Cultural Studies

fall 2005

All courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus-wide basis. However, individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.

Effective Summer/Fall 2018: Undergraduates newly admitted in Summer/Fall 2018 or later (note this includes both freshman as well as transfers matriculating in Summer/Fall 2018 and after) need to complete one course in Non-Western Cultures; one course in US Minority Cultures; and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Undergraduate students who matriculated Spring 2018 or prior need to complete one course in Non-Western or US Minority Cultures and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Courses are added as they are approved.

General Education Abbreviations

ACP - Advanced Composition

HUM - Humanities and the Arts
HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
LA - Literature and the Arts

SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
BSC - Behavioral Sciences
SS - Social Sciences

NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
LS - Life Sciences
PS - Physical Sciences

CS - Cultural Studies
NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
US - US Minority Cultures
WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)

QR - Quantitative Reasoning
QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II

fall 2005 → CS → US & NW & WCC

COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM	SBS
AAS 100	Intro Asian American Studies		US		SS
AAS 184	Asian American Cultures		US		SS
AAS 224	Asian Am Historical Sociology		US
AAS 260	Intro Asian American Theatre		US
AAS 281	Constructing Race in America		US	HP
AAS 283	Asian American History		US	HP
AAS 284	Adv Topics in Asian America		US		SS
AAS 286	Asian American Literature		US	LA
AAS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
AAS 397	Asian Families in America		US		SS
AAS 402	Asian American Education	ACP	US
AFRO 100	Intro to Afro-American Studies		US		SS
AFRO 101	Black America, 1619-Present		US	HP
AFRO 201	US Racial & Ethnic Politics		US		SS
AFRO 211	Intro to African-American Film		US
AFRO 224	Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp		US	LA
AFRO 231	Lang Diff Dis: American Persp		US
AFRO 259	Afro-American Literature I		US
AFRO 260	Afro-American Literature II		US
AFRO 261	Intro to the African Diaspora		US	HP
AFRO 272	Minority Images in Amer Film	ACP	US	LA
AFRO 275	Afro-American History to 1877		US	HP
AFRO 276	Afro-American Hist Since 1877		US	HP
AFRO 281	Constructing Race in America		US	HP
AFRO 287	African-American Women		US
AFRO 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
AFRO 340	Dancing Black Popular Cult		US	HP
AFRO 400	Afro-Diasporic Lit in Americas		US
AIS 277	US Native Americans to 1850		US	HP
AIS 278	US Native Americans Since 1850		US	HP
AIS 288	American Indians of Illinois		US	HP
ANTH 160	Contemporary Social Issues		US		SS
ANTH 184	Asian American Cultures		US		SS
ANTH 190	American Jewish Culture		US
ANTH 261	Intro to the African Diaspora		US	HP
ANTH 284	Adv Topics in Asian America		US		SS
ANTH 288	American Indians of Illinois		US	HP
ANTH 359	Adv Topics in Latina/o US		US
CINE 211	Intro to African-American Film		US
CWL 226	Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp		US	LA
CWL 259	Afro-American Literature I		US
CWL 260	Afro-American Literature II		US
CWL 400	Afro-Diasporic Lit in Americas		US
DANC 340	Dancing Black Popular Cult		US	HP
ENGL 259	Afro-American Literature I		US
ENGL 260	Afro-American Literature II		US
ENGL 272	Minority Images in Amer Film	ACP	US	LA
ENGL 286	Asian American Literature		US	LA
ENGL 363	Jewish Immigrant Literature		US	LA
EPS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
EPS 402	Asian American Education	ACP	US
EPSY 202	Exploring Cultural Diversity		US
EPSY 252	American Deaf Culture & Educ		US
GWS 287	African-American Women		US
HIST 174	Black America, 1619-Present		US	HP
HIST 275	Afro-American History to 1877		US	HP
HIST 276	Afro-American Hist Since 1877		US	HP
HIST 277	US Native Americans to 1850		US	HP
HIST 278	US Native Americans Since 1850		US	HP
HIST 279	Mexican-American History		US	HP
HIST 280	Caribbean Latina/o Migration		US	HP
HIST 281	Constructing Race in America		US	HP
HIST 283	Asian American History		US	HP
HIST 287	African-American Women		US
HIST 288	American Indians of Illinois		US	HP
LLS 100	Intro Latina/Latino Studies		US
LLS 201	US Racial & Ethnic Politics		US		SS
LLS 227	Latina/Latinos in Contemp US		US
LLS 279	Mexican-American History		US	HP
LLS 280	Caribbean Latina/o Migration		US	HP
LLS 281	Constructing Race in America		US	HP
LLS 300	19thC US Latina/o Lit		US	HP
LLS 301	19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP	ACP	US	HP
LLS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
LLS 342	US Latina & Latino Culture		US	LA
LLS 346	Gender&Sexuality Latina/o Lit		US	LA
LLS 359	Adv Topics in Latina/o US		US
LLS 360	20thC US Latina/o Lit		US	LA
PS 201	US Racial & Ethnic Politics		US		SS
SHS 231	Lang Diff Dis: American Persp		US
SHS 252	American Deaf Culture & Educ		US
SOC 124	Asian American Cultures		US		SS
SOC 224	Asian Am Historical Sociology		US
SOC 227	Latina/Latinos in Contemp US		US
SOCW 397	Asian Families in America		US		SS
SPAN 242	US Latina & Latino Culture		US	LA
SPAN 246	Gender&Sexuality Latina/o Lit		US	LA
SPED 252	American Deaf Culture & Educ		US
THEA 260	Intro Asian American Theatre		US
YDSH 380	Jewish Immigrant Literature		US	LA
ACE 251	The World Food Economy		NW		SS
ACE 254	Economic Systems in Africa		NW		SS
AFRO 243	Pan Africanism		NW		SS
AFRO 282	Displaced Peoples of Latin Am		NW		SS
AFST 209	Constr Afr and Carib Identity		NW
AFST 210	Intro to Mod African Lit		NW	LA
AFST 222	Introduction to Modern Africa		NW		SS
AFST 243	Pan Africanism		NW		SS
AFST 254	Economic Systems in Africa		NW		SS
AFST 266	African Film and Society		NW
AFST 267	Memoirs of Africa	ACP	NW
AIS 165	North American Indians		NW
ANTH 103	Anthro in a Changing World		WCC NW		SS
ANTH 130	Civilization of India		NW	HP
ANTH 165	North American Indians		NW
ANTH 182	Latin American Cultures		NW		SS
ANTH 185	The Global Pacific		NW		SS
ANTH 222	Introduction to Modern Africa		NW		SS
ANTH 223	African Arch & Urbanism		NW	HP
ANTH 266	African Film and Society		NW
ANTH 267	Memoirs of Africa	ACP	NW
ANTH 282	Displaced Peoples of Latin Am		NW		SS
ANTH 285	Intro to Korea Through Film		NW
ANTH 286	Southeast Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
ANTH 289	Contemporary Southeast Asia		NW
ANTH 290	Jewish Cultures of the World		NW
ANTH 376	Aztec Civilization		NW
ARTH 113	Introduction to African Art		NW
ARTH 114	Introduction to East Asian Art		NW
ARTH 115	Art in a Global Context		WCC NW	LA
ASST 104	Asian Mythology		NW	HP
ASST 218	S. Asian Cultural Landscapes		NW	LA
ASST 286	Southeast Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
CPSC 116	The Global Food Production Web		NW
CWL 112	Literature of Global Culture		WCC NW	LA
CWL 189	Classics Non-West Culture I		NW	LA
CWL 190	Classics Non-West Culture II		NW	LA
CWL 210	Intro to Mod African Lit		NW	LA
CWL 223	Qur'an Structure and Exegesis		NW	LA
CWL 225	Constr Afr and Carib Identity		NW
CWL 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
CWL 307	Classical Chinese Lit		NW	LA
CWL 308	Chinese Popular Lit		NW	LA
CWL 311	Japan Lit in Translation I		NW	LA
CWL 312	Japan Lit in Translation II		NW	LA
CWL 319	Women in Japanese Lit		NW	LA
CWL 372	Korean Lit in English		NW	LA
EALC 101	Introduction to East Asian Art		NW
EALC 120	East Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
EALC 122	History East Asian Religions		NW	HP
EALC 132	Zen		NW	HP
EALC 135	Understanding EA Culture & Soc		NW
EALC 220	Traditional China		NW	HP
EALC 221	Modern China		NW
EALC 222	Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao		NW	HP
EALC 226	Premodern Japanese History		NW	HP
EALC 227	Modern Japanese History		NW	HP
EALC 240	Chinese Civilization		NW
EALC 250	Intro to Japanese Culture		NW		SS
EALC 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
EALC 285	Intro to Korea Through Film		NW
EALC 287	Introduction to Buddhism		NW	HP
EALC 305	Japan Lit in Translation I		NW	LA
EALC 306	Japan Lit in Translation II		NW	LA
EALC 307	Classical Chinese Lit		NW	LA
EALC 308	Chinese Popular Lit		NW	LA
EALC 319	Women in Japanese Lit		NW	LA
EALC 361	Women in East Asia		NW		SS
EALC 362	Popular Culture China & Japan		NW	LA
EALC 365	Contemporary Korean Society		NW		SS
EALC 367	History of Korea		NW	HP
EALC 370	Korean Lit in English		NW	LA
ENGL 112	Literature of Global Culture		WCC NW	LA
ENGL 211	Intro to Mod African Lit		NW	LA
ENGL 285	Postcolonial Lit in English		NW	LA
ENVS 161	Global Environmental Change		WCC NW		SS
FAA 130	International Arts		WCC NW	LA
FR 240	Constr Afr and Carib Identity		NW
GEOG 101	Geog of Developing Countries		NW		SS
GEOG 106	Geographies of Globalization		WCC NW		SS
GWS 319	Women in Japanese Lit		NW	LA
GWS 361	Women in East Asia		NW		SS
HIST 100	Global History		WCC NW	HP
HIST 101	Global Environmental Change		WCC NW		SS
HIST 105	Latin America to Independence		NW	HP
HIST 106	Modern Latin America		NW	HP
HIST 110	History of Africa		NW	HP
HIST 120	East Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
HIST 130	Civilization of India		NW	HP
HIST 133	Intro to the World of Islam		WCC NW	HP
HIST 135	History of Islamic Middle East		NW
HIST 210	History North & West Africa		NW	HP
HIST 211	History East & Southern Africa		NW	HP
HIST 220	Traditional China		NW	HP
HIST 221	Modern China		NW
HIST 222	Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao		NW	HP
HIST 225	Southeast Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
HIST 226	Premodern Japanese History		NW	HP
HIST 227	Modern Japanese History		NW	HP
HIST 325	History of Korea		NW	HP
LA 218	S. Asian Cultural Landscapes		NW	LA
LA 220	African Arch & Urbanism		NW	HP
LA 222	Islamic Gardens & Architecture		NW	HP
LAST 170	Introduction to Latin America		NW		SS
LAST 240	Constr Afr and Carib Identity		NW
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music		NW	LA
NRES 161	Global Environmental Change		WCC NW		SS
PHIL 110	World Religions		WCC NW	HP
PS 241	Comp Politics in Dev Nations		NW		SS
PS 242	Introduction to Modern Africa		NW		SS
PS 243	Pan Africanism		NW		SS
RLST 104	Asian Mythology		NW	HP
RLST 110	World Religions		WCC NW	HP
RLST 122	History East Asian Religions		NW	HP
RLST 132	Zen		NW	HP
RLST 213	Intro to Islam - ACP	ACP	NW	HP
RLST 214	Introduction to Islam		NW	HP
RLST 223	Qur'an Structure and Exegesis		NW	LA
RLST 224	Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao		NW	HP
RLST 260	Mystic and Saints in Islam		NW	LA
RLST 286	Introduction to Hinduism		NW	HP
RLST 287	Introduction to Buddhism		NW	HP
SAME 133	Intro to the World of Islam		WCC NW	HP
SOC 122	Africa in World Perspective		NW		SS
SOC 160	Global Ineq and Social Change		WCC NW		SS
SOC 222	Introduction to Modern Africa		NW		SS
SOC 267	Pan Africanism		NW		SS
SOC 365	Contemporary Korean Society		NW		SS
ANTH 103	Anthro in a Changing World		WCC NW		SS
ANTH 108	Religion & Society in West I		WCC	HP
ANTH 109	Religion & Society in West II		WCC	HP
