Social & Behavioral Sciences

Winter 2019-2020

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 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AAS 246 Asian American Youth in Film US SS
AAS 258 Muslims in America US SS
AAS 287 Food and Asian Americans US SS
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
ACE 100 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 Economics of Food and Environmental Justice US 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
AFRO 250 Introduction to Health and Wellness in the Black Community US SS
AFST 243 Pan Africanism NW SS
AFST 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
AGED 230 Leadership Communications ACP SS
AGED 260 Introduction to Leadership Studies SS
AGED 360 Advanced Leadership Studies SS
AIS 102 Contemp Issues in Ind Country US SS
ANSC 305 Human Animal Interactions SS
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 102 Human Origins and Culture SS
ANTH 103 Anthro in a Changing World NW SS
ANTH 104 Talking Culture SS
ANTH 180 The Archaeology of Death WCC SS
ANTH 182 Latin American Cultures NW SS
ANTH 209 Food, Culture, and Society SS
ANTH 210 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
ANTH 224 Tourist Cities and Sites SS
ANTH 225 Women in Prehistory SS
ANTH 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
ANTH 259 Latina/o Anthropology US SS
ANTH 262 Women's Lives SS
ANTH 277 Ancient Cities, Sacred Land WCC SS
ANTH 362 Body, Personhood, and Culture SS
ATMS 322 Soc Impacts Weather & Climate SS
BCS 115 South Slavic Cultures NW SS
CHLH 100 section available Contemporary Health SS
CHLH 101 Introduction to Public Health SS
CHLH 330 Disability in American Society SS
CMN 230 Intro to Interpersonal Comm SS
CMN 232 Intro to Intercultural Comm NW SS
CMN 277 Introduction to Mediated Communication US SS
CMN 280 Comm Technology & Society SS
EALC 130 The Chinese Language NW SS
EALC 250 Intro to Japanese Culture 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
EPOL 350 Social Learning and Knowledge ACP SS
EPSY 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
ESE 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
ESE 210 section available Social & Environmental Issues SS
ESE 254 American People, Places, & Environments US SS
ESE 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GCL 126 Sustainability and Social Science SS
GCL 143 Mapping Inequalities US QR2 SS
GCL 146 Fundamental Causes of Disease: The HIV/AIDS Pandemic SS
GCL 147 Social Justice in the Social Sciences US SS
GCL 185 Health, Wellness, and the Black Experience US SS
GCL 186 Health and Society SS
GEOG 101 Global Development&Environment NW SS
GEOG 104 Social and Cultural Geography SS
GEOG 105 The Digital Earth SS
GEOG 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
GEOG 204 section available Cities of the World WCC SS
GEOG 210 section available Social & Environmental Issues SS
GEOG 221 Geographies of Global Conflict SS
GEOG 224 Geog Patterns of Illinois SS
GEOG 254 American People, Places, & Environments US SS
GEOG 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GLBL 100 section available Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 200 Foundations of Research QR2 SS
GLBL 221 Geographies of Global Conflict SS
GWS 100 section available Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
GWS 225 Women in Prehistory SS
GWS 250 Gender and Representation SS
GWS 262 Women's Lives 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
IHLT 230 Leadership in Health SS
INFO 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
IS 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
KIN 140 Social Sci of Human Movement SS
KIN 249 Sport & Modern Society SS
LAST 170 Introduction to Latin America NW SS
LEAD 260 Introduction to Leadership Studies SS
LER 100 Introduction to Labor Studies SS
LING 100 Intro to Language Science SS
LING 104 Talking Culture SS
LING 250 American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US US SS
LLS 100 Intro Latina/Latino Studies US SS
LLS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
LLS 220 Latina/o Migration US SS
LLS 258 Muslims in America US SS
LLS 259 Latina/o Anthropology US SS
MACS 166 Contemporary Media Literacy SS
MACS 202 Social Aspects Info Tech SS
MACS 351 Social Aspects of Media SS
MDIA 223 Watching the Environment SS
MUSE 250 The World Through Museums WCC SS
NRES 210 Environmental Economics SS
NRES 223 Watching the Environment SS
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
PHIL 106 Ethics and Social Policy SS
PHIL 107 Intro to Political Philosophy SS
PS 100 Intro to Political Science SS
PS 101 Intro to US Gov & Pol SS
PS 152 The New Middle East NW 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 Intro to Comp Politics SS
PS 241 section available Comp Politics in Dev Nations NW SS
PS 243 Pan Africanism NW SS
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
PS 280 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
REL 258 Muslims in America US SS
RSOC 110 Intro to Rural Society SS
RSOC 270 Global Demography SS
RST 100 section available Recreation, Sport, and Tourism in Modern Society SS
RST 224 section available Politics of the National Parks SS
RST 225 Environmental Politics & Policy SS
RST 335 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
SAME 152 The New Middle East NW SS
SHS 222 Language & Culture of 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 101 Sociology of Gender SS
SOC 122 Africa in World Perspective NW SS
SOC 130 section available Intro Gender & Women's Studies SS
SOC 160 Global Ineq and Social Change NW SS
SOC 161 Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 162 Intro to Intl Health Policy WCC SS
SOC 179 Social Organization SS
SOC 221 Latina/o Migration US SS
SOC 225 Race and Ethnicity US SS
SOC 270 Global Demography SS
SOC 273 Social Perspectives on the Family SS
SOC 350 Technology and Society SS
SOC 366 Postsocialism Eastern Europe WCC SS
SOC 373 Social Inequality SS
SOCW 200 Introduction to Social Work SS
SOCW 240 Death & Dying SS
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
UP 136 Urban Sustainability SS
UP 185 Cities in a Global Perspective WCC SS
UP 210 Environmental Economics SS
UP 260 Social Inequality and Planning SS
ART 205 Experience & Meaning in Design WCC BSC
CHLH 304 Foundations of Health Behavior ACP BSC
CI 210 Introduction to Digital Learning Environments BSC
CMN 102 Intro to Comm Theory & Res BSC
CMN 231 Communication and Conflict BSC
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
EPSY 201 Educational Psychology BSC
EPSY 220 Career Theory and Practice BSC
GCL 144 Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination US BSC
HDFS 105 Intro to Human Development BSC
HDFS 259 Motor Development and Control BSC
HDFS 262 Motor Develop, Growth & Form BSC
IHLT 240 Aging and Health Policy BSC
KIN 259 Motor Development and Control BSC
KIN 262 Motor Develop, Growth & Form BSC
LING 225 Language, Mind, and Brain BSC
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
PSYC 100 section available Intro Psych BSC
PSYC 103 Intro Experimental Psych BSC
PSYC 201 section available Intro to Social Psych BSC
PSYC 207 Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination BSC
PSYC 230 section available Perception & Sensory Processes BSC
PSYC 322 Introduction to Intellectual Disability BSC
REHB 322 Introduction to Intellectual Disability BSC
RST 120 Parks, Recreation, and Environments BSC
SHS 120 Child, Comm, & Lang Ability BSC
SPED 322 Introduction to Intellectual Disability BSC