Humanities & the Arts

fall 2005

If you entered college as a freshman in Fall 1994 or later, you need to complete six hours of Humanities & the Arts courses in order to graduate. Humanities & the Arts courses are divided into two subcategories: Historical & Philosophical Perspectives and Literature & the Arts.

Effective for entering freshmen in Fall 2004, 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.

Courses are added as they are approved.

  • 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
COURSE section available TITLE ACP CS COMP1 HUM NAT QR SBS
AAS 286 section available Asian American Literature US LA
AFRO 224 section available Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
AFRO 272 Minority Images in Amer Film ACP US LA
AFST 210 Intro to Mod African Lit NW LA
ART 140 section available Introduction to Art LA
ARTH 112 Renaissance and Modern Art LA
ARTH 115 section available Art in a Global Context WCC NW LA
ARTH 241 section available Twentieth-Century European Art LA
ASST 218 section available S. Asian Cultural Landscapes NW LA
CINE 117 Shakespeare on Film LA
CINE 261 section available Survey of World Cinema I LA
CINE 262 Survey of World Cinema II LA
CLCV 114 section available Introduction to Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 section available Mythology of Greece and Rome WCC LA
CLCV 220 section available Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CLCV 221 The Heroic Tradition WCC LA
CLCV 222 The Tragic Spirit WCC LA
CLCV 240 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
CLCV 323 section available The Comic Imagination WCC LA
COMM 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
CWL 111 section available Bible as Literature LA
CWL 112 section available Literature of Global Culture WCC NW LA
CWL 117 Russ & E Euro Science Fiction LA
CWL 151 section available Cross-Cultural Thematics LA
CWL 189 section available Classics Non-West Culture I NW LA
CWL 190 Classics Non-West Culture II NW LA
CWL 201 section available Comparative Lit Studies LA
CWL 202 Literature and Ideas WCC LA
CWL 205 Islam & West Through Lit LA
CWL 210 Intro to Mod African Lit NW LA
CWL 215 Scandinavian Prose Fiction LA
CWL 220 section available Origins of Western Literature WCC LA
CWL 221 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
CWL 223 Qur'an Structure and Exegesis NW LA
CWL 226 section available Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
CWL 240 Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss LA
CWL 241 section available Masterpieces West Culture I ACP WCC LA
CWL 242 Masterpieces West Culture II ACP WCC LA
CWL 249 Russian Lit Since 1917 LA
CWL 250 Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context ACP WCC LA
CWL 252 section available Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
CWL 253 section available Medieval Lit and Culture WCC LA
CWL 255 section available Renaissance Lit and Culture WCC LA
CWL 257 section available 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 265 Modern Drama I LA
CWL 266 Modern Drama II LA
CWL 267 section available The Short Story LA
CWL 269 section available Brit, Amer & Contin Fiction LA
CWL 271 The Holocaust in Context ACP WCC LA
CWL 275 section available Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
CWL 283 section available Jewish Sacred Literature LA
CWL 284 Modern Jewish Literature 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 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
CWL 322 The Comic Imagination WCC LA
CWL 344 section available Hispanic Literature & Culture LA
CWL 372 Korean Lit in English NW LA
DANC 100 section available Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
EALC 275 section available Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
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 362 Popular Culture China & Japan NW LA
EALC 370 Korean Lit in English NW LA
ENGL 101 section available Intro to Poetry LA
ENGL 102 section available Intro to Drama LA
ENGL 103 section available Intro to Fiction LA
ENGL 104 section available Intro to Film LA
ENGL 109 section available Intro to Fiction-ACP ACP LA
ENGL 110 section available Intro Lit Study for Non-Majors LA
ENGL 112 section available Literature of Global Culture WCC NW LA
ENGL 114 section available Bible as Literature LA
ENGL 115 section available Intro to English Literature WCC LA
ENGL 116 section available Intro to American Literature WCC LA
ENGL 117 Shakespeare on Film LA
ENGL 198 Freshman Honors Seminar LA
ENGL 200 section available Intro to Lit Study for Majors LA
ENGL 202 section available Medieval Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 204 section available Renaissance Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 206 section available Enlightenment Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 207 Romantic Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 208 section available Victorian Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 209 section available English Lit to 1798 WCC LA
ENGL 210 section available English Lit 1798 to Present WCC LA
ENGL 211 Intro to Mod African Lit NW LA
ENGL 213 Modernist Lit and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 218 section available Introduction to Shakespeare LA
ENGL 223 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
ENGL 243 Modern Drama I LA
ENGL 244 Modern Drama II LA
ENGL 245 section available The Short Story LA
ENGL 247 section available The British Novel WCC LA
ENGL 248 section available Brit, Amer & Contin Fiction LA
ENGL 250 section available The American Novel to 1914 WCC LA
ENGL 251 section available The American Novel Since 1914 WCC LA
ENGL 255 section available Survey of American Lit I WCC LA
ENGL 256 section available Survey of American Lit II WCC LA
ENGL 267 Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context ACP WCC LA
ENGL 272 Minority Images in Amer Film ACP US LA
ENGL 274 section available Literature and Society LA
ENGL 283 section available Jewish Sacred Literature LA
ENGL 284 Modern Jewish Literature LA
ENGL 285 Postcolonial Lit in English NW LA
ENGL 286 section available Asian American Literature US LA
ENGL 359 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
ENGL 363 Jewish Immigrant Literature US LA
FAA 130 International Arts WCC NW LA
FR 209 section available Intro to French Lit I LA
FR 210 section available Intro to French Lit II LA
GER 250 Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context ACP WCC LA
GER 260 The Holocaust in Context ACP WCC LA
GER 331 section available Intro to German Literature I LA
GER 332 Intro to German Literature II LA
GWS 240 Sex & Gender in Antiquity WCC LA
GWS 319 Women in Japanese Lit NW LA
GWS 334 Brazilian Women's Lit Trans WCC LA
ITAL 240 Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss LA
LA 218 section available S. Asian Cultural Landscapes NW LA
LLS 342 US Latina & Latino Culture US LA
LLS 346 Gender&Sexuality Latina/o Lit US LA
LLS 360 20thC US Latina/o Lit US LA
MDVL 201 section available Medieval Lit and Culture WCC LA
MDVL 240 Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss LA
MDVL 252 section available Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
MUS 130 section available Introd to the Art of Music LA
MUS 131 Masterworks of Western Music LA
MUS 132 The Varieties of Music LA
MUS 133 section available Introduction to World Music NW LA
MUS 134 The Eras of Music LA
MUS 313 section available The History of Music I LA
MUS 314 The History of Music II LA
PORT 334 Brazilian Women's Lit Trans WCC LA
RLST 101 section available Bible as Literature LA
RLST 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
RLST 223 Qur'an Structure and Exegesis NW LA
RLST 260 Mystic and Saints in Islam NW LA
RLST 283 section available Jewish Sacred Literature LA
RLST 284 Modern Jewish Literature LA
RLST 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
RUSS 225 Russian Lit Since 1917 LA
SCAN 215 Scandinavian Prose Fiction LA
SCAN 252 section available Viking Sagas in Translation WCC LA
SLAV 117 Russ & E Euro Science Fiction LA
SLAV 120 Slavic Folklore LA
SPAN 225 section available Intro Hispanic Literature I LA
SPAN 227 section available Intro Hispanic Literature II LA
SPAN 242 US Latina & Latino Culture US LA
SPAN 244 section available Hispanic Literature & Culture LA
SPAN 246 Gender&Sexuality Latina/o Lit US LA
THEA 101 section available Introduction to Theatre Arts LA
THEA 102 section available Text to Stage LA
THEA 261 section available Literature of Modern Theatre ACP LA
UKR 113 section available Ukrainian Culture WCC LA
YDSH 220 Jewish Storytelling WCC LA
YDSH 320 Lit Responses to the Holocaust WCC LA
YDSH 380 Jewish Immigrant Literature US LA
AAS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AAS 283 Asian American History US HP
AFRO 101 section available Black America, 1619-Present US HP
AFRO 261 Intro to the African Diaspora US HP
AFRO 275 section available 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 340 Dancing Black Popular Cult US HP
AIS 157 The Archaeology of Illinois HP
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 105 section available World Archaeology HP
ANTH 107 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt HP
ANTH 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
ANTH 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
ANTH 130 section available Civilization of India NW HP
ANTH 150 section available Novel Archaeology HP
ANTH 157 The Archaeology of Illinois HP
ANTH 175 section available Archaeology and Pop Culture HP
ANTH 223 African Arch & Urbanism NW HP
ANTH 261 Intro to the African Diaspora US HP
ANTH 268 section available Images of the Other ACP WCC HP
ANTH 286 Southeast Asian Civilizations NW HP
ANTH 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
ANTH 358 People of the Ice Age HP
ARCH 314 History of World Landscapes WCC HP
ARTH 217 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
ASST 104 section available Asian Mythology NW HP
ASST 286 Southeast Asian Civilizations NW HP
CHLH 260 section available Introduction to Medical Ethics HP
CLCV 116 The Roman Achievement WCC HP
CLCV 131 section available Classical Archaeology, Greece WCC HP
CLCV 132 Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy WCC HP
CLCV 160 section available Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
COMM 264 section available Media, Money and Power WCC HP
CWL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
DANC 340 Dancing Black Popular Cult US HP
EALC 120 section available East Asian Civilizations NW HP
EALC 122 History East Asian Religions NW HP
EALC 132 section available Zen NW HP
EALC 220 Traditional China NW HP
EALC 222 section available Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao NW HP
EALC 226 Premodern Japanese History NW HP
EALC 227 Modern Japanese History NW HP
EALC 287 section available Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
EALC 367 History of Korea NW HP
ECE 316 section available Engineering Ethics ACP HP
ECON 332 European Economic History HP
ENVS 201 section available Environmental History WCC HP
EPS 403 European Education to 1600 ACP WCC HP
