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History, Culture, and Law, BA

2021-2022 Edition

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        • Africana Studies, BA
        • Africana Studies and Political Science, BA
        • History, Culture, and Law, BA
        • Religious Studies and Africana Studies, BA
        • Spanish, BA
        • Spanish and International Affairs, BA
        • Africana Studies, BS
        • American Sign Language—English Interpreting, BS
        • American Sign Language and Human Services, BS
        • American Sign Language and Linguistics, BS
        • American Sign Language and Psychology, BS
        • American Sign Language and Theatre, BS
        • African American Studies, Minor
        • African Studies, Minor
        • Africana Studies, Minor
        • American Sign Language, Minor
        • Arabic, Minor
        • Black Feminist Studies, Minor
        • Chinese, Minor
        • Film and International Cultures, Minor
        • German, Minor
        • Italian, Minor
        • Japanese, Minor
        • French, Minor
        • Portuguese, Minor
        • Russian, Minor
        • Spanish, Minor
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History, Culture, and the Law is an interdisciplinary major that provides students the opportunity to understand how legal systems are shaped by cultural norms and historical developments, as well as how social change has been and can be created through legal processes. After studying principles of historical method and jurisprudence, students bring to bear the interdisciplinary frameworks they have begun to develop in one of six culturally-focused concentrations: Africana Studies and Culture; Asian Studies and Culture; Culture and Colonialism; Digital Humanities; Gender and Sexuality; and Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies and Culture. Students have opportunities to develop flexibility in perspectives; to exercise ability to work in interdisciplinary frameworks; and to foster appreciation of cultural diversity that will enable them to make a positive impact in their chosen spheres of action. 

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

University-Wide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.

BA Language Requirements

All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Note: No more than two courses taken for this major may be counted toward another major or minor. 

Law and History Core 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Foundational Core Courses
Complete the following three courses:12
ENGL 3325
Rhetoric of Law
HIST 1100
Law and History
LPSC 2301
Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society
Foundational Core Elective
Complete two of the following:8
LPSC 2302
Global Human Rights: A Social and Economic Perspective
LPSC 3303
Topics in Law and Public Policy
LPSC 3307
Understanding the Modern Supreme Court
PHIL 2301
Philosophical Problems of Law and Justice
POLS 3302
Judicial Process and Behavior
POLS 3406
International Law
POLS 4500
U.S. Constitutional Law
POLS 4505
U.S. Civil Liberties

Concentrations

Students will elect one four-course concentration from among these choices:

  • Africana Studies and Culture
  • Asian Studies and Culture
  • Culture and Colonialism
  • Digital Humanities
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies and Culture

Major Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete three of the following not already used to fulfill one of the requirements above. Courses not used above to fulfill a requirement may also be used to fulfill this elective requirement. However, only one course used to fulfill this requirement may be at the 1000 level.
AFAM 2399
Black Community and Social Change
ANTH 2305
Global Markets and Local Culture
AFAM 3120
Race, Crime, and Justice
CLTR 3418
Nationalism
CRIM 2350
Policing a Democratic Society
CRIM 3110
Gender, Crime, and Justice
ENGL 2690
Boston in Literature
ENGL 3325
Rhetoric of Law
ENGL 3375
Writing Boston
ENGL 3678
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
or WMNS 3678
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
HIST 1206
Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
HIST 1215
Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
HIST 2000
Native American Resistance: Past and Present
HIST 2011
Capitalism and Business: A Global History
HIST 2217
The Global Far-Right since 1945: Politics, Culture, Violence
HIST 2280
Hitler, Germany, and the Holocaust
HIST 2282
The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide
HIST 2285
America and the Holocaust
HIST 2311
Colonialism/Imperialism
HIST 2332
Going Global: The United States, 1898-1945
HIST 3334
Assassinations in World History
LPSC 3303
Topics in Law and Public Policy
PHIL 1102
Introduction to Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 1112
Debating Ethical Controversies
PHIL 2303
Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3100
The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
PHIL 2325
Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
PHIL 2330
Modern Philosophy
SOCL 4522
Environmental Justice

Capstone

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following capstone courses:
AFAM 4700
Capstone
AFRS 4700
Capstone
ASNS 4900
Asian Studies Capstone Directed Study
ENGL 4720
Capstone Project
HIST 4701
Capstone Seminar
PHIL 5001
Global Justice

Major GPA Requirement

Minimum 3.000 GPA required in all major courses

Major Credit Requirement

Complete 52 hours in the major

Experiential Liberal Arts

All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirements

128 total semester hours required


Concentration in Africana Studies and Culture

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four courses as follows:
Complete one of the following:4
AFAM 1101
Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
AFRS 1101
Introduction to African Studies
Complete one of the following, as a Writing Intensive course:4
AFRS 4510
Anthropology of Africa
or ANTH 4510
Anthropology of Africa
WMNS 4520
Race, Class, and Gender
or SOCL 4520
Race, Class, and Gender
Complete two of the following, at least one of which must be at the 3000 level of above:8
AFAM 1104 - AFAM 5001
AFRS 1270 - AFRS 4939

