Critical Theory Minor
Double-counting note: Weinberg College prohibits double-counting a minor course toward some other major or minor, except where this is explicitly permitted in this catalog. Weinberg College does allow double-counting a minor course toward a general bachelor's degree requirement (i.e. degree requirements other than majors or minors). Other programs or schools may have their own restrictions that supersede this, so check the relevant parts of this catalog for possible limits.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Minor Requirements (6 units) | |
| COMP_LIT 207-0/PHIL 220-0 | Introduction to Critical Theory |
| 5 interdisciplinary 300-level courses approved by the program, including at least 1 course in each of three generally defined fields: | |
literary theory | |
political theory | |
philosophy | |
A quarterly list of approved courses may be obtained from the program director or on the program website prior to registration. Students may petition the director of undergraduate studies to count courses not listed or to substitute 1 200-level course for a 300-level course.
Approved 300-level courses
Consult program for additional options, particularly among topics courses where content varies.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| BLK_ST 325-0 | Education for Black Liberation |
| BLK_ST 334-0 | Gender and Black Masculinity |
| BLK_ST 339-0 | Unsettling Whiteness |
| COMM_ST 315-0 | Rhetoric of Social Movements |
| COMM_ST 317-0 | Voice, Violence, and Democracy |
| GSS 324-0 | US Gay and Lesbian History |
| or HISTORY 324-0 | US Gay and Lesbian History |
| GSS 381-0 | Queer Theory |
| GERMAN 335-0 | 'Minority' Voices in Germany |
| HISTORY 340-0 | Gender, War, and Revolution in the 20th Century |
| PHIL 313-1 | Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' I |
| PHIL 319-0 | Existentialism and Its Sources |
| POLI_SCI 303-0 | Modernity and Its Discontents |
| POLI_SCI 306-0 | American Political Thought |
| POLI_SCI 307-0 | Deportation Law and Politics |
| POLI_SCI 308-0 | Critical Theory and the Study of Politics |
| POLI_SCI 327-0 | African American Politics |
| POLI_SCI 337-0 | Gender and Politics |
| POLI_SCI 361-0 | Democracy and Autocracy |
| POLI_SCI 384-0 | International Responses to Mass Atrocities |
| RELIGION 316-0 | Religion and the Body in China |
| RELIGION 382-0 | Religion, Law, & Politics: Politics of Religious Diversity |
| or POLI_SCI 382-0 | Religion, Law, & Politics: Politics of Religious Diversity |
| SOCIOL 356-0 | Sociology of Gender |
| SPANISH 342-0 | Race and Representation in Latin America |
| SPANISH 344-0 | Borges |
| SPANISH 347-0 | Literature and Revolution in Latin America |