Formerly Approved General Education Courses

The following list of general educations courses shows the general education status of courses before courses were renumbered. Courses below are shown using the old rubrics and numbers that were in effect prior August 2004. A course taken at any time between the two dates listed counts towards the requirement in that area. If the course was taken at any other time, however, it will not count toward the requirement. Consult an academic advisor if you are unsure whether a given course counts or not.

For a list of current General Education requirements and courses, please see:

www.courses.uiuc.edu

Formerly Approved
General Education Courses
Courses
Title and Remarks
ACP CSW CSNW H&A NST QR SBS
A A E 240 Aerospace Systems Design, I
Only writing-intensive sections count for Advanced Composition.
X
1/95-8/04
           
A A E 241 Areospace Systems Design, II
Crosslisted w/ SP ED.
X
1/95-8/04
           
AAS 100 Introduction to Asian American Studies
    US
8/02-8/04
      SS
8/02-8/04
AAS 184 Asian American Cultures
Same as ANTH 184. See ANTH 184.
    US
8/01-8/04
      SS
8/01-8/04
AAS 210 Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life
Same as E P S 210. See E P S 210.
X
8/93-8/04
  US
8/94-8/04
       
AAS 224 Asian Americans of Hawai'i, Past and Present
Same as SOC 224. See SOC 224.
    US
8/01-8/04
       
AAS 258 Constructing Race: Asians, Africans, Latinoa/os, and Native Americans in America
Same as HIST 258. See HIST 258.
    US
8/02-8/04
HP
8/03-8/04
     
AAS 259 Asian American History
Same as HIST 259. See HIST 259.
    US
1/03-8/04
HP
1/03-8/04
     
AAS 285 Anthropological Issues in the Study of Asian American
Same as ANTH 286. See ANTH 286.
    US
1/02-8/04
      SS
8/03-8/04
AAS 286 Asian American Literature
Same as ENGL 286. See ENGL 286.
    US
1/99-8/04
LA
1/99-8/04
     
AAS 297 Asian Families in America
Same as SOC W 297. See SOC W 297.
    US
8/95-8/04
      SS
8/95-8/04
AAS 300 Asian American Education in Historical and Contemporary Contexts
Same as E P S 300. See E P S 300.
X
8/00-8/04
  US
8/00-8/04
       
ACE 100 Economics of Resources, Agriculture, and Food
            SS
1/95-8/04
ACE 183 Introduction to Fibers and Textiles
Same as NRES 183. See NRES 183.
        PS
8/95-8/04
   
ACE 210 Economics of the Environment
Crosslisted w/ ECON 210, ENVST 210, NRES 210, U P 210.
            SS
8/94-8/04
ACE 251 The World Food Economy
    NW
1/95-8/04
      SS
1/95-8/04
ACE 254 Economic Systems in Africa
Same as AFRST 254. See AFRST 254.
    NW
1/95-8/04
      SS
1/95-8/04
ACE 255 The Economics of Rural Poverty and Development
            SS
8/94-8/04
ACE 261 Statistics for Agricultural and Consumer Economics
          QR1
1/95-8/04
 
AFRO 100 Introduction to Afro-American Studies
    US
8/03-8/04
      SS
8/94-8/04
AFRO 101 History of Black America, 1619-Present
Crosslisted w/ HIST 101.
    US
1/03-8/04
HP
1/03-8/04
     
AFRO 210 Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life
Same as E P S 210. See E P S 210.
X
8/93-8/04
  US
8/94-8/04
       
AFRO 224 Humanistic Perspectives of the Afro-American Experience
Crosslisted w/ C LIT 226.
    US
8/94-8/04
LA
8/94-8/04
     
AFRO 230 Introduction to U.S. Racial and Ethnic Politics
Same as POL S 230. See POL S 230.
    US
1/99-8/04
      SS
1/99-8/04
AFRO 231 African and Indigenous Indians of South America
Same as ANTH 231. See ANTH 231.
    NW
1/99-8/04
      SS
1/99-8/04
AFRO 240 Dancing Black Popular Culture
Same as DANCE 240. See DANCE 240.
    US
8/94-8/04
HP
1/95-8/04
     
AFRO 243 Pan Africanism in the Americas, Europe, and Africa
Same as POL S 243. See POL S 243.
    NW
8/99-8/04
      SS
8/99-8/04
AFRO 244 Social Science Perspectives in Afro-American Studies
            SS
8/94-8/04
AFRO 253 Afro-American History to 1877
Same as HIST 253. See HIST 253.
    US
8/94-8/04
HP
8/94-8/04
     
AFRO 254 Afro-American History Since 1877
Same as HIST 254. See HIST 254.
    US
8/94-8/04
HP
8/94-8/04
     
