Cultural Studies

summer 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.

  • 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 100 section available 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 section available 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 section available 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 section available 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 section available African-American Women US
HIST 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
LLS 100 section available 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 section available 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 222 Introduction to Modern Africa NW SS
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
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 section available 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 section available Chinese Civilization NW
EALC 250 section available Intro to Japanese Culture NW SS
EALC 275 section available 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 section available Postcolonial Lit in English NW LA
ENVS 161 Global Environmental Change WCC NW SS
FR 240 Constr Afr and Carib Identity NW
GEOG 101 section available 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 135 section available History of Islamic Middle East NW
HIST 210 History North & West Africa NW HP
HIST 211 section available 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 222 Islamic Gardens & Architecture NW HP
LAST 170 Introduction to Latin America NW SS
LAST 240 Constr Afr and Carib Identity NW
MUS 133 section available Introduction to World Music NW LA
NRES 161 Global Environmental Change WCC NW SS
PHIL 110 World Religions WCC NW HP
PS 241 section available 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
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 section available 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 217 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CLCV 114 section available Introduction to Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 section available 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 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 section available 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
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 140 section available Western Civ to 1660-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 141 section available 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 section available US Hist to 1877-ACP ACP WCC HP
HIST 171 section available 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 The Early Middle Ages WCC HP
HIST 255 section available British Isles to 1688 WCC HP
HIST 256 Great Britain Since 1688 WCC HP
HIST 258 section available 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 section available 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 The Early Middle Ages 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 section available 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
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