All-Approved
**Course titles and numbering change over time. If you took a course that now has a different number or name than what is listed here, but was a primary texts course, your credit will still apply. Please notify the director if you think you have taken a qualifying course not listed here.
This is a list of courses that can be counted toward the Certificate in the Study of Arts and Sciences through Primary Texts. Honors courses not listed may be available for certificate credit for students in the honors program. Please consult with the director to determine which courses are offered in the upcoming semester.
Art
ART 695: Topics in Art History (instructor permission-see Dr. Johnson
Arts & Sciences
DAS 300: Primary Texts Core Course
Historical Perspectives
Chemistry
CHEM 650: History of Chemistry (1 section every other year)
Historical Perspectives
Natural and Physical Sciences
Communication Studies
COMM 330: Rhetoric in Western Thought (II, 1 section per year)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
COMM 545: Communication and Democracy (Dr. Steffensmeier's section only)
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the US
COMM 425: Theory of Organizational Communication
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
COMM 535: Communication in Leadership
Aesthetic Interpretation
Human Diversity within the US
COMM 730: Classical Rhetorical Theory (spring semester, in even years)
Economics
ECON 710: History of Economic Thought (1 section per year)
Education
EDSEC 428: Social Studies Colloquium II (Dr. Brad Burenheide's sections only)
English
All English Literature courses are approved, with the following exclusions:
English 100-229; 300, 400, 415, 417, 430, 435, 461, 463, 465, 469, 476, 485, 490, 510, 516, 562/662, 604, 661, 663, 665, 685, 700, 759, 761, 762, 763, and 771
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
GWSS 410: Feminist Thought
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Historical Perspectives
GWSS 450: Stories of a Young Girl
Aesthetic Interpretation
GWSS 480: Women & Environmentalism
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
GWSS 500: Global Literature & Culture
Human Diversity within the US
GWSS 500: Top/Global/World Lit Women
Human Diversity within the US
GWSS 550: Women & Pop Culture
Aesthetic Interpretation
Social Sciences
GWSS 700: Top/Transnational Feminism (S. Roshanravan)
Human Diversity within the US
GWSS 700: When: Sexuality Studies
Human Diversity within the US
Geography
GEOG 490: Problems in Geography (instructor permission-see Dr. Johnson for more information)
GEOG 510: Geography of the American West
Aesthetic Interpretation
Human Diversity within the US
GEOG 600: Mountain Geography
Natural and Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
GEOG 602: Computer Mapping and Geographic Visualization
GEOG 722: Seminar on Geographies of International Conservation
GEOG 770: Perception of the Environment (Dr. Kevin Blake)
History
HIST 101: Rise of Europe
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 102: The Modern Era
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 111: World History To 1450
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 112: World History From 1450
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 155: U.S. Military History Since 1775
Historical Perspectives
Global Issues and Perspectives
HIST 311: Race and US Foreign Policy
US Multicultural Diversity Overlay
Human Diversity in the US
Historical Perspectives
HIST 330: History East Asia Civil
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 504: Intellectual History of Early China
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 522: Religion America History
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the US
HIST 525: Colonial History
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the US
HIST 526: The American Revolution
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the US
HIST 527: The Early National Period
HIST 529: Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 534: Social History of Medicine
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the US
HIST 558: History of Kansas
Historical Perspectives
Human Diversity within the US
HIST 565: History and Culture of Greece
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 566: History and Culture of Ancient Rome
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 567: Europe in the Middle Ages
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 572: 19th Century Europe
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 578: Central Eur/1500-1914
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 579: The British Isles to 1603
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 585: Medieval Christianity
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
HIST 586: AdvSem/History
HIST 593: The Vietnam War
Historical Perspectives
Global Issues and Perspectives
Honors Program (Honors Students Only)
Honors Introduction to the Humanities I (1 section per year)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
Honors Introduction to the Humanities II (1 section per year)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
Other honors courses may be available. See Dr. Johnson for more information.
Horticulture
HORT 650: Agrarian Traditions--Literature Shaping Modern Food Movements
Historical Perspectives
Management
MANGT 421: Introduction to Operations Management (Daniel Minick's section only)
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
MANGT 541: Management of Quality (Daniel Minick's section only)
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Mathematics
MATH 570: History of Mathematics (II, 1 section per year)
Historical Perspectives
Math BS option 1, Math BA
Modern Languages
MLANG 399: Honors Seminar in Modern Languages
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
MLANG 507 : European Literature in Translation (recently revised by Dr. Peter Arnds)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
CHINE 300 Chinese 3
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
CHINE 301: Chinese 4
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
CHINE 501: Chinese 5
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
CHINE 502: Chinese 6
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
CHINE 599: Chinese Advanced Reading
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
CLSCS 501: Love and Lust: The Classical Novel in Translation
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
LATIN 101: Latin I - Introduction to Latin
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
LATIN 301: Intermediate Latin Prose
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
LATIN 501: Classical Literature in Translation
FREN 501: Readings in French (formerly FREN 516)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Global Issues and Perspectives
FREN 502: French Literature in Translation
FREN 520: Introduction to French Literature I (I, 1 section year)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
FREN 521: Introduction to French Literature II (II, 1 section per year)
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
FREN 530: Topics in French Literature and Culture
