Humanities & the Arts
Spring 2012
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 2012 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 224 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 276 | Afro-American Hist Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 281 | Constructing Race in America | 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 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 157 | The Archaeology of Illinois | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 286 | Southeast Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | 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 | |||||
| AAS 211 | Asian Americans and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| ASST 208 | Lits & Cultures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| ASST 286 | Southeast Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 116 | The Roman Achievement | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 120 | The Classical Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 221 | The Heroic Tradition | 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 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 240 | Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss | 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 257 | Enlightenment Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 263 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 311 | Japan Lit in Translation I | NW | LA | |||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| 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 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 305 | Japan Lit in Translation I | NW | LA | |||||
| 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 206 | Enlightenment 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 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 | |||||
| FR 209 | Intro to French Lit I | LA | ||||||
| FR 210 | Intro to French Lit II | LA | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| 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 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 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 225 | Southeast Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 256 | Britain and World Since 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 264 | Technology in Western Society | 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 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 286 | US Gender History Since 1877 | HP | ||||||
| ITAL 240 | Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss | LA | ||||||
| ITAL 270 | Introduction to Italian Cinema | LA | ||||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| LLS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| LING 210 | Language History | HP | ||||||
| MACS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MACS 104 | Intro to Film | LA | ||||||
| MACS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| MACS 262 | Survey of World Cinema II | LA | ||||||
| MACS 264 | Economics of the Media | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 201 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 240 | Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss | LA | ||||||
| MDVL 247 | Medieval 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 | |||||
| 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 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 214 | Biomedical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 230 | Philosophy of Religion Intro | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| PS 270 | Intro to Political Theory | HP | ||||||
| RLST 106 | Archaeology and the Bible | ACP | 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 201 | Hebrew Bible in English | HP | ||||||
| RLST 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 223 | Qur'an Structure and Exegesis | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 224 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 230 | Philosophy of Religion Intro | HP | ||||||
| RLST 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 260 | Mystic and Saints in Islam | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 270 | Religion, Ethics, Environment | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 286 | Introduction to Hinduism | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| RUSS 260 | Medicine & Russian Literature | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| 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 262 | Literature of Modern Theatre | ACP | LA | |||||
| UKR 113 | Ukrainian Culture | WCC | LA |