Humanities & the Arts

Summer 2008

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 2008 → HUM

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM
CLCV 114	Introduction to Greek Culture		WCC	LA
CLCV 115	Mythology of Greece and Rome		WCC	LA
CLCV 132	Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy		WCC	HP
CLCV 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CWL 220	Origins of Western Literature		WCC	LA
CWL 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
CWL 253	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 271	The Holocaust in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
ENGL 101	Intro to Poetry			LA
ENGL 109	Intro to Fiction-ACP	ACP		LA
ENGL 200	Intro to Lit Study for Majors			LA
ENGL 202	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 251	The American Novel Since 1914		WCC	LA
ENGL 267	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 260	The Holocaust in Context	ACP	WCC	LA
HIST 100	Global History		WCC NW	HP
HIST 142	Western Civ Since 1660		WCC	HP
HIST 143	Western Civ Since 1660-ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 172	US Hist Since 1877		WCC	HP
HIST 273	Illinois History			HP
HIST 289	History of Religion in America			HP
HIST 360	Enlightenment to Existentialsm		WCC	HP
MDVL 201	Medieval Lit and Culture		WCC	LA
MDVL 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music		NW	LA
PHIL 105	Introduction to Ethics			HP
PHIL 250	Conceptions of Human Nature			HP
PHIL 325	Recent European Philosophy			HP
PS 270	Intro to Political Theory			HP
RLST 106	Archaeology and the Bible	ACP		HP
RLST 214	Introduction to Islam		NW	HP
RLST 235	History of Religion in America			HP
RLST 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
SCAN 251	Viking Mythology		WCC	HP
SPAN 225	Intro Hispanic Literature I			LA
THEA 101	Introduction to Theatre Arts			LA

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ACP COMP1 CS HUM NAT QR SBS