Requirements - 30 credits, a total of 10 courses
In addition to the 2 CST seminars, majors will take one course in each of the 3 areas (below) and 5 electives. Any of these courses may be double counted for another major and CST.
1. Seminars: (6 credits, 2 courses)
A. Intro to Cultural Studies: CST 2100 (3 credits) offered in the Spring semester
Theoretical basis of cultural studies is covered; students are introduced to the most common methods of research in these areas.
B. Capstone seminar CST 4100: (3 credits) offered in the Fall semester
Seniors will take the capstone seminar on the application of different theoretical approaches to the study of different cultural phenomena and praxis.
2. Other required courses (9 credits, 3 courses) one course from of each group
A. Communication and representation (3 credits, 1 course)
Other courses might qualify for the thematic requirement. Pls. check the courses offered each semster on the right side of the page.
A. Representation of Culture (3 credits, 1 course)
B. Identity and Race (3 credits, 1 course)
C. Gender relations (3 credits, 1 course)
3. Sample Electives (15 credits, 5 courses) (the list of electives is published every semester)
COM 3342 - International Cinema
COM 2340 - Theories of Visual Communication & Culture
COM 3202 - Rhetoric, Identity & Conflict
COM 3244 - Folklore & Oral Traditions
COM 3354 - Media Criticism
ENG 2043 - Writing About US Pop Culture
ENG 2510 – Black Literature: Novel
ENG 2520 – Black Literature: Short Story
ENG 2530 – Harlem Renaissance
ENG 2730/1 – Introduction to African Literature – I-II
ENG 2735 - African Drama
FRE 2218 - Francophone Writers & Cultural Identity
HIS 4090 - Women in the Middle East
HIS 3352 - 20th C European Culture & Soc
HIS2278 - Native American History
PJ 5500 - Politics of Whiteness
PHI 2400 - Social & Political Philosophy
THL 4310 - War and Morality
THL 5180 - Islamic Political Thought
PSC 0261 - Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
PSC 0290 - International Relations
PSC 2750 - Black Politics
PSC 5500 - Africa in World Politics
PSC 6150 - Politics and Literature
PSY 2400 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
SOC 3750 - Human Populations
SOC 3900 - Social InequalitySeminars: (6 credits, 2 courses)
