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Franklin College Multicultural Requirement

Franklin College Requirement:    

The Franklin College Multicultural requirement can be satisfied through the completion of coursework with a significant focus on African American, Asian American, Hispanic American or Native American cultures.

The course must be at least 3 hours and taught at the undergraduate level (1000-5999). These courses may be used to satisfy another Franklin College Requirement.

The following courses can fulfill this requirement. 

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

AFAM2000, Introduction to African American Studies

AFAM2000H, Introduction to African American Studies (Honors)

RELI(AFAM)2005, African American Religions: An Introduction

SOCI(AFAM)2020, African American Society

MUSI(AFST)(AFAM)2080, African American Music

FILM(AFAM)2130, American Directors of Color

PSYC(AFAM)2150, Understanding Cultural Diversity

CMLT(AFAM)2600, Multicultural Black Diaspora Literature

SPCM(AFAM)2810, Communication in African American Communities

SOCI(AFAM)2820, Race and Ethnicity in America

MUSI(AFAM)2960, African American Percussive Music: From Africa to the Americas

HIST(AFAM)3101, The Early African American Experience

HIST(AFAM)3102, Modern African American Experience

HIST(AFAM)(WMST) 3103, African American Women’s History

ENGL(AFAM)3230, Development of African American Literature

SOCI(AFAM)3310, Race and Culture

ENGL(AFAM) 3480, Literature and the Black Atlantic

COMM(AFAM)3820, Interracial Communication

AFAM3880, African American Folklore

HIST(AFAM) 4032/6032, Black Skin, White Walls: African Americans and the Museum

ENGL(LING)(AFAM)4040, Language Use in the African American Community (not currently offered)

HIST(AFAM)4055, Historical Survey of African American Thought

WMST(AFAM)4060, Black Feminism

HIST(AFAM)4125, The New Jim Crow: The Criminalization of Black People in America

AFAM(PSYC)(ECHD) 4170/6170 ,Introduction to Black Psychology

AFAM4200 (no longer offered) 

RELI(AFAM)4201 African American Religious History

RELI(AFAM)4202 Southern Religious History

RELI(AFAM)4203 The Bible in the Black Church

AFAM4250 African American Seminar

CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS)4260 The Black and Green Atlantic: Crosscurrents of the African and Irish Diasporas

SOCI(AFAM)4370 Seminar in Race and Ethnicity

ENGL(AFAM) 4470, Eighteenth Century Literature and the Black Atlantic (as of Fall 2023)

THEA(AFAM)4480 History of African American Drama and Theatre

AFAM(DRAM)4490 African American Women in Cinema: Image and Aesthetics

AFAM(PSYC)4500 Psychology of Prejudice

ETAP(AFAM)4515 History of African American Education

AFAM4550 (no longer offered)

ENGL(AFAM)4620 African American Poetry

ENGL(AFAM)4630 African American Fiction

SPCM(AFAM)4810 African American Rhetoric and Communication

COMM(AFAM)4830 African American Relational Communication

COMM(AFAM)4840 African American Family Communication

ENGL(AFAM)4880 Topics in African American Literature

ENGL(AFAM) 4882W, Black Film Matters: Studies in African American Film

ENGL(AFAM)4884 (or ENGL(AFAM)4884W) Contemporary African American Writing

AFRICAN STUDIES

HIST(AFST)2052 Multiculturalism in Modern America

MUSI(AFST)(AFAM)2080 African American Music

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3001 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World I

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3020 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World II

CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS)4260 The Black and Green Atlantic: Crosscurrents of the African and Irish Diasporas

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH2800 Food, Environment, and Culture

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3001 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World I

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3020 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World II

ANTH(NAMS)3410 Contemporary Native America

ANTH(NAMS)3410H Contemporary Native America (Honors)

ANTH3540 Multicultural Health Care

RELI(ANTH)(NAMS)3901 Methods in the Study of Native American Culture

ANTH(NAMS)4020 Indians of North America

ANTH(NAMS) 4310/6310, Archaeology of Eastern North America

ANTH(HIST)(NAMS)4470 The Rise and Fall of the Southeastern Chiefdoms

ANTH(HIST)4480 The Indians of the Old South

ART

ARTS2050 Cultural Diversity in American Art

ART HISTORY

ARHI3041 Introduction to African American Art

ART EDUCATION

ARED3070 Art and Society: Visual Culture, Diversity, and Pedagogy

ARED5310 Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Study in Art Education

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

ATSC(GEOG)3135 Hidden Figures in the Atmospheric Sciences

CLASSICAL CULTURE

CLAS3010 Introduction to the Classical Americas

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

COMM1800 Cultural Diversity in Communication

COMM3330 Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement

COMM(AFAM)3820 Interracial Communication

COMM4800 Intercultural Communication

COMM(AFAM)4830 African American Relational Communication

COMM(AFAM)4840 African American Family Communication

The COMM prefix was previously SPCM

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

CMLT2400 Asian-American Literature

CMLT2410H Asian-American Literature (Honors)

CMLT2500 Comparative Ethnic American Literatures

CMLT2510H Comparative Ethnic American Literatures (Honors)

CMLT(AFAM)2600 Multicultural Black Diaspora Literature

CMLT2610H Multicultural Black Diaspora Literature (Honors)

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3001 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World I

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3020 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World II

CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS)4260 The Black and Green Atlantic: Crosscurrents of the African and Irish Diasporas

DRAMA

AFAM(DRAM)4490 African American Women in Cinema: Image and Aesthetics

COUNSELING AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

AFAM(PSYC)(ECHD) 4170/6170 Introduction to Black Psychology

ECHD(LACS)4660 U.S. Latino/a Mental Health: An Introduction

ENGLISH

ENGL1060H Composition and Multicultural Literature (Honors)

ENGL1102M (no longer offered)

ENGL1103 (no longer offered)

ENGL2390H Multicultural Literature in America (Honors)

ENGL2400 Multicultural Literature in America

ENGL(AFAM)3230 Development of African American Literature

ENGL(LACS) 3250 Latinx Literature

ENGL(AFAM) 3480, Literature and the Black Atlantic

ENGL3880S The Modern Civil Rights Movement in Literature and Culture

ENGL(LING)(AFAM)4040 Language Use in the African American Community (not currently offered)

ENGL 4334/6334, Shakespeare through Multicultural American Literature and Performance

ENGL(AFAM) 4470, Eighteenth Century Literature and the Black Atlantic  (Fall 2023)

ENGL(AFAM)4620 African American Poetry

ENGL(AFAM)4630 African American Fiction

ENGL4700 Early American Literature

ENGL4860 Multicultural Topics in American Literature

ENGL(AFAM)4880 Topics in African American Literature

ENGL(AFAM) 4882W, Black Film Matters: Studies in African American Film

ENGL(AFAM)4884 (or ENGL(AFAM)4884W) Contemporary African American Writing

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

EPSY4061 Motivational Foundations for Education

ELEMENTARY AND SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

ESSE4515 (no longer offered)

EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE

ETAP(AFAM)4515 History of African American Education

FILM STUDIES

FILM(AFAM)2130 American Directors of Color

FILM 4100/6100, Latinx Film and Visual Culture

GEOGRAPHY

GEOG1103 Cultural Geography of the United States

GEOG2130H Cultural Geography of the United States (Honors)

ATSC(GEOG)3135 Hidden Figures in the Atmospheric Sciences

CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS)4260 The Black and Green Atlantic: Crosscurrents of the African and Irish Diasporas

GERMAN

GRMN 4200, The Language and Literature of the German-American Experience (as of Fall 2023)

HISTORY

HIST2040 Latinos/Latinas in the United States

HIST2051 Multiculturalism in Early America

HIST(AFST)2052 Multiculturalism in Modern America

HIST3040 (no longer offered)

HIST3050 American Indian History to 1840

HIST3051 American Indian History Since 1840

HIST 3051H American Indian History Since 1840 (Honors)

HIST 3055H Natives and Newcomers: Encounters in the Early America 1500-1800 (Honors)

HIST 3095 History of Southern Foods

HIST(AFAM)3101 The Early African American Experience

HIST(AFAM)3102 Modern African American Experience

HIST(AFAM)(WMST) 3103, African American Women’s History

HIST(LACS) 3140 The Other Americans: U.S. Hispanic/Latinx History from 1565 to the Present

HIST 3165 History of Art and Activism in the United States

HIST (LACS) 3210 Race and Slavery in the Americas

HIST(AFAM) 4032/6032, Black Skin, White Walls: African Americans and the Museum

HIST(AFAM)4055 Historical Survey of African American Thought

HIST4110 Multicultural Georgia

HIST4110H Multicultural Georgia (Honors)

HIST4120 The Civil Rights Movement

HIST(AFAM)4125 The New Jim Crow: The Criminalization of Black People in America

HIST4130H American Slavery in Fact, Fiction, and Film (Honors)

ANTH(HIST)(NAMS)4470 The Rise and Fall of the Southeastern Chiefdoms

ANTH(HIST)4480 The Indians of the Old South

LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES

LACS2010 Multidisciplinary Latino/a Studies

LACS2040 Multidisciplinary Mexican Studies: A Transnational Perspective

LACS2040I Multidisciplinary Mexican Studies: A Transnational Perspective

HIST(LACS) 3140 The Other Americans: U.S. Hispanic/Latinx History from 1565 to the Present

HIST(LACS) 3210 Race and Slavery in the Americas

ENGL(LACS) 3250 Latinx Literature

CMLT(AFAM)(AFST)(GEOG)(LACS)4260 The Black and Green Atlantic: Crosscurrents of the African and Irish Diasporas

ECHD(LACS)4660 U.S. Latino/a Mental Health: An Introduction

LINGUISTICS

LING4015 Language, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S.
ENGL(LING)(AFAM)4040 Language Use in the African American Community (not currently offered)

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION

LLED4620 ESOL Service Learning

LLED4620E ESOL Service Learning

LLED5040 Language and Culture in the Classroom

LLED5040E Language and Culture in the Classroom

MUSIC

MUSI2040 History of Popular Music

MUSI2050 Survey of Jazz History

MUSI2060 History and Analysis of Rock Music

MUSI(AFST)(AFAM)2080 African American Music

MUSI2300 Music in Athens

MUSI2300H Music in Athens (Honors)

MUSI(AFAM)2960 African American Percussive Music: From Africa to the Americas

MUSI3020 World Music Survey: Africa, Europe, and the Americas

MUSI3021 World Music, the West, and the East

MUSI3030 Vernacular Music in the United States

MUSI4783 Jazz History

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

RELI(NAMS)1100 Introduction to Native American Studies

RELI(NAMS)2004 Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures

RELI(NAMS)2004H Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (Honors)

ANTH(NAMS)3410 Contemporary Native America

ANTH(NAMS)3410H Contemporary Native America (Honors)

RELI(ANTH)(NAMS)3901 Methods in the Study of Native American Culture

ANTH(NAMS)4020 Indians of North America

ANTH(NAMS) 4310/6310, Archaeology of Eastern North America

ANTH(HIST)(NAMS)4470 The Rise and Fall of the Southeastern Chiefdoms

PHILOSOPHY

PHIL2700 Philosophical Approaches to Multiculturalism

POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLS4200 (no longer offered)

POLS4560 African American Politics

PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC(AFAM)2150 Understanding Cultural Diversity

PSYC3200 Cultural Psychology

AFAM(PSYC)(ECHD) 4170/6170 Introduction to Black Psychology

AFAM(PSYC)4500 Psychology of Prejudice

PSYC4550 (no longer offered)

RELIGION

RELI(NAMS)1100 Introduction to Native American Studies

RELI(NAMS)2004 Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures

RELI(NAMS)2004H Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (Honors)

RELI(AFAM)2005 African American Religions: An Introduction

RELI 2012, Asian American Religions (as of Fall 2023)

RELI 2012H, Asian American Religions (Honors) (as of Fall 2023)

RELI(ANTH)(NAMS)3901 Methods in the Study of Native American Culture

RELI(AFAM)4201 African American Religious History

RELI(AFAM)4202 Southern Religious History

RELI(AFAM)4203 The Bible in the Black Church

RELI4204 Martin Luther King, Jr. and Religion

RELI4701(no longer offered)

ROMANCE LANGUAGE

PORT 2550 Luso-Brazilian Culture in the United States

ROML2550 Latino Literature, Language, and Culture

ROML 4030 Advanced Topics in Latino Literatures and Cultures

SOCIOLOGY

SOCI(AFAM)2020 African American Society

SOCI(AFAM)2820 Race and Ethnicity in America

SOCI(AFAM)3310 Race and Culture

SOCI3340 Social Psychology of Race, Racism, and Discrimination

SOCI(AFAM)4370 Seminar in Race and Ethnicity

SPANISH

SPAN2550 Latino Literature, Language, and Culture

SPAN 3011 Cultural Dialogues and Critical Reading and Writing for Spanish Heritage Speakers I

SPAN 4030 Latinx in the United States

SPEECH COMMUNICATION

SPCM(AFAM)2810 Communication in African American Communities

SPCM(AFAM)4810 African American Rhetoric and Communication

SWAHILI

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3001 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World I

CMLT(SWAH)(AFST)(ANTH)3020 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World II

THEATRE

THEA2110 Voices of Diversity in American Drama and Theatre

THEA(AFAM)4480 History of African American Drama and Theatre

WOMEN'S STUDIES

WMST1110 Multicultural Perspectives on Women in the United States

WMST1110H Multicultural Perspectives on Women in the United States (Honors)

WMST 2300, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies 

WMST 3100, Diversity in LGBTQ Politics 

HIST(AFAM)(WMST) 3103, African American Women’s History

WMST3110 Gender, Race, Class, Sexuality

WMST3110W Gender, Race, Class, Sexuality

WMST(AFAM)4060 Black Feminism

WMST4070 North American Asian Feminisms

 

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