Cultural Studies Minor

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Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that examines a broad array of issues of culture, including popular culture, identity, subcultures, nationalism, global culture and ethnography. This minor is designed for students majoring in the humanities or in the professional schools who wish to complement their majors with courses that investigate the politics of culture and cultural negotiation. Students are required to have a minimum 3.0 GPA and the completion of 32 units for admission to the minor.

Required Courses

COMM 384 Interpreting Popular Culture Units: 4
CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4 or
CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies Units: 4
ENGL 392 Visual and Popular Culture Units: 4 or
ENGL 472 Literature and Related Arts Units: 4

Elective Courses

Choose three courses from the following. Students must take two electives outside the department of their major. Students may not take any more than two electives from any one department or school.

AHIS 363m Contemporary Art and the Culture Wars Units: 4
AHIS 469 Critical Approaches to Photography Units: 4
ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film Units: 4
COLT 365 Literature and Popular Culture Units: 4
COMM 339 Communication Technology and Culture Units: 4
COMM 340 The Cultures of New Media Units: 4
COMM 360 The Rhetoric of Los Angeles Units: 4
COMM 370 The Rhetoric of Ideas: Ideology and Propaganda Units: 4
COMM 395m Gender, Media and Communication Units: 4
CTCS 406 History of American Television Units: 4
CTCS 407 African American Cinema Units: 4
CTCS 478 Culture, Technology and Communications Units: 4
ENGL 473 Literature and Society Units: 4
ENGL 478m Sexual/Textual Diversity Units: 4
FACS 350 Art Theory and Criticism Units: 4
FREN 320 French Cinema Units: 4
HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History Units: 4
HIST 255g The Evolution Debates Units: 4
SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4

Total Units: 24

For more information or to apply to this minor, contact the Department of English, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.