Cultural Studies

Spring 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

spring 2022 → CS → US

General Education Category CS
COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
AFRO 100 Intro to African American St US SS
AFRO 101 Black America, 1619-Present US HP
AFRO 103 Black Women in the Diaspora US
AFRO 105 Black Literature in America US LA
AFRO 132 African American Music US LA
AFRO 134 Religion, Race, and Resistance US
AFRO 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AFRO 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
AFRO 224 Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
AFRO 228 Hip Hop Music: History and Culture US LA
AFRO 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
AFRO 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture US
AFRO 261 Intro to the African Diaspora US HP
AFRO 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
AFRO 340 Dancing Black Popular Culture US HP
AFST 103 Black Women in the Diaspora US
ACE 255 Economics of Food and Environmental Justice US SS
AIS 101 Intro to Amer Indian Studies US HP
AIS 265 Intro to American Indian Lit US LA
AIS 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
AIS 295 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
ANTH 261 Intro to the African Diaspora US HP
ANTH 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
AAS 100 Intro Asian American Studies US SS
AAS 105 Introduction to Arab American Studies US
AAS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AAS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
AAS 260 Intro Asian American Theatre US
AAS 282 Feminist and Queer Activisms US
AAS 283 Asian American History US HP
AAS 286 Asian American Literature US LA
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
AAS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
CLCV 224 American Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Tradition US LA
CMN 214 Organizational Communication & Diversity US
CMN 250 Social Movement Communication US
CMN 277 Introduction to Mediated Communication US SS
CWL 122 Russia and Black America US
CWL 226 Humanist Persp of Afro-Am Exp US LA
CWL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
CWL 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture US
DANC 340 Dancing Black Popular Culture US HP
ESE 254 American People, Places, & Environments US SS
EDUC 201 Identity and Difference in Education US
EPOL 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
EPSY 202 Exploring Cultural Diversity US
EPSY 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
ENGL 150 Black Literature in America US LA
ENGL 224 Latina/o Popular Culture US
ENGL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
ENGL 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture US
ENGL 265 Intro to American Indian Lit US LA
ENGL 286 Asian American Literature US LA
GWS 103 Black Women in the Diaspora US
GWS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
GWS 230 Latina/o Genders & Sexualities US
GWS 282 Feminist and Queer Activisms US
GEOG 254 American People, Places, & Environments US SS
GLBL 130 Resistance Movements US
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 279 Mexican-American History US HP
HIST 283 Asian American History US HP
HIST 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
HDFS 221 Asian Families in America US SS
HDFS 263 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
HDFS 322 US Latina and Latino Families US
IHLT 232 Health Disparities in the U.S. US
KIN 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
LLS 100 Intro Latina/Latino Studies US SS
LLS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
LLS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
LLS 220 Latina/o Migration US SS
LLS 230 Latina/o Genders & Sexualities US
LLS 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
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 282 Feminist and Queer Activisms US
LLS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
LLS 322 US Latina and Latino Families US
LLS 360 Contemporary US Latina/o Lit US LA
LING 250 American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US US SS
MACS 250 Latina/os on the Bronze Screen US LA
MUS 132 Popular Music Studies US LA
LEAD 340 Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges US
PS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
PORT 150 Writing Brazilians into the U.S. US SS
PSYC 144 Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination US BSC
RST 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
REL 134 Religion, Race, and Resistance US
RUSS 122 Russia and Black America US
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
SOCW 300 Diversity: Identities & Issues ACP US
SOC 221 Latina/o Migration US SS
SOC 225 Race and Ethnicity US SS
SPAN 232 Spanish in the Community US
SPAN 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
SPAN 246 Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature US LA
SHS 222 Language & Culture of Deaf Communities US SS
THEA 260 Intro Asian American Theatre US
UP 330 The Modern American City US
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