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.
- 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
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSM 311 | Humanity in the Food Web | ACP | HP | |||||
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 105 | Black Literature in America | 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 228 | Hip Hop Music: History and Culture | US | LA | |||||
| 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 210 | Introduction to Modern African Literature | NW | LA | |||||
| 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 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 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 | ||||
| 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 211 | Design History Survey | LA | ||||||
| ARTH 217 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| ARTH 242 | Art Since 1940 | LA | ||||||
| ARTS 220 | Introduction to Fashion | LA | ||||||
| AAS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| ASST 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| 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 120 | The Classical Tradition | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 133 | Archaeology of Israel | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| CLCV 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 224 | American Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Tradition | US | LA | |||||
| CLCV 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 250 | Sports and Society in Greece and Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 323 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CMN 210 | Public Comm in Everyday Life | WCC | HP | |||||
| CHLH 260 | Introduction to Medical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| CWL 151 | Cross-Cultural Thematics | 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 210 | Introduction to Modern African Literature | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 211 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 216 | Legends of King Arthur | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 220 | Origins of Western Literature | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 223 | The Qur'an (Koran) | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 226 | Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp | US | LA | |||||
| CWL 227 | Golden Age of Russian Lit | LA | ||||||
| CWL 230 | Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 242 | Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 253 | Medieval Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 254 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 255 | Renaissance Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 267 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| CWL 271 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CWL 273 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| CWL 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 322 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| CW 100 | Intro to Creative Writing | LA | ||||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| 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 230 | Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 275 | Masterpieces of East Asian Lit | NW | LA | |||||
| EALC 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| EDUC 202 | Social Justice, School and Society | ACP | HP | |||||
| ECE 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| ENGL 103 | Intro to Fiction | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 104 | Introduction 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 117 | Shakespeare on Film | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 150 | Black Literature in America | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 200 | Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 202 | Medieval Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 204 | Renaissance Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 206 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 208 | Victorian Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 209 | Early British Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 211 | Introduction to Modern African Literature | NW | LA | |||||
| ENGL 216 | Legends of King Arthur | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 218 | Introduction to Shakespeare | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 245 | The Short Story | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 247 | The British Novel | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 250 | Nineteenth-Century American Fiction | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 255 | Early American Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 265 | Intro to American Indian Lit | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 266 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 268 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| ENGL 269 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| ENGL 270 | American Film Genres | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 275 | Am Indian and Indigenous Film | US | LA | |||||
| ENGL 285 | Postcolonial Literature in English | NW | LA | |||||
| FAA 102 | Design Beyond Boundaries | LA | ||||||
| FAA 110 | Exploring Arts and Creativity | LA | ||||||
| FAA 220 | Introduction to Fashion | LA | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| GER 201 | German Popular Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 251 | Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| GER 260 | The Holocaust in Context - ACP | ACP | WCC | LA | ||||
| GER 261 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| 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 211 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | WCC | LA | |||||
| JS 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 261 | The Holocaust in Context | WCC | LA | |||||
| JS 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| JOUR 205 | History of American Journalism | HP | ||||||
| JOUR 452 | Great Books of Journalism | LA | ||||||
| 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 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | LA | |||||
| 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 | Introduction to Film | LA | ||||||
| MACS 117 | Shakespeare on Film | LA | ||||||
| MACS 203 | Contemporary Movies | LA | ||||||
| MACS 207 | Indian Cinema in Context | NW | LA | |||||
| MACS 250 | Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | US | 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 Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 216 | Legends of King Arthur | WCC | LA | |||||
| MDVL 245 | Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MILS 120 | Intro to US Armed Forces | HP | ||||||
| MUS 130 | Music Then and Now | WCC | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| MUS 314 | The History of Music II | LA | ||||||
| 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 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| REL 215 | African Muslim Societies | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 223 | The Qur'an (Koran) | NW | LA | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| RUSS 220 | Golden Age of Russian Lit | LA | ||||||
| SCAN 225 | Vikings to Volvos: Scandinavia | WCC | LA | |||||
| SAME 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| SAME 211 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | WCC | LA | |||||
| SAME 223 | The Qur'an (Koran) | NW | LA | |||||
| SPAN 246 | Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature | US | LA | |||||
| SPED 117 | The Culture of Disability | HP | ||||||
| THEA 101 | Introduction to Theatre Arts | LA | ||||||
| THEA 110 | Broadway Musicals | WCC | LA | |||||
| THEA 122 | Theatre Foundations: Theory and Practice | LA | ||||||
| THEA 262 | Literature of Modern Theatre | ACP | LA | |||||
| THEA 323 | The Comic Imagination | ACP | WCC | LA |