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.

General Education Abbreviations

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 → LA

General Education Category HUM
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM
AFRO 132	African American Music		US	LA
AFRO 228	Hip Hop Music: History and Culture		US	LA
AIS 265	Intro to American Indian Lit		US	LA
ART 140	Introduction to Art			LA
ARTH 110	Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture		WCC	LA
ARTH 241	Modern Art, 1880-1940			LA
ARTS 220	Introduction to Fashion			LA
AAS 211	Asian Americans and the Arts		US	LA
AAS 286	Asian American Literature		US	LA
CLCV 114	Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture		WCC	LA
CLCV 115	Mythology of Greece and Rome		WCC	LA
CLCV 220	Exploring the Greek and Roman World		WCC	LA
CLCV 222	Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater	ACP	WCC	LA
CLCV 224	Greco-Roman Antiquity and US Minority Cultures		US	LA
CLCV 323	The Comic Imagination	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 114	Global Consciousness and Lit		NW	LA
CWL 117	Russ & E Euro Science Fiction			LA
CWL 209	Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue		US	LA
CWL 215	Madness, Myth, and Murder			LA
CWL 216	Legends of King Arthur		WCC	LA
CWL 220	Exploring the Greek and Roman World		WCC	LA
CWL 230	Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia		NW	LA
CWL 240	Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss			LA
CWL 241	Early Masterpieces of Western Culture	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 253	Medieval Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 254	Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context		WCC	LA
CWL 255	Renaissance Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
CWL 264	Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 272	Sexuality and Literature			LA
CWL 273	The Holocaust in Context		WCC	LA
CWL 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
CWL 283	Jewish Sacred Literature			LA
CW 100	Intro to Creative Writing			LA
DANC 100	Intro to Contemporary Dance		WCC	LA
DANC 200	Explore Music through Dance			LA
EALC 207	Classical Chinese Lit		NW	LA
EALC 208	Chinese Cinema		NW	LA
EALC 230	Popular Cultures of Contemporary East Asia		NW	LA
EALC 275	Masterpieces of East Asian Lit		NW	LA
ENGL 103	Intro to Fiction			LA
ENGL 104	Introduction to Film			LA
ENGL 109	Intro to Fiction-ACP	ACP		LA
ENGL 115	Intro to British Literature		WCC	LA
ENGL 120	Science Fiction			LA
ENGL 200	Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture			LA
ENGL 202	Medieval Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 204	Renaissance Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 208	Victorian Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 209	Early British Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
ENGL 216	Legends of King Arthur		WCC	LA
ENGL 218	Introduction to Shakespeare			LA
ENGL 220	Literature and Science			LA
ENGL 222	Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue		US	LA
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 265	Intro to American Indian Lit		US	LA
ENGL 266	Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context		WCC	LA
ENGL 269	The Holocaust in Context		WCC	LA
ENGL 285	Postcolonial Literature in English		NW	LA
ENGL 286	Asian American Literature		US	LA
FAA 102	Design Beyond Boundaries			LA
FAA 110	Exploring Arts and Creativity			LA
FAA 201	Black Arts Today		US	LA
FR 156	Exploring Paris		WCC	LA
GWS 270	Sexuality and Literature			LA
GER 251	Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context		WCC	LA
GER 261	The Holocaust in Context		WCC	LA
GER 270	Sexuality and Literature			LA
IS 312	Reading and Writing Data	ACP		LA
ITAL 156	Exploring Rome: History and Culture of the Eternal City		WCC	LA
ITAL 240	Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss			LA
ARTJ 301	Manga: The Art of Image and Word		NW	LA
JS 209	Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue		US	LA
JS 261	The Holocaust in Context		WCC	LA
LLS 242	Intro to Latina/o Literature		US	LA
LLS 360	Contemporary US Latina/o Lit		US	LA
MACS 100	Intro to Popular TV & Movies		WCC	LA
MACS 104	Introduction to Film			LA
MACS 203	Contemporary Movies			LA
MACS 261	Survey of World Cinema I		WCC	LA
MDVL 201	Medieval Literature and Culture		WCC	LA
MDVL 216	Legends of King Arthur		WCC	LA
MDVL 240	Italy Middle Ages & Renaiss			LA
MUS 132	Popular Music Studies		US	LA
MUS 133	Introduction to World Music		NW	LA
MUS 313	The History of Music I			LA
REL 260	Mystics and Saints in Islam		NW	LA
REL 283	Jewish Sacred Literature			LA
RUSS 260	Medicine & Literature			LA
SCAN 215	Madness, Myth, and Murder			LA
SLAV 117	Russ & E Euro Science Fiction			LA
SPAN 242	Intro to Latina/o Literature		US	LA
THEA 101	Introduction to Theatre Arts			LA
THEA 110	Broadway Musicals		WCC	LA
THEA 209	Writing Performance & Culture	ACP	WCC	LA
TRST 201	Intro to Translation Studies			LA
UKR 113	Ukrainian Culture		WCC	LA

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