Cultural Studies
Fall 2014
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
fall 2014 → CS
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADV 476 | Global Advertising | WCC | SS | |||||
| 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 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AFRO 224 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| AFRO 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AFST 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| AFST 210 | Intro to Mod African Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| AFST 266 | African Film and Society | NW | ||||||
| AGED 340 | Leadership Ethics & Pluralism | US | ||||||
| ACE 251 | The World Food Economy | NW | SS | |||||
| ACES 179 | History of Ag in IL Since 1860 | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 140 | Native Religious Traditions | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 277 | Encounters in Native America | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| ANSC 250 | Companion Animals in Society | WCC | ||||||
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Anthropology | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 103 | Anthro in a Changing World | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 130 | History of South Asia | NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 180 | The Archaeology of Death | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 185 | The Global Pacific | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 266 | African Film and Society | NW | ||||||
| ANTH 268 | Images of the Other | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ANTH 277 | Ancient Cities, Sacred Land | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 285 | Intro to Korea Through Film | NW | ||||||
| ARAB 150 | Lang&Culture of Arab World | NW | ||||||
| ART 280 | Exploring Visual Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ART 350 | Writing with Video | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ARTD 209 | Chado (The Way of Tea) | NW | ||||||
| ARTH 114 | Introduction to East Asian Art | NW | ||||||
| AAS 100 | Intro Asian American Studies | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 211 | Asian Americans and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 287 | Food and Asian Americans | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AAS 397 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| ASST 104 | Asian Mythology | NW | HP | |||||
| ASST 218 | S Asian Cultural Landscapes | NW | LA | |||||
| BCS 115 | South Slavic Cultures | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| CLCV 114 | Introduction to Greek Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 131 | Classical Archaeology, Greece | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 221 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 323 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CMN 232 | Intro to Intercultural Comm | NW | SS | |||||
| CMN 260 | Intro to Health Communication | WCC | BSC | |||||
| CWL 189 | Lit of Asia & Africa I | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 207 | Indian Cinema in Context | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 210 | Intro to Mod African Lit | 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 241 | Lit Europe & the Americas I | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 252 | Viking Sagas in Translation | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 254 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | 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 263 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 273 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 282 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 312 | Japan Lit in Translation II | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 322 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CPSC 113 | Environment, Agric, & Society | WCC | LS | |||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| ESE 106 | Geographies of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ESE 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| EALC 114 | Introduction to East Asian Art | NW | ||||||
| EALC 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 130 | The Chinese Language | NW | SS | |||||
| EALC 220 | Traditional China | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| EPS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| EPSY 202 | Exploring Cultural Diversity | US | ||||||
| EPSY 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| ENGL 115 | Intro to British Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 116 | Intro to American Literature | 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 209 | British Lit to 1800 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 210 | British Lit 1800 to Present | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 211 | Intro to Mod African Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 225 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 247 | The British Novel | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 250 | The American Novel to 1914 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 255 | Survey of American Lit I | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| ENGL 266 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 269 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| EURO 240 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| GWS 201 | Race, Gender & Power | WCC | ||||||
| GWS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| GWS 382 | Black Women & Popular Culture | US | ||||||
| GEOG 101 | Global Development&Environment | NW | SS | |||||
| GEOG 106 | Geographies of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| GER 201 | German Popular Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 251 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 261 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 105 | Latin America to Independence | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 130 | History of South Asia | 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 170 | US Hist to 1877-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 171 | US Hist to 1877 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 172 | US Hist Since 1877 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 174 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 220 | Traditional China | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 271 | Nineteenth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 277 | Encounters in Native America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 282 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| HIST 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HDFS 321 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| JOUR 452 | Great Books of Journalism | US | LA | |||||
| LA 218 | S Asian Cultural Landscapes | NW | LA | |||||
| LA 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| LAST 170 | Introduction to Latin America | NW | SS | |||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 242 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 246 | Gender&Sexuality Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 301 | 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| LLS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| LING 111 | Language in Globalization | WCC NW | ||||||
| MACS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MACS 207 | Indian Cinema in Context | NW | LA | |||||
| MACS 264 | Economics of the Media | WCC | HP | |||||
| MACS 321 | Film Culture | WCC | ||||||
| MACS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| MDVL 252 | Viking Sagas in Translation | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 130 | Introd to the Art of Music | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| NRES 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| NRES 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| PHIL 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| PS 152 | The New Middle East | NW | SS | |||||
| PS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| PS 241 | Comp Politics in Dev Nations | NW | SS | |||||
| RST 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| RST 330 | Leisure and Consumer Culture | WCC | SS | |||||
| RLST 104 | Asian Mythology | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 140 | Native Religious Traditions | US | HP | |||||
| RLST 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 223 | The Qur'an (Koran) | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| RUSS 115 | Intro to Russian Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| REES 116 | Intro to Russian Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 240 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 252 | Viking Sagas in Translation | WCC | LA | |||||
| SOCW 300 | Diversity: Identities & Issues | ACP | US | |||||
| SOCW 397 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOC 152 | The New Middle East | NW | SS | |||||
| SOC 160 | Global Ineq and Social Change | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| SOC 201 | Race, Gender & Power | WCC | ||||||
| SOC 366 | Postsocialism Eastern Europe | WCC | SS | |||||
| SAME 150 | Lang&Culture of Arab World | NW | ||||||
| SAME 152 | The New Middle East | NW | SS | |||||
| SAME 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| SPAN 242 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| SPAN 246 | Gender&Sexuality Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| SHS 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| THEA 323 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA |