Social & Behavioral Sciences

summer 2015

If you entered college as a freshman in Fall 1994 or later, you need to complete six hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences course in order to graduate. Social and Behavioral Sciences courses are placed into two subcategories: Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences.

Effective for entering freshmen in Fall 2004, 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.

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
COURSE section available TITLE ACP CS COMP1 HUM NAT QR SBS
AAS 100 Intro Asian American Studies US SS
AAS 184 Asian American Cultures US SS
AAS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AAS 246 Asian American Youth in Film US SS
AAS 258 Muslims in America US SS
AAS 284 Adv Topics in Asian America US SS
AAS 287 Food and Asian Americans US SS
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
ACE 100 section available Agr Cons and Resource Econ SS
ACE 210 Environmental Economics SS
ACE 251 The World Food Economy NW SS
ACE 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
ACE 255 Econ of US Rural Poverty & Dev SS
ADV 476 Global Advertising WCC SS
AFRO 100 Intro to African American St US SS
AFRO 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AFRO 243 Pan Africanism NW SS
AFST 243 Pan Africanism NW SS
AFST 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
AGED 230 Leadership Communications ACP SS
AGED 260 section available Intro to Leadership Studies SS
AGED 360 Advanced Leadership Studies SS
AIS 102 Contemp Issues in Ind Country US SS
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC NW SS
ANTH 102 Human Origins and Culture SS
ANTH 103 section available Anthro in a Changing World WCC NW SS
ANTH 104 Talking Culture SS
ANTH 180 The Archaeology of Death WCC SS
ANTH 182 Latin American Cultures NW SS
ANTH 184 Asian American Cultures US SS
ANTH 185 The Global Pacific NW SS
ANTH 209 section available Food, Culture, and Society SS
ANTH 210 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
ANTH 225 Women in Prehistory SS
ANTH 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
ANTH 260 World Ethnography SS
ANTH 262 Women's Lives SS
ANTH 277 Ancient Cities, Sacred Land WCC SS
ANTH 284 Adv Topics in Asian America US SS
ANTH 362 Body, Personhood, and Culture SS
ATMS 322 Soc Impacts Weather & Climate SS
BCS 115 South Slavic Cultures WCC NW SS
CHLH 100 section available Contemporary Health SS
CHLH 101 section available Introduction to Public Health SS
CHLH 330 Disability in American Society SS
CMN 230 section available Intro to Interpersonal Comm SS
CMN 232 Intro to Intercultural Comm NW SS
CMN 277 Intro to Mediated Comm SS
CMN 280 Comm Technology & Society SS
EALC 130 The Chinese Language NW SS
EALC 250 section available Intro to Japanese Culture NW SS
EALC 361 Women in East Asia NW SS
EALC 365 Contemporary Korean Society NW SS
ECON 101 Introduction to Economics SS
ECON 102 section available Microeconomic Principles SS
ECON 103 section available Macroeconomic Principles SS
ECON 210 Environmental Economics SS
ENSU 301 Soc Impacts Weather & Climate SS
ENVS 210 Environmental Economics SS
EPSY 222 Lang&Culture Deaf Communities US SS
ESE 106 Geographies of Globalization WCC NW SS
ESE 210 section available Contemp Social & Env Problems SS
ESE 215 Resource Conflicts SS
ESE 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GEOG 101 Global Development&Environment NW SS
GEOG 104 Social and Cultural Geography SS
GEOG 105 section available The Digital Earth SS
GEOG 106 Geographies of Globalization WCC NW SS
GEOG 110 Geography of Intl Conflicts SS
GEOG 204 Cities of the World SS
GEOG 210 section available Contemp Social & Env Problems SS
GEOG 215 Resource Conflicts SS
GEOG 224 Geog Patterns of Illinois SS
GEOG 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GLBL 100 section available Intro to Global Studies SS
GLBL 110 Geography of Intl Conflicts SS
GLBL 215 Resource Conflicts SS
GWS 100 section available Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
GWS 225 Women in Prehistory SS
GWS 250 Gender and Representation SS
GWS 261 Gender Transnatl Perspective SS
GWS 262 Women's Lives SS
GWS 361 Women in East Asia NW SS
HDFS 120 Intro to Family Studies SS
HDFS 140 section available Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
HDFS 220 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
HDFS 221 Asian Families in America US SS
