Liberal Education (LE) Summer Courses
Use this custom filter for a complete list of Liberal Education (LE) courses offered by CLA's academic departments during Summer 2024.
Here is a sampling:
![Lithograph of Beer Street and Gin Lane](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/hist_3418_-_drink_in_history.jpg?h=94d675f3&itok=PQidG7rR)
Explore the significance of stimulating beverages with an interdisciplinary study of alcohol/prohibition regimes throughout history.
Course Listing for HIST 3418
Other "Historical Perspectives" LE Courses
![LING 1701 Language & Society](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/ling_1701_cla_2.png?h=2d235432&itok=IfTTUnLt)
Course Listing for LING 1701
Other "Race, Power, and Justice in the United States" LE Courses
![Green screen set with a camera operator, one young and one old woman performing, and a young woman on a TV screen behind them](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/comm_3201_image.jpg?h=b72e0079&itok=2Pq0FV6k)
Explore terrorism as an ethical and international problem, including different cultures' historical trajectories for terrorism.
Course Listing for COMM 3676W
Other "Global Perspectives" LE Courses
![palms of two hands painted with a global map on them](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/geogmap.jpeg?h=073000e9&itok=FBVQMb3M)
Learn how maps and other spatial technologies like phones, drones, and GPS work, and use web-based tools to make maps.
Course Listing for GEOG 1502
Other "Technology & Society" LE courses
![Music](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/music-12.png?h=1536bd63&itok=NXdUQZRg)
Explore the evolution of rock music, including how ethnic traditions combined in a uniquely American manner.
Course Listing for MUS 1013
Other "Arts/Humanities" LE Courses
![Photo of several voting booths in a row with signs that have the word "vote" and an American flag on them](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/unsorted/images/blog-political-psychology.png?h=c673cd1c&itok=F837CKGv)
Consider the nature of contemporary democracy and the role that members of the political community do, can, and should play.
Course Listing for POL 3235W
Other "Civic Life & Ethics" LE Courses
![A museum display](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/arth_3464.png?h=61fcd378&itok=00ATN3vy)
Understand the social, political, and economic forces that contributed to the development of significant art movements.
Course Listing for ARTH 3464
Other "Historical Perspective" LE Courses
![Sunset silhouette of a person with raised arms](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/rels_image_0.jpeg?h=5f520741&itok=SmFJn-ZY)
Explore the world views of indigenous people of Americas, including healing practices, ceremonies, governance, ecology, and humor.
Course Listing for RELS 3321
Other "Race, Power, and Justice in the United States" LE Courses
![tablet displaying a scattergraph](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/statistics.png?h=d15d3465&itok=go-dqXnF)
Learn statistical methods in a basic computing environment to uncover, for example, the mathematical reasoning behind facts in daily news.
Course Listing for STAT 3011
Other "Mathematical Thinking" LE Courses
![Serving up good news about food](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/unsorted/images/goodfood.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=UGytB9pD)
Explore the significance of food in society, from earliest times to present, including why we eat what we eat and how foods have been globalized.
![American Studies](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/american-studies-02.png?h=e2bcc475&itok=D1S_BElU)
How did this dream of unlimited opportunity come about? Explore economic opportunity and inequality in the U.S.
Course Listing for AMST 2031
Other "Historical Perspective" LE Courses
![Logo for the Department of Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/unsorted/images/gwss.png?h=3f4e1fb4&itok=XyzwFAIf)
Explore similarities and differences in women's experiences throughout world, from cross-cultural and historical perspectives.
Course Listing for GWSS 3003
Other "Social Sciences" LE Courses
![Ancient map of Scandinavia](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/scan_image.png?h=64e21073&itok=22ikm_zW)
Study literary fairy tales from Scandinavia, especially those of Hans Christian Andersen. (Readings in translation for non-majors.)