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Apr 30, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Global and Popular Cultural Studies Minor
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The minor in Global and Popular Cultural Studies prepares students to understand and analyze the production and circulation of global popular cultures. Students learn how to engage critically with digital media, video games, music, film, and literature from a wide range of cultural and geographic contexts. The courses also introduce students to research, writing, and analysis in the humanities. Graduating students will be prepared for a growing number of careers in cultural industries, nonprofit, and educational sectors.
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Minor Electives:
- Choose one course from each area for a total of 9 credit hours.
- At least one course must be at the 300-400 level.
Culture and Society
Select one course: - ARAB 331* - Culture and Daily Life in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 332* - Contemporary Issues and Current Events in the Arab World 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 360* - Desiring Asia: Sex, Intimacy, and Global Capital 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 430 - Women in China 3 Credit Hours
- FREN 432 - Contemporary French Culture 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 363* - Contemporary German Cultures 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 383 - Aiming at Sustainability: Approaches to 21st Century Global Challenges in German-Speaking Countries 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 416* - Berlin: Culture and History 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 433 - Nation, Race, and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 314* - Highlights of Italian Civilization, Culture, and Identity 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 315 - Special topics in Italian History, Literature, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 414 - Italian Cultural Studies 3 Credit Hours
- KORE 230 - Korean Culture 3 Credit Hours
- PORT 430* - Contemporary Brazilian Studies 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 271* - Putin’s Russia and the Art of Propaganda 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 352* - Ukrainian-Russian Culture and Conflict 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 373* - Despotism, Corruption, and Crime in Russia 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 331 - Introduction to Hispanic Culture 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 401 - Cultural Plurality and Institutional Changes in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 402 - Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 432 - Multilingualism 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 433 - Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 489* - Topics in Hispanic Civilization 3 Credit Hours
Literature and History
Select one course: - ARAB 251* - Whole New Worlds: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Dystopia in the Middle East 3 Credit Hours
- ARAB 415 - Topics in Arabic Literature, Language, History, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 431 - Chinese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 432 - Advanced Reading and Composition 3 Credit Hours
- FREN 415* - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit Hours
- FREN 433* - French and Francophone Women Writers 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 324* - Animal Stories 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 325* - The German Graphic Novel 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 326* - Coming of Age Stories 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 373* - Fairy Tales and Their Afterlives 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 419 - German Fairy Tales and Literary Fantasies 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 420 - Selected Topics in German Literatures and Cultures 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 434 - Extraordinary Wo(Men)―Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs, and Saints 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 310 - Special Topics in Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 410 - Gender and Sexuality in Italian Literature, Media, and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 413 - A journey through Italian novels, poems, and short stories from the Middle Ages to the Present 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 415 - History of Italian Theatre and Performance 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 413* - Modern Japanese Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- JAPA 452 - Reading in Modern Japanese Texts 3 Credit Hours
- PORT 301 - Cultural Readings in Portuguese 3 Credit Hours
- PORT 432 - Topics in the Literature and Culture of the Portuguese-speaking World 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 221* - Rebels, Dreamers, and Fools: Shorter 19th Century Russian Literature 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 222* - Heaven or Hell: Utopias and Dystopias in 20th-Century Russian Literature 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 323 - Russian through Theatrical Performance 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 341* - Humor and the Absurd in Russian Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 421* - Tolstoy and the Quest for the Good Life 3 Credit Hours
- RUSS 424* - Nabokov’s Novels and Stories 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 332 - Survey of Spanish Literature: 1700-Present 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 333 - Survey of Spanish-American Literature: 1700-Present 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 433 - Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
Media and Film
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