HDFS 225 Close Relationships SS
INFO 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
KIN 140 Social Sci of Human Movement SS
KIN 249 section available Sport & Modern Society SS
LAST 170 section available Introduction to Latin America NW SS
LING 100 Intro to Language Science SS
LING 104 Talking Culture SS
LING 105 Language in Daily Life SS
LING 250 Language Diversity in the USA SS
LIS 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
LLS 100 Intro Latina/Latino Studies US SS
LLS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
LLS 220 Mexican & Latin Am Migration SS
LLS 258 Muslims in America US SS
MACS 166 Contemporary Media Literacy SS
MACS 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
MUSE 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
NRES 210 Environmental Economics SS
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
PHIL 106 Ethics and Social Policy SS
PHIL 107 Intro to Political Philosophy SS
PS 100 section available Intro to Political Science SS
PS 101 section available Intro to US Gov & Pol SS
PS 152 The New Middle East NW SS
PS 180 IntroPolitics of Globalization WCC NW SS
PS 200 Foundations of Pol Sci SS
PS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
PS 224 section available Politics of the National Parks SS
PS 225 Environmental Politics &Policy SS
PS 240 section available Intro to Comp Politics SS
PS 241 Comp Politics in Dev Nations NW SS
PS 243 Pan Africanism NW SS
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
PS 280 section available Intro to Intl Relations SS
PS 281 Intro to Intl Relations-ACP ACP SS
PS 282 Governing Globalization ACP SS
PSYC 239 Community Psych SS
REES 200 Intro to Russia and Eurasia SS
REES 201 Introduction to Eastern Europe SS
REHB 330 Disability in American Society SS
RLST 258 Muslims in America US SS
RSOC 110 Intro to Rural Society SS
RSOC 270 Population Issues SS
RST 100 section available RST in Modern Society SS
RST 330 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
SAME 152 The New Middle East NW SS
SHS 222 Lang&Culture Deaf Communities US SS
SHS 270 Comm Disability in the Media ACP SS
SHS 271 Communication and Aging SS
SOC 100 section available Introduction to Sociology SS
SOC 122 Africa in World Perspective NW SS
SOC 124 Asian American Cultures US SS
SOC 130 section available Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
SOC 152 The New Middle East NW SS
SOC 160 Global Ineq and Social Change WCC NW SS
SOC 162 Intro to Intl Health Policy WCC SS
SOC 179 Social Organization SS
SOC 221 Mexican & Latin Am Migration SS
SOC 249 section available Sport & Modern Society SS
SOC 261 Gender Transnatl Perspective SS
SOC 267 Pan Africanism NW SS
SOC 269 section available Food, Culture, and Society SS
SOC 270 Population Issues SS
SOC 273 Social Persp on the Family SS
SOC 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
SOC 350 section available Technology and Society SS
SOC 365 Contemporary Korean Society NW SS
SOC 366 Postsocialism Eastern Europe WCC SS
SOC 373 Social Stratification SS
SOCW 200 Introduction to Social Work SS
SOCW 240 Death & Dying SS
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
UP 185 Cities in a Global Perspective WCC SS
UP 210 Environmental Economics SS
UP 260 section available Social Inequality and Planning SS
ANTH 171 Evolution of Human Comm BSC
ART 205 section available Experience & Meaning in Design WCC BSC
CHLH 304 Foundations of Health Behavior ACP BSC
CMN 102 section available Intro to Comm Theory & Res BSC
CMN 231 Communication and Conflict BSC
CMN 260 section available Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
EPSY 201 Educational Psychology BSC
EPSY 220 section available Career Theory and Practice BSC
HDFS 105 section available Intro to Human Development BSC
HDFS 262 Motor Develop, Growth & Form BSC
KIN 262 Motor Develop, Growth & Form BSC
LING 225 Elements of Psycholinguistics BSC
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
PSYC 100 section available Intro Psych BSC
PSYC 103 Intro Experimental Psych BSC
PSYC 105 Psych Introduction BSC
PSYC 201 section available Intro to Social Psych BSC
PSYC 322 section available Intro Intellectual Disability BSC
REHB 322 section available Intro Intellectual Disability BSC
SHS 120 section available Child, Comm, & Lang Ability BSC
SHS 170 Intro Hum Comm Sys & Disorders BSC
SHS 171 Evolution of Human Comm BSC
SPED 322 section available Intro Intellectual Disability BSC