

Four units total from the following list:

• EDYS 102. Historical and Philosophical Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• EDYS 151. Psychological Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• EDYS 164. Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• EDYS 201. Comparative and International Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• HEAL 252. Women’s Health
• PSYC 225. Psychology of Women
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • EDYS 276. [Topics vary]

Students who complete a Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights block will gain a foundation in the political and historical circumstances that have led to genocidal violence, while also exploring the ethical frameworks and empathetic skills necessary for understanding and addressing situations in which genocidal atrocities have been committed. These skills and perspectives help to prepare students to document past and current atrocities, and to work with survivors, including refugee communities.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Historical contexts (at least one unit):

• CRIS 255. Maladies of Empire
• HIST 150. Nazi Germany: History and Film
• HIST 150. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Colonialism
• HIST 250. Modern African History
• RLST 301. Lifeways of Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• Relevant topics courses

2. Sociopolitical Approaches (at least one unit):

• POLS 160. International Politics (when content is appropriate)
• POLS 262. Human Rights Seminar
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 265. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
• SOCI 216. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance
• Relevant topics courses

3. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations (at least one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives
• EDYS 276. Navigating Difficult Knowledge
• PHIL 220. Ethical Theory
• PHIL 243. Theories of Law & Justice
• POLS 264. Human Rights Advocacy
• PSYC 260. Principles of Social Psychology
• RLST 205. Radical Empathy
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 211. Research Methods
• Relevant topics courses

For a minor in Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights, select two additional courses from the above lists (in consultation with an advisor) for a total of six.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology

• Forensic Biology

• Forensic Chemistry

• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State

• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete the Indigenous Studies block will be able to identify how indigenous communities have grappled with colonial forces and developed decolonial strategies for ethical living, as well as articulate how indigenous lifeways envision and engage with the natural world.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives

2. Colonialism/decoloniality (at least one unit):

• RLST 206. Decolonizing the Anthropology of Religion
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • ENGL 263. Colonial/Postcolonial Literatures in English
  • HIST 150. Colonialism
  • HIST 310. History Beyond Borders

3. Environmental studies (at least one unit):

• PHIL 224. Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 231. Philosophy of Nature and the Environment
• POLS 210. Sustainable Cities
• POLS 255. US Environmental Law & Policy
• POLS 259. Environmental Political Theory
• SOCI 271. Sociology of the Environment
• WRIT 220. Writing the Environmental Humanities
• Relevant topics courses.

4. Indigenous communities and practices (at least one unit):

• PHIL 275. Africana Philosophy
• RLST 205. Radical Empathy
• RLST 311. Curative Communities
• RLST 330. Rethinking Race and Identity in Cuba
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • ANTH 375 Indigenizing Practice
  • ANTH 375 Indigenous Values
  • ANTH 375 Indigenous Curation in Practice
  • ENGL 190 Introduction to Native American Literature

Students who complete the Intersecting Identities block will be able to recognize how intersecting aspects of identity contribute to inequities experienced in our everyday worlds, as well as reflect on how our positionality shapes our perceptions and actions, as well as the ways in which we are perceived and acted upon in our lives.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives; or substitute SOCI 100. Introduction to Sociology

2. Multiple identities/identity formation (at least one unit):

• EDYS 102. Historical and Philosophical Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• EDYS 164. Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• EDYS 201. Comparative and International Perspectives in Education and Youth Studies
• PART 150. Performing Arts Historiography
• PART 219. Fakes, Forgeries, and Keepin’ It Real?
• PART 310. History of Fashion
• POLS 262. Human Rights Seminar
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 265. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
• PSYC 161. Research Methods and Statistics I
• PSYC 162. Research Methods and Statistics II
• RLST 101. Religion and Reality
• RLST 301. Lifeways and Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• RLST 330. Rethinking Race and Identity in Cuba
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 245. Families in Transition
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • SPAN 251/ENGL 250 Crossing Borders in Medieval & Early Modern Spanish and English Literature

3. Specific aspects of identity (at least one unit):

• HEAL 252. Women’s Health
• PART 288. Performing Gender
• PSYC 225. Psychology of Women
• SOCI 225. The Sociology of Sex and Gender
• SOCI 262. Multiracial in America
• SPAN 270. Latinxs in Beloit: An Oral History Project
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • ENGL 190. Introduction to Native American Literature
  • ENGL 194. Questioning Literary Traditions: Gods & Monsters

Students who complete the Queer and Trans Studies block will be able to identify the historical and theoretical foundations of queer and trans studies, as well as interpret literary and artistic works that participate in queer and trans activism.

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives

2. Artistic Production and Analysis (at least one unit):

• PART 180. Movement Improvisation
• PART 280. Contact Improvisation
• PART 288. Performing Gender
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • FREN/ENGL 250 Trans before Trans
  • MDST 271 Depictions of Drag in TV and Film

3. Social and Cultural Analysis (at least one unit):

• ANTH 253. Queer Ethnography
• ANTH 308. Bodies
• SOCI 225. The Sociology of Sex and Gender
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • ANTH 375 Politics of Care

Students who complete the Race and Racialization block will be able to recognize the social, political, economic, environmental, and cultural deprioritization or prioritization of different communities based on phenotype, as well as identify the construction of social structures and behavioral conditions that create and recreate racial hierarchies.

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives

2. Additional coursework (at least three units):

• CRIS 255. Maladies of Empire
• CRIS 256. Speculative Activism
• ENGL 263. Colonial/Postcolonial Literatures in English
• HIST 250. Modern African History
• PHIL 275. Africana Philosophy
• POLS 211. Poverty, Punishment, and State Control
• POLS 214. Race and Ethnicity in America
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 265. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
• RLST 301. Lifeways and Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• RLST 315. Enlightened Bodies
• RLST 325. Movements within the African Diaspora
• RLST 330. Rethinking Race and Identity in Cuba
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 245. Families in Transition
• SOCI 262. Multiracial in America
• SOCI 267. Race, Class, and Gender in Film
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • CRIS 265. Bodies and Care
  • ENGL 194. Questioning Literary Traditions: Gods & Monsters
  • HIST 150. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Colonialism
  • HIST 150. Nazi Germany in History and Film
  • MDST 271. African-American Cinema

Students who complete the Religious Lifeways block will be able to analyze religious phenomena with an awareness of the ethical and epistemological implications of positionality and their relationship to power structures and social identities, as well as explain (and possibly modify) their own assumptions and practices in light of the lifeways of others.

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• RLST 101. Religion and Reality

2. Additional coursework (at least three units):

• HIST 225. Renewal and Reform in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 264. Piety and Heresy in the Middle Ages
• RLST 205. Radical Empathy
• RLST 206. Decolonizing the Anthropology of Religion
• RLST 240. Worldbuilding in Buddhist Narrative
• RLST 301. Lifeways and Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• RLST 311. Curative Communities
• RLST 315. Enlightened Bodies
• RLST 325. Movements within the African Diaspora
• RLST 330. Rethinking Race and Identity in Cuba
• Relevant topics courses.

Students who complete the Sex and Gender block will be able to analyze how gender-based power, privilege, and oppression—historical, cultural, institutional—have constrained bodies and identities within a male/female binary, as well as identify forms of creative and political resistance and transformation that support ways of being beyond a male/female binary.

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory course (one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives

2. Sex and gender in culture, politics, and history (at least one unit):

• ANTH 120. The Human Animal
• ANTH 253. Queer Ethnography
• ANTH 308. Bodies
• JAPN 262. Japanese Women Writers in Translation
• HEAL 252. Women’s Health
• POLS 262. Human Rights Seminar
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• PSYC 225. Psychology of Women
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 225. The Sociology of Sex and Gender
• SOCI 245. Families in Transition
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • FREN/ENGL 250. Trans before Trans
  • MDST 271. Women Filmmakers
  • SPAN 251/English 250. Crossing Borders in Medieval & Early Modern Spanish and English Literature

3. Sex and gender in media and performances (at least one unit):

• PART 288. Performing Gender
• SOCI 267. Race, Class, and Gender in Film
• Relevant topics courses such as:
  • GLAM 200/ENGL 250. Ancient Drama
  • ENGL 254. Jane Austen: Fiction & Film
  • MDST 271. Depictions of Drag in TV and Film

Students who complete the Criminal Justice and the Carceral State block will be able to identify the social norms and values that shape notions of criminality, as well as analyze the variable impact of the carceral state on different bodies and communities.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Introductory courses (two units):

• SOCI 100. Introduction to Sociology
• One unit from (as appropriate for course choices below):
  • POLS 110. U.S. Federal Government and Politics
  • POLS 180. Introduction to Political Thinking

2. Theories of justice/criminality (at least one unit):

• PHIL 243. Theories of Law and Justice
• POLS 180. Introduction to Political Thinking
• POLS 280. Classical Justice
• Relevant topics courses

3. Carceral institutions and social structures (at least one unit):

• POLS 211. Poverty, Punishment, and State Control
• POLS 214. Race and Ethnicity in America
• POLS 237. International Law and Organization: European Union
• POLS 262. Human Rights Seminar
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 256. Criminal Justice
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance: Issues of Freedom and Control
• SOCI 281. The Sociology of Law
• Relevant topics courses.

