Cultural Studies

Fall 2022

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

fall 2022 → CS

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ADV 175 Diversity in Advertising US
AFRO 100 Intro to African American St US SS
AFRO 101 Black America, 1619-Present US HP
AFRO 106 Hist Arch Americas US HP
AFRO 134 Religion, Race, and Resistance US
AFRO 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AFRO 224 Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
AFRO 243 Pan Africanism NW
AFRO 250 Introduction to Health and Wellness in the Black Community US SS
AFRO 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
AFRO 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AFRO 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
AFST 111 History of Africa to 1800 NW HP
AFST 213 African Muslim Societies NW HP
AFST 233 Context in International Interventions NW SS
AFST 243 Pan Africanism NW
ABE 232 Context in International Interventions NW SS
ACE 251 The World Food Economy NW SS
ACES 179 History of Ag in IL Since 1860 US HP
AIS 101 Intro to Amer Indian Studies US HP
AIS 214 American Indian Law & Politics US SS
AIS 265 Intro to American Indian Lit US LA
AIS 277 Encounters in Native America US HP
AIS 285 Indigenous Thinkers NW HP
ANSC 250 Companion Animals in Society WCC
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology WCC SS
ANTH 103 Anthro in a Changing World NW SS
ANTH 106 Hist Arch Americas US HP
ANTH 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
ANTH 160 Race and Contemporary Social Issues US
ANTH 180 The Archaeology of Death WCC SS
ANTH 209 Food, Culture, and Society WCC SS
ANTH 210 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
ANTH 272 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
ANTH 278 Climate Change & Civilization NW
ARAB 150 Lang&Culture of Arab World NW
ARTH 110 Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture WCC LA
ARTH 212 East Asian Art History NW LA
AAS 100 Intro Asian American Studies US SS
AAS 200 U.S. Race and Empire US HP
AAS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AAS 246 Asian American Youth in Film US SS
AAS 275 The Politics of Fashion US
AAS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
AAS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
AAS 402 Asian American Education ACP US
ASST 104 Asian Mythology NW HP
BCS 115 South Slavic Cultures NW SS
CLCV 114 Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 Mythology of Greece and Rome WCC LA
CLCV 120 The Classical Tradition WCC LA
CLCV 131 Classical Archaeology, Greece WCC HP
CLCV 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
CLCV 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CLCV 221 Odysseus and Other Heroes WCC LA
CLCV 222 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CLCV 224 American Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Tradition US LA
CLCV 240 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
CLCV 250 Sports and Society in Greece and Rome WCC HP
CLCV 323 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
CMN 214 Organizational Communication & Diversity US
CMN 232 Intro to Intercultural Comm NW SS
CMN 250 Social Movement Communication US
CMN 260 Intro to Health Communication WCC BSC
CMN 277 Introduction to Mediated Communication US SS
CWL 114 Global Consciousness and Lit NW LA
CWL 209 Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue US LA
CWL 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
CWL 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
CWL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
CWL 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CWL 226 Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
CWL 230 Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia NW LA
CWL 241 Early Masterpieces of Western Culture ACP WCC LA
CWL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
CWL 254 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
CWL 262 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
CWL 264 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
CWL 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
CWL 311 Japan Lit in Translation I NW LA
CWL 322 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
CPSC 131 Agriculture in Mythology NW
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
ESE 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
ESE 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
EALC 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
EALC 132 Zen NW HP
EALC 212 East Asian Art History NW LA
EALC 220 Traditional China NW HP
EALC 230 Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia NW LA
EALC 250 Intro to Japanese Culture NW SS
EALC 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
EALC 287 Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
EALC 305 Japan Lit in Translation I NW LA
EALC 367 History of Korea NW HP
EDUC 201 Identity and Difference in Education US
EPOL 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
EPOL 380 Education and Social Justice US HP
EPOL 402 Asian American Education ACP US
EPS 380 Education and Social Justice US HP
EPS 402 Asian American Education ACP US
EPSY 202 Exploring Cultural Diversity US
EPSY 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
ENGL 115 Intro to British Literature WCC LA
ENGL 116 Introduction to American Literature WCC LA
ENGL 206 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 207 Romantic Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 208 Victorian Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 209 Early British Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 213 Modernist Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
ENGL 222 Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue US LA
ENGL 224 Latina/o Popular Culture US
ENGL 225 Intro to Latina/o Literature US LA
ENGL 251 The Twentieth-Century American Novel WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
ENGL 265 Intro to American Indian Lit US LA
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
