Humanities & the Arts
Spring 2009
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
spring 2009 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 272 | Minority Images in Amer Film | ACP | US | LA | ||||
| AFRO 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Cult | US | HP | |||||
| ACES 179 | History of Ag in IL Since 1860 | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 223 | Exploring African Cities | NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 286 | Southeast Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| ART 140 | Introduction to Art | LA | ||||||
| ART 250 | Writing with Video | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ARTH 112 | Renaissance to Modern Art | LA | ||||||
| ARTH 115 | Art in a Global Context | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| ARTH 241 | Twentieth-Century European Art | LA | ||||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ASST 286 | Southeast Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| CINE 104 | Intro to Film | LA | ||||||
| CINE 262 | Survey of World Cinema II | LA | ||||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 116 | The Roman Achievement | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 132 | Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 222 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CHLH 260 | Introduction to Medical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| CWL 114 | Global Consciousness and Lit | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 151 | Cross-Cultural Thematics | LA | ||||||
| CWL 190 | Lit of Asia & Africa II | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | LA | ||||||
| CWL 242 | Lit Europe and the Americas II | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 249 | Russian Lit Since 1917 | 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 255 | Renaissance Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 264 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 266 | Modern Drama II | LA | ||||||
| CWL 267 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 308 | Chinese Popular Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Cult | US | HP | |||||
| EALC 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 308 | Chinese Popular Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| ECE 316 | Engineering Ethics | ACP | HP | |||||
| ENGL 101 | Intro to Poetry | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 102 | Intro to Drama | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 104 | Intro to Film | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 109 | Intro to Fiction-ACP | ACP | LA | |||||
| ENGL 110 | Intro Lit Study for Non-Majors | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 115 | Intro to British Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 116 | Intro to American Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 200 | Intro to the Study of Lit | 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 | British Literature to 1798 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 210 | British Lit 1798 to Present | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 213 | Modernist Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Shakespeare | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 244 | Modern Drama II | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 245 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| 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 268 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 272 | Minority Images in Amer Film | ACP | US | LA | ||||
| ENGL 274 | Literature and Society | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 285 | Postcolonial Lit in English | NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| FR 209 | Intro to French Lit I | LA | ||||||
| FR 210 | Intro to French Lit II | LA | ||||||
| GWS 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GWS 285 | US Gender History to 1877 | HP | ||||||
| GEOL 201 | History of Geology | ACP | HP | |||||
| GER 250 | Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| GER 260 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| GER 331 | Intro to German Literature | LA | ||||||
| GER 332 | German Literature and Culture | LA | ||||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 106 | Modern Latin America | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| 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 172 | US Hist Since 1877 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 173 | US Hist Since 1877-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 174 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 225 | Southeast Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 253 | Enlightenment to Existentialsm | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 256 | Great Britain Since 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 261 | Intro Russian-Jewish Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 267 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 272 | Twentieth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 274 | US & World Since 1917 | HP | ||||||
| HIST 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 285 | US Gender History to 1877 | HP | ||||||
| LA 220 | Exploring African Cities | NW | HP | |||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| LLS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| LING 210 | Language History | HP | ||||||
| MS 264 | Economics of the Media | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 201 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| MUS 130 | Introd to the Art of Music | LA | ||||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| MUS 314 | The History of Music II | LA | ||||||
| PHIL 100 | Intro to Philosophy-ACP | ACP | HP | |||||
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 102 | Logic and Reasoning | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 103 | Logic and Reasoning QR II | HP | QR2 | |||||
| PHIL 104 | Intro to Ethics-ACP | ACP | HP | |||||
| PHIL 105 | Introduction to Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| PHIL 201 | Philosophy in Literature | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 206 | Early Modern Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 210 | Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 214 | Biomedical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 250 | Conceptions of Human Nature | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 270 | Philosophy of Science | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Engineering Ethics | ACP | HP | |||||
| PS 270 | Intro to Political Theory | HP | ||||||
| RLST 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 121 | Introduction to Christianity | HP | ||||||
| RLST 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 224 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 260 | Mystic and Saints in Islam | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 286 | Introduction to Hinduism | NW | HP | |||||
| RUSS 225 | Russian Lit Since 1917 | LA | ||||||
| RUSS 261 | Intro Russian-Jewish Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| SCAN 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SLAV 120 | Slavic Folklore | WCC | LA | |||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| SAME 133 | Intro to the World of Islam | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| SPED 117 | The Culture of Disability | HP | ||||||
| TSM 311 | Humanity in the Food Web | ACP | HP | |||||
| THEA 101 | Introduction to Theatre Arts | LA | ||||||
| THEA 102 | Text to Stage | LA | ||||||
| THEA 262 | Literature of Modern Theatre | ACP | LA |