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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, 2014.
Image Courtesy of Tim Black.

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We have updated our lists of current and future classes

 by semester and campus.

See below for a sampling of what is currently available 

for Spring 2018:

Spring Session 2018

Columbus

Research in American Indian Studies Honors

American Indian Studies 4998H

1-4 credit hours.

Undergraduate honors student research or creative project in variable topics related to American Indian Studies.

Prerequisites: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credit hours or 3 completions. This course is graded S/U.

Research Design and Ethnographic Methods

Anthropology 4650H

3 credit hours.

Students learn to study anthropological problems through hands on experience with ethnographic methods, critical discussion of issues in ethnographic research, and design of an ethnographic study.

Prerequisites: Honors standing.

Not open to students with credit for 650H.

Managing Cultural Policy Change

Art Education 5672

3 credit hours.

Planning and executing strategic change in public arts agencies. Explores implications of shifting from a supply/demand to a value-based cultural policy paradigm.

Prerequisites: Not open to student with credit for 672.

Comparative Sacred Architecture

Religious Studies 4876

3 credit hours.

Examination of religious architecture in different cultural and historical contexts; emphasis on variety of ways in which buildings and monuments participate in religious ritual and ceremony.

Prerequisites: One course in Comparative Studies, Religious Studies, or Graduate standing; or permission of instructor.

Indigenous, Colonial, & National Literatures and Cultures of Spanish America

Spanish 4555

3 credit hours.

Introductory critical study of issues and processes in the formation of indigenous, colonial, and national expression through 19th century regional discourses. 

Prerequisites: A grade of C- or above in 3450 (450) or 3450H (450H). 

Not open to students with credit for 555. FL Admis Cond course.

Newark

Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Comparative Studies
Cheryl Cash

T Th 3.55-5.15 PM

Course Number 10961
3 credit hours.
Explores the role of literature and the arts in constructing, maintaining, and questioning the values and beliefs of diverse cultures and historical periods; topics vary. 

Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for 1100H (100H) or 100. 

GEC literature and diversity, global studies course.

Limit 35 students.

Contact Professor Cheryl Cash, cash.110@osu.edu , for more information.

Introduction to American Indian Studies
Comparative Studies 2323

Dr. John Low

T/H 3:55-5:15 PM.

Course Number 22651
3 credit hours.
Explores the legal, cultural, historic, and political foundations, experiences, perspectives, and futures of American Indians in the U.S.
Prerequisite: English 1110 (110) or equiv. 
GEC: Cultures and Ideas and Social Diversity in the U.S. credit. 
Limit of 35 students.
Contact Dr. Low, low.89@osu.edu, for more information.

History of Mexico

History 3106
M W 11.10-12.30 PM
Dr. Alcira Dueñas
Course Number 34141
3 credit hours.

Examines the art of Latin America from about 1500 BC to 1821, surveying both prehispanic civilizations as well as the era of Spanish and Portuguese rule from first encounters in 1492 to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. A wide range of objects and images will be discussed, from painting, sculpture, and architecture to ceramics, featherwork, and textiles.
Prerequisites or concurrent: English 1110.xx, or permission of the instructor. Not open to students with credit for 534.03.

GEC: Historical study and diversity global studies course.

Contact Dr. Dueñas, duenas.2@osu.edu, for more information.