Courses Approved to Meet Perspective Areas

The Committee on General Education (COGE) has approved the following courses to meet Perspective Area Requirements in the General Education Program. COGE continues to review program proposals for additional courses to meet Perspective Areas in the General Education Program.

Degree Requirements

Arts Perspective

AFR 141/ENG 141	African-American Lit (ENG)	1 Course Credit
AFR 234/MUS 234	Afr-Amer Mus:Overview(MUS)	1 Course Credit
APS 213/TAD 213	Appalachian Crafts (TAD)	1 Course Credit
APS 224/MUS 224	Appalachian Music (MUS)	1 Course Credit
ARH 210	Topics in Islamic Art & Archit	1 Course Credit
ARH 220	Topics in Indian Art H (AST)	1 Course Credit
ARH 230	Topics in Latin American Art	1 Course Credit
ARH 232	Classical Art & Archaeology	1 Course Credit
ARH 233	Art&Arch Ancnt Nr East&Egypt	1 Course Credit
ARH 242	Medieval Art	1 Course Credit
ART 111	Printmaking I	1 Course Credit
ART 115	Drawing Fundamentals	1 Course Credit
ART 116	Painting I	1 Course Credit
ART 123	Ceramics I	1 Course Credit
ART 125	Fibers I	1 Course Credit
ART 130	Sculpture I	1 Course Credit
AST 220	Topics in Indian Art H (ARH)	1 Course Credit
CFS 238	Human Environments II	1 Course Credit
COM 211	Broadcast Journalism I	1 Course Credit
CSC 111	Storytelling-Comp Animation	1 Course Credit
ENG 124	Intro to Creative Writing	1 Course Credit
ENG 141/AFR 141	African-American Lit (AFR)	1 Course Credit
ENG 200	Studies in Time	1 Course Credit
ENG 282	Workshop in Creative Writing	1 Course Credit
FRN 320	Panorama of French Lit I	1 Course Credit
FRN 321	Panorama of French Lit II	1 Course Credit
FRN 325	Seventeenth Century Frn Lit	1 Course Credit
FRN 330	Nineteenth Century French Lit	1 Course Credit
FRN 340	Twentieth Century French Lit	1 Course Credit
GER 320	German Poetry	1 Course Credit
GER 325	German Narrative Prose	1 Course Credit
GER 330	German Drama	1 Course Credit
GER 340	German Novel	1 Course Credit
HIS 210/LAT 210	Classical Roman Civ (LAT)	1 Course Credit
HHP 245	Dance Education	1 Course Credit
HHP 248	World Dance	1 Course Credit
HHP 249	Dancing Through Space & Time	1 Course Credit
HHP 305	Improvisation & Choreography	1 Course Credit
LAT 210	Classical Roman Civ (HIS)	1 Course Credit
LAT 215	Classical Mythology	1 Course Credit
LAT 223	Virgil	1 Course Credit
LAT 321	Latin Historians	1 Course Credit
LAT 324	Classical Poetry	1 Course Credit
MUS 106	World Music	1 Course Credit
MUS 115	Intro to Music Literature	1 Course Credit
MUS 216	Perceptive Listening to Music	1 Course Credit
MUS 224/APS 224	Appalachian Music (APS)	1 Course Credit
MUS 234/AFR 234	Afri-Amer Mus:Overview (AFR)	1 Course Credit
REL 110	Religion and the Arts	1 Course Credit
SPN 315	Intro to Spanish Literature	1 Course Credit
SPN 320	Peninsular Literature I	1 Course Credit
SPN 321	Peninsular Literature II	1 Course Credit
SPN 330	Spanish American Literature I	1 Course Credit
SPN 331	Spanish American Literature II	1 Course Credit
SPN 340	The Novel	1 Course Credit
TAD 180	Graphic Com and Design	1 Course Credit
TAD 202	Photography	1 Course Credit
TAD 213/APS 213	Appalachian Crafts (APS)	1 Course Credit
THR 331	Film Production: Documentary	1 Course Credit
THR 332	Film Production: Feature Film	1 Course Credit

Social Science Perspective

ARH 234	Intro to Archaeological Method	1 Course Credit
ARH 238	History & Analysis of Craft	1 Course Credit
BUS 257	Consumer Behavior	1 Course Credit
CFS 207/WGS 207	Family Relations (WGS)	1 Course Credit
COM 220	Theories of Communication	1 Course Credit
ECO 101	Principles of Macroeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 102	Principles of Microeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 301	Intermediate Macroeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 302	Intermediate Microeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 360/PSC 360	Int'l Political Economy (PSC)	1 Course Credit
ECO 370	Environ Issue in Public Policy	1 Course Credit
GST 235	Intro to Behavioral Sciences	1 Course Credit
HIS 200	Intro to Historical Study	1 Course Credit
PSC 100	Intro to Study of Politics	1 Course Credit
PSC 110	American Government	1 Course Credit
PSC 360/ECO 360	Int'l Political Economy (ECO)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 305	Conflict Transformation	1 Course Credit
PSY 100	General Psychology	1 Course Credit
SOC 100	Sociology of Everyday Life	1 Course Credit
SOC 110	Prob of American Institutions	1 Course Credit
SOC 220	Cultural Anthropology	1 Course Credit
WGS 207/CFS 207	Family Relations (CFS)	1 Course Credit

Western History Perspective

AFR 165/HIS 165	Intro to Afr-Amer History(HIS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 314	Renaissance and Reformation	1 Course Credit
AFR 356/HIS 356	Sem-African-Amer History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ARH 232	Classical Art & Archaeology	1 Course Credit
ARH 242	Medieval Art	1 Course Credit
ARH 255	20th & 21st Century Art	1 Course Credit
FRN 140	Frn Civilization Past/Present	1 Course Credit
GER 140	German Civilization	1 Course Credit
HIS 101	Western Civilization I	1 Course Credit
HIS 102	West Civ II:Std in Gendr (WGS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 130	Albion & Eire: British Isles	1 Course Credit
HIS 131	Britain & the Emp, 1688 to Pre	1 Course Credit
HIS 140/SPN 140	History of Spain (SPN)	1 Course Credit
HIS 161	American History to 1865	1 Course Credit
HIS 162	American History Since 1865	1 Course Credit
HIS 165/AFR 165	Intro to Afr Amer His(AFR)	1 Course Credit
HIS 202/REL 202	Christians & Pagans (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 209	Classical Greek Civilization	1 Course Credit
HIS 210/LAT 210	Classical Roman Civ (LAT)	1 Course Credit
HIS 215	Christianity to 1600 (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 310	Seminar in U. S. History	1 Course Credit
HIS 316	20th Cent Europe:Div & Recon	1 Course Credit
HIS 335	Topic Sem-Modern European His	1 Course Credit
HIS 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 356/AFR 356	Sem: African-Amer History(AFR)	1 Course Credit
LAT 210	Classical Roman Civ (HIS)	1 Course Credit
PHI 204/PSC 204	Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 209/PSC 209	Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 305	Classical Philosophy	1 Course Credit
PSC 204/PHI 204	Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PHI)	1 Course Credit
PSC 209/PHI 209	Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PHI)	1 Course Credit
PSY 420	His & Systems of Psychology	1 Course Credit
REL 202/HIS 202	Christians & Pagans (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 215	Christianity to 1600 (HIS)	1 Course Credit
SPN 140/HIS 140	History of Spain (HIS)	1 Course Credit
TAD 118	History of Technology	1 Course Credit
WGS 102/HIS 102	West Civ II:Std in Gendr (HIS)	1 Course Credit

Religion Perspective

AFR 136/REL 136	African Trad Religion (REL)	1 Course Credit
ARH 210	Topics in Islamic Art & Archit	1 Course Credit
ARH 242	Medieval Art	1 Course Credit
AST 132/REL 132	Religions of China (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 135/REL 135	Religions of Japan (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 260/REL 260	Buddhism (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 308/REL 308	Themes in Asian Tradition(REL)	1 Course Credit
ENG 205	Studies in Cultures	1 Course Credit
HIS 202/REL 202	Christians & Pagans (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 215	Christianity to 1600 (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 223	Hist of Pre-Modern Middle East	1 Course Credit
HIS 240/REL 240	Islam (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 311	Seminar: Medieval History	1 Course Credit
HIS 314	Renaissance and Reformation	1 Course Credit
HIS 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (REL)	1 Course Credit
LAT 215	Classical Mythology	1 Course Credit
PSJ 205	Movements & Commnty Organizing	1 Course Credit
PSJ 218/REL 218	Voices of Non-violence (REL)	1 Course Credit
REL 100	Religion in Global Context	1 Course Credit
REL 109	Intro to Christian Thought	1 Course Credit
REL 110	Religion and the Arts	1 Course Credit
REL 126	Poverty and Justice	1 Course Credit
REL 132/AST 132	Religions of China (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 135/AST 135	Religions of Japan (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 136/AFR 136	African Trad Religion (AFR)	1 Course Credit
REL 202/HIS 202	Christians & Pagans (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 211/WGS 211	Women in Religion (WGS)	1 Course Credit
REL 212	Rel, Rhetoric, & Rationality	1 Course Credit
REL 215	Christianity to 1600 (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 218/PSJ 218	Voices of Nonviolence	1 Course Credit
REL 225	Images of Jesus	1 Course Credit
REL 228	The Bible, His., & Archeology	1 Course Credit
REL 235	Christian Social Ethics	1 Course Credit
REL 240/HIS 240	Islam (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 250	Judaism	1 Course Credit
REL 260/AST 260	Buddhism (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 309	Themes in Abrahamic Traditions	1 Course Credit
REL 312	Religious Thought & Ethics	1 Course Credit
REL 308/AST 308	Themes in Asian Tradition(AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 320	Advanced Biblical Studies	1 Course Credit
REL 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (HIS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 211/REL 211	Women in Religion (REL)	1 Course Credit
WGS 223	Theologies of Liberation (REL)	1 Course Credit

African Americans’, Appalachians’, and Women’s Perspective

AFR 132/SOC 132	Intro to Race in America (SOC)	1 Course Credit
AFR 135/ENG 135/WGS 135	Afr-Amer Women Writer(WGS/ENG)	1 Course Credit
AFR 141/ENG 141	African-American Lit (ENG)	1 Course Credit
AFR 165/HIS 165	Intro to Afr-Amer History(HIS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 202/PSC 202/WGS 202	Women & Afr Amer-Pol(WGS/PSC)	1 Course Credit
AFR 212/ENG 212	Lit-Caribbean Women(ENG/WGS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 222	Intro to African-Amer Studies	1 Course Credit
AFR 225/APS 225/PSJ 225/SENS 225	Envr Justice(SENS/APS/PSJ/WGS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 230/APS 230	African Amer-Appalachia(APS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 234/MUS 234	Afr-Amer Mus:Overview(MUS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 356/HIS 356	Sem-African-Amer History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
APS 121	Appalachian Cultures	1 Course Credit
APS 113	Appalachian Weaving	1 Course Credit
APS 140/ENG 140	Appalachian Literature (ENG)	1 Course Credit
APS 209/CFS 209	Appalachian Foodways (CFS)	1 Course Credit
APS 210/HLT 210	Health in Appalachia (HLT)	1 Course Credit
APS 213/TAD 213	Appalachian Crafts (TAD)	1 Course Credit
APS 215/SENS 215	Sustainable Appal Comm (SENS)	1 Course Credit
APS 220/WGS 220	Gender in Appalachia (WGS)	1 Course Credit
APS 224/MUS 224	Appalachian Music (MUS)	1 Course Credit
APS 225/AFR 225/PSJ 225/SENS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/PSJ/SENS/WGS)	1 Course Credit
APS 229	Contemporary Issues-Appalachia	1 Course Credit
APS 230	African Americans-Appal (AFR)	1 Course Credit
APS 253/HIS 253	Appalachian America (HIS)	1 Course Credit
APS 330/SOC 330	Comm Analysis:Appal Case(SOC)	1 Course Credit
CFS 207/WGS 207	Family Relations (WGS)	1 Course Credit
CFS 209/APS 209	Appalachian Foodways (APS)	1 Course Credit
CFS 366/WGS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam (WGS)	1 Course Credit
COM 310/WGS 310	Communication and Gender (WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 135/AFR 135/WGS 135	Afr-Amer Women Writer(AFR/WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 140/APS 140	Appalachian Literature (APS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 141/AFR 141	African-American Lit (AFR)	1 Course Credit
ENG 212/AFR 212/WGS 212	Lit-Caribbean Women(AFR/WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 237	Women And Literature (WGS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 102	West Civ II:Std in Gendr (WGS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 165/AFR 165	Intro to Afr Amer His(AFR)	1 Course Credit
HIS 253/APS 253	Appalachian America (APS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 356/AFR 356	Sem: African-Amer History(AFR)	1 Course Credit
HLT 210/APS 210	Health in Appalachia (APS)	1 Course Credit
HLT 236/WGS 236	Women and Health (WGS)	1 Course Credit
MUS 224/APS 224	Appalachian Music (APS)	1 Course Credit
MUS 234/AFR 234	Afri-Amer Mus:Overview (AFR)	1 Course Credit
PSC 202/AFR 202/WGS 202	Women & Afr Amer-Pol(WGS/AFR)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 210	Diversity and Social Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 225/AFR 225/APS 225/SENS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/APS/SENS/WGS)	1 Course Credit
REL 211/WGS 211	Women in Religion (WGS)	1 Course Credit
SENS 215/APS 215	Sustainable Appal Comm (APS)	1 Course Credit
SENS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/WGS/PSJ/APS)	1 Course Credit
SOC 132/AFR 132	Intro to Race in America (AFR)	1 Course Credit
SOC 330/APS 330	Comm Analysis:Appal Case(APS)	1 Course Credit
TAD 213/APS 213	Appalachian Crafts (APS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 102/HIS 102	West Civ II:Std in Gendr (HIS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 124	Intro to Women's & Gender Stds	1 Course Credit
WGS 127	Riding the Waves of Feminism	1 Course Credit
WGS 135	Afr-Amer Women Writer(AFR/ENG)	1 Course Credit
WGS 202/AFR 202/PSC 202	Women & Afr Amer-Pol (AFR/PSC)	1 Course Credit
WGS 207/CFS 207	Family Relations (CFS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 211/REL 211	Women in Religion (REL)	1 Course Credit
WGS 212/AFR 212/ENG 212	Lit-Caribbean Women (ENG/AFR)	1 Course Credit
WGS 220/APS 220	Gender in Appalachia (APS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/SENS/PSJ/APS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 236/HLT 236	Women & Health (HLT)	1 Course Credit
WGS 237	Women and Literature (ENG)	1 Course Credit
WGS 315	Classic Texts in Women's & Gen	1 Course Credit
WGS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam(CFS)	1 Course Credit

International Perspective (Two Options)

The International Perspective is met by taking EITHER

Foreign Language Option —two courses in the same foreign language, one of which may be waived by a placement examination (at least one language course must be taken after entering Berea College unless transfer credit has been awarded for a foreign language through the second level) OR
World Culture Option —two approved World Culture courses, at least one of which must be approved as Non-Western. Here is a list of courses that have been approved to meet the World Culture component of this perspective, first Non-Western, then Western:

International Perspective (Non-Western)

AFR 136/REL 136	African Trad Religion (REL)	1 Course Credit
AFR 141/ENG 141	African-American Lit (ENG)	1 Course Credit
AFR 212/ENG 212	Lit-Caribbean Women(ENG/WGS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 260/HIS 260	Survey of African His (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ARH 220	Topics in Indian Art H (AST)	1 Course Credit
ARH 239	Native Nrth Amer Art&Archaelog	1 Course Credit
AST 122/HIS 122	History of China (HIS)	1 Course Credit
AST 123/HIS 123	History of Japan (HIS)	1 Course Credit
AST 132/REL 132	Religions of China (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 135/REL 135	Religions of Japan (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 220	Topics in Indian Art H (ARH)	1 Course Credit
AST 260/REL 260	Buddhism (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 308/REL 308	Themes in Asian Tradition(REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 322/HIS 322	Sem in Chinese History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
AST 323/HIS 323	Sem in Japanese History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 141/AFR 141	African-American Lit (AFR)	1 Course Credit
ENG 212/AFR 212/WGS 212	Lit-Caribbean Women(AFR/WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 242	Intro to Non-Western Lit	1 Course Credit
HHP 248	World Dance	1 Course Credit
HIS 122/AST 122	History of China (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 123/AST 123	History of Japan (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 175/PSC 175	His & Pol of Arab-Isr (PSC)	1 Course Credit
HIS 223	Hist of Pre-Modern Middle East	1 Course Credit
HIS 240/REL 240	Islam (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 260/AFR 260	Survey of African His (AFR)	1 Course Credit
HIS 270	Recent History of Middle East	1 Course Credit
HIS 322/AST 322	Sem in Chinese History (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 323/AST 323	Sem in Japanese History (AST)	1 Course Credit
MUS 106	World Music	1 Course Credit
PSC 175/HIS 175	His & Pol of Arab-Isr (HIS)	1 Course Credit
PSC 352	Politics of Developing Nations	1 Course Credit
REL 100	Religion in Global Context	1 Course Credit
REL 132/AST 132	Religions of China (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 135/AST 135	Religions of Japan (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 136/AFR 136	African Trad Religion (AFR)	1 Course Credit
REL 240/HIS 240	Islam (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 260/AST 260	Buddhism (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 308/AST 308	Themes in Asian Tradition(AST)	1 Course Credit
WGS 212/AFR 212/ENG 212	Lit-Caribbean Women (ENG/AFR)	1 Course Credit

Approved for International Perspective (Western)

ARH 230	Topics in Latin American Art	1 Course Credit
AST 229/HIS 229	Modern Imperialism (HIS)	1 Course Credit
CFS 225	Food, Culture and Society	1 Course Credit
CFS 366/WGS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam (WGS)	1 Course Credit
ECO 341	Economic Dev:Theory & Appl	1 Course Credit
ENG 103	ESL and American Culture	1 Course Credit
GER 140	German Civilization	1 Course Credit
HIS 131	Britain & the Emp, 1688 to Pre	1 Course Credit
HIS 140/SPN 140	History of Spain (SPN)	1 Course Credit
HIS 224	20th Century World History	1 Course Credit
HIS 229/AST 229	Modern Imperialism (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 311	Seminar: Medieval History	1 Course Credit
LAT 117	Classical Etymology	1 Course Credit
PHI 207/PSC 207	Human Rights, Intl Law (PSC)	1 Course Credit
PSC 207/PHI 207	Human Rights, Intl Law (PHI)	1 Course Credit
SOC 341	Soc of Dev & Social Change	1 Course Credit
SPN 140/HIS 140	History of Spain (HIS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam(CFS)	1 Course Credit