Humanities & the Arts
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 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 105 | Black Literature in America | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| 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 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ART 100 | Understanding Visual Culture | LA | ||||||
| ART 102 | Drawing for Non-Majors | LA | ||||||
| ART 103 | Painting for Non-Majors | LA | ||||||
| ART 104 | Sculpture for Non-Majors | LA | ||||||
| ART 140 | Introduction to Art | LA | ||||||
| ART 310 | Design Thinking | LA | ||||||
| ART 350 | Writing with Video | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ARTH 112 | Renaissance to Modern Art | LA | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 203 | Ancient Philosophy | 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 275 | Media, Money and Power | WCC | HP | |||||
| CHLH 260 | Introduction to Medical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| CWL 114 | Global Consciousness and Lit | WCC NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 117 | Russ & E Euro Science Fiction | 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 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | LA | ||||||
| CWL 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 227 | Golden Age of Russian Lit | 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 264 | The Tragic Spirit | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 267 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| CWL 269 | Brit, Amer & Contin Fiction | 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 | ||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| 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 103 | Intro to Fiction | 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 150 | Black Literature in America | US | 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 Lit to 1800 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 210 | British Lit 1800 to Present | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Shakespeare | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 245 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 247 | The British Novel | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 248 | Brit, Amer & Contin Fiction | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 251 | The American Novel Since 1914 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 255 | Survey of American Lit I | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 267 | Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 268 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 270 | American Film Genres | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 274 | Literature and Society | 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 | |||||
| FAA 110 | Exploring Arts and Creativity | LA | ||||||
| FR 156 | Exploring Paris | WCC | LA | |||||
| FR 209 | Intro to French Lit I | LA | ||||||
| FR 210 | Intro to French Lit II | LA | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| GER 331 | Intro to German Literature | 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 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 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| JOUR 452 | Great Books of Journalism | US | 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 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| 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 | Creative and Information Economies | WCC | HP | |||||
| MACS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| MDVL 201 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | 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 104 | Intro to Ethics-ACP | ACP | HP | |||||
| 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 210 | Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 214 | Biomedical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 270 | Philosophy of Science | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| POL 115 | Intro to Polish Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| 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 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 | |||||
| RUSS 220 | Golden Age of Russian Lit | LA | ||||||
| RUSS 260 | Medicine & Russian Literature | LA | ||||||
| REES 115 | Intro to Polish Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 215 | Madness, Myth, and Murder | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 225 | Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 240 | Arctic Narratives | WCC | LA | |||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SLAV 117 | Russ & E Euro Science Fiction | LA | ||||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| THEA 323 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| UKR 113 | Ukrainian Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| YDSH 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA |