Students may take any of the following courses to fulfill the Standard Concentration. This list is not exhaustive, however, and students can take other courses that may fit this concentration in consultation with their advisor. Three of these courses must be at the 300-level.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE | ||
| GLOBAL ASIA | ||
| TOPICS IN ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| JAPANESE AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE US/CHICAGO | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AND BLACK DIASPORA STUDIES | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICA: PEOPLES, CULTURES, IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS | ||
| RACE AND RACISM | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | ||
| THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| BLACKS AND LOVE | ||
| RACE, SCIENCE AND WHITE SUPREMACY | ||
| STEREOTYPES AND BLACK IDENTITY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND THE QUESTION OF RACE | ||
| MIXED RACE AMERICAN IDENTITY | ||
| SURVEY OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT | ||
| BLACK AESTHETIC THOUGHT | ||
| HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND NEGRITUDE | ||
| BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENTS | ||
| BLACK MUSIC IN AMERICAN CULTURE | ||
| RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | ||
| RACE AND ETHNICITY IN LITERARY STUDIES | ||
| JAZZ AND THE DIASPORIC IMAGINATION | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1800 | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, 1900 TO PRESENT | ||
| DIMENSIONS OF BLACK FAMILY LIFE | ||
| RADICAL AESTHETICS OF HIP HOP | ||
| WHAT IS BLACK CINEMA? | ||
| BLACK FEMINIST THEORIES IN A U.S. CONTEXT | ||
| PAN-AFRICANISM | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | ||
| RECONSTRUCTION AND THE RISE OF JIM CROW | ||
| VOTING, REPRESENTATION, AND THE LAW | ||
| TOPICS IN PUBLIC LAW | ||
| AFRICAN- AMERICAN FICTION | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN DRAMA AND POETRY | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY 1940-1960 | ||
| THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT | ||
| RACE, MEDIA, AND REPRESENTATION | ||
| BLACK FEMINIST THEORY | ||
| BLACK WOMEN'S LIVES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO U.S. POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES | ||
| PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN IDENTITIES | ||
| AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY AND CULTURE | ||
| UNITED STATES POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| AMERICAN BUDDHISMS: RACE AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY | ||
| ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORIES | ||
| CHICAGO HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND CULTURES | ||
| IN THEIR OWN VOICES: AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ||
| AMERICAN ETHNICITIES 1800-1945 | ||
| PACIFIC WORLD: NORTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC, 1776 - 1945 | ||
| HISTORY OF SEX IN AMERICA 1: COLONIAL TO LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY | ||
| HISTORY OF SEX IN AMERICA 2: LATE VICTORIANS TO THE PRESENT | ||
| LGBTQ+ HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES, WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT | ||
| POLITICS AND HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR | ||
| HISTORY AND U.S. POPULAR MEDIA | ||
| AMERICAN VOICES: TO 1860 | ||
| AMERICAN VOICES: FROM 1860 ONWARD | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES THEORIES AND METHODS | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN MATERIAL CULTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS, INSTITUTIONS, AND VALUES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND LITERARY MOVEMENTS | ||
| POWER, OPPRESSION, RESISTANCE: APPROACHES TO CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE: 1890s - 1930s | ||
| SEX, GENDER AND SOCIAL MEDIA | ||
| AMERICAN FILM | ||
| THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF MODERN AMERICA | ||
| MATERIAL CULTURE OF EARLY AMERICA | ||
| TELEVISION AND AMERICAN IDENTITY | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES IN THE U.S./AMERICAS | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN SOCIAL AND LITERARY MOVEMENTS | ||
| INTERNSHIP | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN MATERIAL CULTURE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS, INSTITUTIONS, AND VALUES | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| AMERICAN STUDIES COLLOQUIUM | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS | ||
| MATERIAL CULTURE OF MODERN AMERICA | ||
| MATERIAL CULTURE AND DOMESTIC LIFE | ||
| HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHICAGO | ||
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK | ||
| ARCHEOLOGY OF CITIES | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY AND MUSEUMS | ||
| MUSEUM EDUCATION | ||
| HERITAGE DISPLAYS AND MUSEUMS | ||
| AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE LITERATURE | ||
| ARTS IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY | ||
| DEAF CULTURE | ||
| DEAF-BLIND COMMUNITY | ||
| CRITICAL ETHNIC STUDIES | ||
| MOBILITY AND THE STATE | ||
| CITIES AND RACIAL FORMATION | ||
| BORDERS AND MIGRATION | ||
| RACE AND THE MEDIA | ||
| PERFORMANCE: COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY AND THE BODY | ||
| ASIAN-AMERICAN MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS | ||
| PERFORMANCE OF GENDER & SEXUALITY | ||
| PERFORMANCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| PERFORMANCE OF HUMOR | ||
| THE LITERATURE OF IDENTITY | ||
| FEMINIST LITERATURE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM | ||
| CRIME AND THE MEDIA | ||
| LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | ||
| CORRECTIONS | ||
| RACE, CLASS, GENDER AND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM | ||
| CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS | ||
| LATINOS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | ||
| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | ||
| GANGS IN SOCIETY | ||
| COMMUNITIES AND CRIME | ||
| COMMUNITY NON-VIOLENCE | ||
| CRIMES OF THE STATE | ||
| SCHOOL VIOLENCE, DISCIPLINE AND JUSTICE | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGY | ||
| STATISTICS IN CRIMINOLOGY | ||
| CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY | ||
| 21ST CENTURY POLICING | ||
| US POLITICAL PRISONERS AND CRIMES OF CONSCIENCE | ||
| DRUGS AND SOCIETY | ||
| WHITE COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME | ||
| RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PRISON | ||
| LAW AND POLITICS: PRISON POLICIES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | ||
| COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS | ||
| CRITCAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: THE CHICAGO CONTEXT | ||
| ART IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN EMPIRE | ||
| HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S. | ||
| URBAN ECONOMICS | ||
| MARKET STRUCTURE AND REGULATION OF BUSINESS | ||
| AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY | ||
| LABOR ECONOMICS AND ORGANIZATION | ||
| ECONOMICS AND GENDER | ||
| DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT | ||
| THE AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| LITERATURE AND IDENTITY | ||
| LATINX LITERATURE | ||
| LGBTQ LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1830 | ||
| 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO 1920 | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1900 | ||
| TOPICS IN GENRE STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN 20TH-CENTURY FICTION | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| MULTIETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE U.S. | ||
| NATIVE LITERATURE | ||
| STUDIES IN SHORT FICTION | ||
| WOMEN AND LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN LATINX LITERATURE | ||
| TOPICS IN LGBTQ LITERATURE | ||
| IDEAS OF NATURE | ||
| NATIONAL PARKS HISTORY | ||
| CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| URBANIZATION | ||
| URBAN GEOGRAPHY - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING | ||
| GEOPOLITICS | ||
| RACE, JUSTICE, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | ||
| HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHICAGO | ||
| CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY | ||
| SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION | ||
| URBAN PLANNING | ||
| GEOGRAPHY, FOOD AND JUSTICE | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ARTS OF THE AMERICAS | ||
| AMERICAN ART | ||
| HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN | ||
| HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| MODERN ARCHITECTURE | ||
| MUSEUM AND NON-PROFIT ARTS MANAGEMENT | ||
| CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (WORLD CITIES) | ||
| THE EVOLVING MUSEUM: HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1800 | ||
| UNITED STATES, 1800-1900 | ||
| UNITED STATES, 1900-PRESENT | ||
| HISTORY OF CHICAGO | ||
| HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S. | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1800 | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1800-1900 | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1900 TO PRESENT | ||
| MUSEUMS, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEMORY: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY | ||
| WESTWARD EXPANSION IN U.S. | ||
| HISTORY OF US NATIONAL PARKS | ||
| IDEAS OF NATURE IN US HISTORY | ||
| ASIAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRATION AND HISTORY, 1840-1965 | ||
| HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| WOMEN IN UNITED STATES HISTORY | ||
| AMERICAN HISTORY AND FILM/TV | ||
| U.S. LABOR HISTORY | ||
| INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS | ||
| LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| THE OLD SOUTH | ||
| IMMIGRANT AMERICA | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY | ||
| U.S. WOMEN'S HISTORY | ||
| DOING DIGITAL HISTORY | ||
| US-MEXICAN BORDERLANDS | ||
| SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA | ||
| REVOLUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA | ||
| AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY | ||
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | ||
| ANTEBELLUM AMERICA | ||
| THE CIVIL WAR ERA | ||
| EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA, 1877-1914 | ||
| THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL ERA | ||
| THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1940 | ||
| HISTORY OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| THE AMERICAN WEST IN THE 20TH CENTURY | ||
| RECONSTRUCTION AND THE RISE OF JIM CROW | ||
| GENDER, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA | ||
| AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE 1890s-1930s | ||
| CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE | ||
| BORDERLANDS AND FRONTIERS IN AMERICA | ||
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
| UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1865 | ||
| THE COURT AND THE U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS | ||
| TOPICS IN PUBLIC HISTORY | ||
| DOING LOCAL AND COMMUNITY HISTORY | ||
| PUBLIC HISTORY INTERNSHIP | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY | ||
| ORAL HISTORY: MEMORY, METHOD AND PRACTICE | ||
| IDENTITIES AND BOUNDARIES | ||
| MIGRATION AND FORCED MIGRATION | ||
| CULTURE AND INEQUALITY | ||
| GLOBAL EMPIRES | ||
| RACE, SEX, DIFFERENCE | ||
| NATURE, SOCIETY AND POWER | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER STUDIES [SSMW] | ||
| LGBTQ+ HEALTH MATTERS | ||
| LGBTQ+ HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES, WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQ LITERATURE | ||
| QUEER PIONEERS: CULTURE, GENDER, AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM | ||
| LGBTQ POLITICS | ||
| SEXUAL JUSTICE: LESBIANS, GAYS AND THE LAW | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| QUEER THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION | ||
| LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| CONSTRUCTING LATINO COMMUNITIES | ||
| MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES ACROSS THE AMERICAS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. PEOPLE, RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE, TECHNOLOGY | ||
| LATINO COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT | ||
| LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO | ||
| GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S. | ||
| MOTHERHOOD IN LATINO COMMUNITIES | ||
| SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. | ||
| LATINA/O SEXUALITIES | ||
| GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS | ||
| INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUGGLES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES | ||
| MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES | ||
| DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION | ||
| COMICS STUDIES | ||
| HISTORY OF TELEVISION & RADIO | ||
| MEDIA ETHICS | ||
| THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: HOLLYWOOD IN THE 1960S | ||
| TOPICS IN FILM GENRE | ||
| TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN TELEVISION STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN NEW MEDIA | ||
| TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES | ||
| SEX IN THE BOX: U.S. TELEVISION, SEX, AND SEXUALITY | ||
| TOPICS IN COMICS STUDIES | ||
| TOPICS IN CULT STUDIES | ||
| B-MOVIES | ||
| FANDOM & PARTICIPATORY CULTURE | ||
| BLACKNESS IN AMERICAN TV | ||
| TOPICS IN FAN STUDIES | ||
| MONSTERS IN POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| HORROR FILMS | ||
| SPORTS FANDOM | ||
| MUSIC INDUSTRIES AND CULTURE | ||
| TIME TRAVEL ON TELEVISION | ||
| ADAPTATION: MOVIES/TV/NOVELS/COMICS/TOYS/VIDEO GAMES | ||
| WRITING TELEVISION CRITICISM | ||
| AUDIO DOCUMENTARY | ||
| LATINO/A TELEVISION AND MEDIA | ||
| JAZZ | ||
| SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND RACE | ||
| AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN ISSUES | ||
| ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT | ||
| URBAN POVERTY | ||
| APPLIED URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | ||
| PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS | ||
| INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| PUBLIC SPACES AND SOCIAL CONTROL | ||
| THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM | ||
| AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN AND POLITICS | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| TOPICS IN POLITICAL CULTURE | ||
| CONGRESS AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS | ||
| URBAN POLITICS | ||
| STATE POLITICS | ||
| AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY | ||
| LAW AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS | ||
| MASS MEDIA AND AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| URBAN POLICYMAKING | ||
| CHICAGO GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
| INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN SOCIETY | ||
| PUBLIC OPINION | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS | ||
| AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT | ||
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN POLITICAL THOUGHT | ||
| THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | ||
| WOMEN AND THE LAW | ||
| IMMIGRATION LAW | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILD | ||
| THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS | ||
| BLACK INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS | ||
| SLAVERY, RACE AND RELIGION | ||
| RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
| SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE | ||
| POLICING THE MARGINS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE U.S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | ||
| RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE CITY | ||
| URBAN SOCIOLOGY | ||
| RESISTING WHITE SUPREMACY | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION | ||
| LAW, POWER AND RESISTANCE | ||
| STREET GANGS | ||
| SOCIAL INEQUALITY | ||
| POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| CLASS, POWER AND DECISION MAKING IN THE CITY | ||
| WOMEN'S LIVES:RACE/CLASS/GENDER | ||
| GROWING UP FEMALE IN THE U.S. | ||
| GENDER AND EDUCATION | ||
| INTERSECTIONAL & TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST FORMATIONS | ||
| DECONSTRUCTING THE DIVA | ||
| BLACK FEMINIST THEORIES IN A U.S. CONTEXT | ||
| GENDER, VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE | ||
| GENDER AND FAMILIES | ||
| ANTIRACIST FEMINISMS | ||
| REPRESENTATIONS OF THE BODY | ||
| WOMEN AND LAW | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| BLACK WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES: VARIABLE TOPICS | ||
| QUEER THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION |