Courses and Clusters
Here are our CWL courses clustered into themes. If you liked one course, we certainly have several more like it. Check them out below! Each cluster is linked to full course descriptions. If you need more help, consult an Advisor!
Health Humanities & Human Development
CWL 115. Intro to Health Humanities.
CWL 215. From Cradle to Crypt: Representations of Lifespan.
CWL 315. Literature and Medicine.
CWL 471. Perspectives in Disability Studies.
Comedy & Tragedy
CWL 124. Introduction to World Theatre and Drama.
CLSC 201. Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Greece.
CLSC 202. Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Rome.
CWL 320. Comic Spirit.
CWL 324. Theatre Today.
CLSC 420. Classical Drama.
CWL 430. Dante.
World Mythology & Fairy Tales
CLSC 101. Greek Mythology.
CWL 132. World Mythology.
CLSC 210. Roman Myth and Legend.
CLSC 340. The Underworld.
CLSC 350. Hollywood Does Rome.
CWL/CLSC 366. Classical Stories, Modern Voices.
CWL 452. Mythology.
CWL 453. Fairy Tales.
Digital Narrative & Visual Studies
CWL 205. Digital Narrative and Culture.
CWL 213. Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Narratives.
CWL 235. Animals in World Literature.
CWL 305. Science Fiction and Global Technologies.
CLSC/CINE 350. Hollywood Does Rome.
CWL 412. Art and Literature.
CWL 451. Film and Novel in Society.
CWL 495. Genre.
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
CWL 206. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
CWL 305. Science Fiction and Global Technologies.
CWL 405. Global Fantasy.
For the Love of a Good Story
CWL 213. Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Narratives.
CWL 220. The Imagination at Play.
CWL 225. Short Stories of the World.
CWL 235. Animals in World Literature.
CWL/CLSC 366. Classical Stories, Modern Voices.
CWL 451. Film and Novel in Society.
CWL 453. Fairy Tales.
Gender and Sexuality Studies
CLSC 130. Women in the Classical World.
CLSC 135. Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Mediterranean.
CWL 210. Erotica, Love, Romance: Literary and Cultural Representations.
CWL/ENGL 314. The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the "Middle Ages."
CWL 404. Women in World Literature.
A Comparative Outlook on World Literature & Culture
CLSC 100. The Classical World of Greece and Rome.
CWL 100. Introduction to World Literature.
CWL 101. Introduction to Comparative World Literature.
CWL 161. Reading the World.
CLSC 201. Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Greece.
CLSC 202. Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Rome.
CWL 225. Short Stories of the World.
CWL 230A. Heroes and Rebels: World Literature and Its Contexts from the Beginnings through the 1600s.
CWL 230B. Heroes and Rebels: World Literature and Its Contexts from the 1700s to the Present.
CWL 235. Animals in World Literature.
CLSC 300. Pagan Culture.
CWL 300. Representing the World: Literature and Culture in Contact and Conflict.
CLSC/HIST 310. Greek World.
CLSC/HIST 312. Roman World.
CWL/ENGL 314. The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the "Middle Ages."
CWL 346. Readings in World Poetry.
CWL 404. Women in World Literature.
CWL 440. Latin American Literary Studies.
Digging in the Dirt
CLSC 110. Classical Archaeology.
CLSC 430. Archaeology of Ancient Greece.
CLSC 440. Archaeology of Ancient Rome.
CLSC 450. Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology.
CLSC 460. Etruscan Archaeology.
CLSC 470. Monuments of Athens.
CLSC 480. Monuments of Rome.
Cultural Studies
CLSC 135. Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Mediterranean.
CWL 161. Reading the World.
CWL 205. Digital Narrative and Culture.
CWL 242. The Bible as Literature.
CLSC 250. Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean.
CLSC 300. Pagan Culture.
CLSC/HIST 310. Greek World.
CLSC/HIST 312. Roman World.
CWL/ENGL 314. The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the "Middle Ages."
CLSC 320. Ancient Iran and the Persian Empire.
CWL 344. Literature of the Holocaust.
CWL 365. Cultural Studies: Histories, Theories, and Issues.
CLSC 380. Ancient Eats.
CLSC 410. Law and Literature in the Classical World.
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the World
CWL 103. Introduction to Comparative Asian Literature and Culture.
CWL 104. Introduction to the Literature and Culture of the Middle East.
CWL 132. World Mythology.
CWL 235. Animals in World Literature.
CWL 300. Representing the World: Literature and Culture in Contact and Conflict.
CWL/ENGL 314. The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the "Middle Ages."
CLSC 320. Ancient Iran and the Persian Empire.
CWL 320. Comic Spirit.
CWL 334. Introduction to East Asian Literatures and Cultures.
CWL 402. Studies in Middle Eastern Literature and Culture.
CWL 406. East European Literature and Culture.
CLSC 410. Law and Literature in the Classical World.
CWL 440. Latin American Literary Studies.
Interdisciplinary and Mixed-Media Studies
CWL 205. Digital Narrative and Culture.
CWL 213. Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Narratives.
CWL 235. Animals in World Literature.
CWL 315. Literature and Medicine.
CLSC/CINE 350. Hollywood Does Rome.
CWL 410. Literature and Music.
CWL 412. Art and Literature.
CWL 451. Film and Novel in Society.
Asian Literature & Culture
CWL 103. Introduction to Comparative Asian Literature and Culture.
CWL 300. Representing the World: Literature and Culture in Contact and Conflict.
CWL 334. Introduction to East Asian Literatures and Cultures.
CWL 403. Asian Literature.
Middle Eastern Literature & Culture
CWL 104. Introduction to the Literature and Culture of the Middle East.
CWL/RST/ENGL 242. The Bible as Literature.
CWL 300. Representing the World: Literature and Culture in Contact and Conflict.
CLSC 320. Ancient Iran and the Persian Empire.
CWL 402. Studies in Middle Eastern Literature and Culture.
American Literature: Ethnic Studies and Global Perspectives
CWL 350. Global Literature in American Culture.
CWL 415. Ethnic Literature and Culture in America.
CWL 445. American Folklore Studies.
European Literature
CLSC 201. Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Greece.
CLSC 202. Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Rome.
CWL 430. Dante.
CWL 432. Continental Renaissance Literature.
CWL 438. 20th Century European Literature.
CWL 449A. Nobel Prize Laureates.
Critical Theory & Practice
CWL 210. Erotica, Love, Romance: Literary and Cultural Representations.
CWL 265. Intro to Literary Theory.
CWL 361. Global Trends in Critical Theory.
CWL 365. Cultural Studies: Histories, Theories, and Issues.
CWL 461. Selected Topics: Contemporary Literary Criticism.
CWL 480. Undergraduate Research Seminar.
