Humanities & the Arts
Fall 2025
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 2025 → HUM → HP
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 101 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| AFST 111 | History of Africa to 1800 | 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 American Indian Studies | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 277 | Encounters in Native America | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 285 | Indigenous Thinkers | NW | HP | |||||
| AIS 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| AIS 295 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| ANSC 255 | Animal Ethics | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 105 | World Archaeology | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| ANTH 130 | History of South Asia | NW | HP | |||||
| ANTH 157 | The Archaeology of Illinois | HP | ||||||
| ANTH 268 | Images of the Other | ACP | WCC | HP | ||||
| ANTH 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | 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 | |||||
| ASST 104 | Asian Mythology | NW | HP | |||||
| CLCV 131 | Classical Archaeology, Greece | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| CLCV 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| CLCV 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| CWL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| ESE 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| EALC 120 | East Asian Civilizations | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 225 | Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| EALC 367 | History of Korea | NW | HP | |||||
| EDUC 202 | Social Justice, School and Society | ACP | HP | |||||
| EPOL 380 | Education and Social Justice | US | HP | |||||
| ECE 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| ETMA 311 | Humanity in the Food Web | ACP | HP | |||||
| GWS 215 | US Citizenship Comparatively | US | HP | |||||
| HK 208 | Introduction to Medical Ethics | HP | ||||||
| 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 105 | Latin America to Independence | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 106 | Modern Latin America | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 111 | History of Africa to 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 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 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 174 | Black America, 1619-Present | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 202 | American Environmental History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 203 | Reacting to the Past | HP | ||||||
| HIST 207 | Digital Documentary Publishing | HP | ||||||
| HIST 227 | Modern Japanese History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 241 | History of Ancient Rome | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 258 | 20thC World to Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 259 | 20thC World from Midcentury | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 262 | Zionism: A Global History | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 268 | Biology and Society from Darwin to the Human Genome | 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 288 | American Indians of Illinois | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 293 | The President and the People | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 325 | History of Korea | NW | HP | |||||
| JS 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 120 | A History of Judaism | ACP | HP | |||||
| JS 231 | Development of Ancient Cities | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 252 | The Holocaust | WCC | HP | |||||
| JS 262 | Zionism: A Global History | WCC | HP | |||||
| JOUR 205 | History of American Journalism | 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 281 | Constructing Race in America | US | HP | |||||
| LAW 301 | Introduction to Law | HP | ||||||
| MACS 264 | Media Industries | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 247 | Medieval Europe | WCC | HP | |||||
| MDVL 251 | Viking Mythology | 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 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| PHIL 203 | Ancient Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 206 | Early Modern Philosophy | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 222 | Philosophical Foundations of Computer Science | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 316 | Ethics and Engineering | ACP | HP | |||||
| PS 170 | Power, Politics, and Protest | HP | ||||||
| PS 270 | Intro to Political Theory | HP | ||||||
| REL 104 | Asian Mythology | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 108 | Religion & Society in West I | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 120 | A History of Judaism | ACP | HP | |||||
| REL 160 | Ancient Greek & Roman Religion | WCC | HP | |||||
| REL 225 | Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SCAN 251 | Viking Mythology | WCC | HP | |||||
| SPED 117 | The Culture of Disability | HP |
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