Humanities & the Arts
Spring 2011
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 2011 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 224 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | 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 | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| AIS 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 150 | Novel Archaeology | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | 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 211 | Asian Americans and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| 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 131 | Classical Archaeology, Greece | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | 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 202 | Literature and Ideas | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 208 | Lits & Cultures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | 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 249 | Russian Lit and Revolution | 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 267 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian 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 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| ECE 316 | Ethics and Engineering | 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 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 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 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 286 | US Gender History Since 1877 | HP | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 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 211 | History of Southern Africa | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 255 | British Isles to 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 260 | History of Russia | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 264 | Technology in Western Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 265 | Science in Western Civ | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 270 | United States History to 1815 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 272 | Twentieth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 286 | US Gender History Since 1877 | HP | ||||||
| HIST 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | WCC | HP | |||||
| LLS 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 301 | 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| LING 210 | Language History | HP | ||||||
| MS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MS 264 | Economics of the Media | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 201 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 255 | British Isles to 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| MUS 130 | Introd to the Art of Music | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| MUS 314 | The History of Music II | LA | ||||||
| PHIL 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 102 | Logic and Reasoning | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 103 | Logic and Reasoning QR II | HP | QR2 | |||||
| PHIL 105 | Introduction to Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| PHIL 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 206 | Early Modern Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 214 | Biomedical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 250 | Conceptions of Human Nature | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| PHIL 325 | Recent European Philosophy | 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 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 201 | Hebrew Bible in English | HP | ||||||
| RLST 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 223 | Qur'an Structure and Exegesis | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 270 | Religion, Ethics, Environment | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 286 | Introduction to Hinduism | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| RUSS 225 | Russian Lit and Revolution | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SLAV 120 | Russian & E Euro Folktales | WCC | LA | |||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| SAME 208 | Lits & Cultures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| UKR 113 | Ukrainian Culture | WCC | LA |