For a minor in Criminal Justice and the Carceral State, select two additional courses from the above lists (in consultation with an advisor) for a total of six.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology

• Forensic Biology

• Forensic Chemistry

• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State

• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete a block or certificate of completion in Forensic Anthropology will gain the foundations necessary to undertake the more advanced coursework necessary for employment in fields that involve the medico-legal examination of human remains (e.g., criminal investigation or analysis of mass fatality events).

Completing the two additional courses required for a minor or combining coursework in Forensic Anthropology with the Forensic Science block and/or blocks in Criminal Justice or Genocide Studies will significantly enhance a student’s level of preparation for advanced study.

**This block assumes that students have already completed:

• ANTH 110. Archaeology: Lessons from the Past
• ANTH 120. The Human Animal

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Methodological foundations (two units):

• ANTH 230. Osteology
• AND one of:
• ANTH 240. Quantitative Methods
• BIOL 247. Biometrics (additional prerequisites apply)
2. Advanced Techniques (one unit):
• ANTH 216. Principles of Archaeology
• ANTH 225. Mortuary Archaeology
3. Sociopolitical Perspectives (one unit):
• PHIL 243. Theories of Law and Justice
• POLS 211. Poverty, Punishment, and State Control
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 280. Classical Justice
• SOCI 256. Criminal Justice
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance: Issues of Freedom and Control
• SOCI 281. The Sociology of Law

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For a minor in Forensic Anthropology add two additional courses from the lists above, one from the second list and one from the third list.

If a student also completes the Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights block and/or the Criminal Justice and the Carceral State block, they may select all their courses for the Forensic Anthropology block from the first and second lists above.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology
• Forensic Biology
• Forensic Chemistry
• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State
• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete a block or certificate of completion in Forensic Biology will gain the skills and knowledge necessary for entry-level jobs in DNA analysis or medico-legal examination. It also prepares students to succeed in graduate programs in forensic science.

Completing additional courses or blocks in Forensics and Criminal Investigation will significantly enhance a student’s level of preparation for advanced study. See below for options.

**This block assumes that students have already completed:

• BIOL 110. Human Biology (or substitute BIOL 111 or 121)
• CHEM 117. General Chemistry

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Biological approaches (3 units selected with advisor):

• BIOL 247. Biometrics
• BIOL 300. Protein Biochemistry
• BIOL 358. Pathology
• BIOL 389. Genetics

2. Sociopolitical Perspectives (one unit):

• PHIL 243. Theories of Law and Justice
• POLS 211. Poverty, Punishment, and State Control
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 280. Classical Justice
• SOCI 256. Criminal Justice
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance: Issues of Freedom and Control
• SOCI 281. The Sociology of Law

For a minor in Forensic Biology add two additional courses from the lists above, one from the first list and one from the second list.

If a student also completes the Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights block and/or the Criminal Justice and the Carceral State block, they may select all their courses for the Forensic Biology block from the first list above.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology

• Forensic Biology

• Forensic Chemistry

• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State

• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete a block or certificate of completion in Forensic Chemistry will gain the skills and knowledge necessary for entry-level jobs in forensic chemical analysis (ie. drug, fire debris, and unknown substance analysis). It also prepares students to succeed in graduate programs in forensic science.

Completing additional courses or blocks in Forensics and Criminal Investigation will significantly enhance a student’s level of preparation for advanced study. See below for options.

**This block assumes that students have already completed:

• CHEM 117. General Chemistry

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Chemistry coursework (3 units selected with advisor):

• CHEM 220. Analytical, Environmental, and Geochemistry
• CHEM 225. Instrumental Analysis (1 unit total)
• CHEM 230. Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM/BIO 300. Protein Biochemistry

2. Sociopolitical Perspectives (one unit):

• PHIL 243. Theories of Law and Justice
• POLS 211. Poverty, Punishment, and State Control
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 280. Classical Justice
• SOCI 256. Criminal Justice
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance: Issues of Freedom and Control
• SOCI 281. The Sociology of Law

For a minor in Forensic Chemistry, add two additional courses from the lists above, one from the first list and one from the second list.

If a student also completes the Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights block and/or the Criminal Justice and the Carceral State block, they may select all their courses for the Forensic Chemistry block from the first list above.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology

• Forensic Biology

• Forensic Chemistry

• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State

• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete a Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights block will gain a foundation in the political and historical circumstances that have led to genocidal violence, while also exploring the ethical frameworks and empathetic skills necessary for understanding and addressing situations in which genocidal atrocities have been committed. These skills and perspectives help to prepare students to document past and current atrocities, and to work with survivors, including refugee communities.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Historical contexts (at least one unit):

• CRIS 255. Maladies of Empire
• HIST 150. Nazi Germany: History and Film
• HIST 150. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Colonialism
• HIST 250. Modern African History
• RLST 301. Lifeways of Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• Relevant topics courses

2. Sociopolitical Approaches (at least one unit):

• POLS 160. International Politics (when content is appropriate)
• POLS 262. Human Rights Seminar
• POLS 263. Politics of Mass Atrocities
• POLS 265. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
• SOCI 216. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
• SOCI 261. Social Deviance
• Relevant topics courses

3. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations (at least one unit):

• CRIS 101. Making Change: Restorative Justice in Our Everyday Lives
• EDYS 276. Navigating Difficult Knowledge
• PHIL 220. Ethical Theory
• PHIL 243. Theories of Law & Justice
• POLS 264. Human Rights Advocacy
• PSYC 260. Principles of Social Psychology
• RLST 205. Radical Empathy
• SOCI 205. Social Statistics
• SOCI 211. Research Methods
• Relevant topics courses

For a minor in Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights, select two additional courses from the above lists (in consultation with an advisor) for a total of six.

For a cross-disciplinary self-designed major, students should consider combining three or four of the following five blocks, or supplementing two of these blocks with a disciplinary minor in a related area of study:

• Forensic Anthropology

• Forensic Biology

• Forensic Chemistry

• Criminal Justice and the Carceral State

• Genocide, Mass Violence, and Human Rights

Students who complete the Building Material Worlds block will gain experience both in analyzing material culture and in creating or curating art and material objects.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Material Culture (at least two units):

• ANTH 110. Archaeology: Lessons from the Past
• ANTH 217/MUST 217. Pots and People
• ANTH 247/MUST 247. Anthropological Research in Museums
• ANTH 310/MUST 310. Objects, Technologies, and Stuff: Approaches to Material Culture
• ARTH 110. Arts of China
• ENGL 301. Victorian Garbage
• GLAM 205/ARTH 210. Ancient Greco-Italian Art and Architecture
• HIST 150. Worlds of Stone: The City in Modern European History
• MDST 150. Introduction to Visual Studies

2. Material skills (at least one unit):

• ART 103. Introduction to Sculpture
• ART 115. Introduction to Drawing and Design
• ART 202. Relief Printmaking
• ART 205. Introduction to Painting
• MUST 145. Introduction to Museum Studies (0.5)
• MUST 275. Introduction to Collections Management
• MUST 285. Exhibit Design and Development

Students who complete the Introduction to Worldbuilding block will gain skills for imagining and bringing into being alternative worlds, both through creative work and in society. Worldbuilding hones students’ creative problem-solving abilities, preparing them for a wide range of careers and life goals.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Foundations course (one unit):

• CRIS 256. Speculative Activism

2. Meaning making (at least one unit):

• ANTH 101. Society and Culture
• ANTH 253. Queer Ethnography
• ANTH 308. Bodies
• COGS 101. Introduction to Cognitive Science
• COGS 241. Minds, Brains, and Bodies
• EDYS 276. Multicultural Education and the American Dream
• ENGL 194. Questioning Literary Traditions: Gods and Monsters
• ENGL 261. Literature and Power
• ENGL 262. Topics in Literary Genre
• ENGL 265. Data Narratives
• FREN 190. The Quest: In Search of Identity, Memory, and Place
• FREN 250. Trans before Trans: Premodern Gender (in translation)
• GLAM 100. Classical Mythology
• JAPN 263. Nightmare Japan in Translation
• JAPN 296. Totoro Saves the World: Miyazaki, Nature, and the Popular Imagination
• MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene
• PART 100. Improvisation for Theatre
• PART 170. Theory of Music, Sound, and Space
• PART 221. Theories of Contemporary Performance and Media
• PHIL 100. Logic
• PHIL 110. Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 232. Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 234. Existentialism
• PHIL 275. Africana Philosophy
• RLST 101. Religion and Reality
• RLST 205. Radical Empathy
• RLST 240. Worldbuilding in Buddhist Narrative
• RLST 260/ENGL 263. Reading (De)Coloniality
• RLST 301. Lifeways and Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• RLST 311. Curative Communities
• RLST 315. Enlightened Bodies
• RLST 330. Rethinking Race and Identity in Cuba
• SPAN 251/ENGL 250 Crossing Borders in Medieval & Early Modern Spanish and English Literature

3. Creative tools (at least one unit):

• ART 115. Introduction to Drawing and Design
• ART 117. Introduction to Digital Photography
• ART 125. Introduction to New Media
• ENGL 205. Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 210. Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 215. Screenwriting for Narrative Film
• ENGL 220. Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 226. Creative Nonfiction
• JOUR 125. Introduction to Journalism
• JOUR/MDST 155. Introduction to Nonfiction Video
• MDST 100. Introduction to Film Art
• MDST 110. Concepts of Media: An Introduction to Media Theory
• PART 112. Introduction to Design and Technology
• PART 114. Introduction to Costume and Makeup Techniques
• PART 120. Create-a-thon (.25 units)
• PART 140. Stagecraft
• PART 222. Taking Action: Theatre, Therapy, and Activism

Students who complete the Meaning-making block will gain cross-disciplinary perspectives on the ways that narrative shapes the world, and will be able to analyze different forms of knowledge and experience through those perspectives. These skills are valuable in any career that involves critical thinking or creative problem solving.

