History, Culture, and Law, BA (Boston)
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BA Language Requirements
12 semester hours.
From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
Foundational Core Courses
- One of:
- HIST 1100 — Law and History
- One of:
Foundational Core Elective
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not used to fulfill the previous requirement (note that POLS prerequisites are waived for the 3000- and 4000-level POLS classes for students in this major):
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- LPSC 2301 — Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society
- 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
Research Methods
- All of:
- All of:
- HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar
Major Electives
From the catalog
Complete three of the following (including courses cross-listed) 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 (at least one course must be at the 3000-4000 level):
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
- AFCS 3120 — Race, Crime, and Justice
- ANTH 2305 — Global Markets and Local Culture
- CLTR 3418 — Nationalism
- CRIM 2350 — Policing a Democratic Society
- CRIM 3110 — Gender, Crime, and Justice
- ENGL 3325 — Rhetoric of Law
- ENGL 3375 — Writing Boston
- HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
- HIST 1206 — Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
- HIST 1215 — Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
- HIST 1357 — Data, Surveillance, and Society
- HIST 2000 — Native American Resistance: Past and Present
- HIST 2011 — Capitalism and Business: A Global History
- HIST 2101 — Law and Religion in Israel
- 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 2303 — Gender and Reproductive Justice
- HIST 2308 — Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
- HIST 2311 — Colonialism/Imperialism
- 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 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
- PHIL 2330 — Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
- SOCL 4522 — Environmental Justice
Concentrations (choose 1)
Africana Studies and Culture
- AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
From the catalog
Complete three of the following:
AFCS 1113-AFCS 5001
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
Asian Studies and Culture
- One of:
From the catalog
Complete three of the following:
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
- ANTH 4350 — Ethnography of Southeast Asia
- ANTH 4515 — Culture and Politics in Modern India
- One of:
- 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 2308 — Law, Justice, and Society in Modern China
- HIST 2351 — Modern Japan
- HIST 2360 — History of Capitalism in East Asia
- JPNS 1260 — Japanese Film
- JPNS 1700 — Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture
- KORE 1800 — Introduction to Korean Pop Culture
- PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
- PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
- PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
- PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
Culture and Colonialism
From the catalog
Complete four of the following:
- Choose 16 semester hours from:
- AFCS 3664 — Black Poetry and the Spoken Word
- ENGL 2296 — Early African-American Literature
- ENGL 2450 — Postcolonial Literature
- ENGL 2470 — Asian-American Literature
- FRNH 1501 — Introduction to French Culture
- HIST 1170 — Europe: Empires, Revolutions, Wars, and Their Aftermath
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1246 — World War II in the Pacific
- HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
- HIST 1286 — History of the Soviet Union
- HIST 1290 — Modern Middle East
- 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 3470 — Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Spain and Morocco: History and Memory
- PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
- PHIL 3343 — Existentialism
- PHIL 3435 — Moral Philosophy
- POLS 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
- SPNS 1504 — Cultural History of Spain
- SPNS 1505 — Latin American Culture, History, and Politics
- SPNS 3240 — Social Justice in Latin American Film
- SPNS 3715 — New Narratives: Latin America after 1989
Digital Humanities
- One of:
From the catalog
Complete three of the following:
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
- COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age
- COMM 2105 — Social Networks
- ENGL 3340 — Technologies of Text
- HIST 1120 — Public History, Public Memory
- HIST 1357 — Data, Surveillance, and Society
- HIST 2430 — Digital Histories of Ethnic Boston
- INSH 2102 — Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
- PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
- PHIL 2001 — Ethics and Evolutionary Games
- SOCL 4528 — Technology and Society
Film and International Cultures
- CLTR 1120 — Introduction to Languages, Literature, and Culture
From the catalog
Complete three of the following:
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
- CLTR 2001 — World Cultures through Film
- ENGL 3487 — Film and Text
- FRNH 1280 — French Film and Culture
- HIST 2025 — Latin American History through Film
- ITLN 1290 — Realism and Modernism in Italian Film
- JPNS 1260 — Japanese Film
- PHIL 1260 — Apocalypticism in Film
- PHIL 1666 — The Problem of Evil in Film
- PHIL 1667 — Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
- SPNS 1240 — Latin American Film
- SPNS 3240 — Social Justice in Latin American Film
- WMNS 3392 — Gender and Film
Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
- LACS 1220 — Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
From the catalog
Complete three of the following:
- Choose 12 semester hours from:
- HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
- HIST 1206 — Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1261 — Global Caribbean
- HIST 2025 — Latin American History through Film
- SPNS 1505 — Latin American Culture, History, and Politics
- SPNS 3240 — Social Justice in Latin American Film
- SPNS 3715 — New Narratives: Latin America after 1989
GPA requirements
- Minimum 3.000 GPA required in all major courses
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