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2025-2026 Academic Catalog

General Literary Studies Courses

General Literary Studies

Courses

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    GLS 135 - Philosophy and Literature

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See PHI 135 .

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    GLS 227 - Topics in German Literature in Translation

    4 credits (Spring)
    See GRM 227 .

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    GLS 242 - Classical Mythology

    4 credits (Spring)
    See CLS 242 .

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    GLS 247 - The Russian Short Story

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See RUS 247 .

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    GLS 248 - The Russian Novel

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See RUS 248 .

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    GLS 251 - Theoretical Approaches to Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See HUM 251 .

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    GLS 259 - Criminals, Outcasts, and (con) Artists in German Culture

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See GRM 259 .

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    GLS 259-01 - Criminals, Outcasts, and (con) Artists in German Culture

    4 credits (Spring)
    See GRM 259-01 . 

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    GLS 261 - History of Russian Film

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See RUS 261 .

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    GLS 263 - German Cinema

    4 credits (Fall)
    See GRM 263 .

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    GLS 270 - The Holocaust Remembered

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See GRM 270  

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    GLS 277 - Modern China through Literature and Film (in Translation)

    4 credits
    See CHI 277 .

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    GLS 281 - Major Russian Writers

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See RUS 281 .

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    GLS 291 - Perspectives in 20th-Century Central and Eastern European Literature

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See RES 291 .

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    GLS 295-01 - Special Topic: Reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the 21st Century

    4 credits (Fall)
    See RUS 295-01 . 

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    GLS 295-01 - Special Topic: Shakespeare and Succession

    4 credits (Spring)
    See ENG 295-01 . 

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    GLS 295-02 - Special Topic: Women’s Lives through Arab Lens

    4 credits (Fall)
    See ARB 295-01 . 

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    GLS 295-02 - Special Topic: Women’s Lives Through Arab Lens

    4 credits (Spring)
    See ARB 295-01   

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    GLS 349 - Medieval Literature

    4 credits (Fall)
    See ENG 349 .

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    GLS 349-01 - General Literary Studies

    4 credits (Spring)
    See ENG 349-01 . 

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    GLS 350 - Critical Approaches to Theatre Methods

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See THD 350 . 

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    GLS 350-01 - Critical Approaches to Theatre Methods

    4 credits (Fall)
    See THD 350-01 . 

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    GLS 353 - Critical Approaches in Theatre Perspectives

    4 credits (Fall or Spring)
    See THD 353 .

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    GLS 353-01 - Critical Approaches to Theatre Perspectives

    4 credits (Spring)
    See THD 353-01 . 


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