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
PCUL 1100 - Introduction to Popular Culture

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