ANTH 161	The Holocaust and Its Meanings		WCC
ANTH 180	The Archaeology of Death		WCC		SS
ANTH 268	Images of the Other	ACP	WCC	HP
ANTH 277	Ancient Cities, Sacred Land		WCC		SS
ARCH 215	Buildings, Land and Culture		WCC
ARCH 314	History of World Landscapes		WCC	HP
ARTH 115	Art in a Global Context		WCC NW	LA
ARTH 217	Development of Ancient Cities		WCC	HP
CLCV 114	Introduction to Greek Culture		WCC	LA
CLCV 115	Mythology of Greece and Rome		WCC	LA
CLCV 116	The Roman Achievement		WCC	HP
CLCV 131	Classical Archaeology, Greece		WCC	HP
CLCV 132	Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy		WCC	HP
CLCV 160	Ancient Greek & Roman Religion		WCC	HP
CLCV 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CLCV 221	The Heroic Tradition		WCC	LA
CLCV 222	The Tragic Spirit		WCC	LA
CLCV 231	Development of Ancient Cities		WCC	HP
CLCV 240	Sex & Gender in Antiquity		WCC	LA
CLCV 323	The Comic Imagination		WCC	LA
COMM 100	Intro to Popular TV & Movies		WCC	LA
COMM 264	Media, Money and Power		WCC	HP
COMM 321	Film Culture		WCC
CWL 112	Literature of Global Culture		WCC NW	LA
CWL 202	Literature and Ideas		WCC	LA
CWL 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CWL 221	Jewish Storytelling		WCC	LA
CWL 241	Masterpieces West Culture I	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 242	Masterpieces West Culture II	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
CWL 252	Viking Sagas in Translation		WCC	LA
CWL 253	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 254	The Legend of King Arthur		WCC
CWL 255	Renaissance Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 257	Enlightenment Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 262	Sex & Gender in Antiquity		WCC	LA
CWL 263	The Heroic Tradition		WCC	LA
CWL 264	The Tragic Spirit		WCC	LA
CWL 271	The Holocaust in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust		WCC	LA
CWL 322	The Comic Imagination		WCC	LA
DANC 100	Intro to Contemporary Dance		WCC	LA
ENGL 112	Literature of Global Culture		WCC NW	LA
ENGL 115	Intro to English Literature		WCC	LA
ENGL 116	Intro to American Literature		WCC	LA
ENGL 202	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 204	Renaissance Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 206	Enlightenment Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 207	Romantic Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 208	Victorian Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 209	English Lit to 1798		WCC	LA
ENGL 210	English Lit 1798 to Present		WCC	LA
ENGL 213	Modernist Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 223	Jewish Storytelling		WCC	LA
ENGL 241	Beginnings of Modern Poetry		WCC
ENGL 247	The British Novel		WCC	LA
ENGL 250	The American Novel to 1914		WCC	LA
ENGL 251	The American Novel Since 1914		WCC	LA
ENGL 255	Survey of American Lit I		WCC	LA
ENGL 256	Survey of American Lit II		WCC	LA
ENGL 267	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
ENGL 359	Lit Responses to the Holocaust		WCC	LA
ENVS 161	Global Environmental Change		WCC NW		SS
ENVS 201	Environmental History		WCC	HP
EPS 403	European Education to 1600	ACP	WCC	HP
EPS 404	European Education since 1600	ACP	WCC	HP
FAA 130	International Arts		WCC NW	LA
GEOG 106	Geographies of Globalization		WCC NW		SS
GER 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 254	The Legend of King Arthur		WCC
GER 260	The Holocaust in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
GWS 240	Sex & Gender in Antiquity		WCC	LA
GWS 245	Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe		WCC	HP
GWS 334	Brazilian Women's Lit Trans		WCC	LA
GWS 367	US History of Medicine		WCC	HP
HIST 100	Global History		WCC NW	HP
