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Program Requirements

Pursuing the Critical Theory Minor:

The Critical Theory Minor requires 18 credits of coursework including:

  • CRIT 498: Critical Theory Seminar (3 credits)
  • GENDER 200: Introduction to Gender Studies (3 credits)
  • ENGL 393: Literary Criticism and Critical Theory (3 credits)
  • PHIL 316: Philosophy and Critical Theory (3 credits)
  • HCS 387: Survey of Critical and Cultural Theory (3 credits)
  • 3 courses from a list across the College of Arts & Sciences (9 credits)

Critical Theory Minor

Course Number and TitleCredits
PHIL 316 Philosophy and Critical Theory3
ENGL 393 Literary Criticism3
GENDER 200 Introduction to Gender Studies3
Choose four (4) courses from at least three (3) fields:
COMM 321 Rhetorical Theories
COMM 331 Message Analysis and Criticism
COMM 371 Communication, Gender, and Diference
COMM 389 Theory and Philosophy of Communication
ED-CIFS 201 Education, Schooling, and Society.
ENGL 390 Ethnic Literature
ENGL 395 Women Writers
ENGL 396 Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 307 Literary Translation
ENGL 425 Rhetoric and Society
FORLNG 340 Topics in French and Francophone Literature
GENDER 301/SOC 471 Feminist Theory
MDS 420 Globalization
PHIL 315 Phenomenology and Existentialism
PHIL 337 Aesthetics
PHIL 441/POLS441 Classical Political Thought
PHIL 442/POLS 442 Modern Political Thought
PHIL 443/POLS443 Contemporary Political Thought
SOC 320 Radical Sociology		12
CRIT 498 Critical Theory Seminar3
Total24

Please note: A course may have a prerequisite that is not required for the minor, but is required prior to take the elective course