Humanities & the Arts
Summer 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
summer 2016 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| AFST 210 | Intro to Mod African Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ART 100 | Understanding Visual Culture | LA | ||||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CMN 210 | Public Comm in Everyday Life | WCC | HP | |||||
| CWL 210 | Intro to Mod African Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| ENGL 104 | Intro to Film | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 109 | Intro to Fiction-ACP | ACP | LA | |||||
| ENGL 211 | Intro to Mod African Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Shakespeare | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 268 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| FAA 220 | Introduction to Fashion | LA | ||||||
| GER 260 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 273 | Illinois History | HP | ||||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| MACS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MACS 104 | Intro to Film | LA | ||||||
| MUS 130 | Introd to the Art of Music | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 132 | Popular Music Studies | US | LA | |||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| PHIL 270 | Philosophy of Science | HP | ||||||
| RLST 106 | Archaeology and the Bible | ACP | HP | |||||
| RLST 110 | World Religions | WCC NW | HP | |||||
| SPED 117 | The Culture of Disability | HP | ||||||
| THEA 101 | Introduction to Theatre Arts | LA | ||||||
| THEA 110 | Broadway Musicals | WCC | LA |