• cultural or historic artistic traditions in visual, auditory, movement, theatrical or cinematic art
• the role of art as critical commentary on society and as an aesthetic expression of experience

• a foreign language and culture
• linguistic and cultural diversity and the contributions of such diversity to the global society

• environments, political systems, economies, societies and religions of one or more regions outside the United States and awareness of the transnational flow of goods, people, ideas and values
• the role that different cultural heritages (past and present) play in forming values in another part of the world, enabling you to function within a more global context

• how literature is an expression of culture
• literary form

• major concepts from natural science or technology, including developing and testing of hypotheses; drawing conclusions; and reporting findings through some laboratory experience or an effective substitute (lab experiences are met by either a limited number of interactive experiences, collecting and interpreting raw data, or other effective experiences such as a virtual laboratory)
• how to evaluate sources of information in science or technology

• concepts, methods and theories designed to enhance understanding of human behavior and/or societies
• concepts and theories to problems involving individuals, institutions or nations

What will I learn? 

• historical events and/or philosophical ideas of European or American culture
• how Western ideas or institutions have evolved over time