Cultural Studies

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 → CS → US

General Education Category CS
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM	NAT	QR	SBS
ADV 175	Introduction to Multicultural Advertising		US
AFRO 100	Intro to African American St		US				SS
AFRO 101	Black America, 1619-Present		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 228	Hip Hop Music: History and Culture		US	LA
AFRO 234	Black Religious Imaginations		US
AFRO 259	Early African American Literature and Culture		US
AFRO 260	Modern African American Literature and Culture		US
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
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 American 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 288	American Indians of Illinois		US	HP
AIS 295	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
ANTH 288	American Indians of Illinois		US	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 203	Race, Science, and Technology		US				SS
AAS 211	Asian Americans and the Arts		US	LA
AAS 215	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
AAS 258	Muslims in America		US				SS
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
CLCV 224	Greco-Roman Antiquity and US Minority Cultures		US	LA
CMN 250	Social Movement Communication		US
CMN 277	Introduction to Mediated Communication		US				SS
CWL 209	Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue		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	ACP	US	HP
ESE 254	People, Places, and Environments of the US		US				SS
EDUC 201	Identity and Difference in Education		US
EPOL 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
EPOL 380	Education and Social Justice		US	HP
EPSY 202	Exploring Cultural Pluralism		US
EPSY 222	Language & Culture of Deaf Communities		US				SS
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 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
FAA 201	Black Arts Today		US	LA
GWS 215	US Citizenship Comparatively		US	HP
GWS 382	Black Women & Popular Culture		US
GGIS 254	People, Places, and Environments of the US		US				SS
HK 271	Health Equity in the United States		US
HIST 104	Black Music		US	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 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
HDFS 120	Intro to Family Studies		US				SS
HDFS 221	Asian Families in America		US				SS
HDFS 263	Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism		US
IS 145	Mapping Inequalities		US			QR2	SS
IB 110	Race and Environmental Biology		US		LS
JS 209	Jewish American and US Minority Literatures in Dialogue		US	LA
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 240	Latina/o Popular Culture		US
LLS 242	Intro to Latina/o Literature		US	LA
LLS 258	Muslims in America		US				SS
LLS 279	Mexican-American History		US	HP
LLS 281	Constructing Race in America		US	HP
LLS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
LLS 360	Contemporary US Latina/o Lit		US	LA
LING 250	American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US		US				SS
MUS 132	Popular Music Studies		US	LA
NRES 224	Environmental and Climate Justice		US				SS
LEAD 340	Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges		US
PS 201	US Racial & Ethnic Politics		US				SS
PS 214	American Indian Law & Politics		US				SS
PORT 150	Writing Brazilians into the U.S.		US				SS
RST 230	Diversity in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism		US
REL 134	Religion, Race, and Resistance		US
REL 234	Black Religious Imaginations		US
REL 258	Muslims in America		US				SS
SOCW 297	Asian Families in America		US				SS
SOCW 300	Diversity: Identities & Issues	ACP	US
SOC 225	Race and Ethnicity		US				SS
SPAN 232	Spanish in the Community		US
SPAN 240	Latina/o Popular Culture		US
SPAN 242	Intro to Latina/o Literature		US	LA
SHS 222	Language & Culture of Deaf Communities		US				SS
THEA 260	Intro Asian American Theatre		US
UP 160	Race, Social Justice, and Cities		US

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