Humanities & the Arts
Winter 2020-2021
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
winter 2020-2021 → HUM → HP
| 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 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 | |||||
| AFRO 290 | Af Am Urban Hist Since 1917 | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| AFST 111 | History of Africa to 1800 | NW | HP | |||||
| AFST 112 | History of Africa from 1800 | NW | 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 140 | Native Religious Traditions | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 277 | Encounters in Native America | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 278 | Native American History | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| AIS 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 105 | World Archaeology | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 106 | Hist Arch Americas | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 130 | History of South Asia | NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 157 | The Archaeology of Illinois | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 175 | Archaeology and Pop Culture | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 223 | Exploring African Cities | NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 261 | Intro to the African Diaspora | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 268 | Images of the Other | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| ANTH 393 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC | HP | |||||
| ARCH 222 | Islamic Gardens & Architecture | NW | HP | |||||
| ARCH 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ARTH 217 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| ARTH 219 | Islamic Gardens & Architecture | NW | HP | |||||
| AAS 200 | U.S. Race and Empire | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AAS 283 | Asian American History | US | HP | |||||
| ASST 104 | Asian Mythology | NW | HP | |||||
| CLCV 116 | The Roman Achievement | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 131 | Classical Archaeology, Greece | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 132 | Class Archaeology, Rome-Italy | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 133 | Archaeology of Israel | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| CLCV 225 | Greco-Roman Demo, Econ, Cult | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| CMN 210 | Public Comm in Everyday Life | WCC | HP | |||||
| CMN 275 | Media, Money and Power | WCC | HP | |||||
| CHLH 260 | Introduction to Medical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| CWL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | US | HP | |||||
| ESE 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| EALC 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 122 | History East Asian Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 220 | Traditional China | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 222 | Chinese Thought and Culture | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 226 | Premodern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 367 | History of Korea | NW | HP | |||||
| EDUC 202 | Social Justice, School and Society | ACP | HP | |||||
| EPOL 316 | Education and Social Justice | US | HP | |||||
| EPS 380 | Education and Social Justice | US | HP | |||||
| ECE 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| FR 195 | French Intellectual Tradition | HP | ||||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| GWS 245 | Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GWS 263 | History of Medicine in the United States | US | HP | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| GEOL 201 | History of Geology | ACP | HP | |||||
| GER 205 | Germany and Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| GLBL 228 | Terrorism, Past and Present | HP | ||||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 101 | History Now! | HP | ||||||
| HIST 103 | A History of Everything: The Big Bang to Big Data | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 104 | Black Music | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 105 | Latin America to Independence | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 106 | Modern Latin America | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 111 | History of Africa to 1800 | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 112 | History of Africa from 1800 | NW | 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 142 | Western Civ Since 1660 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 143 | Western Civ Since 1660-ACP | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| HIST 164 | The Automobile | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 168 | A History of Judaism | ACP | 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 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 203 | Reacting to the Past | HP | ||||||
| HIST 205 | Lived Experience in Latin America | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 207 | Digital Documentary Publishing | HP | ||||||
| HIST 211 | History of Southern Africa | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 212 | History of Eastern Africa | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 213 | African Muslim Societies | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 219 | History of the Prison | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 220 | Traditional China | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 222 | Chinese Thought and Culture | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 226 | Premodern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 236 | Madness and Modern Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 245 | Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 253 | Enlightenment to Existentialsm | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 255 | British Isles to 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 256 | Britain and World Since 1688 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 257 | Terrorism, Past and Present | HP | ||||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 260 | History of Russia | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 261 | Intro Russian-Jewish Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 262 | Zionism: A Global History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 263 | History of Medicine in the United States | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 264 | Technology in Western Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 265 | Science in Western Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 268 | Biology and Society from Darwin to the Human Genome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 270 | United States History to 1815 | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 271 | Nineteenth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 272 | Twentieth Century America | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 273 | Illinois History | HP | ||||||
| HIST 274 | US Foreign Relations Since 1917 | WCC | 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 | |||||
| HIST 289 | History of Religion in America | HP | ||||||
| HIST 293 | The President and the People | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 325 | History of Korea | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 393 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 120 | A History of Judaism | ACP | HP | |||||
| JS 201 | History of Antisemitism | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 262 | Zionism: A Global History | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| JOUR 205 | History of American Journalism | HP | ||||||
| LA 212 | Water and Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| LA 220 | Exploring African Cities | NW | HP | |||||
| LA 221 | History of the Prison | WCC | HP | |||||
| LA 222 | Islamic Gardens & Architecture | NW | HP | |||||
| LA 314 | History of World Landscapes | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| LLS 200 | U.S. Race and Empire | US | 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 | |||||
| LLS 301 | 19thC US Latina/o Lit-ACP | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| LAW 301 | Introduction to Law | HP | ||||||
| LAW 302 | Transitional Justice | US | HP | |||||
| LING 210 | Language History | HP | ||||||
| LING 240 | Language in Human History | HP | ||||||
| SLCL 200 | Topics in Global Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| MACS 264 | Creative and Information Economies | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 245 | Wives, Workers and Witches in Pre-Modern Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 255 | British Isles to 1688 | 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 105 | Introduction to Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | 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 210 | Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 214 | Biomedical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 222 | Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 223 | Minds & Machines | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 230 | Philosophy of Religion Intro | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 231 | Religion and Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 250 | Conceptions of Human Nature | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 270 | Philosophy of Science | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| PS 170 | Power, Politics, and Protest | HP | ||||||
| PS 270 | Intro to Political Theory | HP | ||||||
| PSYC 236 | Madness and Modern Society | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 104 | Asian Mythology | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 106 | Archaeology and the Bible | ACP | HP | |||||
| REL 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 109 | Religion & Society in West II | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 120 | A History of Judaism | ACP | HP | |||||
| REL 121 | Introduction to Christianity | HP | ||||||
| REL 122 | History East Asian Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 132 | Zen | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 201 | Hebrew Bible in English | HP | ||||||
| REL 212 | History of Antisemitism | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 215 | African Muslim Societies | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 224 | Chinese Thought and Culture | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 230 | Philosophy of Religion Intro | HP | ||||||
| REL 231 | Religion and Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| REL 235 | History of Religion in America | HP | ||||||
| REL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 269 | Jewish History Since 1700 | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 270 | Religion, Ethics, Environment | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 286 | Introduction to Hinduism | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 287 | Introduction to Buddhism | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 393 | The World of Jewish Sepharad | WCC | HP | |||||
| RUSS 261 | Intro Russian-Jewish Culture | WCC | HP | |||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SAME 214 | Introduction to Islam | NW | HP | |||||
| SPED 117 | The Culture of Disability | HP |
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