HIST 101	Global Environmental Change		WCC NW		SS
HIST 133	Intro to the World of Islam		WCC NW	HP
HIST 140	Western Civ to 1660-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 141	Western Civ to 1660		WCC	HP
HIST 142	Western Civ Since 1660		WCC	HP
HIST 143	Western Civ Since 1660-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 170	US Hist to 1877-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 171	US Hist to 1877		WCC	HP
HIST 172	US Hist Since 1877		WCC	HP
HIST 173	US Hist Since 1877-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 201	Environmental History		WCC	HP
HIST 240	History of Ancient Greece		WCC	HP
HIST 241	History of Ancient Rome		WCC	HP
HIST 245	Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe		WCC	HP
HIST 247	Medieval Europe		WCC	HP
HIST 255	British Isles to 1688		WCC	HP
HIST 256	Great Britain Since 1688		WCC	HP
HIST 258	Contemp Politics Ideology		WCC	HP
HIST 259	Contemp Econ Soc Culture		WCC	HP
HIST 260	Survey of Russian History		WCC	HP
HIST 265	Science in Western Civ I		WCC	HP
HIST 266	Science in Western Civ II		WCC	HP
HIST 268	Jewish History to 1700		WCC	HP
HIST 269	Jewish History Since 1700		WCC	HP
HIST 270	United States History to 1815		WCC	HP
HIST 271	Nineteenth Century America		WCC	HP
HIST 272	Twentieth Century America		WCC	HP
HIST 282	Nature and American Culture		WCC
HIST 360	Enlightenment to Existentialsm		WCC	HP
HIST 364	Technology in Western Society		WCC	HP
HIST 367	History of Western Medicine		WCC	HP
HIST 368	US History of Medicine		WCC	HP
HIST 444	European Education to 1600	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 457	European Education since 1600	ACP	WCC	HP
HUM 141	Intro to American Civ I		WCC	HP
HUM 142	Intro to American Civ II		WCC	HP
LA 215	Buildings, Land and Culture		WCC
LA 242	Nature and American Culture		WCC
LA 314	History of World Landscapes		WCC	HP
MDVL 201	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
MDVL 245	Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe		WCC	HP
MDVL 247	Medieval Europe		WCC	HP
MDVL 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
MDVL 252	Viking Sagas in Translation		WCC	LA
MDVL 254	The Legend of King Arthur		WCC
MDVL 255	British Isles to 1688		WCC	HP
MDVL 403	European Education to 1600	ACP	WCC	HP
NRES 161	Global Environmental Change		WCC NW		SS
NRES 242	Nature and American Culture		WCC
NRES 287	Nature Society and Democracy		WCC		SS
PHIL 108	Religion & Society in West I		WCC	HP
PHIL 109	Religion & Society in West II		WCC	HP
PHIL 110	World Religions		WCC NW	HP
PORT 334	Brazilian Women's Lit Trans		WCC	LA
PS 273	Nature Society and Democracy		WCC		SS
RLST 108	Religion & Society in West I		WCC	HP
RLST 109	Religion & Society in West II		WCC	HP
RLST 110	World Religions		WCC NW	HP
RLST 160	Ancient Greek & Roman Religion		WCC	HP
RLST 220	Jewish Storytelling		WCC	LA
RLST 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
RLST 268	Jewish History to 1700		WCC	HP
RLST 269	Jewish History Since 1700		WCC	HP
RLST 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust		WCC	LA
RST 242	Nature and American Culture		WCC
RST 330	Leisure and Consumer Culture		WCC		SS
SAME 133	Intro to the World of Islam		WCC NW	HP
SCAN 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
SCAN 252	Viking Sagas in Translation		WCC	LA
SOC 108	Religion & Society in West I		WCC	HP
SOC 109	Religion & Society in West II		WCC	HP
SOC 160	Global Ineq and Social Change		WCC NW		SS
SOC 366	Postsocialism Eastern Europe		WCC		SS
UKR 113	Ukrainian Culture		WCC	LA
YDSH 220	Jewish Storytelling		WCC	LA
YDSH 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust		WCC	LA

Cultural Studies

fall 2005 → CS → US & NW & WCC →

fall 2005 → CS → US & NW & WCC