Popular Culture Minor

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Requirements for the Minor (18 hours)

All courses must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better to be applied towards graduation requirements.

Lower Division Required Courses (6 hours)

COMM 1050 - Introduction to Media Communication 3 hours
PCUL 1100 - Introduction to Popular Culture 3 hours

Elective Courses (12 hours)

Select 4 of the following: must be from different programs and at least 9 hours must be 3000-4000 level.

Pre-requisites may be required for 3000-4000 level courses. Any courses that do fullfill PCUL minor requirements but that are prerequisites for courses listed below will apply to general elective hours, but not toward the minor.

ARTS 3111 - Twentieth Century Art 3 hours
ARTS 3310 - Issues in Contemporary Art 3 hours
COMM 3350HM - Communication and Sport 3 hours
COMM 3420M - Gender, Race, and Media 3 hours
COMM 3840M - Media, Politics, and Democracy 3 hours
Any CINE course
EDUC 3008 - Children’s Literature 3 hours
EDUC 3013 - Literature, Language Arts & Reading 3 hours
ENGL 3102 - British Romanticism 3 hours
ENGL 3104 - Victorian Poetry and Prose 3 hours
ENGL 3105 - 19th Century British Novel 3 hours
ENGL 3109 - Twentieth-Century British Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3204 - American Realism and Naturalism 3 hours
ENGL 3206 - American Modernism and Post-Modernism 3 hours
ENGL 3208 - American Ethnic Literatures 3 hours
ENGL 3215 - Wilderness Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3216 - Southern Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3217 - Appalachian Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3301 - Non-European World Literature, Special Topics 3 hours
ENGL 3308 - Postcolonial Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3401 - History of the English Language 3 hours
ENGL 3405 - Women in Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3503 - Contemporary Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3505 - Intro to Literary Criticism and Theory 3 hours
ENGL 4996 - Seminar: Special Topics in Brit Lit 3 hours
ENGL 4997 - Seminar: Special Topics in American Lit 3 hours
ENGL 4998 - Seminar: Special Topics in World Lit 3 hours
HIST 3003 - The Third Reich and the Holocaust 3 hours
HIST 3006 - 20th Century European History 3 hours
HIST 3063 - The Cold War 3 hours
HIST 4062 - American Film History 3 hours
HIST 4066 - Film History & Global Cinema 3 hours
HIST 4070 - America’s Greatest Crimes & Trials 3 hours
PHIL 2200 - Environmental Ethics 3 hours
PHIL 2220 - Philosophy of Language 3 hours
PHIL 2300 - Philosophy of Film and Pop Culture 3 hours
PHIL 2330 - Phenomenology and Existentialism 3 hours
PHIL 3310 - Feminist Philosophies 3 hours
MUSI 2100 - History of Rock 3 hours
MUSI 3303 - History of Musical Theatre I 3 hours
RELI 3220 - Buddhist Philosophical Tradition 3 hours
RELI 4996 - Special Topics I 3 hours
SPAN 3300 - Introduction to Modern Hispanic Cinema 3 hours
SPAN 3500 - Hispanic Cultural Heritage in US 3 hours
SPAN 3900 - Topics in Hispanic Literature & Culture 3 hours
SPAN 4101 - Peninsular Literature & Culture I 3 hours
SPAN 4102 - Peninsular Literature & Culture II 3 hours
SPAN 4201 - Survey of Spanish-Amer Lit & Culture I 3 hours
SPAN 4202 - Survey of Spanish-Amer Literature & Culture II 3 hours
THEA 3101 - Theatre History 3 hours