AFRO 258 Constructing Race: Asians, Africans, Latinoa/os, and Native Americans in America
Same as HIST 258. See HIST 258.
    US
8/02-8/04
HP
8/03-8/04
     
AFRO 259 Afro-American Literature, I
Same as ENGL 259. See ENGL 259.
    US
8/94-8/04
       
AFRO 260 Afro-American Literature, II
Same as ENGL 260. See ENGL 260.
    US
8/94-8/04
       
AFRO 261 Afro-American Societies and Cultures
Same as ANTH 261. See ANTH 261.
    US
8/94-8/04
      SS
8/94-8/04
AFRO 271 African-American Women's History
Same as HIST 271. See HIST 271.
    US
8/96-8/04
       
AFRO 272 Minority Images in U.S. Film
Same as ENGL 272. See ENGL 272.
X
8/96-8/04
  US
8/96-8/04
LA
8/96-8/04
     
AFRO 300 Literature of the African Diaspora in the Americas
Crosslisted w/ C LIT 300.
    US
8/94-8/04
       
AFRO 374 History of the Black Freedom Movement, 1955-Present
Crosslisted w/ HIST 374.
X
1/03-8/04
           
AFRST 209 Constructions of African and Caribbean Identity
Same as FR 240. See FR 240.
    NW
8/01-8/04
       
AFRST 210 Introduction to Modern African Literature
Crosslisted w/ C LIT 210, ENGL 211.
    NW
8/94-8/04
LA
8/94-8/04
     
AFRST 213 African Oral Literature
Crosslisted w/ ANTH 213, C LIT 213.
    NW
8/94-8/04
LA
8/94-8/04
     
AFRST 214 Introduction to African Folklore
    NW
8/94-8/99
       
AFRST 222 Introduction to Modern Africa
Crosslisted w/ ANTH 222, POL S 222, SOC 222.
    NW
8/94-8/04
      SS
8/94-8/04
AFRST 223 Memoirs of Africa
Same as ANTH 223. See ANTH 223.
X
8/98-8/04
  NW
8/98-8/04
       
AFRST 243 Pan Africanism in the Americas, Europe, and Africa
Same as POL S 243. See POL S 243.
    NW
8/99-8/04
      SS
8/99-8/04
AFRST 254 Economic Systems in Africa
Crosslisted w/ ACE 254.
    NW
1/95-8/04
      SS
1/95-8/04
AFRST 266 African Film and African Society
Same as ANTH 266. See ANTH 266.
    NW
1/95-8/04
       
AGCOM 214 Educational Campaign Planning
Crosslisted w/ JOURN 214.
X
8/92-8/04
           
AGCOM 273 Presenting Environmental Information
Crosslisted w/ ENVST 273, NRES 273.
X
8/95-8/04
           
AGCOM 275 Environmental Communications
X
8/95-1/01
           
AGCOM 310 Agricultural Information Systems
X
1/93-8/99
           
AGCOM 320 Rural-Urban Communications
X
1/93-8/99
          SS
-8/04
AGCOM 348 Communication in Environmental Social Movements
Crosslisted w/ ENVST 345, NRES 358, SOC 345.
X
8/95-1/01
           
ANSCI 110 Life With Animals and Biotechnology
        LS
8/00-8/04
   
ANSCI 150 World Animal Resources
X
1/96-8/04
           
ANSCI 215 Humane Education with Companion Animals
X
1/04-8/04
           
ANSCI 231 Biology of Reproduction
Crosslisted w/ BIOL 231, IB 231.
        LS
1/97-8/04
   
ANTH 102 Anthropology: Human Origins and Culture
            SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 103 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
            SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 104 Talking Culture
Crosslisted w/ LING 104.
            SS
8/00-8/04
ANTH 105 Introductory World Archaeology
      HP
8/94-8/04
     
ANTH 107 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
X
1/93-8/95
    HP
1/94-8/04
     
ANTH 108 The Sacred Mind: Religion and Society in Western Thought from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Same as RELST 108. See RELST 108.
  W
8/97-8/04
  HP
1/97-8/04
     
ANTH 109 The Secular Mind: Religion and Society in Western Thought from the Enlightenment to the Present
Same as RELST 109. See RELST 109.
  W
8/97-8/04
  HP
1/97-8/04
     
ANTH 112 Symbols in Anthropology
            SS
8/97-8/04
ANTH 143 Biological Bases of Human Behavior
Crosslisted w/ HDFS 143.
        LS
8/94-8/04
   
ANTH 149 Evolution and Human Disease
        LS
1/99-8/04
   
ANTH 150 Novel Archaeology
      HP
1/94-8/04
     
ANTH 157 The Archaeology of Illinois
      HP
1/94-8/04
     
ANTH 160 Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
    US
1/99-8/04
      SS
8/99-8/04
ANTH 161 The Holocaust and Its Meanings
  W
8/01-8/04
         
ANTH 165 Languages and Peoples of Native North America
    NW
8/97-8/04
       
ANTH 168 Introduction to the Civilization of India
Same as HIST 168. See HIST 168.
    NW
8/94-8/04
HP
8/94-8/04
     
ANTH 175 Archaeology and the Public
      HP
1/03-8/04
     
ANTH 180 Anthropological and Archaeological Perspectives on Death
  W
8/96-8/04
        SS
8/96-8/04
ANTH 182 Peoples and Cultures of South America
    NW
8/94-8/04
      SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 184 Asian American Cultures
Crosslisted w/ AAS 184, SOC 184.
    US
8/01-8/04
      SS
8/01-8/04
ANTH 185 An Introduction to Contemporary Korean Society Through Film
Same as EALC 185. See EALC 185.
    NW
8/00-8/04
       
ANTH 186 Southeast Asian Civilizations
Crosslisted w/ AS ST 186, HIST 172.
    NW
8/94-8/04
HP
8/94-8/04
     
ANTH 190 American Jewish Culture
    US
8/99-8/04
       
ANTH 209 Food, Culture and Society
Crosslisted w/ SOC 209.
            SS
8/01-8/04
ANTH 210 Comparative Family Organization
Same as HDFS 210. See HDFS 210.
            SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 213 African Oral Literature
Same as AFRST 213. See AFRST 213.
    NW
8/94-8/04
LA
8/94-8/04
     
ANTH 221 Materials and Civilization: An Overview of Archaeometry
            SS
8/00-8/04
ANTH 222 Introduction to Modern Africa
Same as AFRST 222. See AFRST 222.
    NW
8/94-8/04
      SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 223 Memoirs of Africa
Crosslisted w/ AFRST 223.
X
8/98-8/04
  NW
8/98-8/04
       
ANTH 225 Women in Prehistory
Crosslisted w/ W S 225.
            SS
1/99-8/04
ANTH 231 African and Indigenous Indians of South America
Crosslisted w/ AFRO 231.
    NW
1/99-8/04
      SS
1/99-8/04
ANTH 244 Anthropology of Play
Same as KINES 244. See KINES 244.
X
1/95-8/04
           
ANTH 258 People of the Ice Age
      HP
1/94-8/04
     
ANTH 260 Peoples of the World: Introduction to Ethnography
            SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 261 Afro-American Societies and Cultures
Crosslisted w/ AFRO 261.
    US
8/94-8/04
      SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 262 Cultural Images of Women
Crosslisted w/ W S 262.
            SS
8/94-8/04
ANTH 263 Cultural Dynamics of Modern Asia
Crosslisted w/ AS ST 263.
    NW
8/94-8/95
      SS
8/94-8/95
ANTH 266 African Film and African Society
Crosslisted w/ AFRST 266.
    NW
1/95-8/04
       
ANTH 268 Images of the Other: Anthropological Perspectives
X
8/97-8/04
W
8/97-8/04
  HP
1/97-8/04
     
ANTH 269 Latinas & Latinos Challenging the Anthropological and Literary Landscape
Crosslisted w/ LLS 269.
    US
1/96-8/04
       
ANTH 270 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Advanced Composition version now taught as ANTH 271.
X
8/93-8/01
           
ANTH 271 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (Advanced Composition)
X
8/01-8/04
           
ANTH 276 Aztec Civilization
    NW
1/96-8/04
       
ANTH 277 Anthropological Perspectives on Cities and the Built Environment
  W
1/98-8/04
        SS
1/98-8/04
ANTH 281 Introduction to Chinese Culture and Society
Crosslisted w/ EALC 281.
    NW
8/98-8/04
       
ANTH 282 Body, Personhood, and Culture
            SS
1/02-8/04
ANTH 286 Anthropological Issues in the Study of Asian American
Crosslisted w/ AAS 285.
    US
1/02-8/04
      SS
8/03-8/04
ANTH 287 Asian American Experiences
Crosslisted w/ SOC 287.
    US
8/95-8/01
      SS
8/94-1/01
ANTH 288 American Indians of Illinois
Crosslisted w/ HIST 288.
    US
1/04-8/04
HP
1/04-8/04
     
ARCH 215 Buildings, Land, and Cultural Traditions: Diversity and Change
Same as L A 215. See L A 215.
  W
8/94-8/04
         
ART&D 140 Introduction to Art
      LA
8/95-8/04
     
ARTHI 101 Introduction to East Asian Art: China and Japan
Crosslisted w/ EALC 120.
    NW
8/97-8/04
       
ARTHI 110 Introduction to Non-Western Art: Africa, the Americas, and Oceania
    NW
8/94-8/04
       
