Cultural Studies
Spring 2020
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 2020 → CS → US
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCL 137 | Documenting Inequality | US | LA | |||||
| GCL 143 | Mapping Inequalities | US | QR2 | SS | ||||
| GCL 144 | Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination | US | BSC | |||||
| GCL 145 | Social Justice and the Arts | US | LA | |||||
| GCL 147 | Social Justice in the Social Sciences | US | SS | |||||
| GCL 185 | Health, Wellness, and the Black Experience | US | SS | |||||
| GCL 200 | Frameworks for Inequality | US | HP | |||||
| GCL 201 | Frameworks for Inequality & Cultural Understanding - ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| GEOG 254 | American People, Places, & Environments | US | SS | |||||
| 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 132 | African American Music | US | LA | |||||
| 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 228 | Hip Hop Music: History and Culture | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 231 | Lang Diff Dis: American Persp | US | ||||||
| AFRO 250 | Introduction to Health and Wellness in the Black Community | US | SS | |||||
| AFRO 259 | Early African American Literature and Culture | US | ||||||
| AFRO 260 | Modern African American Literature and Culture | 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 | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| AFST 103 | Black Women in the Diaspora | US | ||||||
| AGED 340 | Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges | US | ||||||
| ACE 255 | Economics of Food and Environmental Justice | US | SS | |||||
| 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 259 | Latina/o Anthropology | US | SS | |||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 100 | Intro Asian American Studies | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 105 | Introduction to Arab American Studies | US | ||||||
| AAS 120 | Intro to Asian Am Pop Culture | US | ||||||
| AAS 200 | U.S. Race and Empire | US | HP | |||||
| 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 246 | Asian American Youth in Film | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 260 | Intro Asian American Theatre | US | ||||||
| AAS 265 | Politics of Hip Hop | US | ||||||
| AAS 275 | The Politics of Fashion | US | ||||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 282 | Feminist and Queer Activisms | US | ||||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| CLCV 224 | American Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Tradition | US | LA | |||||
| CMN 250 | Social Movement Communication | US | ||||||
| CMN 277 | Introduction to Mediated Communication | US | SS | |||||
| CWL 122 | Russia and Black America | US | ||||||
| CWL 209 | Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue | US | LA | |||||
| CWL 226 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| CWL 259 | Early African American Literature and Culture | US | ||||||
| CWL 260 | Modern African American Literature and Culture | US | ||||||
| DANC 125 | Black Dances of Resistance | US | ||||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| ESE 254 | American People, Places, & Environments | US | SS | |||||
| EDUC 201 | Identity and Difference in Education | 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 | Language & Culture of Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| ENGL 150 | Black Literature in America | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 222 | Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 224 | Latina/o Popular Culture | US | ||||||
| ENGL 225 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 259 | Early African American Literature and Culture | US | ||||||
| ENGL 260 | Modern African American Literature and Culture | 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 230 | Latina/o Genders & Sexualities | US | ||||||
| GWS 263 | History of Medicine in the United States | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 275 | The Politics of Fashion | US | ||||||
| GWS 282 | Feminist and Queer Activisms | US | ||||||
| GWS 285 | US Gender History to 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 286 | US Gender History Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 287 | African-American Women | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 382 | Black Women & Popular Culture | US | ||||||
| HIST 104 | Black Music | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 170 | US History to 1877-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| HIST 171 | US History to 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 172 | US History Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 173 | US History Since 1877-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| HIST 174 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 263 | History of Medicine in the United States | 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 285 | US Gender History to 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 286 | US Gender History Since 1877 | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 287 | African-American Women | US | HP | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| HDFS 322 | US Latina and Latino Families | US | ||||||
| IS 145 | Mapping Inequalities | US | QR2 | SS | ||||
| IHLT 232 | Health Disparities in the U.S. | US | ||||||
| ITAL 250 | Minority Identities in Film and Culture: The Italian American and African American Experience | US | ||||||
| JS 209 | Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue | US | LA | |||||
| KIN 230 | Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism | US | ||||||
| LAST 232 | Spanish in the Community | US | ||||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 200 | U.S. Race and Empire | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 220 | Latina/o Migration | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 230 | Latina/o Genders & Sexualities | US | ||||||
| LLS 240 | Latina/o Popular Culture | 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 259 | Latina/o Anthropology | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 265 | Politics of Hip Hop | US | ||||||
| LLS 279 | Mexican-American History | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 280 | Caribbean Latina/o Migration | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LLS 282 | Feminist and Queer Activisms | US | ||||||
| LLS 301 | 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| LLS 310 | Race and Cultural Diversity | ACP | US | |||||
| LLS 322 | US Latina and Latino Families | US | ||||||
| LLS 360 | Contemporary US Latina/o Lit | US | LA | |||||
| LAW 302 | Transitional Justice | US | HP | |||||
| LING 250 | American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US | US | SS | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| LEAD 340 | Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges | US | ||||||
| PS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| PSYC 144 | Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination | US | BSC | |||||
| RST 230 | Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism | US | ||||||
| REL 258 | Muslims in America | US | SS | |||||
| RUSS 122 | Russia and Black America | US | ||||||
| SOCW 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOCW 300 | Diversity: Identities & Issues | ACP | US | |||||
| SOC 170 | Integration, Assimilation and Multiculturalism: America's Immigrant Society | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 221 | Latina/o Migration | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 225 | Race and Ethnicity | US | SS | |||||
| SPAN 150 | Language and Identity in Latinx Communities in the US | US | SS | |||||
| SPAN 232 | Spanish in the Community | US | ||||||
| SPAN 240 | Latina/o Popular Culture | US | ||||||
| SPAN 242 | Intro to Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| SPAN 246 | Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| SPAN 248 | Latin American Diaspora through Film: Beyond Braceros, Narcos, and Latin Lovers | US | LA | |||||
| SHS 222 | Language & Culture of 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 | ||||||
| UP 160 | Race, Social Justice, and Cities | US | ||||||
| UP 330 | The Modern American City | US |