Cultural Studies

Fall 2026

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 2026 → CS

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
ADV 175 Introduction to Multicultural Advertising US
AFRO 101 Black America, 1619-Present US HP
AFRO 132 African American Music US LA
AFRO 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AFRO 211 Intro to African-American Film US
AFRO 228 Hip Hop Music: History and Culture US LA
AFRO 259 Early 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 112 History of Africa from 1800 NW HP
AFST 209 Constr Afr and Carib Identity NW LA
AFST 233 Context in International Interventions NW SS
AFST 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW SS
ABE 232 Context in International Interventions NW SS
ACE 251 The World Food Economy NW SS
ACE 254 Economic Systems in Africa NW 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 275 Am Indian and Indigenous Film US LA
AIS 277 Encounters in Native America US HP
AIS 285 Indigenous Thinkers NW HP
AIS 288 American Indians of Illinois 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 130 History of South Asia NW HP
ANTH 209 Food, Culture, and Society WCC SS
ANTH 210 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
ANTH 248 Introduction to Engaged and Public Anthropology NW SS
ANTH 272 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
ANTH 278 Climate Change & Civilization NW
ANTH 288 American Indians of Illinois US HP
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
AAS 100 Intro Asian American Studies US SS
AAS 120 Intro to Asian Am Pop Culture US
AAS 200 U.S. Race and Empire US HP
AAS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
AAS 211 Asian Americans and the Arts US LA
AAS 246 Asian American Youth in Film US SS
AAS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
AAS 282 Feminist and Queer Activisms US
AAS 286 Asian American Literature US LA
AAS 287 Food and Asian Americans US SS
AAS 297 Asian Families in America US SS
AAS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
ASST 104 Asian Mythology NW HP
BCS 115 South Slavic Cultures NW SS
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 224 Greco-Roman Antiquity and US Minority Cultures US LA
CLCV 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
CMN 210 Public Communication in Everyday Life 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 190 Modern Asian and African Literatures NW LA
CWL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
CWL 220 Exploring the Greek and Roman World WCC LA
CWL 223 The Qur'an (Koran) NW 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 255 Renaissance Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
CWL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
CWL 273 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
CWL 275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit NW LA
CWL 276 Asian Film Genres NW LA
CWL 312 Japan Lit in Translation II 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
ESE 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
EALC 120 East Asian Civilizations NW HP
EALC 208 Chinese Cinema NW LA
EALC 212 East Asian Art History NW LA
EALC 227 Modern Japanese History 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 276 Asian Film Genres NW LA
EALC 287 Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
EALC 306 Japan Lit in Translation II NW LA
EALC 367 History of Korea NW HP
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 115 Intro to British Literature WCC LA
ENGL 202 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 204 Renaissance 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 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
ENGL 224 Latina/o Popular Culture US
ENGL 237 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction WCC LA
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture WCC LA
ENGL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture US
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 275 Am Indian and Indigenous Film US LA
ENGL 276 Asian Film Genres NW 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
FR 240 Constr Afr and Carib Identity NW LA
GWS 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
GWS 202 Sexualities WCC
GWS 282 Feminist and Queer Activisms US
GWS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
GGIS 101 Global Development & Environment NW SS
GGIS 106 Geographies of Globalization NW SS
GGIS 204 Cities of the World WCC SS
GER 201 German Popular Culture WCC LA
GER 251 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context WCC LA
GER 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies WCC SS
GLBL 240 Global Health WCC
GLBL 272 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
HK 271 Health Equity in the United States US
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 106 Modern Latin America NW HP
HIST 112 History of Africa from 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 142 Modern Europe and the World WCC HP
HIST 143 Modern Europe and the World - ACP ACP 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 227 Modern Japanese History NW HP
HIST 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
HIST 241 History of Ancient Rome WCC HP
HIST 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
HIST 274 US Foreign Relations Since 1917 WCC HP
HIST 275 Afro-American History to 1877 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
HIST 293 The President and the People WCC HP
HIST 325 History of Korea NW HP
HDFS 120 Intro to Family Studies US SS
HDFS 220 Families in Global Perspective NW SS
HDFS 221 Asian Families in America US SS
HDFS 322 US Latina and Latino Families US
DTX 221 Human-Centered Design Across Disciplines US SS
IS 145 Mapping Inequalities US QR2 SS
IS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
IB 110 Race and Environmental Biology US LS
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 231 Development of Ancient Cities WCC HP
JS 261 The Holocaust in Context WCC LA
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
LAST 240 Constr Afr and Carib Identity NW LA
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 240 Latina/o Popular Culture US
LLS 246 Gender & Sexuality in Latina/o Literature US LA
LLS 250 Latina/os on the Bronze Screen US LA
LLS 279 Mexican-American History US HP
LLS 281 Constructing Race in America US HP
LLS 282 Feminist and Queer Activisms US
LLS 310 Race and Cultural Diversity ACP US
LLS 322 US Latina and Latino Families 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 211 Intro to African-American Film US
MACS 250 Latina/os on the Bronze Screen US LA
MACS 261 Survey of World Cinema I WCC LA
MACS 264 Media Industries WCC HP
MACS 266 Community Innovation WCC SS
MACS 275 Am Indian and Indigenous Film US LA
MACS 356 Sex & Gender in Popular Media WCC
MDVL 201 Medieval Literature and Culture WCC LA
MDVL 216 Legends of King Arthur WCC LA
MDVL 247 Medieval Europe WCC HP
MDVL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
MUS 132 Popular Music Studies US LA
MUS 133 Introduction to World Music NW LA
NRES 224 Environmental and Climate Justice US SS
NRES 242 Nature and American Culture WCC
PHIL 110 World Religions NW HP
PS 201 US Racial & Ethnic Politics US SS
PS 214 American Indian Law & Politics US SS
PS 241 Comparative Politics in the Global South NW SS
PORT 150 Writing Brazilians into the U.S. US SS
PSYC 236 Madness and Modern Society WCC HP
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 110 World Religions NW HP
REL 160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion WCC HP
REL 223 The Qur'an (Koran) NW LA
REL 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
REL 260 Mystics and Saints in Islam NW LA
REL 287 Introduction to Buddhism NW HP
RUSS 115 Intro to Russian Culture WCC LA
REES 116 Intro to Russian Culture WCC LA
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology WCC HP
SOCW 296 Diversity: Identities & Issues ACP US
SOCW 297 Asian Families in America US SS
SOC 160 Global Ineq and Social Change NW SS
SOC 161 Introduction to Poverty WCC SS
SOC 201 Race, Gender & Power WCC
SOC 202 Sexualities WCC
SOC 225 Race and Ethnicity US SS
SAME 150 Lang&Culture of Arab World NW
SAME 223 The Qur'an (Koran) NW LA
SAME 250 Introduction to Middle East Studies NW
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
TURK 270 Language and Culture in Turkey NW
UP 160 Race, Social Justice, and Cities US
UP 185 Cities in a Global Perspective NW SS
UP 186 Climate Justice NW SS
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