ARTHI 112 Renaissance and Modern Art
      LA
1/94-8/04
     
ARTHI 115 Art Appreciation
      LA
1/94-8/04
     
ARTHI 217 The Development of the Ancient City
Same as CLCIV 231. See CLCIV 231.
  W
8/94-8/04
  HP
8/94-8/04
     
ARTHI 241 Twentieth-Century European Art
      LA
8/94-8/04
     
AS ST 104 Asian Mythology
Same as RELST 104. See RELST 104.
    NW
8/94-8/04
HP
8/94-8/04
     
AS ST 186 Southeast Asian Civilizations
Same as ANTH 186. See ANTH 186.
    NW
8/94-8/04
HP
8/94-8/04
     
AS ST 218 Cultural Landscapes of South Asia
Same as L A 218. See L A 218.
    NW
8/00-8/04
LA
1/01-8/04
     
AS ST 263 Cultural Dynamics of Modern Asia
Same as ANTH 263. See ANTH 263.
    NW
8/94-8/95
      SS
8/94-8/95
ASTR 100 Perspectives in Astronomy
        PS
8/94-8/04
   
ASTR 113 The Sky
        PS
8/94-8/04
   
ASTR 121 The Solar System
        PS
1/94-8/04
QR2
8/03-8/04
 
ASTR 122 Stars and Galaxies
        PS
1/94-8/04
QR2
1/03-8/04
 
ASTR 210 General Astronomy
        PS
1/96-8/04
   
ASTR 230 Extraterrestrial Life
        PS
8/97-8/04
   
ASTR 250 Introduction to Cosmology
        PS
8/97-8/04
   
ASTR 301 Scientific Writing for Astronomers
X
8/96-8/04
           
ATMOS 100 Introduction to Meteorology
Must be taken at UIUC to receive QR2 credit.
        PS
8/94-8/04
QR2
8/02-8/04
 
ATMOS 120 Severe and Unusual Weather
        PS
5/96-8/04
   
ATMOS 130 People in the Changing Earth System
Crosslisted w/ GEOG 130, GEOL 130.
        PS
8/96-8/04
   
ATMOS 140 Climate and Global Change
        PS
8/94-8/04
   
B&T W 250 Principles of Business Writing
X
1/95-8/04
           
B&T W 251 Business and Administrative Communication
X
8/91-1/95
           
B&T W 252 Technical Communication
X
8/91-1/95
           
B&T W 253 Business and Administrative Communication
X
1/95-8/02
           
B&T W 261 Technical and Scientific Communication
X
1/95-8/04
           
B&T W 263 Writing in the Disciplines and the Professions
X
1/95-8/04
           
BIOCH 355 Biochemistry Laboratory
BIOCH 355 and 360 are approved as a sequence. Both courses must be completed to obtain Composition II credit.
X
1/94-8/96
           
BIOCH 360 Biochemistry Senior Seminar
X
8/96-8/04
           
BIOL 100 Biological Sciences
Same as IB 100. See IB 100.
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 101 Biological Sciences
Same as IB 101. See IB 101.
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 105 Insects and People
Same as IB 109. See IB 109.
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 106 Heredity and Society
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 107 Evolution
        LS
1/94-1/02
   
BIOL 108 Biology of Human Aging
        LS
1/94-1/02
   
BIOL 120 Genetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 121 Ecology and Organismic Biology
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 122 Molecular and Cellular Biology
        LS
1/94-8/04
   
BIOL 231 Biology of Reproduction
Same as ANSCI 231. See ANSCI 231.
        LS
1/97-8/04
   
BIOL 250 The Cell
Crosslisted w/ IB 250.
X
8/93-8/04
           
C E 210 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
X
8/93-8/99
           
C LIT 111 The Bible as Literature
Same as RELST 101. See RELST 101.
      LA
8/94-8/04
     
C LIT 115 Russian Masterpieces in Translation, I
Same as RUSS 115. See RUSS 115.
      LA
8/94-1/04
     
C LIT 116 Russian Masterpieces in Translation, II
Same as RUSS 116. See RUSS 116.
      LA
8/94-1/04
     
C LIT 117 Russian and East European Science Fiction
Same as SLAV 117. See SLAV 117.
      LA
1/96-8/04
     
C LIT 120 Origins of Western Literature
Same as CLCIV 120. See CLCIV 120.
  W
8/94-8/04
  LA
8/94-8/04
     
C LIT 121 Jewish Storytelling: From the Russian Shtetl to New York
Same as YDSH 120. See YDSH 120.
  W
1/00-8/04
  LA
1/00-8/04
     
C LIT 141 Masterpieces of Western Culture I
X
8/93-8/03
W
8/93-8/04
  LA
8/93-8/04
     
C LIT 142 Masterpieces of Western Culture II
X
8/93-8/03
W
8/94-8/04
  LA
8/94-8/04
     
C LIT 151 Cross-Cultural Thematics
      LA
8/96-8/04
     
C LIT 155</