Humanities & the Arts

Spring 2021

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.

General Education Abbreviations

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 2021 → HUM → HP

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM	QR
TSM 311	Humanity in the Food Web	ACP		HP
AFRO 101	Black America, 1619-Present		US	HP
AFRO 106	Hist Arch Americas		US	HP
AFRO 215	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
AFRO 221	History of the Prison		WCC	HP
AFRO 261	Intro to the African Diaspora		US	HP
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
AFST 213	African Muslim Societies		NW	HP
ACES 179	History of Ag in IL Since 1860		US	HP
AFAS 120	Intro to US Armed Forces			HP
AIS 101	Intro to Amer Indian Studies		US	HP
AIS 285	Indigenous Thinkers		NW	HP
AIS 295	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
ANTH 105	World Archaeology			HP
ANTH 106	Hist Arch Americas		US	HP
ANTH 109	Religion & Society in West II		WCC	HP
ANTH 130	History of South Asia		NW	HP
ANTH 261	Intro to the African Diaspora		US	HP
ANTH 268	Images of the Other	ACP	WCC	HP
ARCH 314	History of World Landscapes	ACP	WCC	HP
ARTH 217	Development of Ancient Cities		WCC	HP
AAS 215	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
AAS 281	Constructing Race in America		US	HP
CLCV 116	The Roman Achievement		WCC	HP
CLCV 133	Archaeology of Israel		WCC	HP
CLCV 203	Ancient Philosophy			HP
CLCV 231	Development of Ancient Cities		WCC	HP
CLCV 250	Sports and Society in Greece and Rome		WCC	HP
CMN 210	Public Comm in Everyday Life		WCC	HP
CHLH 260	Introduction to Medical Ethics			HP
ESE 202	American Environmental History		WCC	HP
EALC 120	East Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
EALC 132	Zen		NW	HP
EALC 222	Chinese Thought and Culture		NW	HP
EALC 287	Introduction to Buddhism		NW	HP
EDUC 202	Social Justice, School and Society	ACP		HP
ECE 316	Ethics and Engineering	ACP		HP
GWS 215	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
GWS 245	Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe		WCC	HP
GWS 287	African-American Women		US	HP
HIST 100	Global History		NW	HP
HIST 101	History Now!			HP
HIST 120	East Asian Civilizations		NW	HP
HIST 130	History of South Asia		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 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 202	American Environmental History		WCC	HP
HIST 211	History of Southern Africa		NW	HP
HIST 213	African Muslim Societies		NW	HP
HIST 219	History of the Prison		WCC	HP
HIST 222	Chinese Thought and Culture		NW	HP
HIST 241	History of Ancient Rome		WCC	HP
HIST 245	Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe		WCC	HP
HIST 252	The Holocaust		WCC	HP
HIST 259	20thC World from Midcentury		WCC	HP
HIST 264	Technology in Western Society		WCC	HP
HIST 269	Jewish History Since 1700		WCC	HP
HIST 275	Afro-American History to 1877		US	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 287	African-American Women		US	HP
JS 231	Development of Ancient Cities		WCC	HP
JS 252	The Holocaust		WCC	HP
JS 269	Jewish History Since 1700		WCC	HP
JOUR 205	History of American Journalism			HP
LA 221	History of the Prison		WCC	HP
LA 314	History of World Landscapes	ACP	WCC	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 264	Creative and Information Economies		WCC	HP
MDVL 245	Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe		WCC	HP
MILS 120	Intro to US Armed Forces			HP
NRES 202	American Environmental History		WCC	HP
NS 120	Intro to US Armed Forces			HP
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 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 222	Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science			HP
PHIL 223	Minds & Machines			HP
PHIL 316	Ethics and Engineering	ACP		HP
REL 109	Religion & Society in West II		WCC	HP
REL 110	World Religions		NW	HP
REL 132	Zen		NW	HP
REL 215	African Muslim Societies		NW	HP
REL 224	Chinese Thought and Culture		NW	HP
REL 269	Jewish History Since 1700		WCC	HP
REL 286	Introduction to Hinduism		NW	HP
REL 287	Introduction to Buddhism		NW	HP
SPED 117	The Culture of Disability			HP

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