EPS 404 European Education since 1600 ACP WCC HP
GWS 245 Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe WCC HP
GWS 285 section available US Gender History to 1877 HP
GWS 286 US Gender History Since 1877 HP
GWS 367 US History of Medicine WCC HP
HIST 100 section available Global History WCC NW HP
HIST 105 section available Latin America to Independence NW HP
HIST 106 Modern Latin America NW HP
HIST 110 History of Africa NW HP
HIST 120 section available East Asian Civilizations NW HP
HIST 130 section available Civilization of India NW HP
HIST 133 Intro to the World of Islam WCC NW HP
HIST 140 section available Western Civ to 1660-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 141 section available Western Civ to 1660 WCC HP
HIST 142 section available Western Civ Since 1660 WCC HP
HIST 143 section available Western Civ Since 1660-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 168 A History of Judaism ACP HP
HIST 170 section available US Hist to 1877-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 171 section available US Hist to 1877 WCC HP
HIST 172 section available US Hist Since 1877 WCC HP
HIST 173 US Hist Since 1877-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 174 section available Black America, 1619-Present US HP
HIST 201 section available Environmental History WCC HP
HIST 210 History North & West Africa NW HP
HIST 211 History East & Southern Africa NW HP
HIST 220 Traditional China NW HP
HIST 222 section available 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 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 section available 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 section available Contemp Econ Soc Culture WCC HP
HIST 260 section available 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 section available 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 273 section available Illinois History HP
HIST 274 US & World Since 1917 HP
HIST 275 section available 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 section available Caribbean Latina/o Migration US HP
HIST 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
HIST 283 Asian American History US HP
HIST 285 section available US Gender History to 1877 HP
HIST 286 US Gender History Since 1877 HP
HIST 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
HIST 325 History of Korea NW HP
HIST 360 section available 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 section available Intro to American Civ I WCC HP
HUM 142 Intro to American Civ II WCC HP
LA 220 African Arch & Urbanism NW HP
LA 222 Islamic Gardens & Architecture NW HP
LA 314 History of World Landscapes WCC HP
LING 210 section available Language History HP
LING 240 Language in Human History HP
LLS 279 Mexican-American History US HP
LLS 280 section available 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
MDVL 245 Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe WCC HP
MDVL 247 section available Medieval Europe WCC HP
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
MDVL 255 British Isles to 1688 WCC HP
MDVL 403 European Education to 1600 ACP WCC HP
PHIL 100 Intro to Philosophy-ACP ACP HP
PHIL 101 section available Introduction to Philosophy HP
PHIL 102 section available Logic and Reasoning HP
PHIL 103 section available Logic and Reasoning QR II HP QR2
PHIL 104 section available Intro to Ethics-ACP ACP HP
PHIL 105 section available Introduction to Ethics HP
PHIL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
PHIL 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
PHIL 110 section available World Religions WCC NW HP
PHIL 201 Philosophy in Literature HP
PHIL 203 section available Ancient Philosophy HP
PHIL 206 section available Early Modern Philosophy HP
PHIL 210 section available Ethics HP
PHIL 214 Biomedical Ethics HP
PHIL 230 section available Philosophy of Religion Intro HP
PHIL 250 Conceptions of Human Nature HP
PHIL 270 section available Philosophy of Science HP
PHIL 316 section available Engineering Ethics ACP HP
PHIL 325 Recent European Philosophy HP
PS 270 section available Intro to Political Theory HP
RLST 104 section available Asian Mythology NW HP
RLST 106 Archaeology and the Bible ACP HP
RLST 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
RLST 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
RLST 110 section available World Religions WCC NW HP
RLST 120 A History of Judaism ACP HP
RLST 121 section available Introduction to Christianity HP
RLST 122 History East Asian Religions NW HP
RLST 132 section available Zen NW HP
RLST 160 section available Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
RLST 201 section available Hebrew Bible in English HP
RLST 213 section available Intro to Islam - ACP ACP NW HP
RLST 214 section available Introduction to Islam NW HP
RLST 224 section available Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao NW HP
RLST 230 section available Philosophy of Religion Intro HP
RLST 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
RLST 268 section available Jewish History to 1700 WCC HP
RLST 269 Jewish History Since 1700 WCC HP
RLST 286 Introduction to Hinduism NW HP
RLST 287 section available Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
SAME 133 Intro to the World of Islam WCC NW HP
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOC 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
SOC 109 Religion & Society in West II WCC HP
SOC 250 The Construction of Science HP
SPED 117 section available The Culture of Disability HP
TSM 311 Humanity in the Food Web ACP HP