Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies, Minor

The Minor in Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies provides students with an opportunity to study literatures and cultures in more contexts and forms of diversity. Students explore the ways in which the academic study of diverse literatures and cultures is linked to other disciplines that focus on particular aspects of diversity. Students may select from a wide range of courses in African American Literature and Culture, Africana Studies, American Indian Literature and Culture, Anthropology, Latino/Latina Literature and Culture, Women’s and Gender Studies, and History.

Program Requirements

The Minor in Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies consists of 18 credit hours at the 2000-level and above.

Required Courses (9 credit hours)

ENGL 2100 - Writing About Literature (3) (W)

Select one of the following:

ENGL 2301 - Introduction to African American Literature (3)
ENGL 3050 - Introduction to American Indian Literary Studies (3)
ENGL 3050 - U.S. Latino/Latina Writers (3)
ENGL 4104 - Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature (3)

Select one of the following:

Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

For the remaining 9 hours, students select courses pertaining to topics in Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies from an approved distribution list (see below). Other courses that do not appear on the list, especially topics courses and independent study courses, may be approved if they pertain to diversity-related topics.

African American Literature

Select one course:

ENGL 3050 - Early Black American Literature (3) *
ENGL 3157 - Twentieth Century Black American Literature: Prose (3)
ENGL 3158 - Gender and African American Literature (3)
ENGL 3159 - African American Poetry (3)

Gender and Sexuality

Select one course:

AMST 4050 - Multicultural Women Writers Imagining America (3) *
ENGL 4002 - Women and Literature (3)
ENGL 4050 - Modernism, Gender, and Sexuality (3) *
ENGL 4050 - Multicultural Women Writers Imagining America (3) *
HIST 2151 - U.S. Women’s History Since 1877 (3)
WGST 2050 - Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies (3) *
WGST 2050 - Women of the Middle East (3) *
WGST 2120 - African American Women (3)
WGST 4050 - Queer Theory (3) *
WGST 4120 - Women’s Studies International (3)

Diversity Subject Area

Select one additional course:

AFRS 2105 - Black Images in the Media in the U.S. (3)
AFRS 2120 - African American Women (3)
AFRS 2160 - The African American Experience through Civil War (3)
AFRS 2161 - The African American Experience: Civil War to Civil Rights (3)
AFRS 2215 - Black Families in the United States (3) (W)
AFRS 3101 - Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in the US (3)
AFRS 3158 - Gender and African American Literature (3)
AFRS 3179 - African American Political Philosophy (3)
AFRS 3240 - African Americans and the Legal Process (3)
AFRS 3280 - Blacks in Urban America (3)
AMST 3000 - Appalachian Literature and Culture (3) *
ANTH 2112 - North American Indians (3)
ENGL 3050 - American Indian Fiction and Community (3) *
ENGL 3050 - American Indian Women’s Literature (3) *
ENGL 3050 - Jewish Identity and the Graphics Novel (3) *
ENGL 3050 - Linguistic Diversity in North America (3) *
ENGL 4050 - American Indian and Children’s Literature (3) *
ENGL 4111 - Ancient World Literature (3)
ENGL 4112 - Modern World Literature (3)
HIST 2000 - Topics in U.S. History: American Indian History 1400-Present (3) *
HIST 2000 - Topics in U.S. History: Latino/a History (3) *
HIST 2150 - U.S. Women’s History to 1877 (3)
HIST 2160 - African American History, 1400-1860 (3)
HIST 2161 - African American History Since 1860 (3)

Note:

*The topics courses must be approved with the permission of the undergraduate coordinator.

Grade Requirements

A GPA of 2.0 or above in all English courses taken is required for graduation.

Note:

The Department of English allows English majors who minor in Children’s Literature and Childhood Studies, Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies, Linguistics, or Technical/Professional Writing to count only two courses from the minor toward fulfillment of the major degree requirements.

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Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies, Minor

Program Requirements

Required Courses (9 credit hours)

Select one of the following:

Select one of the following:

Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

African American Literature

Gender and Sexuality

Diversity Subject Area

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Grade Requirements

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