Humanities & the Arts

Summer 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

summer 2021 → HUM

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	CS	HUM
AFRO 132	African American Music	US	LA
ART 100	Understanding Visual Culture		LA
ART 140	Introduction to Art		LA
ARTS 220	Introduction to Fashion		LA
CLCV 115	Mythology of Greece and Rome	WCC	LA
CLCV 224	American Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Tradition	US	LA
CMN 210	Public Comm in Everyday Life	WCC	HP
CWL 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust	WCC	LA
DANC 100	Intro to Contemporary Dance	WCC	LA
ENGL 359	Lit Responses to the Holocaust	WCC	LA
GLBL 228	Terrorism, Past and Present		HP
HIST 100	Global History	NW	HP
HIST 164	The Automobile	WCC	HP
HIST 257	Terrorism, Past and Present		HP
HIST 262	Zionism: A Global History	WCC	HP
HIST 273	Illinois History		HP
JS 262	Zionism: A Global History	WCC	HP
JS 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust	WCC	LA
JOUR 205	History of American Journalism		HP
MUS 130	Music Then and Now	WCC	LA
MUS 132	Popular Music Studies	US	LA
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music	NW	LA
PHIL 102	Logic and Reasoning		HP
PHIL 110	World Religions	NW	HP
REL 110	World Religions	NW	HP
REL 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust	WCC	LA
THEA 101	Introduction to Theatre Arts		LA
THEA 110	Broadway Musicals	WCC	LA
YDSH 320	Lit Responses to the Holocaust	WCC	LA

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ACP COMP1 CS HUM NAT QR SBS