Cultural Studies
Spring 2010
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 2010 → CS
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 100 | Intro to African American St | US | SS | |||||
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 224 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| AFRO 272 | Minority Images in Amer Film | ACP | US | LA | ||||
| AFRO 276 | Afro-American Hist Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Cult | US | HP | |||||
| AFST 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| AFST 254 | Economic Systems in Africa | NW | SS | |||||
| ACE 251 | The World Food Economy | NW | SS | |||||
| ACE 254 | Economic Systems in Africa | NW | SS | |||||
| ACES 179 | History of Ag in IL Since 1860 | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 102 | Contemp Issues in Ind Country | US | SS | |||||
| AIS 165 | Lang & Culture Native North Am | NW | ||||||
| AIS 277 | US Native Americans to 1850 | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANSC 250 | Companion Animals in Society | WCC | ||||||
| ANTH 103 | Anthro in a Changing World | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 165 | Lang & Culture Native North Am | NW | ||||||
| ANTH 182 | Latin American Cultures | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 285 | Intro to Korea Through Film | NW | ||||||
| ARAB 150 | Lang&Culture of Arab World | NW | ||||||
| ARCH 215 | Buildings, Land and Culture | WCC | ||||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| ART 250 | Writing with Video | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ARTH 115 | Art in a Global Context | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| AAS 100 | Intro Asian American Studies | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 120 | Intro to Asian Am Pop Culture | US | ||||||
| AAS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AAS 397 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 116 | The Roman Achievement | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 120 | The Classical Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 132 | Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 222 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 323 | The Comic Imagination | WCC | LA | |||||
| CMN 232 | Intro to Intercultural Comm | NW | SS | |||||
| CMN 260 | Intro to Health Communication | WCC | BSC | |||||
| CMN 275 | Media, Money and Power | WCC | HP | |||||
| CWL 114 | Global Consciousness and Lit | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 190 | Lit of Asia & Africa II | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 202 | Literature and Ideas | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 208 | Lits & Cultures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 223 | Qur'an Structure and Exegesis | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 226 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| CWL 242 | Lit Europe and the Americas II | ACP | 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 255 | Renaissance Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| CWL 264 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 307 | Classical Chinese Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 312 | Japan Lit in Translation II | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 322 | The Comic Imagination | WCC | LA | |||||
| CPSC 116 | The Global Food Production Web | NW | ||||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Cult | US | HP | |||||
| EALC 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 122 | History East Asian Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 240 | Chinese Civilization | NW | ||||||
| EALC 250 | Intro to Japanese Culture | NW | SS | |||||
| EALC 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 285 | Intro to Korea Through Film | NW | ||||||
| EALC 306 | Japan Lit in Translation II | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 307 | Classical Chinese Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 365 | Contemporary Korean Society | NW | SS | |||||
| EPS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| EPSY 202 | Exploring Cultural Diversity | US | ||||||
| EPSY 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| EPSY 252 | American Deaf Culture & Educ | US | ||||||
| ENGL 115 | Intro to British 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 | British Literature to 1798 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 210 | British Lit 1798 to Present | 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 | Survey of American Lit II | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| 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 285 | Postcolonial Lit in English | NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| FR 179 | Migration & Fr Nat ID | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GWS 263 | US History of Medicine | WCC | HP | |||||
| GWS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| GEOG 101 | Geog of Developing Countries | NW | SS | |||||
| GEOG 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| GER 205 | Germany and Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| 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 106 | Modern Latin America | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 135 | History of Islamic Middle East | NW | ||||||
| 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 171 | 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 174 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 245 | Women & Gender Pre-Mod Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 256 | Great Britain Since 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 263 | US History of Medicine | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 267 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 272 | Twentieth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 276 | Afro-American Hist Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 277 | US Native Americans to 1850 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HDFS 321 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| LA 215 | Buildings, Land and Culture | WCC | ||||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| LAST 170 | Introduction to Latin America | NW | SS | |||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | ||||||
| LLS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 301 | 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| LLS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| LING 111 | Language in Globalization | WCC NW | ||||||
| LING 260 | Language and the Law | US | HP | |||||
| LING 270 | Language, Technology & Society | WCC | BSC | |||||
| MS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MS 264 | Economics of the Media | WCC | HP | |||||
| MS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| 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 | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| NRES 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| PHIL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| PS 180 | IntroPolitics of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| PS 241 | Comp Politics in Dev Nations | NW | SS | |||||
| PS 273 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| RST 330 | Leisure and Consumer Culture | WCC | SS | |||||
| RLST 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 122 | History East Asian Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 223 | Qur'an Structure and Exegesis | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 224 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| RLST 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 286 | Introduction to Hinduism | NW | HP | |||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOCW 397 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOC 122 | Africa in World Perspective | NW | SS | |||||
| SOC 162 | Intro to Intl Health Policy | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 365 | Contemporary Korean Society | NW | SS | |||||
| SAME 150 | Lang&Culture of Arab World | NW | ||||||
| SAME 208 | Lits & Cultures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| SPED 252 | American Deaf Culture & Educ | US | ||||||
| SHS 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| SHS 252 | American Deaf Culture & Educ | US | ||||||
| UKR 113 | Ukrainian Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| UP 185 | Cities in a Global Perspective | WCC | SS | |||||
| ESES 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS |