CGS Interdisciplinary Studies Courses
CGS INT 280 Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture Clashes and the Modern World
3 cr.
This course uses history and anthropology to explore what happens when people of very different cultures and regions of the world collide, through the lenses of Anthropology and History.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of CGS INT 290 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: IS, SS
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
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CGS INT 281X Interdisciplinary Studies: Deviant Minds
3 cr.
Approaches the concept of deviance from both sociological and psychological perspectives, including the 'deviant' (rule-breaking) categories of mental illness and criminal behavior.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of CGS INT 290 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: SS, IS
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS INT 282 Interdisciplinary Studies: Rich Man, Poor Man
3 cr.
The concept of stratification within the United States from both sociological and psychological perspectives, focusing on social class, race, and gender and their intersections.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of CGS INT 290 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: SS, IS, CD
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS INT 283 Interdisciplinary Studies: Local Applications of Global Sustainability
3 cr.
An interdisciplinary exploration of current sustainability issues, taking both global and local perspectives through the lenses of geology and other fields in the natural sciences.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of CGS INT 290 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: IS, NS
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS INT 284 Interdisciplinary Studies: Understanding Our Environment
3 cr.
Observation of our environment with the eyes of many disciplines in order better to understand and appreciate it, what it offers us, and what responsibilities we have in relation to it.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of CGS INT 290 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: IS, HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS INT 285 Interdisciplinary Studies: Superheroes and Mythology
3 cr.
Explores the social and cultural importance of the superhero as well as the semiotics of mythical language, the relation between mythical representation and philosophy, and the role mythological symbolism plays in society.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open to students with credit in CGS CTA 298 or CGS PHI 291 with similar topic.
General Education Requirements: IS, HU
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS INT 286 Interdisciplinary Studies: Philosophy Goes to the Movies
3 cr.
Cultures around us; finds the traditional areas of philosophic concern, now packaged in new ways, and examines the content, packaging, and direction of our popular culture.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of CGS CTA 218 and CGS PHI 253.
General Education Requirements: IS
Last Taught: Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
CGS INT 290 Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
1-5 cr.
Helps students learn to integrate knowledge from across the curriculum. Investigation of multiple dimensions of the given subject by applying content, methods and assumptions of 2+ disciplines as presented by instructors from those disciplines.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Repeatable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
General Education Requirements: IS
Last Taught: Summer 2020, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/