Cultural Studies
Fall 2016
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 2016 → 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 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AFRO 211 | Intro to African-American Film | US | ||||||
| AFRO 212 | Intro African American Theat | US | ||||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 224 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 231 | Lang Diff Dis: American Persp | US | ||||||
| AFRO 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| AFRO 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| AFRO 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 272 | Minority Images in Amer Film | US | LA | |||||
| 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 290 | Af Am Urban Hist Since 1917 | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 400 | African Diasporic Lit Americas | US | ||||||
| AFST 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| AGED 340 | Leadership Ethics & Pluralism | US | ||||||
| ACES 179 | History of Ag in IL Since 1860 | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 102 | Contemp Issues in Ind Country | US | SS | |||||
| AIS 140 | Native Religious Traditions | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 265 | Intro to American Indian Lit | US | LA | |||||
| AIS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| AIS 277 | Encounters in Native America | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 278 | Native American History | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 160 | Contemporary Social Issues | US | ||||||
| ANTH 184 | Asian American Cultures | US | SS | |||||
| ANTH 190 | American Jewish Culture | US | ||||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 284 | Adv Topics in Asian America | US | SS | |||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 359 | Adv Topics in Latina/o US | US | ||||||
| AAS 100 | Intro Asian American Studies | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 120 | Intro to Asian Am Pop Culture | US | ||||||
| AAS 184 | Asian American Cultures | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 211 | Asian Americans and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 224 | Asian Am Historical Sociology | US | ||||||
| AAS 246 | Asian American Youth in Film | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 260 | Intro Asian American Theatre | US | ||||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 284 | Adv Topics in Asian America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| AAS 287 | Food and Asian Americans | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| AAS 402 | Asian American Education | ACP | US | |||||
| CWL 226 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| CWL 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| CWL 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| CWL 400 | African Diasporic Lit Americas | US | ||||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| EDUC 201 | Identity and Difference in Edu | US | ||||||
| EPS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| EPS 380 | Education and Social Justice | US | HP | |||||
| EPS 402 | Asian American Education | 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 225 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 259 | Afro-American Literature I | US | ||||||
| ENGL 260 | Afro-American Literature II | US | ||||||
| ENGL 265 | Intro to American Indian Lit | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 272 | Minority Images in Amer Film | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 330 | Slavery and Identity | US | LA | |||||
| GWS 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| GWS 382 | Black Women & Popular Culture | US | ||||||
| GCL 143 | Mapping Inequalities | US | QR2 | SS | ||||
| GCL 145 | Social Justice and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| GCL 147 | Social Justice in the Social Sciences | US | SS | |||||
| GCL 200 | Frameworks for Inequality & Cultural Understanding | US | HP | |||||
| GCL 201 | Frameworks for Inequality & Cultural Understanding - ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| HIST 104 | Black Music | US NW | HP | |||||
| 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 277 | Encounters in Native America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 278 | Native American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 280 | Caribbean Latina/o Migration | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 284 | Af Am Urban Hist Since 1917 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 287 | African-American Women | US | ||||||
| HIST 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| HDFS 221 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| HDFS 263 | Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism | US | ||||||
| IHLT 232 | Health Disparities in the U.S. | US | ||||||
| JOUR 452 | Great Books of Journalism | US | LA | |||||
| KIN 230 | Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism | US | ||||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 227 | Latina/Latinos in Contemp US | US | ||||||
| LLS 242 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 246 | Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| LLS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 280 | Caribbean Latina/o Migration | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 301 | 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| LLS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| LLS 359 | Adv Topics in Latina/o US | US | ||||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| LAW 302 | Transitional Justice | US | HP | |||||
| MACS 211 | Intro to African-American Film | US | ||||||
| MACS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| MACS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| MUS 132 | Popular Music Studies | US | LA | |||||
| PS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| RST 230 | Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism | US | ||||||
| RLST 140 | Native Religious Traditions | US | HP | |||||
| RLST 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOCW 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOCW 300 | Diversity: Identities & Issues | ACP | US | |||||
| SOC 124 | Asian American Cultures | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 224 | Asian Am Historical Sociology | US | ||||||
| SOC 227 | Latina/Latinos in Contemp US | US | ||||||
| SPAN 242 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| SPAN 246 | Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| SHS 222 | Lang&Culture Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| SHS 231 | Lang Diff Dis: American Persp | US | ||||||
| THEA 260 | Intro Asian American Theatre | US | ||||||
| THEA 263 | Intro African American Theat | US |