Cluster: Interpreting the Past
This cluster offers students the chance to explore our complex and interwoven histories using the tools of the humanities and sciences. Concentrating on the pre-20th century world (excluding North America, which is studied in the American Studies Cluster), we investigate the diversity of our shared human past, giving students a necessary context for understanding the present.
Cluster Coordinator: Anne McClanan
Office: 310B AB
Phone: 725-3338
E-mail: anne@pdx.edu
Blog site for the latest Interpreting the Past Information: http://interpretingthepastcluster.wordpress.com/
Sophomore Inquiry: Interpreting the Past
(UNST 236)
The Interpreting the Past SINQ investigates a historical theme or period in order to give students the necessary tools to deepen their understanding of our shared human heritage in the cluster classes. All Sophomore Inquiry classes will analyze a primary source, whether texts, images, or artifacts, and also instruct students in the primary steps of research-based writing.
This SINQ leads to the Interpreting the Past Cluster.
Approved Cluster Courses:
Academic Year 11-12
Courses listed below are all Approved Cluster Courses. The links beside the course titles are for documentation purposes.
| ANTH 350U |
Archaeological Method and Theory |
| ANTH 361U |
European Prehistory |
| ANTH 362U |
African Prehistory |
| ANTH 363U |
Egyptian Archaeology: From the earliest humans to the Pyramid Age |
| ANTH 364U |
Pacific Northwest Prehistory |
| ANTH 365U |
North American Prehistory |
| ANTH 366U |
Mesoamerican Prehistory |
| ANTH 367U |
East Asian Prehistory |
| ANTH 368U |
Oceania Prehistory |
| ArH 311U |
History of Asian Art: Indian and Indonesian |
| ArH 312U |
History of Asian Art: Chinese |
| ArH 313U |
History of Asian Art: Japanese |
| ArH 321U |
Survey of Korean Art |
| ArH 411U |
Chinese Buddhist Art |
| ArH 412U |
Japanese Buddhist Art |
| ArH 422U |
Chinese Painting |
| ArH 423U |
Japanese Painting |
| ArH 426U |
African Art |
| ArH 439U |
History of Architecture |
| ArH 451U |
Ancient Art I (covers: Prehistoric, Egyptian, & Mesopotamian) |
| ArH 452U |
Ancient Art II (covers: Aegean & Greek) |
| ArH 453U |
Ancient Art III (covers: Etruscan & Roman) |
| ArH 456U |
Early Medieval Art |
| ArH 457U |
Byzantine Art |
| ArH 458U |
Romanesque Art |
| ArH 459U |
Gothic Art |
| ArH 471U |
Italian Renaissance Art I |
| ArH 472U |
Italian Renaissance Art II |
| ArH 473U |
Italian Renaissance Art III |
| ArH 476U |
Baroque Art I |
| ArH 477U |
Baroque Art II |
| ArH 478U |
Baroque Art III |
| ArH 481U |
Nineteenth Century Art I |
| ArH 482U |
Nineteenth Century Art II |
| BST 305U |
African History Before 1800 |
| BST 319U |
Traditional Cultures of Africas |
| BST 362U |
African Prehistory |
| CHN 341U |
Topics in Chinese Literature and Thought |
| CHN 342U |
Chinese Vernacular Literature (Traditional) |
| DANE 345U |
Hans Christian Anderson |
| DANE 347U |
Major Works in Danish Literature |
| ENG 301U |
Shakespeare |
| ENG 317U |
Greek Mythology |
| ENG 318U |
The Bible as Literature |
| ENG 319U |
Northern European Mythology |
| ENG 320U |
English Novel |
| ENG 340U |
Medieval Literature |
| ENG 341U |
Renaissance Literature |
| ENG 342U |
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature |
| ENG 343U |
Romanticism |
| ENG 344U |
Literature of the Victorian Period |
| FL 335U |
Icelandic Sagas |
| FL 448U |
Major Figures in Literature: Dostoevsky |
| FL 448U |
Major Figures in Literature: Tolstoy |
| FR 335U |
19th Century France |
| FR 341U |
Introduction to French Literature I (taught in French) |
| FR 342U |
Introduction to French Literature (17th - 18th) (taught in French) |
| GER 341U |
Introduction to German Literature I (taught in German) |
| GRK 330U |
Ancient Greek Literature |
| GRK 331U |
Plato |
| GRK 332U |
Greek Religion |
| GRK 333U |
Women in Ancient Greece |
| GRK 334U |
Greek Ethics |
| GRK 335U |
Sophocles and Euripides |
| GRK 336U |
Greek Comedy |
| HST 312U |
African History Before 1800 |
| HST 314U |
Ancient Near East & Egypt |
| HST 315U |
Greek History |
| HST 316U |
Roman History |
| HST 320U |
East Asian Civilization |
| HST 321U |
Early Modern East Asia |
| HST 350U |
English History |
| HST 351U |
History of England II: 18th - 20th Century |
| HST 352U |
European Women's History to 1700 |
| HST 354U |
Early Medieval Europe: 300-1100 |
| HST 355U |
Late Medieval Europe: 1100-1450 |
| HST 356U |
Renaissance and Reformation Europe, 1400-1600 |
| HST 357U |
Europe from Reformation to Revolutions |
| HST 359U |
Early Modern France |
| HST 365U |
Latin American History I |
| HST 385U |
Middle East in Modern Times: 19th and Early 20th Century |
| HST 387U |
History of Modern Science |
| IT 341U |
Introduction to Italian Literature (Late 1500s - Late 1800s) |
| JPN 341U |
Topics in Japanese Lit.: Intro to Classical and Medieval Japanese Lit. |
| LAT 330U |
Roman Culture |
| LAT 331U |
Early Medieval Civilization |
| LAT 341U |
Roman Literature in Translation |
| MUS 360U |
The Guitar: History and Music |
| PER 330U |
Persian Culture and Civilization |
| PHL 301U |
History of Philosophy |
| PHL 302U |
Medieval Philosophy |
| PHL 304U |
19th Century Philosophy |
| PHL 319U |
Introduction to Asian Philosophy |
| RUS 330U |
Russian Culture & Civilization |
| RUS 441U |
Russian Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century |
| SPAN 331U |
Latin American Culture and Civilization |
| SPAN 341U |
Introduction to Hispanic Literature I (taught in Spanish) |
| TA 425U |
History of Dress I |
| TA 426U |
History of Dress II |
| TA 471U |
Ancient Greek Drama |
| TA 471U |
Theater History: 19th Century European Theater |
| TA 471U |
Theater History: Medieval/Renaissance Drama |
| WS 370U |
History of Sexualities |
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