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Cultural Competence Requirement

Cultural Competence courses prepare students to live in increasingly diverse domestic and international environments.  These courses encourage students to use critical thinking skills to develop an understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion.  The goal of these courses is for students to be able to interact with those from other cultures and to see the world from a broader perspective. 

For completion of the AA/AS degree, students must complete at least one cultural competence course (listed below by General Education category).  

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Course Title Credits
ANT 101Introduction to Anthropology3
ANT/REL 130Introduction to Comparative Religion 13
ANT 160Cultural Diversity in the Modern World3
ANT 220Introduction to Cultural Anthropology3
ANT 221Native People of North America3
ANT 223Culture Change and Globalization3
ANT 235Food and Culture3
ANT 241Origins of Old World Civilization3
ANT 242Origins of New World Civilization3
COM 254Introduction to Intercultural Communication3
ECO 150Introduction to Global Economics3
FLK 280Cultural Diversity in the United States3
GEO 152Regional Geography of the World3
GEO 160Lands and Peoples of the Non-Western World3
GEO 172Human Geography3
HUM 135Introduction to Native American Literature3
HUM 202Survey of Appalachian Studies I3
HUM 203Survey of Appalachian Studies II3
HUM 204Appalachian Seminar3
POL 212Culture and Politics in Developing Nations3
POL 235World Politics3
PSY 223Lifespan Psychology3
PSY 230Psychosocial Aspects of Death and Dying3
REL 101Introduction to Religious Studies3
SOC 101Introduction to Sociology3
SOC 235Inequality in Society3
SPA 115Hispanic Culture: (Country or Region)3
WGS 200Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Social Sciences3
1

Listed under more than one category and/or with a different prefix; may not be counted in more than one general education category.

Heritage

Course Title Credits
HIS 101World Civilization I3
HIS 102World Civilization II3
HIS 104A History of Europe Through the Mid-Seventeenth Century3
HIS 105A History of Europe from the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present3
HIS 107Western Culture: Science and Technology II3
HIS 108History of the United States Through 18653
HIS 109History of the United States Since 18653
HIS 120The World at War, 1939-453
HIS 206History of Colonial Latin America3
HIS 207History Modern Latin America, 1810 to Present3
HIS 220Native American History: Pre-Contact to 18653
HIS 221Native American History: 1865 to Present3
HIS 240History of Kentucky3
HIS 247History of Islam and Middle East Peoples, 500-1250 A.D.3
HIS 248History of Islam and Middle East Peoples, 1250 to the Present3
HIS 254History of Sub-Saharan Africa3
HIS 260African American History to 18653
HIS 261African-American History 1865 - Present3
HIS 265History of Women in America3
HIS 295East Asia to 18003
HIS 296History of Asia II3

Humanities

Course Title Credits
ART 104Introduction to African Art3
ART 108Introduction to World Art3
ART 109Women in Art & Art History3
ART 205African American Art3
ENG 135Greek and Roman Mythology in Translation3
ENG 233Literature and Identities (Subtitle required)3
ENG 234Introduction to Women's Literature3
ENG 264Major Black Writers3
ENG/HUM 282International Film Studies 13
HUM 121Peace Studies3
HUM 135Introduction to Native American Literature3
HUM 140Introduction to Latino Literature3
HUM 150Introduction to African Literature3
HUM 160Introduction to Holocaust Literature and Film3
HUM 202Survey of Appalachian Studies I3
HUM 203Survey of Appalachian Studies II3
HUM 204Appalachian Seminar3
HUM 250Appalachian Literature Survey3
HUM 251Contemporary Appalachian Literature3
MUS 104Introduction to Jazz History3
MUS 207African American Music History3
MUS 208World Music3
MUS 222History and Sociology of Rock Music3
REL 101Introduction to Religious Studies3
REL/ANT 130Introduction to Comparative Religion 13
WGS 201Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Arts and Humanities3
1

Listed under more than one category and/or with a different prefix; may not be counted in more than one general education category.

 Foreign Language

Course Title Credits
SPA 101Elementary Spanish I4
SPA 102Elementary Spanish II4
SPA 201Intermediate Spanish I3
SPA 202Intermediate Spanish II3