Diversity at Trinity
A sampling of academic courses focused on issues of multiculturalism and diversity

Trinity College


Trinity offers a host of academic courses and programs that explore the many dimensions of human diversity.  Below is but a sampling of those courses.

 

American Studies
Am St 203-01 Conflicts and Cultures in American Society

Am St 212 The History of Sexuality

Am St 207 Homosexuality and Hollywood Film

Am St 296 Homosexuality and American Culture

Eng 372 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

His 348 Race in America

His 354 The 60's

Rel 214 The Jews in America

Rel 292 From Bing to Whoopi: The Changing Face of Urban Catholic Life in America

 

Economics
Econ 317 Development Economics

 

Educational Studies Program
Edu Pol 309 Race, Class, and Educational Policy

 

English
Eng 213 20th-Century African-American Literature

Eng 280 Native American Renaissance

Eng 307-02 Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Contemporary American Fiction

English 313 20th-Century African American Autobiography

English 320 Black Women Writers

Eng 340-01 Race, Gender, and the Canon

Eng 369 Reading Along Borderlands

Eng 380 Making Whiteness Visible

 

Fine Arts
FA 294 The Arts of Africa

FA 295 African Architecture and the Design of Space

 

History
His 209 African-American History

His 235 Colonialism in the Americas

His 239-01 Race and Ethnicity in Latin American & Caribbean History

His 232 Immigration and Ethnicity in America: The Urban Crucible

His 238 Introduction to Caribbean History

His 242 The History of China, Qing to 1971

His 247 Latinos in the U.S.A.

His 252 African History to 1800

His 253 African History since 1800

His 379 Puerto Rico

His 391 Jews in the Mediterranean & Near East from Nebuchandnezzar to Mohammad

His 336 Modern Jewish History

His 366 British and American: Race, Immigration and Empire

His 380 E Pluribus: Uniting the United States, 1938-1980

His 402-04 Historical Movements for Social Justice in the Twentieth Century

His 402-02 Civil Rights in America

His 402-12 Race and Ethnicity in 20th-Century America

His 402-02 Women and Islam: Historical Perspectives

His 402-84 History of Women in Latin America

His 402-88 Social History of African Women

His 402-91 Slavery in the Atlantic World: Africa and the Americas

 

International Studies
Ints 110 Introduction to Japanese Religions

Ints 111 Introduction to East Asian Buddhism

Ints 203 Human Rights in a Global Age

Ints 209 Buddhism and Ecology

Ints 210 Japanese American History and Religion

Ints 215 Recent South Asian Fiction in English

Ints 224 Anthropology of Poverty

Ints 300 Cocoa and Chocolate from a Global Perspective

Ints 303 Master and Savior: Zen Monks in Japanese Culture

Ints 349 No Easy Walk to Freedom: Political Economy of Southern Africa

 

Jewish Studies Program
His 401-69 Jews and Judaism in the European Imagination

Jewish St 275 The Making of American Jews

Rel 207 Jewish Philosophy

 

Modern Languages and Literature
MLL 233-53 Heroines, Good Guys, and Assassins: The Martial Ideal in Chinese Literature and Culture

MLL 233-02 African Novelists: Voices of a Continent

MLL 233-04 Italy and America

MLL 259 Cinema and Societies in Crisis: Contemporary Russian and American Films

MLL 226 Spanish Conversation: Society and Culture Through Spanish and Latin American Cinema

French 233-02 African Novelists: Voices of a Continent

French 233-32 African Cinema

Spanish 264 Modern Latin American Culture

Spanish 311 Colonization and the American Consciousness

Spanish 356 Modern Latin American Theater

 

Music
Music 113 World Music

Music 114 Music and the Mystic Path in East Asia

Music 115 Topics in World Music: Music and Dance of Latin America and the Caribbean

Music 150 Women in Music

Music 156 Women, Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Music 214 Topics in World Music: Music of South Asia

Music 224 Music of Black American Women

 

Philosophy
Phil 223 African Philosophy

Phil 233 Chinese Philosophy

 

Political Science
Poli Sci 317 Government and Politics of Latin America

Poli Sci 351 Cities in the Third World

Poli Sci 408 Senior Seminar: Racial & Ethnic Politics

 

Psychology
Psych 225 Achieving Quality and Integrated Education

Psych 245 Methods of Studying Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Gender Issues

Psych 310 The Psychology of Gender Differences

 

Religion
Rel 253 Indian and Islamic Painting

Rel 254 Buddhist Art

Rel 282 Religion and Politics in Islamic Asia

Rel 283 Native American Religions

Rel 285 Religions of Africa

Rel 353 Buddhism in America

Rel 398-09 New American Religious Movements

 

Sociology
Soc 204 Social Problems in American Society

Soc 214 Race and Ethnicity

Soc 218 South Africa: Apartheid & Beyond

Soc 306 The Sociology of Globalization

Soc 312 Social Class and Social Mobility

Soc 331 Masculinity

Soc 336 Race, Racism, and Democracy

 

Theater and Dance
Dance 323 Asian Movement Meditation and Performance

Dance 371 Women and Healing

 

Women's Studies
His 315 Women in America

MLL 233-12 Women's Lives in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Film

Pub Pol 325 Gender and Public Policy

Soc 338 Black Women and Social Change

Spanish 371 Latina/o Writers in the U.S.

Wom St 102 Gender and Sexuality: Issues and Controversies

Wom St 206 Sex, Gender, and Power

Wom St 277 Law, Gender, and the Supreme Court

Wom St 278 Sexual Orientation and the Law

Wom St 301 Feminist Theory

Wom St 309 Multicultural Feminisms

Wom St 402-02 Feminist Legal Theory

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