World Cultures and Literatures, B.A.

1) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• LATI 2312 - Intermediate Latin II Credit Hours: 3 OR
• GREK 2302 - Intermediate Greek II Credit Hours: 3.0

2) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts Credit Hours: 3

3) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• CLAS 3366 - Greek Art and Archaeology: In Search of the Trojan War Credit Hours: 3 OR
• CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3

4) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation Credit Hours: 3 OR
• CLAS 4305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History Credit Hours: 3

5) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 4353 - Frames of Modernity III: Classics and Modernity Credit Hours: 3

6) 12.0 Credit Hours

Twelve credit hours chosen according to the student’s declared program emphasis (with approval of WCL undergraduate director), selected from the following list:

• ARTH 2381 - Classical Art Credit Hours: 3
• ARTH 2382 - Medieval Art and Society Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 2366 - Who Owns Antiquity? The Battle over our Cultural Heritage Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3307 - Greek & Roman Myths of Heroes Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3308 - Myths & Cult of the Greek Gods Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3345 - Myth&Performance in Greek Trag Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3366 - Greek Art and Archaeology: In Search of the Trojan War Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3371 - Ancient Comedy & Its Influence Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3375 - Roman, Jew, and Christian Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3380 - Epic Masculinity Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3381 - From Homer To Hollywood Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 4350 - Age of Augustus Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 4370 - Comparative Epic Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 4374 - Sex and Gender in Antiquity Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 4375 - Gender and Race in Greek Myths Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 2332 - Western World Literature I Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 2360 - Western World Lit I–Honors Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3300 - Ancient & Classical Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3302 - Medieval Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3309 - Renaissance Drama Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3323 - Developmnt of Literary Criticism and Theory Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4360 - Bible As Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4366 - Intro To Folklore Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 2311 - Western Civilization to 1450 Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 2321 - The Study of Early Civilizations Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3379 - World Civ To 1500 Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3339 - Ancient Greece Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3340 - Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 4350 - Alexander the Great Credit Hours: 3
• HON 2301 - The Human Situation: Antiquity Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3355 - Goddesses and Other Divine Women Credit Hours: 3

1) 9.0 Credit Hours in:

• GERM 3333 - Ger Conversatn&Composit Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3330 - Reading German Texts Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3334 - Ger Conversatn&Composit Credit Hours: 3

2) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours selected from the following list:

• GERM 3362 - Paris-Berlin: Tales of Two Cities Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3363 - Themes in German Drama Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3364 - Writing Holocausts Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3380 - Ger Women Film Directors Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3381 - History of German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3382 - History of German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3384 - Fascism and German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3385 - East German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3386 - Films of Fassbinder Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4364 - History of Drama in Northern and Central Europe Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 3369 - Science Fiction in Literature and Film Credit Hours: 3 OR
• HIST 3357 - Germany 1815-1918 Credit Hours: 3 OR
• HIST 3358 - Germany Since 1918 Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 3324 - Gov & Pol of Contemp Germany Credit Hours: 3

3) 3.0 Credit Hours

Three credit hours selected from the following list:

• GERM 3331 - Intro To German Literature I Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3332 - Intro To German Literature II Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3397 - Top-Ger Lng,Cul,Civ&Lit Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3329 - Introduction to Translation Credit Hours: 3

4) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours of 4000-level GERM courses (taught in German), selected from the following list:

• GERM 4329 - Adv German Translation Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 4356 - Romanticism Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4357 - German Literature 1890-1945 Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4358 - German Literature Since 1945 Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4359 - Germany since Reunification Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4361 - Advanced Writing and Reading Across Disciplines Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4373 - German Cultural History I: From the Beginnings to World War I Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4374 - German Cultural History II: The Twentieth Century Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4397 - Selected Topics in German Language and Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• GERM 4370 - Vienna 1900 - The Birth of the Modern Credit Hours: 3.0

5) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3

1) 6.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 2352 - World Cinema Credit Hours: 3

2) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3 OR
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3

3) 6.0 Credit Hours

• Six hours at the 3000-level taught in a foreign language.

4) 9.0 Credit Hours

Nine credit hours of film courses selected from the following list:

• CHIN 3350 - Chinese Culture Through Films Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3319 - History of the French Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3322 - Francophone African Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3381 - History of German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3380 - Ger Women Film Directors Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3382 - History of German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3384 - Fascism and German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3385 - East German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3386 - Films of Fassbinder Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3387 - Films of Herzog Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3388 - Films of Wenders Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3395 - Topic in German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3397 - Sel Tops-African History Credit Hours: 3.0

• Topic:

  • Pictures and Words: Palestine-Israel Conflict Through Film
• ITAL 3306 - Italian Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• RUSS 3307 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Cinema: Collapse of the Soviet Realm and Revival of National Identity Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4365 - World Fiction and Reportage Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4356 - World Film and Film Theory Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3342 - Tales of East Asian Cities Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3371 - Cities in Film and Arts Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3372 - Indian Film:Bollywood & Beyond Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3373 - Gender and Sexuality in World Film Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3363 - The Graphic Novel and Film Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3364 - World TV Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3366 - Latin American and Latino Film Studies Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3367 - National Cinema in a Global Perspective Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3375 - Black Cuba in Literature and Visual Culture Credit Hours: 3

5) 3.0 Credit Hours

Three credit hours selected from the following list:

• COMM 3370 - History of Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• COMM 2370 - Introduction to Motion Pictures Credit Hours: 3
• SOC 3340 - Sociology of Film Credit Hours: 3.0
• ENGL 4373 - Film, Text, and Politics Credit Hours: 3
• ARTH 3396 - Selected Topics in Critical Studies in Film and Video Credit Hours: 3

1) 6.0 Credit Hours in:

• FREN 3313 - Advanced Grammar & Comp Credit Hours: 3
• plus additional course at the 3000-level (taught in French) Credit Hours: 3.0

2) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts Credit Hours: 3

3) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

Three credit hours in a 4000-level capstone course.

• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3 OR
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4354 - Frames of Modernity IV: The Global South Before WWII Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4355 - Frames of Modernity V: The Global South From WWII to Present Credit Hours: 3

4) 9.0 Credit Hours

Nine credit hours from the following list:

• FREN 3362 - Paris-Berlin: Tales of Two Cities Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3319 - History of the French Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3322 - Francophone African Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3364 - Writing Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4367 - Voices from Exile and Diaspora Credit Hours: 3

5) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours from the following list:

• HIST 3352 - Modern France Since 1870 Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3356 - History of Madness Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 4338 - Enlightenment Stories: The Thought and Literature of the Enlightenment Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 4327 - Europe 1930-1945 Credit Hours: 3.0

1) 3.0 Credit Hours

Three credit hours taken from:

• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4353 - Frames of Modernity III: Classics and Modernity Credit Hours: 3

2) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours taken from:

• ITAL 3303 - Italian Convers&Compos Credit Hours: 3 (Students can take either ITAL 3303 or ITAL 3304 to fulfill the requirement)
• ITAL 3304 - Culture Italy Credit Hours: 3 (Students can take either ITAL 3304 or ITAL 3303 to fulfill the requirement.)
• ITAL 3335 - Survey of Italian Literature Credit Hours: 3 (Students can take either ITAL 3335 or ITAL 4308 to fulfill the requirement.)
• ITAL 4308 - Dante and His World Credit Hours: 3 (Students can take either ITAL 4308 or ITAL 3335 to fulfill the requirement.)

3) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours taken from:

• ITAL 2311 - Intermediate Italian I Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 2312 - Intermediate Italian II Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 2601 - Accelerated Italian Second Year Credit Hours: 6

4) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours taken from:

• ITAL 3302 - Readings Ital Lit Since 18Th C Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3303 - Italian Convers&Compos Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3304 - Culture Italy Credit Hours: 3

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  Taught in English, but requiring (for minors and majors) a substantial amount of written work in Italian, selected from

• ITAL 3305 - Italian Culture Through Films Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3307 - Italian Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3308 - Italian Heritage Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3309 - Women Writers & Filmmakers of Modern Italy Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3335 - Survey of Italian Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3396 - Sel Tops-Ital Lang,Cult & Lit Credit Hours: 3.0
• ITAL 3397 - Topics in Italian Literature in Translation Credit Hours: 3.0

5) 6.0 Credit Hours

Six credit hours taken from:

(students can also substitute courses listed in item 2 and 3 that have not been taken or other courses with the consent of the program director).

• ITAL 4304 - Italian Culture in English Translation Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 4305 - Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 4307 - Italian Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 4308 - Dante and His World Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 4397 - Topics in Italian Lit Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3307 - Greek & Roman Myths of Heroes Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3308 - Myths & Cult of the Greek Gods Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3341 - The Roman Republic Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 3350 - Law and Society in Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3.0
• CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3
• CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 4330 - European Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3340 - Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3395 - Sel Top-European Hist Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 4330 - Flowering of the Middle Ages Credit Hours: 3
• MUSI 4380 - Opera Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 2352 - World Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3367 - National Cinema in a Global Perspective Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3373 - Gender and Sexuality in World Film Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4353 - Frames of Modernity III: Classics and Modernity Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4356 - World Film and Film Theory Credit Hours: 3

Note(s):

• ITAL 3335 and ITAL 4308 do not require substantial knowledge of Italian and can be taken even during the First Year. WCL Majors in Italian Studies Track and Minors in Italian must take at least one of the two. However, students who take ITAL 3335 can also take ITAL 4308 as elective, and vice versa.
• Italian Studies majors must earn at least a 2.00-grade point average in all Italian courses counting toward the major and attempted at the University of Houston.
• Students who have not taken their first three semesters of Italian at the University of Houston (including those with two or more years of high school Italian, Heritage Learning students, returning from study abroad, etc.) must take a placement examination and see a department advisor before enrolling in Italian courses. The placement exam is available at the Testing Center year-round.
• Credit may be awarded by examination for courses at the 2000- and 3000-level. For information see the departmental advisor.
• Students who have taken the IB or AP Italian Exam may also be able to receive credit for some courses. They should consult the following: Credit by Examination .
• Transfer students must take at least 9 semester hours of advanced Italian course work in residence to qualify for a WCL degree with Italian Studies Track

1) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts Credit Hours: 3

2) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

Three credit hours in a 4000-level capstone course.

• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3 OR
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4354 - Frames of Modernity IV: The Global South Before WWII Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4355 - Frames of Modernity V: The Global South From WWII to Present Credit Hours: 3

3) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

• ARAB 2312 - Intermediate Arabic II Credit Hours: 3 OR

4) 18.0 Credit Hours

Eighteen hours selected from the following list:

• ARAB 3301 - Adv Modern Standard Arabic I Credit Hours: 3
• ARAB 3302 - Advanced Modern Standard Arabic II Credit Hours: 3.0
• ARAB 3312 - Introduction to Arabic Literature in Translation Credit Hours: 3.0
• ARAB 3313 - Qur’an as Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ARAB 3314 - Women and Gender in Arabic Literature Credit Hours: 3
• ARTH 3313 - Roman Art Credit Hours: 3
• ARAB 3340 - Modern & Rationalism in Islamic Tradition Credit Hours: 3
• ARAB 3377 - Energy, Society and the Middle East Credit Hours: 3
• ARAB 3397 - Selected Topics Arab Studies Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3365 - Postcolonial Literature Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3322 - Francophone African Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3378 - Modern Middle East Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3390 - Middle East: Pictures & Words Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 3397 - Sel Tops-African History Credit Hours: 3.0
• HIST 4393 - Selected Topics: Middle East Credit Hours: 3.0
• POLS 3326 - Gov-Pol the Middle East Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 4333 - Islam and Democracy Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 4348 - Contemporary Islamic Political Thought Credit Hours: 3.0
• RELS 2330 - Judaism Credit Hours: 3
• RELS 2350 - Introduction to Islam Credit Hours: 3
• RELS 3360 - Muslim-Christian Relations Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 2380 - Introduction to Jewish Studies Credit Hours: 3
• WGSS 3321 - Gender in Transnational Perspective Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3341 - Early Islamic Society: Literature and Thought Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3376 - Photography - Creating Visual Stories, Local and Global Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 3377 - The Modern Middle East: Literature, Politics, and Ideas Credit Hours: 3

1) 6.0 Credit Hours in:

• WCL 2351 - World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 2352 - World Cinema Credit Hours: 3

2) 6.0 Credit Hours

• Six hours at the 3000-level in a foreign language.

3) 3.0 Credit Hours in:

Three hours in a 4000-level capstone course.

• WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I Credit Hours: 3 OR
• WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II - Postmodernity and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4354 - Frames of Modernity IV: The Global South Before WWII Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4355 - Frames of Modernity V: The Global South From WWII to Present Credit Hours: 3

4) 12.0 Credit Hours

Twelve credit hours selected from the following list:

• CHIN 3360 - A Look Into Modern China Credit Hours: 3
• CHIN 3350 - Chinese Culture Through Films Credit Hours: 3
• CHIN 3352 - Chin Cul & Soc Thru Mod Lit Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 3365 - Postcolonial Literature Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3319 - History of the French Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3322 - Francophone African Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• FREN 3362 - Paris-Berlin: Tales of Two Cities Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3350 - 20Th C Thru German Culture Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3362 - Paris-Berlin: Tales of Two Cities Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3364 - Writing Holocausts Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3380 - Ger Women Film Directors Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3382 - History of German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3384 - Fascism and German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3385 - East German Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3386 - Films of Fassbinder Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3387 - Films of Herzog Credit Hours: 3
• GERM 3388 - Films of Wenders Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3306 - Italian Cinema Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3309 - Women Writers & Filmmakers of Modern Italy Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 3308 - Italian Heritage Credit Hours: 3
• ITAL 4304 - Italian Culture in English Translation Credit Hours: 3
• RUSS 3307 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Cinema: Collapse of the Soviet Realm and Revival of National Identity Credit Hours: 3.0
• VIET 3300 - The Global Vietnamese Diaspora Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3365 - World Fiction and Reportage Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3368 - Popular Cultures and World Media Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3369 - Science Fiction in Literature and Film Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3371 - Cities in Film and Arts Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3373 - Gender and Sexuality in World Film Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3375 - Black Cuba in Literature and Visual Culture Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3376 - Photography - Creating Visual Stories, Local and Global Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 3377 - The Modern Middle East: Literature, Politics, and Ideas Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3378 - Debating India and the World Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3379 - Media & Post-Millennial Writings in India Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 3385 - Cultures and Capitalisms in India and Asia Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4367 - Voices from Exile and Diaspora Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4378 - Cultures of Dissent: A Global Perspective Credit Hours: 3.0
• WCL 4379 - Critical Theory and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
• WCL 4382 - Post-Conflict Literatures: Europe, Africa and the Americas Credit Hours: 3