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
| 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 | ||||||
| AFST 254 | Economic Systems in Africa | NW | SS | |||||
| ACE 251 | The World Food Economy | NW | SS | |||||
| ACE 254 | Economic Systems in Africa | NW | SS | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 165 | Lang & Culture Native North Am | NW | ||||||
| AIS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| AIS 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | 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 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 165 | Lang & Culture Native North Am | NW | ||||||
| ANTH 180 | The Archaeology of Death | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 182 | Latin American Cultures | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 210 | Families in Global Perspective | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 250 | The World Through Museums | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 275 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 376 | Aztec Civilization | NW | ||||||
| ARAB 150 | Lang&Culture of Arab World | NW | ||||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ART 350 | Writing with Video | ACP | WCC | 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 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 | |||||
| ASST 208 | Cultures & Lits of South Asia | NW | 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 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 | ACP | 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 | Cultures & Lits of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 242 | Lit Europe and the Americas II | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 250 | Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP | 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 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| CWL 264 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 282 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 311 | Japan Lit in Translation I | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 322 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CPSC 116 | The Global Food Production Web | NW | ||||||
| CPSC 131 | Agriculture in Mythology | NW | ||||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| ESE 106 | Geographies of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| ESE 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| EALC 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | 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 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 305 | Japan Lit in Translation I | 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 | |||||
| ENGL 115 | Intro to British Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 116 | Intro to American Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 150 | Black Literature in America | US | 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 Lit to 1800 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 210 | British Lit 1800 to Present | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 241 | Beginnings of Modern Poetry | WCC | ||||||
| ENGL 247 | The British Novel | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 251 | The American Novel Since 1914 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 255 | Survey of American Lit I | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| ENGL 267 | Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 268 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 359 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| EURO 240 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| FR 156 | Exploring Paris | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| GWS 202 | Sexualities | WCC | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| GWS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| GEOG 101 | Global Development&Environment | NW | SS | |||||
| GEOG 106 | Geographies of Globalization | WCC NW | SS | |||||
| GEOG 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| GER 205 | Germany and Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GER 250 | Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| GER 260 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 106 | Modern Latin America | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 110 | History of Africa | 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 205 | LatAm Hist: Primary Accounts | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 211 | History of Southern Africa | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 222 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 253 | Enlightenment to Existentialsm | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 256 | Britain and World Since 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 260 | History of Russia | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 267 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 270 | United States History to 1815 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 272 | Twentieth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 274 | US & World Since 1917 | WCC | 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 282 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| HIST 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| HIST 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| HDFS 220 | Families in Global Perspective | NW | SS | |||||
| HDFS 221 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| JOUR 452 | Great Books of Journalism | US | LA | |||||
| LA 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| LAST 170 | Introduction to Latin America | NW | SS | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| LING 111 | Language in Globalization | WCC NW | ||||||
| LING 115 | Language and Culture in India | NW | ||||||
| LING 270 | Language, Technology & Society | WCC | BSC | |||||
| MACS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MACS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| MACS 264 | Creative and Information Economies | WCC | HP | |||||
| MACS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| MACS 356 | Sex & Gender in Popular Media | WCC | ||||||
| MDVL 201 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| MUSE 250 | The World Through Museums | WCC | SS | |||||
| MUS 130 | Introd to the Art of Music | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| NRES 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| NRES 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| PHIL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| POL 115 | Intro to Polish Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| 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 242 | Nature and American Culture | WCC | ||||||
| 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 115 | Language and Culture in India | NW | ||||||
| RLST 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 208 | Cultures & Lits of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 224 | Chinese Thght Confucius to Mao | NW | HP | |||||
| RLST 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| RLST 260 | Mystics and Saints in Islam | NW | LA | |||||
| RLST 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| RLST 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| REES 115 | Intro to Polish Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 225 | Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 240 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOCW 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOCW 300 | Diversity: Identities & Issues | ACP | US | |||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOC 202 | Sexualities | WCC | ||||||
| SOC 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 365 | Contemporary Korean Society | NW | SS | |||||
| SAME 150 | Lang&Culture of Arab World | NW | ||||||
| SAME 208 | Cultures & Lits of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| SAME 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| SAME 260 | Mystic and Saints in Islam | NW | LA | |||||
| SHS 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| THEA 263 | Intro African American Theat | US | ||||||
| THEA 323 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| UKR 113 | Ukrainian Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| UP 185 | Cities in a Global Perspective | WCC | SS | |||||
| YDSH 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA |