Fall Course Options: Medieval Studies Courses

The Medieval Studies Program just produced their list of Fall 2012 course offerings, available here. Many of these are gen eds, and which gen eds they fulfill is noted in the course descriptions. <Insert obligatory "Let's get medieval" joke here.>

Fall Course Options: Intro Swedish & Scandinavian Gen Eds

Students are warmly welcomed to introductory Swedish, SCAN 101, which has a seats available. This is an interactive, communicative class taught by an award-winning instructor, Dr. Mark Safstrom. Students enrolled in this class and the Swedish Language Sequence (SCAN 101-104) report good camaraderie, including as part of the extra-curricular student-run organization the Scandinavian Club. 
Please also consider the following courses offered by the program:
LAS GEN EDs:
SCAN 225 Vikings and Volvos
SCAN 251 Viking Mythology
SCAN 252 Viking Sagas
For more information about the Scandinavian Studies Program and the Scandinavian Studies Minor, please see http://www.germanic.illinois.edu/scandinavian/

New Fall Gen Ed Option: AIS 285 Indigenous Thinkers

Here's the blurb I just got about a new course that was just added to the fall schedule. It's a gen ed (HP, NW).

AIS 285: Indigenous Thinkers. MW 4-5:15

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a Hist&Philosoph Perspect, and Non-Western Cultures course.

An introduction to the English-language traditions of indigenous intellectuals. Specific topics vary. May be repeated in the same term to a maximum of 6 hours. May be repeated in subsequent terms to a maximum of 9 hours.