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 (9 hours)

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

Elective Courses (12 hours)

Select four of the following (one per program). At least 9 hours must be 3000/4000 level courses.

ARTS 3111 - Twentieth Century Art 3 hours
ARTS 3310 - Issues in Contemporary Art 3 hours
COMM 3000HM - Communication, Gender, and Identity 3 hours
COMM 3350HM - Communication and Sport 3 hours
COMM 3700M - Audience Response to Entertainment Media 3 hours
COMM 3840M - Media, Politics, and Democracy 3 hours
COMM 4998M - Special Topics in Media Communication 1-3 hours
DANC 3000 - History of Dance 3 hours
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
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 3100 - Continental Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 3300 - Philosophy of Science 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 2210 - Muslim Journeys I 3 hours
RELI 3220 - Zen Buddhism I 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 I S 3 hours
THEA 4102 - History of Musical Theatre C 3 hours
THEA 4301 - History of Fashion, Architecture and Decor 3 hours