Concentration in Asian Studies and Culture

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four courses as follows:
Complete the following course:4
ASNS 1150
East Asian Studies
or HIST 1150
East Asian Studies
Complete one of the following, as a Writing Intensive course:4
HIST 2308
Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
PHIL 2395
Japanese Buddhism
Complete two of the following. If HIST 2308 or PHIL 2395 is the Writing Intensive course, at least one of these electives must be at the 3000 level or above:8
ANTH 4350
Ethnography of Southeast Asia
ANTH 4515
Culture and Politics in Modern India
CLTR 1260
Japanese Film
CLTR 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
or HIST 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
CLTR 1506
Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture
CLTR 1700
Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
HIST 1246
World War II in the Pacific
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1253
History of Vietnam Wars
HIST 2011
Capitalism and Business: A Global History
HIST 2351
Modern Japan
MUSC 2130
Music of Asia
PHIL 1130
Ethics: East and West
PHIL 1275
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond: Eastern Religions
PHIL 1290
Chinese Philosophy and Religion

Concentration in Culture and Colonialism

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four courses as follows:
Complete the following course:4
POLS 2325
Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
or PHIL 2325
Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
Complete three of the following, at least one of which must be at the 3000 level or above:12
CLTR 1501
Introduction to French Culture
CLTR 1504
Cultural History of Spain
CLTR 2451
Postcolonial Women Writers
or ENGL 2451
Postcolonial Women Writers
HIST 1170
Europe: Empires, Revolutions, Wars, and Their Aftermath
HIST 1190
Picturing Modernity: The Photographic Image in Culture and Society
HIST 1218
Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
HIST 1272
Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
HIST 1285
Introduction to Russian Civilization
HIST 1286
History of the Soviet Union
HIST 1389
History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
HIST 1390
History of Espionage 2: Cold War Spies
HIST 2011
Capitalism and Business: A Global History
HIST 2311
Colonialism/Imperialism
HIST 3335
History of Modern Terrorism
PHIL 1120
Understanding the Bible
PHIL 3343
Existentialism
PHIL 3435
Moral Philosophy
PHIL 3460
Philosophy and Literature

Concentration in Digital Humanities

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four courses as follows:
Complete the following course:4
ENGL 1450
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
Complete three of the following, at least one of which must be at the 3000 level or above:12
CLTR 2850
Apps, Memes, and Bots: Global Literature in the Age of the Internet
COMM 1255
Communication in a Digital Age
COMM 2105
Social Networks
CY 5240
Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
ENGL 2850
Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice
ENGL 3340
Technologies of Text
INSH 2102
Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
PHIL 1145
Technology and Human Values
PHIL 2001
Ethics and Evolutionary Games
SOCL 4518
Law and Society in a Digital World
SOCL 4528
Computers and Society

Concentration in Gender and Sexuality

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four courses as follows:
Complete one of the following:4
WMNS 1101
Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture
WMNS 1103
Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Complete one of the following as a Writing Intensive course:4
WMNS 2505
Digital Feminisms
WMNS 4520
Race, Class, and Gender
or SOCL 4520
Race, Class, and Gender
Complete two of the following. If WMNS 2505 is the Writing Intensive course, at least one of these electives must be at the 3000 level or above:8
AFAM 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
or HIST 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
or WMNS 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
ANTH 2302
Gender and Sexuality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
CLTR 2451
Postcolonial Women Writers
or WMNS 2451
Postcolonial Women Writers
INTL 2480
Women and World Politics
WMNS 1260
Gender in a Changing Society
WMNS 2303
Gender and Reproductive Justice
WMNS 3100
Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism
WMNS 3500
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
WMNS 3678
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity

Concentration in Latino/a, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies and Culture

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete four courses as follows:
Complete the following course:4
LACS 1220
Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
Complete one of the following, as the Writing Intensive course:4
ANTH 4500
Latin American Society and Development
Complete two of the following:8
CLTR 1261
Caribbean Literature and Culture
CLTR 1505
Latin American Culture, History, and Politics
CLTR 2715
New Media Narratives in Latin America: Local and Global Dimensions
CLTR 3501
Caribbean Literature and Culture
CLTR 3715
New Narratives: Latin America after 1989
CLTR 3725
Representing Violence and Human Rights in Latin America
HIST 1187
Introduction to Latin American History
HIST 1206
Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
HIST 2025
Latin American History through Film

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2 / Fall
Africana Studies and Culture Concentration

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENGW 11114Foreign Language4Elective 4Elective 4
MATH 12154LPSC 23014Elective4Elective 4
Foreign Language4AFAM 11014  
HIST 11004POLS 11604  
CLTR 10001   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EESH 20001Co-opCo-opElective4
ENGL 33254  Elective4
PHIL 23014   
LPSC 23024   
Foreign Language4   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
WMNS 45204AFAM 11134Elective4Co-op
AFRS 12704EESH 20001Elective4 
ENGW 33154Elective4  
HCL Elective4Elective4  
 HCL Elective4  
 16 17 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opHCL Capstone4  
 Foreign Language4  
 HCL Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 131

Four Years, One Co-op in Spring / Summer 1
Digital Humanities Concentration 

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENGW 11114Foreign Language4Elective4Vacation
Foreign Language4LPSC 23014Elective4 
MATH 12154ENGL 14504  
HIST 11004COMM 12554  
CLTR 10001   
 17 16 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EESH 20001Co-opCo-opElective4
Foreign Language4  Elective4
ENGL 33254   
PHIL 23014   
LPSC 23024   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENGL 33404ENGW 33154VacationVacation
INSH 21024Foreign Language4  
Elective4HCL Elective4  
HCL Elective4Elective4  
 16 16 0 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
HCL Elective4HCL Capstone4  
Foreign Language4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130
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