Through Cultural Lenses is an interdisciplinary course that explores an object, idea, or concept from multiple perspectives and cultures to investigate its various meanings and to develop an awareness of those cultures. The course focuses on critical reading and writing and thus incorporates critical thinking and reading skills to analyze the meanings of the chosen theme. A special emphasis is on locating, reading, and using secondary sources as the course culminates in a research paper focusing on incorporation of appropriate sources and clear, concise writing. The course involves readings from a variety of disciplines from different historical periods and places around the world, including at least one literary text, through which the theme of the course is explored.
For transfer students only.