Cultural Studies
Spring 2015
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 2015 → CS → US
| 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 105 | Black Literature in America | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 212 | Intro African American Theat | US | ||||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| AFRO 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 275 | Afro-American History to 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 276 | Afro-American Hist Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| AFRO 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| AFST 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| AIS 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| 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 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| CWL 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| EPS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| EPSY 202 | Exploring Cultural Diversity | US | ||||||
| EPSY 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| ENGL 150 | Black Literature in America | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| ENGL 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| GWS 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| HIST 174 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 275 | Afro-American History to 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 276 | Afro-American Hist Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| HIST 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| HDFS 221 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| JOUR 452 | Great Books of Journalism | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| MACS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| MACS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| SOCW 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOCW 300 | Diversity: Identities & Issues | ACP | US | |||||
| SHS 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| THEA 263 | Intro African American Theat | US |