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
FREN 709: Medieval French Literature (varies, 1 section every other year)
FREN 710: Sixteenth Century French Literature (varies, 1 section every other year)
FREN 711: Seventeenth Century French Literature (1 section every other year)
FREN 713: Eighteen Century French Literature (II, 1 section every other year)
FREN 714: Romantic French Literature
FREN 715 Realist French Literature
FREN 716: Contemporary French Literature
FREN 720: Seminar in French
FREN 721: Francophone Literature and Culture
GRMN 503: German Literature in Translation
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
GRMN 521: Introductory Topics in German Literature and Culture of the 18th and 19th Century
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
GRMN 522: Topics in German Literature and Culture of the 20th and 21st Century
Aesthetic interpretation
Historical Perspectives
GRMN 700: Topics in Medieval German Literature and Culture
GRMN 701: Topics in 18th Century German Literature and Culture
GRMN 702: Topics in 19th Century German Literature and Culture
GRMN 703: Topics in early 20th Century German Literature and Culture
GRMN 704: Topics in German Literature and Culture since 1945
GRMN 705: Topics in 20th and 21st Century German Literature and Culture
GRMN 729: Open Topics Seminar in German Literature and culture
RUSSN 504: Russian Literature in Translation
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
RUSSN 508: Russian Literature in Translation: The Soviet Period
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
RUSSN 552: Survey of Russian Literature
SPAN 550: Introduction to the Literature in Spanish
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
SPAN 560: US Latino Literature and Culture
Historical Perspectives
SPAN 567: Introduction to the Literature of Spain
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
SPAN 568: Literature of Spanish America
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
SPAN 730: Medieval Literature
SPAN 731: Early Modern Literature of Spain
SPAN 732: Cervantes
SPAN 734: Eighteenth Nineteenth Century Spanish Literature
SPAN 735: Twentieth Century Spanish Literature
SPAN 736: Spanish Poetry
SPAN 750: Spanish American Literature from its Origins to the early Nineteenth Century
SPAN 751: Spanish American Literature: Late Nineteenth Century to Early Twentieth Century
SPAN 752: Contemporary Spanish American Narrative
SPAN 755: Spanish American Drama
SPAN 757: Spanish-American Poetry
SPAN 760: Hispanic Literature and Culture in the US
Music, Theater, and Dance
MUSIC 405: Music Elementary Teachers
Aesthetic Interpretation
Historical Perspectives
MUSIC 511: Music/Schools K-6
Aesthetic Interpretation
THTRE 370: Dramatic Structure - Fine Arts
THTRE 572: History of Theatre I (II, 1 section per year) - Fine Arts
Historical Perspectives
THTRE 573: History of Theatre II (I, 1 section per year) - Fine Arts
Historical Perspectives
Philosophy
All Philosophy courses are approved, with the following exclusions:
Philosophy 305, 320, 365, 385, 390, and 510, no matter the instructor.
PHILO 399: Honors Seminar in Philosophy: KSU in Italy (Dr. Tanona) (Study Abroad)
Physics
PHYS 101: The Physical World I (1 section per year-Fall, Dr. Sorensen's section only)
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
Natural and Physical Sciences
PHYS 400: Great Ideas in Physics (Dr. Sorensen's section only)
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
PHYS 620: Teaching University Physics
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
Natural and Physical Sciences
Political Science
POLSC 301: Introduction to Political Thought (I, II, 2 sections per year)
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
POLSC 401: Top/Politics of Sports (Dr. Birkhead)
POLSC 524: Political Islam
Global Issues and Perspectives
Historical Perspectives
POLSC 540: Global Security Threats (Machain's and Martinez's sections only)
Global Issues and Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 543: American Foreign Policy (Sam Bell, Michael Flynn, and Dr. Machain's sections only)
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 601: Topics in Political Science - Top/Islam and Politics (Sabri Ciftci's section only)
Social Sciences
POLSC 601: Topics in Political Science - Top/Comp Political Institution (Must seek approval for your topic from Dr. Johnson)
Social Sciences
POLSC 605: American Presidency
Social Sciences
POLSC 607: Administrative Law
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 608: Political Participation in the United States
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 614: Constitutional Law I
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 615: Constitutional Law II
Human Diversity within the US
Social Sciences
POLSC 622: Latin American Politics
Global Issues and Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 628: Civic Engagement
Human Diversity within the US
Social Sciences
POLSC 630: Pol Russia/Sov Union
Global Issues and Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 642: International Conflict
Global Issues and Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 643: Global Human Rights
Global Issues and Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 655: International Relations of Latin America
Global Issues and Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 661: Political Thought: Classical to Sixteenth Century (I, 1 section every other year)
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
POLSC 663: Political Thought: Since the Sixteenth Century (II, 1 section every other year)
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
POLSC 667: American Political Thought (varies, 1 section every other year)
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
POLSC 670: Law, Politics, and Literature - Social Sciences
Aesthetic Interpretation
Social Sciences
POLSC 671: Modern Political Thought (varies, 1 section every other year)
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
POLSC 672: Ideologies (varies, 1 section every other year)
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
POLSC 675: Religion and Politics
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Social Sciences
POLSC 731: Comparative Civil Military Relations (1 section every other year)
Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
ANTH 315: Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Social Sciences
Human Diversity within the US
ANTH 560: Archaeological Fact or Fiction (formerly ANTH 503)
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
Social Sciences
ANTH 516: Ethnomusicology (Falcone's section only)
Aesthetic Interpretation
ANTH 602: Anthropological Theory - Social Sciences
Historical Perspectives
ANTH 612: Ethnohistory
Historical Perspectives
Social Sciences
ANTH 618: Religion in Culture - Social Sciences. Same as Sociology 618.
Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Global Issues and Perspectives
SOCIO 214: Intro to Sociology (Honors section - Dr. Dana Brimon only)
Human Diversity within the US
SOCIO 431: Comparative Social Theories
SOCIO 710: Systematic Analysis of Social Theory (1 section per year)