Humanities & the Arts
Spring 2019
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 2019 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAS 200 | U.S. Race and Empire | US | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| AFRO 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 132 | African American Music | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 221 | History of the Prison | WCC | HP | |||||
| AFRO 224 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | 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 | HP | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 101 | Intro to Amer Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 265 | Intro to American Indian Lit | US | LA | |||||
| AIS 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 175 | Archaeology and Pop Culture | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ARCH 222 | Islamic Gardens & Architecture | NW | 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 | ||||||
| ARTH 110 | Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ARTH 241 | Modern Art, 1880-1940 | LA | ||||||
| ASST 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CHLH 260 | Introduction to Medical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| CLCV 114 | Introduction to Greek Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 116 | The Roman Achievement | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 132 | Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| CLCV 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 221 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 240 | Sex & Gender in Antiquity | WCC | LA | |||||
| CW 100 | Intro to Creative Writing | LA | ||||||
| CWL 190 | Lit of Asia & Africa II | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 202 | Literature and Ideas | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 207 | Indian Cinema in Context | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 226 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| CWL 242 | Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 249 | Russian Lit and Revolution | LA | ||||||
| CWL 253 | Medieval Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 254 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 255 | Renaissance Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 262 | Sex & Gender in Antiquity | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 263 | The Heroic Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 267 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| CWL 273 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | 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 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 307 | Classical Chinese Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 367 | History of Korea | NW | HP | |||||
| ECE 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| EDUC 202 | Social Justice, School & Society | 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 | Introduction to American Literature | WCC | 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 209 | British Lit to 1800 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 213 | Modernist Lit and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Shakespeare | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 220 | Literature and Science | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 245 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 247 | The British Novel | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 250 | Nineteenth-Century American Fiction | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 251 | The American Novel Since 1914 | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 255 | Early American Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 265 | Intro to American Indian Lit | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 266 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 269 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 270 | American Film Genres | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 274 | Literature and Society | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 285 | Postcolonial Lit in English | NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 286 | Asian American Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 359 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| EPS 380 | Education and Social Justice | US | HP | |||||
| FAA 102 | Design Beyond Boundaries | LA | ||||||
| FAA 110 | Exploring Arts and Creativity | LA | ||||||
| GCL 145 | Social Justice and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| GER 201 | German Popular Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 251 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 261 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 331 | Intro to German Literature | LA | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 240 | Sex & Gender in Antiquity | WCC | LA | |||||
| GWS 287 | African-American Women | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 101 | History Now! | HP | ||||||
| HIST 104 | Black Music | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 105 | Latin America to Independence | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 110 | History of Africa | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 135 | History of Islamic Middle East | 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 203 | Reacting to the Past | HP | ||||||
| HIST 207 | Publishing the Past | HP | ||||||
| HIST 219 | History of the Prison | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 260 | History of Russia | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 264 | Technology in Western Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 265 | Science in Western Civ | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 273 | Illinois History | HP | ||||||
| HIST 274 | US & World Since 1917 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 276 | Afro-American Hist Since 1877 | 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 287 | African-American Women | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 289 | History of Religion in America | HP | ||||||
| HIST 293 | The President and the People | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 325 | History of Korea | NW | HP | |||||
| JS 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 261 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| JS 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| LA 221 | History of the Prison | WCC | HP | |||||
| LA 222 | Islamic Gardens & Architecture | NW | HP | |||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| LAW 302 | Transitional Justice | US | HP | |||||
| LING 210 | Language History | HP | ||||||
| LLS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 280 | Caribbean Latina/o Migration | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| MACS 100 | Intro to Popular TV & Movies | WCC | LA | |||||
| MACS 104 | Intro to Film | LA | ||||||
| MACS 207 | Indian Cinema in Context | NW | 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 | |||||
| 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 | NW | HP | |||||
| PHIL 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 206 | Early Modern Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 214 | Biomedical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| POL 115 | Intro to Polish Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| PS 270 | Intro to Political Theory | HP | ||||||
| REES 115 | Intro to Polish Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| REL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 121 | Introduction to Christianity | HP | ||||||
| REL 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| REL 235 | History of Religion in America | HP | ||||||
| REL 286 | Introduction to Hinduism | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA | |||||
| RUSS 225 | Russian Lit and Revolution | LA | ||||||
| RUSS 260 | Medicine & Russian Literature | LA | ||||||
| SAME 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| SCAN 225 | Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia | WCC | LA | |||||
| SLCL 200 | Topics in Global Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| SOC 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| SPED 117 | The Culture of Disability | HP | ||||||
| THEA 101 | Introduction to Theatre Arts | LA | ||||||
| THEA 110 | Broadway Musicals | WCC | LA | |||||
| THEA 262 | Literature of Modern Theatre | ACP | LA | |||||
| TSM 311 | Humanity in the Food Web | ACP | HP | |||||
| YDSH 320 | Lit Responses to the Holocaust | WCC | LA |