Cultural Studies

Fall 2023

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 2023 → 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 105 Black Literature in America US LA
AFRO 106 Hist Arch Americas US HP
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 243 Pan Africanism NW
AFRO 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
AFRO 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture US
AFRO 275 Afro-American History to 1877 US HP
AFRO 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AFRO 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
AFRO 340 Dancing Black Popular Culture ACP US HP
AFRO 400 African Diasporic Thought in the Caribbean NW
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
ACE 255 Economics of Food and Environmental Justice US 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 277 Encounters in Native America US HP
AIS 285 Indigenous Thinkers NW HP
AIS 295 US Citizenship Comparatively US 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
ARTH 217 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
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 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
AAS 260 Intro Asian American Theatre US
AAS 281 Constructing Race in America 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
AAS 402 Asian American Education ACP US
ASST 104 Asian Mythology NW HP
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 133 Archaeology of Israel 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 224 American Race and Ethnicity in the Classical Tradition US LA
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CLCV 240 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
CLCV 250 Sports and Society in Greece and Rome WCC HP
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 189 Literatures of the Islamic World NW 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 253 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
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 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture US
CWL 262 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
CWL 263 Odysseus and Other Heroes WCC LA
CWL 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
CWL 400 African Diasporic Thought in the Caribbean NW
CPSC 131 Agriculture in Mythology NW
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
DANC 340 Dancing Black Popular Culture ACP US HP
EALC 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
EALC 122 History East Asian Religions NW HP
EALC 130 The Chinese Language NW SS
EALC 132 Zen NW HP
EALC 207 Classical Chinese Lit NW LA
EALC 212 East Asian Art History NW LA
EALC 220 Traditional China NW HP
EALC 221 Modern China NW
EALC 225 Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice 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 327 Tokyo: Then and Now ACP NW
EDUC 201 Identity and Difference in Education US
EPOL 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
EPOL 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 150 Black Literature in America US LA
ENGL 202 Medieval 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 213 Modernist Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 224 Latina/o Popular Culture US
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
ENGL 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture US
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
ENGL 285 Postcolonial Literature in English NW LA
ENGL 286 Asian American Literature US LA
FAA 201 Black Arts Today US LA
FR 156 Exploring Paris WCC LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
GWS 240 Gender & Sexuality in Greco-Roman Antiquity WCC LA
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GWS 393 Policing Latinx Immigrant Communities US
GGIS 101 Global Development & Environment NW SS
GGIS 204 Cities of the World 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 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
HIST 140 Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to N. Europe (ACP) ACP WCC HP
HIST 141 Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe WCC HP
HIST 164 The Automobile WCC 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 220 Traditional China NW HP
HIST 221 Modern China NW
HIST 258 20thC World to Midcentury WCC HP
HIST 275 Afro-American History to 1877 US HP
HIST 277 Encounters in Native America US HP
HIST 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
HIST 327 Tokyo: Then and Now ACP NW
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
IB 110 Race and Environmental Biology US LS
IHLT 232 Health Equity in the United States 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 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
KIN 230 Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism US
LA 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
LAST 170 Que Pasa in Latin America? Cultures, Histories and Politics South of the Rio Grande 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 215 US Citizenship Comparatively US HP
LLS 220 Latina/o Migration US SS
LLS 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
LLS 246 Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature US LA
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
MACS 100 Intro to Popular TV & Movies WCC LA
MACS 261 Survey of World Cinema I WCC LA
MACS 264 Creative and Information Economies WCC HP
MACS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 201 Medieval Literature and Culture 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
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 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
PS 214 American Indian Law & Politics US SS
PS 243 Pan Africanism NW
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 122 History East Asian 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 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
REL 260 Mystics and Saints in Islam NW LA
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
SOCW 300 Diversity: Identities & Issues ACP US
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 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 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 260 Intro Asian American Theatre US
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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