Humanities & the Arts
Summer 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
summer 2025 → HUM
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADV 212 | Advertising History | HP | ||||||
| AFRO 132 | African American Music | US | LA | |||||
| AFRO 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| AFAS 120 | Intro to US Armed Forces | HP | ||||||
| ART 140 | Introduction to Art | LA | ||||||
| ASST 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CLCV 114 | Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CLCV 115 | Mythology of Greece and Rome | WCC | LA | |||||
| CMN 210 | Public Comm in Everyday Life | WCC | HP | |||||
| CWL 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| CWL 257 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| CW 100 | Intro to Creative Writing | LA | ||||||
| DANC 100 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | WCC | LA | |||||
| DANC 340 | Dancing Black Popular Culture | ACP | US | HP | ||||
| ENGL 117 | Shakespeare on Film | LA | ||||||
| ENGL 206 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | WCC | LA | |||||
| GLBL 228 | Terrorism, Past and Present | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 100 | Global History | NW | HP | |||||
| HIST 104 | Black Music | US | HP | |||||
| HIST 257 | Terrorism, Past and Present | WCC | HP | |||||
| HIST 273 | Illinois History | HP | ||||||
| IS 312 | Reading and Writing Data | ACP | LA | |||||
| MACS 117 | Shakespeare on Film | LA | ||||||
| MILS 120 | Intro to US Armed Forces | HP | ||||||
| MUS 132 | Popular Music Studies | US | LA | |||||
| MUS 133 | Introduction to World Music | NW | LA | |||||
| NS 120 | Intro to US Armed Forces | HP | ||||||
| PHIL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 110 | World Religions | NW | HP | |||||
| REL 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| SAME 208 | Cultures & Literatures of South Asia | NW | LA | |||||
| THEA 101 | Introduction to Theatre Arts | LA |