{"id":23255,"date":"2022-11-18T11:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T11:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=23255"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:31:32","slug":"culture-literature-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/undergraduate\/majors\/culture-literature-arts","title":{"rendered":"Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top\">BACHELOR OF ARTS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\"><a id=\"top\" name=\"top\"><\/a>On this page: <a href=\"#major\">Major Description<\/a> | <a href=\"#learning-objectives\">Learning Objectives<\/a> | <a href=\"#degree\">Degree Planning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-large has-gold-200-color has-text-color has-link-color has-h-4-font-size wp-elements-e71c396fd7a7492fb27c76755e220ffe\" id=\"major\"><em>Do courses like&nbsp;<em>Journalism &amp; Media History<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Representation, Colonialism, &amp; the Tropical World<\/em>&nbsp;sound exciting to you? Do you want to explore a career in Education, Journalism, or Public Relations?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The <strong>Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts <\/strong>major (CLA) inquires into the make-up of diverse cultures and societies, and their literatures and arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students gain an understanding of the complex relations among lived, represented, and speculated existence.  CLA courses focus on the historical, social, and aesthetic dimensions of arts and culture, with special attention to the intersections among gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, disability, and other vectors of power and privilege.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n    <div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UW Bothell Culture, Literature and the Arts (CLA) Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/69Z_8H24tGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the major study written and visual texts, interactive and performative modes of practice, and philosophical and theoretical accounts of those texts and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PURPOSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Students in the Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts major are passionate about understanding diverse cultures and societies, and their literature and arts. Students who are interested in exploring diversity and who wish to hone their critical thinking and writing skills or improve their intercultural fluency will thrive within the CLA major.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PRACTICE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Courses in the CLA major focus on the historical, social, &amp; aesthetic aspects of art and culture. Students gain an understanding of the complex relations among lived, represented, and speculated existence with special attention to the intersections among gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, disability, and other identities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-h-3-font-size\">PROFESSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background\">Using their background in Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts, graduates in this major communicate with others through their use of the English language in career roles such as education, advocacy, and consulting. Students in the CLA major pursue careers in teaching, public relations, journalism, libraries, publishing and other fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learning-objectives\"><a id=\"objectives\" name=\"objectives\"><\/a>Learning objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts curriculum advances the five core IAS <a href=\"\/ias\/undergraduate\/learning-objectives\">learning objectives<\/a>. Students taking courses and\/or majoring in Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engage the complex question of what cultures are and do;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyze diverse forms of cultural production and consumption, including literature and language, film and media, music and sound, visual arts and images, performing arts and kinesthetics;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appreciate the richness and complexity of artistic communication, language, and imagination;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigate the importance of form, design, and genre across the arts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand how creativity and artistic expression are embedded within larger social and cultural contexts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand how artistic practices and cultural production vary across time and space.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-purple-400-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-364e6b2999ab5656664472b32bcaa62a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"faculty\" name=\"faculty\"><\/a>Ready to apply?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-highlight-paragraph-grey-background has-purple-400-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee82a8423c01f2f30c3a61cc8766d3dc\">If you&#8217;re a current UW Bothell student interested in applying to the Culture, Literature &amp; the Arts major, you can find more information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/undergraduate\/admissions\"><strong>How to apply<\/strong><\/a> page. <br><br>If you are NOT a current UW Bothell student, please contact the UW Bothell Admissions team at <a href=\"mailto:uwbinfo@uw.edu\">uwbinfo@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"degree\"><a id=\"requirements\" name=\"requirements\"><\/a>Plan your degree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan your career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACHELOR OF ARTS On this page: Major Description | Learning Objectives | Degree Planning Do courses like&nbsp;Journalism &amp; Media History&nbsp;and&nbsp;Representation, Colonialism, &amp; the Tropical World&nbsp;sound exciting to you? 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