CSP

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

(Formerly CVA2002) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits The course covers the major periods, movements, and events that have shaped African American history and foodways. These include: the African slave trade; antebellum period; the civil war and reconstruction; World War I and the great migration; Harlem Renaissance and Garveyism; Great Depression; Spanish Civil War and World War II; Civil Rights and Black Power movements; industrialization, the growth of the prison industrial complex, and the _war on drugs_. The course will also include content on African American foodways from the African slave trade to the Black Power movement. Classes discuss the assigned reading with lively student participation. Out-of-class work includes readings, online exams, attending lectures, artistic presentations, and films, as well as independent research. RHT1000) Credits 4 166

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits This course will introduce students to the academic field of Ethnic Studies, raising questions about the ways that race and racism shape our experiences and world across a range of time and places: When and how did the concept of race arise? How does race connect with other forms of difference such as class, gender and sexuality? How do our personal experiences with racial identity and racism relate to the structure of our society? What does it mean to claim racial “colorblindness”? How have Ethnic Studies scholars explored areas such as immigration, popular culture, education, imperialism, war, and labor? How have concerns for social justice and equity shaped the field of Ethnic Studies? We will be reading a variety of academic and cultural texts which illustrate the interdisciplinarity of the work undertaken in Ethnic Studies. We will explore these issues through readings, discussions, lectures, films, short stories, and music. No introductory course can comprehensively examine all these topics or claim to represent all prevailing perspectives. Instead, this course surveys a variety of issues, topics and debates to introduce you to this field and encourage future research and inquiry during your college career and beyond. Credits 4 Babson College Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

FCI 1000 and WRT 1001

(Formerly CVA2005) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits Anthropology of religion is a four-credit intermediate History and Society course. From an ethnographic and qualitative perspective, we will explore religious expression around the globe, including the major Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam but also Buddhism, Hinduism, African religions, and lesser-known faiths from small-scale, non-industrialized societies. Emphasis is placed on the analytic categories for understanding religious experiences and the prospects and challenges of cross-cultural comparison. We will adopt the techniques of anthropological inquiry to consider the social forces at work within religious life, including the political, colonial, gendered, and transnational dimensions of worship. Topics of ritual, mythology, witchcraft, magic, and science will guide our exploration of belief and spirituality beyond the formal boundaries of institutional religions. Experiential assignments, including participant observation and interviews with practitioners from unfamiliar spiritual traditions, are combined with in-depth written exercises to strengthen your intercultural and rhetorical competencies. RHT1000) Credits 4 167

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

4 Advanced Liberal Arts Credits This course will survey the history of philosophy and race and critical philosophies of race. The first half of th course will begin with a study of the use of Aristotle’s Politics as it was taken up by 15th and 16th century theologians in the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the context of the colonization of the Americas. We will then look at early modern philosophy and the shift away from theologically based hierarchies to “scientific” analyses of race as they were developed alongside the Enlightenment political values of individual freedom and republicanism as promised in social contract theory. The first half of the course will end with a case study of the international abolitionist movement. The second half of the course will look specifically at the philosophies of race within the United States as a settler colonial nation. We will look at the social construction of “whiteness” as it coalesced around specific labor and property relations, the prison industrial complex, and contemporary decolonial and abolitionist political philosophy. Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

WRT1001 and FCI1000

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

(Formerly CVA2008) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits e Introduction to Cultural Anthropology is a four-credit intermediate History and Society course. The central focus of this course is the phenomenon of culture, that remarkable accomplishment that makes humans unique among all other species. We will use the concept of culture to investigate the question of what it means to be human. A major area of focus will be upon the ways cultural meanings are generated, shared, symbolized, ritualized, contested and altered in the face of different types of challenges. We will also study the relationship of cultural meaning to different economic, kinship and political systems. Throughout the course, as we study a variety of unfamiliar societies, we will continually refer back to our own societies with the goal of looking at our own ways of doing things with a new frame of mind. This frame of mind, or anthropological perspective, searches for the internal logics and constellations of values and beliefs that underpin all societies and subcultures. Central to this course is a succession of small fieldwork projects. This course will particularly strengthen your multicultural and rhetorical competencies RHT1000) Credits 4 168

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

(Formerly CVA2009) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits Welcome to Cultures and Values 2009, an intermediate level Liberal Arts course which will introduce you to the cultures of East Asia. This course builds on the themes and techniques in the H&S and A&H Foundation courses to analyze our subject using the materials and methodology of history pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. We will focus on the cultures of East Asia, China, Japan, and Korea; with thematic examples from ancient, medieval and modern periods. East Asia is integrated due to location and the influence that China had on the cultures of Japan and Korea. We will begin our study with the major ways of thinking in ancient China- Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, with some consideration of Legalism, and Militarism. The ethical structures, ideas, concepts and vocabulary in part one will inform and be assumed in our study of Japan and Korea. We will next study the uses of Chinese Ethics in Japan and Korea, Shinto in Japan, and Shamanism in Korea. Although these three cultures have elements in common, Japan and Korea developed in unique ways and in no way should be seen as pale imitations of Chinese culture. We begin our study analyzing written (Chinese) classical texts, which became classics throughout East Asia. These are elite cultural documents, but we will also consider their impact on popular culture. The fourth section of the course will consider East Asia as a cultural unit. We will interrogate the cultural constructions of identity and meaning in these cultures and the political and social contexts in which these were found. We will consider the impact of modernization and globalization, and the change and continuity within East Asian cultures. Some attention will be given to the cultural impact from and on the West. We approach this course through readings in philosophy, religion, anthropology, art, literature, film, and music. RHT1000) Credits 4 Babson College Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

(Formerly CVA2010) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to gender studies. Designed as an intermediate course, Introduction to Gender Studies aims to identify and critically examine the interactive relationships among gender, cultural/social institutions, and individuals in contemporary American society. This implies two foci of attention. First, through readings and discussion, we will explore gender roles and resulting power inequities in contexts such as families, the music industry, conceptions of both race and sexuality, and novels. Equally important, we will analyze how the behaviors of individuals reflect, sustain and sometimes alter social conceptions of gender. In concert, these two emphases serve to underline the relationships among gender, culture, and individuals. RHT1000) Credits 4 169

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

and Holocaust

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

This case-based course introduces students to the basic concepts and tools that the liberal arts (science, social science, and the humanities) bring to a consideration of sustainability. Students develop the cross-disciplinary awareness and collaboration skills needed to approach environmental issues holistically. Credits 4 Babson College Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(RHT and AHS) or (FCI and WRT 1001)

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

(Formerly CVA2020) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits If you took and passed CVA2020, you cannot take CSP2020, as these two courses are equivalent This course explores the structure and functions of the mass media in contemporary society, looking at social, cultural, economic and political issues relevant to television, film, radio, recorded music, books, newspapers, magazines, internet and new communication technologies. Exploration of relationships between media and individual, media structure, media policy, law and ethics, and globalization of communications media is emphasized. RHT1000) Credits 4 170

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

(Formerly CVA2030 African American Music in the U.S.) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits This course surveys music created by and about African Americans from the 19th century to the present, including spirituals, gospel, ragtime, blues, jazz, classical, R&B, rock and roll, soul, funk, disco, and rap. The course will emphasize: (1) African origins, and the historical and sociocultural contexts in which African American musical styles developed; (2) nontechnical musical analysis of the works studied; (3) the reciprocal relationships between African American music and other American music; and (4) the ways in which music participates in and shapes our national perceptions of and debates over race. No musical background required. RHT1000) Credits 4 171

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

(Formerly CVA2033) This Intermediate Liberal Arts course examines the theory, actions, and artistic and cultural representations of radical political movements historically and in our time. Radical political movements seek major transformations and can span the political spectrum from left to right. Radical movements tend to work outside and even at odds with the mainstream political process. Through an interdisciplinary approach, this course will look at the history and contemporary forms of radical politics, analyses, manifestos and artistic work. In past courses, we have examined the Alt-Right and Antifa, the Movement for Black Lives, Indigenous politics, worker rebellions, the Arab Spring, and queer and women’s liberation movements around the globe. In recent years, we have also witnessed the Free Palestine movement, radical climate change action, the Serbian liberation movement and the rise of fascist organizations and governments around the globe. These and other examples could be topics in our course, which will pay attention to and discuss radical political movements taking place during our semester. We will focus on the North American context, but student projects and our discussions will also take account of global events. The materials for this class will include historical and political scholarly analyses, journalism, documentaries, film, literature, music, podcasts, public commentary, and the narratives of activists themselves. RHT1000) Credits 4 Babson College Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

(Formerly CVA2036) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits The objective of this course is to understand, explore, and analyze the inequities and power dynamics associated with many types of environmental (in)justice. Depending on the instructor, the focus may be on waste and consumption; global health; city design etc. in relation to issues of justice. How can we reimagine solutions for environmental justice? By thinking critically about these issues, we will challenge our thinking about environmental justice and why it matters today and in the future. RHT1000) Credits 4 172

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

Encounters of the Cultural Kind 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits This course brings together anthropology and science fiction to explore how humans think about, narrate, and contest encounters across difference. Through a combination of scholarly texts, fiction, film, and other works, we will investigate how people in different times and places have made sense of what it means to be human in moments when multiple forms of personhood are present. We will investigate why societies tell stories about encounters with the Other, consider how cross- cultural encounters transform societies and their ways of imagining and managing change, and analyze how the idea of difference has shaped anthropology and science fiction. Students will create original works that reflect o and tell new stories about cross-cultural encounters. RHT1000) Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

CSP2050 RHT1000) Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

CSP2051 RHT1000) Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Credits 0 Babson College Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

(Formerly CVA2057 Imagining Sustainability) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits The primary focus of this course is on the exploration of the concept of sustainability as a juncture of economic, environmental and social concerns. With the rapid expansion of globalization, and the attenuating crises that accompany it, with regard to these concerns, future business and public policy leaders will need to be in the vanguard at determining how best to effect solutions. To that end, this course will examine a variety of sources in the consideration both of what allows for the implementation of sustainability and what prohibits it-- from business case study to philosophical/economic analysis to literary memoir. Within this context, students will be invited to examine what we mean when we talk about justice, ethics, profit, growth, and community. In sum, we will explore how concepts that contribute to our understanding of individual and communal responsibility might be revisited and redefined in the effort to create a world that offers sustainable economic opportunity for all, ensured within a vital commitment to environmental stewardship. RHT1000) Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits This course addresses both long-standing and emerging debates about consumer society: Who is in control, consumers or advertisers and producers? How has the role of consumers changed in the digital era and with social media? How does consumption help us structure and communicate our identit(y/ies)? In what ways does consumption affect the environment and how does this then changed consumption patterns? How does the consumption of social media shape our lives? Special attention will be paid to the ways in which consumer culture structures division by class, status, gender, and race. Readings will include pieces by Adorno and Horkheimer, Bourdieu, Veblen, Sherman, Khan, Pittman, Duffy, and others. RHT1000) Credits 0 Babson College Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or

(Formerly CVA2090) 4 Intermediate Liberal Arts Credits This 4 credit history and foodways course discusses food and space in restaurants, dining cars, street venders and wherever food is made and sold (by whom), and eaten (by whom) at the center. The course will include readings in James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of a Colored Man, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Zora Hurston's Their Eyes Where Watching God, John Washington's The Chaneysville Incident, Paule Marshall's classic essay From The Poets in the Kitchen, and Richard Wright's Man of All Work. Readings on segregated restaurants come from James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son, and in No Name in the Street. A chapter on Ntzoake Shange's novel, Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo and her novel Liliane. RHT1000) Credits 4

Subject

CSP

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

(FCI1000 or AHS1000) and (WRT1001or