The Ohio State University classes highlighted below represent classes which exemplify or contain potential for research within the mission of the Newark Earthworks Center. This includes classes taught by our Faculty Oversight Committee members.
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Autumn 2025 Newark Campus
Archaeology and Human Diversity, Lessons from the Past
- Anthropology 1101
- R. Cook
- T/Th 9:35 - 10:55 a.m.
- 3 credit hours.
Examines how power relations shaped racial, ethnic, and gender identities in ancient societies by examining archaeological sites like Tutankhamen's tomb, Stonehenge, Machu Pichu, and Great Zimbabwe and shows how these and other sites have been misrepresented in the media and misused by governments to promote racism and inequality.
GE foundation race, ethnicity and gender diversity course.
Limit of 35 students.
The Newark Earthworks, An Interdisciplinary Course
- Anthropology 3072, Comparative Studies 3072, History 3072
- R. Cook
- T/Th 11:10 - 12:30 p.m. LeFevre Hall 160
- 3 credit hours.
This course is designed to give students an opportunity to learn about the indigenous peoples of ancient Ohio, an amazing complex of earthen mounds they created, and the many ways we can know about and further study them.
Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for Anthropology 3072 or History 3072.
GE theme lived environments course.
Limit of 35 students.
Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- Comparative Studies 1100
- C. Cash
- ONLINE
- 3 credit hours.
This introductory course is designed to survey some of the current preoccupations in the Humanities, especially as they relate to culture, power, and identity. Instructors of 1100 seek to present relevant issues in comparative cultural study, employing a mix of cultural theory, current events, and literature, visual, and performing arts with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 1100H.
GE literature and diversity global studies course. GE foundation literature, visual and performing arts and race, ethnicity and gender diversity course.
Limit of 35 students.
Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- Comparative Studies 1100
- C. Cash
- T/Th 11:10 - 12:30 p.m.
- 3 credit hours.
This introductory course is designed to survey some of the current preoccupations in the Humanities, especially as they relate to culture, power, and identity. Instructors of 1100 seek to present relevant issues in comparative cultural study, employing a mix of cultural theory, current events, and literature, visual, and performing arts with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 1100H.
GE literature and diversity global studies course. GE foundation literature, visual and performing arts and race, ethnicity and gender diversity course.
Limit of 35 students.
Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- Comparative Studies 1100
- C. Cash
- T/Th 3:55 - 5:15 p.m.
- 3 credit hours.
This introductory course is designed to survey some of the current preoccupations in the Humanities, especially as they relate to culture, power, and identity. Instructors of 1100 seek to present relevant issues in comparative cultural study, employing a mix of cultural theory, current events, and literature, visual, and performing arts with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 1100H.
GE literature and diversity global studies course. GE foundation literature, visual and performing arts and race, ethnicity and gender diversity course.
Limit of 35 students.
Literature, Science, and Technology
- Comparative Studies 2104
- C. Cash
- M/W 2:20 - 3:40 p.m.
- 3 credit hours.
Study of relationships among literature, science, and technology; analysis of representations of science and technology in literature and film of diverse cultures and historical periods.
Prerequisites: English 1110 or equivalent. Not open to students with credit for 2104H.
GE literature and diversity global studies course. GE foundation literature, visual and performing arts course.
Limit of 35 students.
The Language of Place: Interpreting our Surroundings
- English 3019
- E. Weiser
- T/Th 12:45 - 2:05 p.m.
- 3 credit hours.
This is a course in the rhetorical theory and analysis of space and place as meaningful human product. Students examine the rhetorical purpose and effect of space and place as concept or idea, specific location, as metaphor, metonym, or icon, as local marker or national or global landmark, and learn to appreciate how the visuo-spatial experience of places and spaces profoundly impacts our lives.
Prerequisite: GE foundation writing and info literacy course. GE theme lived environments course.
Limit of 24 students.
Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
- English 4568, Columbus Campus
- E. Washuta
- F 9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
- 3 credit hours.
Advanced workshop in the writing of creative nonfiction. This is a class for serious students of creative writing. Admission is by portfolio submission to the instructor.
Prerequisite: 2268 and permission of instructor.
Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credit hours.
World Regional Geography
- Geography 2750
- M. Madsen
- M/W 8:00-9:20 a.m.
- 3 credit hours.
Develops students' knowledge of world geography through the twin concepts of region and globalization; focuses on culture, society, politics, economy, and interplay between people and environments.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 200 or 2750H (200H).
GE social sciences human, natural, and economic resources and diversity global studies course.
GE foundation social and behavioral sciences course.
SS Admission Condition course.
World Regional Geography Honors
- Geography 2750H
- M. Madsen
- M/W 8:00-9:20 a.m.
- 3 credit hours.
Develops students' knowledge of world geography through the twin concepts of region and globalization; focuses on culture, society, politics, economy, and interplay between people and environments.
Prerequisite: Honors standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2750 (200) or 200H.
GE social sciences human, natural, and economic resources and diversity global studies course.
GE foundation social and behavioral sciences course.
SS Admission Condition course.
World Regional Geography
- Geography 2750
- M. Madsen
- M/W 9:35 - 10:55 a.m.
- 3 credit hours.
Develops students' knowledge of world geography through the twin concepts of region and globalization; focuses on culture, society, politics, economy, and interplay between people and environments.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 200 or 2750H (200H).
GE social sciences human, natural, and economic resources and diversity global studies course.
GE foundation social and behavioral sciences course.
SS Admission Condition course.
Multiple Americas: U.S. History from Colonialism to Reconstruction
- History 2001
- M. Mangus
- ONLINE
- 3 credit hours.
An introduction to the history of what would become the United States, from the Colonial period to Reconstruction, with an emphasis on race, gender and ethnicity. Topics include colonization, the dispossession and enslavement of African and Native peoples, gender roles, immigration, the conquest and settlement of the Southwest, and the events that moved America both toward and away from equality.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 1151.
GE historical study and diversity social diversity in the United States course.
GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender diversity course.
Limit 35 students.
Multiple Americas: U.S. History from Colonialism to Reconstruction
- History 2001
- M. Mangus
- M/W 9:35-10:55 a.m.
- 3 credit hours.
An introduction to the history of what would become the United States, from the Colonial period to Reconstruction, with an emphasis on race, gender and ethnicity. Topics include colonization, the dispossession and enslavement of African and Native peoples, gender roles, immigration, the conquest and settlement of the Southwest, and the events that moved America both toward and away from equality.
Prerequisite: Not open to students with credit for 1151.
GE historical study and diversity social diversity in the United States course.
GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender diversity course.
Limit 35 students.
Literature and Religion
- Religious Studies 2102.01
- C. Cash
- T/Th 5:30-6:50 p.m. ONLINE
- 3 credit hours.
Study of relationships between religion and secular literature; analysis of religious and spiritual elements of literature and film of diverse cultures and historical periods.
Prerequisites: English 1110 (110) or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 2102.01H, Comparative Studies 2102.01 (202.01), or 2102.01H (202.01H).
GE literature and diversity global studies course.
GE foundation literature, visual and performing arts course.
Limit 35 students.