Humanities & the Arts

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.

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

summer 2005 → HUM

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM
CINE 262	Survey of World Cinema II			LA
CLCV 114	Introduction to Greek Culture		WCC	LA
CLCV 115	Mythology of Greece and Rome		WCC	LA
CWL 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
EALC 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
ENGL 101	Intro to Poetry			LA
ENGL 109	Intro to Fiction-ACP	ACP		LA
ENGL 256	Survey of American Lit II		WCC	LA
ENGL 274	Literature and Society			LA
ENGL 285	Postcolonial Lit in English		NW	LA
GWS 285	US Gender History to 1877			HP
HIST 140	Western Civ to 1660-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 141	Western Civ to 1660		WCC	HP
HIST 170	US Hist to 1877-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 171	US Hist to 1877		WCC	HP
HIST 211	History East & Southern Africa		NW	HP
HIST 255	British Isles to 1688		WCC	HP
HIST 258	Contemp Politics Ideology		WCC	HP
HIST 266	Science in Western Civ II		WCC	HP
HIST 273	Illinois History			HP
HIST 285	US Gender History to 1877			HP
MDVL 255	British Isles to 1688		WCC	HP
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music		NW	LA
PHIL 101	Introduction to Philosophy			HP
PHIL 102	Logic and Reasoning			HP
PHIL 105	Introduction to Ethics			HP
PHIL 206	Early Modern Philosophy			HP
RLST 106	Archaeology and the Bible	ACP		HP
SPAN 225	Intro Hispanic Literature I			LA
SPED 117	The Culture of Disability			HP
THEA 101	Introduction to Theatre Arts			LA

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ACP COMP1 CS HUM NAT QR SBS