Four units total, with at least three different course prefixes, from the following list:

• ANTH 101. Society and Culture
• ANTH 253. Queer Ethnography
• ANTH 308. Bodies
• COGS 101. Introduction to Cognitive Science
• COGS 241. Minds, Brains, and Bodies
• EDYS 276. Multicultural Education and the American Dream
• ENGL 194. Questioning Literary Traditions: Gods and Monsters
• ENGL 261. Literature and Power
• ENGL 262. Topics in Literary Genre
• ENGL 265. Data Narratives
• FREN 190. The Quest: In Search of Identity, Memory, and Place
• FREN 250. Trans before Trans: Premodern Gender (in translation)
• GLAM 100. Classical Mythology
• JAPN 263. Nightmare Japan in Translation
• JAPN 296. Totoro Saves the World: Miyazaki, Nature, and the Popular Imagination
• MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene
• PART 100. Improvisation for Theatre
• PART 170. Theory of Music, Sound, and Space
• PART 221. Theories of Contemporary Performance and Media
• PHIL 100. Logic
• PHIL 110. Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 232. Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 234. Existentialism
• PHIL 275. Africana Philosophy
• RLST 101. Religion and Reality
• RLST 205. Radical Empathy
• RLST 240. Worldbuilding in Buddhist Narrative
• RLST 260/ENGL 263. Reading (De)Coloniality
• RLST 301. Lifeways and Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• RLST 311. Curative Communities
• RLST 315. Enlightened Bodies
• RLST 330. Rethinking Race and Identity in Cuba
• SPAN 251/ENGL 250 Crossing Borders in Medieval & Early Modern Spanish and English Literature

Students who complete the Nonfiction Worldbuilding block will gain experience in rebuilding the world we live in through various media, while critically examining the forms of knowledge that make our world(s). This combination of skills and knowledge will be valuable for non-profit and social justice work, as well as any career that involves public writing or grant writing.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Making the real world (at least two units):

• ANTH 310/MUST 310. Objects, Technologies, and Stuff: Approaches to Material Culture
• CRIS 256. Speculative Activism
• ENGL 261. Literature and Power
• ENGL 265. Data Narratives
• GLAM 202. Greek Civilization
• GLAM 204. Roman Civilization
• HIST 150. Colonialism
• HIST 224. Encounter, Exchange, and Power in the Medieval Mediterranean
• HIST 225. Renewal and Reform in Early Modern Europe: 1300-1650
• HIST 250. Modern African History
• HIST 264. Popular Piety and Heresy in the Middle Ages
• HIST 268. Europe and the Modern World: 1789-present
• PSYC 365. Psychology of Cultural Change
• RLST 101. Religion and Reality
• RLST 301. Lifeways and Resistance in the Black Atlantic
• RLST 309. Secularism and the Colonial Project
• RLST 311. Curative Communities

2. Nonfiction worldbuilding skills (at least one unit):

• ENGL 226. Creative Nonfiction
• JOUR 125. Introduction to Journalism
• JOUR/MDST 155. Introduction to Nonfiction Video Production
• JOUR 225. Magazine Feature Writing

Students who complete the Analytical Techniques block will have experience operating and collecting data from a wide variety of materials using analytical instrumentation. This includes an understanding of the theory/physical processes behind the analyses, in addition to learning relevant sample preparation techniques. Students will have the skills and knowledge base that, when combined with the appropriate major, will be competitive for careers in laboratory settings across scientific disciplines and in applying to graduate school.

4 units total from the following lists:

1. Both of the following:
   
   • CHEM 117. General Chemistry
   • CHEM 220. Environmental, Analytical, and Geochemistry
2. Two units from the following:
   
   • BIOL 365. Ecotoxicology OR BIOL 372 Ecology
   • CHEM 225. Topics in Instrumental Analysis
   • CHEM 230. Organic Chemistry I
   • CHEM 370. Advanced Topics - when topic appropriate
   • GEOL 200. Mineralogy
   • GEOL 230. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
   • GEOL 251. Advanced Topics - when topic appropriate
   • PHYS 210. Modern Physics
   • PHYS 345. Advanced Experimental Physics

Students who complete the Environmental Advocacy block will gain skills in developing and communicating about public policy related to environmental protection. Students will have the skills and knowledge base that, when paired with the appropriate major, will be competitive for careers in conservation and environmental activism, policy development, justice, communication, and education.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Politics & policy (at least one unit):
   • ENVS 246/POLS 246. Int. Political Economy of the Environment
   • ENVS 255/POLS 255. US Environmental Law & Policy
   • ENVS 257/POLS 257. International Politics of Climate Change
   • ENVS 259/POLS 259. Environmental Political Theory
   • POLS 110. U.S. Federal Government and Politics
   • POLS 160. International Politics
   • POLS 180. Introduction to Political Thinking
2. Thinking about the environment (at least one unit):
   • ENVS 215/FREN 215. Advanced French Language and Ecocriticism
   • ENVS 224/PHIL 224. Environmental Ethics
   • ENVS 260/MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene
   • ENVS 283/HIST 212. Environmental History of South & West Asia
   • ENVS 287/SPAN 282. Environmental Hispanic Literature
   • ENVS 290/JAPN 240. Japanese Ecocriticism
   • ENVS 290/EDYS 276. Ecology, Development, and Education
   • ENVS 290/PSYC 285. Environmental Psychology
   • ENVS 296/JAPN 296. Totoro Saves the World
   • ENVS 295/PHIL 240. Philosophy of Nature
   • ENVS 295/POLS 297. Home
3. Advocacy skills (at least one unit):
   • ENVS 220/WRIT 220. Writing the Environmental Humanities
   • ENVS 225/JOUR 225. Environmental Writing
   • ENVS 280/ANTH 275. Visualizing People and Place
   • JOUR/MDST 125. Introduction to Journalism
   • JOUR/MDST 155. Introduction to Nonfiction Video Production
   • JOUR/MDST 225. Magazine Feature Writing
   • MDST 105. Public Speaking
   • MDST 110. Concepts of Media

Students who complete the Environmental Humanities block will gain skills in representing humanities perspectives on a broad range of environmental topics. Students will gain the skills and knowledge base that, when paired with the appropriate major, will be competitive for positions requiring humanistic perspectives on environmental issues, including careers in environmental activism, policy development, justice, communication, education, and other cultural and artistic fields.

1. Four units total from the following list:
   
   • ENGL 301. Victorian Garbage
   • ENVS 211/SPAN 210. Spanish in Dialogue with the Environment
   • ENVS 215/FREN 215. Advanced French Language and Ecocriticism
   • ENVS 220/WRIT 220. Writing the Environmental Humanities
   • ENVS 224/PHIL 224. Environmental Ethics
   • ENVS 225/JOUR 225. Environmental Writing
   • ENVS 260/MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene
   • ENVS 283/HIST 212. Environmental History of South & West Asia
   • ENVS 287/SPAN 282. Environmental Hispanic Literature
   • ENVS 290/EDYS 276. Ecology, Development, and Education
   • ENVS 290/ENGL 254. Green Romanticism
   • ENVS 290/JAPN 240. Japanese Ecocriticism
   • ENVS 295/POLS 297. Home
   • ENVS 295/PHIL 240. Philosophy of Nature
   • ENVS 296/JAPN 296. Totoro Saves the World
   • HIST 150. Worlds of Stone: The City in Modern European History
   • HIST 150. Mountains
   • JAPN 263. Nightmare Japan
   • PHIL 232. Philosophy of Art

Students who complete the Environmental Science block will have the ability to apply an interdisciplinary scientific approach to environmental issues. This includes the ability to identify and interpret the physical and chemical processes operating in both natural and disturbed settings. Students will also have the skills and knowledge base that, when combined with the appropriate major, will be competitive for careers in environmental consulting, remediation, planning, management, and conservation.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. One unit from the following:
   
   • CHEM 117. General Chemistry
   • CHEM 220. Environmental, Analytical, and Geochemistry
2. One unit from the following:
   
   • BIOL 111. Zoology
   • BIOL 121. Botany
   • BIOL 152. Aquatic Biology
3. One unit from the following:
   
   • GEOL 100. Earth: Exploring a Dynamic Planet
   • GEOL 110. Environmental Geology and Geologic Hazards
   • GEOL 115/ENVS 115. Environmental Science and Sustainability
   • GEOL 216. Soils in the Environment
4. One unit from the following:
   
   • BIOL 220/ENVS 221. Conservation Biology
   • BIOL 365. Ecotoxicology
   • BIOL 372. Ecology
   • CHEM 250. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
   • GEOL 200. Mineralogy
   • GEOL 230. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
   • GEOL 245/ENVS 245. Earth’s Climate: Past and Future
   • (when topic is relevant) BIOL 275 (1 unit), CHEM 370 (1 unit), OR GEOL 251 (1 unit)

