Topic 1: The Qur'an. Explore the history, language, style, and themes of the Qur'an. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 37), Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic 1), Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 16), Religious Studies 325G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 54). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.37, MES 342.16, R S 325G, WGS 340.54 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 2: Islamic Theology. Only one of the following may be counted: Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic 2), 357, Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 7), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 27), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 35), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 14), 358U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 3: Enlightenment and Revolution. Examines the relationship between the intellectual project of the Enlightenment and the political and social transformations that unfolded in western Europe and North America from the beginnings of the Dutch Revolt in the 1560s to the decade following the Paris Commune of 1871. Only one of the following may be counted: Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic: Enlightenment and Revolution), 375 (Topic 3), European Studies 346 (Topic: Enlightenment and Revolution), 346 (Topic 14), History 350L (Topic: Enlightenment and Revolution), 350L (Topic 81). Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 4: Art and the City in Renaissance Italy. Art, architecture, and emerging civic identity in Florence, Siena, Venice, and other Italian Renaissance city-states. Only one of the following may be counted: Art History 331P, 364 (Topic: Art and the City in Renaissance Italy), Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic: Art and the City in Renaissance Italy), 375 (Topic 4), European Studies 347 (Topic: Art and the City in Renaissance Italy), 347 (Topic 33), Italian Civilization 349 (Topic: Art and the City in Renaissance Italy), Western Civilization 320 (Topic: Art and the City in Renaissance Italy). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ARH 331P, EUS 347.33 Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 5: Science and Religion: Newton-Present. Examine classic texts, connected historically or thematically. Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic: Sci/Religion: Newton-Present) and 375 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 6: The Bible in the Colonial Americas. Varied perspectives on the central role played by the Old Testament in the construction of colonial cultures in the Americas. Only one of the following may be counted: Core Texts and Ideas 355, 375 (Topic 6), History 363F, 363K (Topic 5), Latin American Studies 366 (Topic 34), Religious Studies 366 (Topic 3), 366C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 7: Archaic and Classical Greece. Survey of Greek history from the emergence of the city-states to the rise of Macedonia. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 325 (Topic 4), 325 (Topic 7), Classical Civilizations 354C, Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic: Archaic and Classical Greece), 375 (Topic 7), History 354C, 354E. Two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Same as: AHC 325.7, HIS 354E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 8: Values and Leadership in Ancient World. Only one of the following may be counted: Classical Civilization 348 (Topic: Values and Leadership in Ancient World), 348 (Topic 23), Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic: Values and Leadership in Ancient World), 375 (Topic 8), History 350L (Topic: Values and Leadership in Ancient World). Same as: C C 348.23 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.