ENGL 285 Postcolonial Literature in English NW LA
FAA 201 Black Arts Today US LA
FR 156 Exploring Paris WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 240 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
GWS 275 The Politics of Fashion US
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GGIS 101 Global Development & Environment NW SS
GGIS 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
GGIS 204 Cities of the World WCC SS
GGIS 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
GER 251 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 130 Resistance Movements US
GLBL 272 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
HNDI 115 Language and Culture in India NW
HIST 100 Global History NW HP
HIST 103 A History of Everything: The Big Bang to Big Data WCC HP
HIST 104 Black Music US HP
HIST 111 History of Africa to 1800 NW HP
HIST 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
HIST 170 US History to 1877-ACP ACP US HP
HIST 171 US History to 1877 US HP
HIST 174 Black America, 1619-Present US HP
HIST 213 African Muslim Societies NW HP
HIST 220 Traditional China NW HP
HIST 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
HIST 241 History of Ancient Rome WCC HP
HIST 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
HIST 258 20thC World to Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 277 Encounters in Native America US HP
HIST 279 Mexican-American History US HP
HIST 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
HIST 325 History of Korea NW HP
HDFS 220 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
HDFS 221 Asian Families in America US SS
HDFS 263 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
IS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
IB 110 Race and Environmental Biology US LS
IHLT 232 Health Disparities in the U.S. US
ITAL 156 Exploring Rome: History and Culture of the Eternal City WCC LA
ARTJ 209 Chado (The Way of Tea) NW
ARTJ 301 Manga: The Art of Image and Word NW LA
JS 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
JS 209 Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue US LA
JS 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
JS 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
JS 252 The Holocaust WCC HP
KIN 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LAST 170 Introduction to Latin America NW SS
LAST 210 Life in the Andes NW SS
LAST 232 Spanish in the Community US
LLS 100 Intro Latina/Latino Studies US SS
LLS 200 U.S. Race and Empire US HP
LLS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
LLS 220 Latina/o Migration US SS
LLS 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
LLS 242 Intro to Latina/o Literature US LA
LLS 246 Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature US LA
LLS 250 Latina/os on the Bronze Screen US LA
LLS 279 Mexican-American History US HP
LLS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
LLS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
LING 115 Language and Culture in India NW
LING 222 Language in Globalization NW
LING 250 American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US US SS
LING 270 Language, Technology & Society WCC BSC
SLCL 200 Topics in Global Culture WCC HP
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 250 Latina/os on the Bronze Screen US LA
MACS 261 Survey of World Cinema I WCC LA
MACS 264 Creative and Information Economies WCC HP
MACS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
MACS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
MUS 132 Popular Music Studies US LA
MUS 133 Introduction to World Music NW LA
NRES 224 Social Justice and Environment US SS
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
NRES 287 Environment and Society WCC SS
LEAD 340 Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges US
PHIL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
PHIL 110 World Religions NW HP
PS 152 The New Middle East NW SS
PS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
PS 214 American Indian Law & Politics US SS
PS 243 Pan Africanism NW
PS 273 Environment and Society WCC SS
PORT 150 Writing Brazilians into the U.S. US SS
PSYC 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
RST 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
RST 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
RST 335 Leisure and Consumer Culture WCC SS
REL 104 Asian Mythology NW HP
REL 108 Religion & Society in West I WCC HP
REL 110 World Religions NW HP
REL 132 Zen NW HP
REL 134 Religion, Race, and Resistance US
REL 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 214 Introduction to Islam NW HP
REL 215 African Muslim Societies NW HP
REL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
REL 260 Mystics and Saints in Islam NW LA
REL 287 Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
SOCW 300 Diversity: Identities & Issues ACP US
SOC 160 Global Ineq and Social Change NW SS
SOC 161 Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 221 Latina/o Migration US SS
SOC 225 Race and Ethnicity US SS
SAME 150 Lang&Culture of Arab World NW
SAME 152 The New Middle East NW SS
SAME 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict WCC LA
SAME 212 Israeli Cinema and Television WCC LA
SAME 214 Introduction to Islam NW HP
SAME 260 Mystics and Saints in Islam NW LA
SAME 272 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
SPAN 232 Spanish in the Community US
SPAN 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
SPAN 242 Intro to Latina/o Literature US LA
SPAN 246 Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature US LA
SHS 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
THEA 110 Broadway Musicals WCC LA
THEA 210 Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater ACP WCC LA
THEA 323 The Comic Imagination ACP WCC LA
TURK 270 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
UKR 113 Ukrainian Culture WCC LA
UP 160 Race, Social Justice, and Cities US
UP 185 Cities in a Global Perspective NW SS
UP 330 The Modern American City US
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