Students who complete the Sustainability block will have an interdisciplinary background in sustainability and will have both practiced and reflected upon sustainable principles. This includes the ability to identify and assess current sustainability challenges, and propose solutions that range from local to global scale. Students will gain the skills and knowledge base that, when combined with the appropriate major, will be competitive for careers in sustainability policy, strategy/planning, analysis, management, programming, and sustainable product development and resource use.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Two units from the following:
   
   • BIOL 121. Botany
   • BIOL 365. Ecotoxicology
   • BIOL 372. Ecology
   • CHEM 117. Chemistry
   • GEOL 100. Earth: Exploring a Dynamic Planet
   • GEOL 110. Environmental Geology
   • GEOL 115. Environmental Science and Sustainability
   • GEOL 216. Soils in the Environment
   • GEOL 245/ENVS 245. Earth’s Climate: Past and Future
2. Two units from the following:
   
   • ECON 205. Environmental Economics
   • ENVS 210/POLS 210. Sustainable Cities
   • ENVS 220/WRIT 220. Writing the Environmental Humanities
   • ENVS 224/PHIL 224. Environmental Ethics
   • ENVS 225/JOUR 225. Environmental Writing
   • ENVS 246/POLS 246. Int. Political Economy of the Environment
   • ENVS 255/POLS 255. US Environmental Law & Policy
   • ENVS 257/POLS 257. International Politics of Climate Change
   • ENVS 259/POLS 259. Environmental Political Theory
   • ENVS 260/MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene
   • ENVS 283/HIST 212. Environmental History of South and West Asia
   • ENVS 290/EDYS 276. Ecology, Development, and Education
   • ENVS 290/ENGL 254. Green Romanticism
   • ENVS 290/JAPN 240. Japanese Ecocriticism
   • ENVS 290/HIST 150. Mountains
   • ENVS 295/POLS 297. Home
   • ENVS 295/PHIL 240. Philosophy of Nature
   • ENVS 296/JAPN 296. Totoro Saves the World
   • SOCI 271. Sociology of the Environment

Students who complete the Arts Writing block will gain skills in thinking critically about the creation and impact of art in culture and society. Classes in writing and production will help students articulate their thoughts through public-facing mediums such as articles or video essays.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Foundations of art (one unit):

• ART 103. Introduction to Sculpture
• ART 115. Introduction to Drawing and Design
• ART 117. Introduction to Digital Photography
• ART 125. Introduction to New Media
• ARTH 150. Introductory Topics in Art History

2. Specialized explorations of art (at least one unit):

• PART 276/ART 176/MDST 276. MULTI Ensemble
• ARTH 250. Topics in the History of Art
• ARTH 245. Modernism and Postmodernism: Art Since 1900
• ARTH 210. Ancient Greco-Italian Art and Architecture
• ARTH 110. Arts of China
• ART 135. Figure Drawing
• ART 150. Specialized Media
• ART 200. Etching
• ART 201. Screen Printing
• ART 202. Relief Printmaking
• ART 205. Introduction to Painting
• ART 210. Intermediate Sculpture

3. Writing/Production (at least one unit):

• ENGL 226. Creative Nonfiction
• JOUR 125. Introduction to Journalism
• JOUR/MDST 155. Introduction to Nonfiction Video Production
• JOUR 225. Magazine Feature Writing
• MDST 234. Content Creation and Management
• MDST 251. The Video Essay
• MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene

Students who complete the Game Design block will gain skills in investigating and constructing games for various platforms, both digital and analog, and will cause students to broadly think about design, systems, and structures. Classes in society and culture, new media, and creative writing will expand students’ approaches to storytelling. Classes in object-oriented programming, sound design, and animation will ask students to think critically about how to design those stories. Classes in collaboration and entrepreneurship will help students develop skills in production and enable them to practice the many public-facing considerations present within all forms of game design.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Storytelling (one unit):

• ENGL 205. Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 215. Screenwriting for Narrative Film
• ENGL 220. Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 226. Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 264. Topics in Media and Cultural Analysis
• WRIT/ENVS 220. Writing the Environmental Humanities
• JOUR/MDST/ENVS 225. Environmental Writing
• MDST 110. Concepts of Media
• MDST 170-172. Introductory Topics in Media Studies
• MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene
• PART 225. Documentary Theatre
• PART 351. Devising New Work

2. Design (at least one unit):

• ART 115. Introduction to Drawing and Design
• ART 125. Introduction to New Media
• ART 135. Figure Drawing
• ART 150. Specialized Media
• ART 205. Introduction to Painting
• ART 210. Intermediate Sculpture
• ART 325. Graphic Design: Commercial Exploration and Experimentation
• CSCI 165. Web Design
• CSCI 170. General Topics in Computer Science
• CSCI 204. Data Structures and Algorithms
• CSCI 245. Computer Networks
• CSCI 315. Algorithm Design and Analysis
• CSCI 335. Threads and Operating Systems
• ANTH/MUST 310. Objects, Technologies, and Stuf: Approaches to Material Culture
• PART 112. Introduction to Design and Technology
• PART 242. Props Design
• PART 247. Design and Creation for the Stage
• PART 265. Sound Design
• PART 312. Design and Creation

3. Collaboration/Entrepreneurship (at least one unit):

• BUSN 216. Financial Accounting
• BUSN 220. Marketing Principles & Strategy
• BUSN 230. Consumer Behavior
• BUSN 285. Business Management
• BUSN 301. Business Analytics
• BUSN 304. The Art of Leading: Finding Your Voice & Influencing Change
• ECON 245. Money and Banking
• MDST 234. Content Creation and Management
• PART 360. Arts Entrepreneurship
• PRAX 202. Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Students who complete a Music Business block will gain skills in the entrepreneurial aspects of music. Students who complete this block will develop skills appropriate for working in a recording studio, artist management, marketing, or production of live events.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Foundations of music (at least one unit):

• PART 120. Create-a-ton (.25)
• PART 143. Collaboration I: Theory and Practice (.5)
• PART 144. Collaboration II: Collaboration in the Arts (.5)
• PART 150. Performing Arts Historiography
• PART 170. Music, Sound, and Theory
• PART 221. Theories of Contemporary Performance and Media
• PART 255. Songwriting/Composition
• PART 260. Introduction to Recording and Editing Techniques
• PART 270. Music Theory in Practice
• PART 276/ART 176/MDST 276. MULTI Ensemble

2. Arts business (at least two units):

• BUSN 216. Financial Accounting
• BUSN 220. Marketing Principles & Strategy
• BUSN 230. Consumer Behavior
• BUSN 285. Business Management
• BUSN 301. Business Analytics
• BUSN 304. The Art of Leading: Finding Your Voice & Influencing Change
• ECON 245. Money and Banking
• MDST 234. Content Creation and Management
• PART 360. Arts Entrepreneurship
• PRAX 202. Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Students who complete the Sports Writing and Broadcasting block will gain skills in analyzing, informing, and entertaining audiences through media outlets and digital media. Students who complete this block will develop skills appropriate for working for radio networks, news stations, and for publications such as newspapers or magazines.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Sports analysis and media (at least one unit):

• BUSN 255. Business of Sports
• BUSN 260. Sports Facility Management and Operation
• ECON 202. Sports Economics
• ECON 300. Sports Analytics
• HEAL 110. Myofascial Conditioning and Wellness
• MDST 110. Concepts of Media
• MDST 170–172. Introductory Topics in Media Studies
• SOCI 219. Sociology of Sports

2. Writing/Production and Broadcasting Performance (at least two units):

• ENGL 226. Creative Nonfiction
• JOUR 125. Introduction to Journalism
• JOUR/MDST 155. Introduction to Nonfiction Video Production
• JOUR/MDST 225. Writing About Music, Culture, and Sports (this topic only)
• MDST 105. Public Speaking
• MDST 234. Content Creation and Management
• MDST 251. The Video Essay
• MDST 300. Introductory Practicum in Broadcast Television
• MDST 301. Advanced Practicum in Broadcast Television
• PART 100. Improvisation for Theatre

Students who complete a Writing about Film block will gain skills in thinking critically about the creation and impact of film in culture and society. Classes in writing and production will help students articulate their thoughts through public-facing mediums such as articles or video essays.

Four units total from the following lists:

1. Foundations of film (one unit):

• MDST 100. Introduction to Film Art
• MDST 110. Concepts of Media
• MDST 170-172. Introductory Topics in Media Studies

2. Specialized explorations of film (at least one unit):

• ENGL 254. Jane Austen: Fiction & Film
• FREN 210. Francophone Culture Through Film, Media, and Art
• FREN 260. Comparative Studies in Modern and Contemporary Francophone Literature and Film in Translation
• FREN 290. Filmic Expressions of the Francophone World in Translation
• MDST/ENGL 215. Screenwriting for Narrative Film
• MDST 271. Depictions of Drag in TV and Film.
• MDST 271. Women Filmmakers
• MDST 351. Directing Fiction Film
• PART 370. ScreenDance: Making Dance Films
• SOCI 267. Race, Class, and Gender in Film
• SPAN 295. Filmic Expressions of the Spanish-Speaking World

3. Writing/Production (at least one unit):

• ENGL 226. Creative Nonfiction
• JOUR 125. Introduction to Journalism
• JOUR/MDST 225. Magazine Feature Writing
• JOUR/MDST 155. Introduction to Nonfiction Video Production
• MDST 234. Content Creation and Management
• MDST 251. The Video Essay
• MDST 350. Media and the Anthropocene