Past Courses Approved for Critical Theory Minor
Past Courses for critical theory minor, 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
FALL 2019:
- AF_AM_ST 363: Racism in Western Modernity | Hesse
- AF_AM_ST 380: Topics in African-American Studies: Gender & Sexuality in Africa | Harris*
- AF_AM_ST 380: Topics in African-American Studies: Black Theology from Black Power to Black Lives Matter
- AMER_ST 310: Studies in American Culture: Critical Race & Gender Theory | Medina
- ANTHRO 379: Advanced Topics in Anthropology: Violence/Power/Resistance | Hermez
- ART_HIST 390: Undergraduate Seminar: Art, Ecology, and Politics | Zorach
- ASIAN_AM 360: Studies in Race, Gender, Sex: Pleasure Activism | Sandiego
- COMP_LIT 390: Special Topics: Latin American Pop Culture | Uslenghi*
- ENGL 366: Studies in African American Lit: Feeling Black/Black Feeling
- ENGL 368: Studies in 20th C Lit: Queer Modernisms | Nordgren
- ENGL 388: Studies in Literature & Religion: Radical Spirits | High
- ENGL 388: Studies in Literature & Religion: Science Fiction & Social Justice | King
- GNDR_ST 361: Gender, Sexuality & Literature: Queer Modernisms | Nordgren
- GNDR_ST 397: Feminist Theory | Andrews
- GNDR_ST 382: Race, Gender, and Sexuality: Pleasure Activism | Sandiego
- HUM 370: Special Topics in Humanities: Integrity & The Politics of Corruption | Nili
- PHIL 361: Topics in Social & Political Philosophy: Critical Race & Gender Theory | Medina*
- PHIL 314: Studies in German Philosophy | Alznauer
- POLI_SCI 201: Intro to Political Theory | Amine
- POLI_SCI 301: Classical Political Theory | Monoson-Berns
- POLI_SCI 307: Deportation Law & Politics | Stevens
- POLI_SCI 380: Refugee Crises and Human Rights | Ruffer
- POLI_SCI 390: Special Topics: Racial and Ethnic Politics | Merseth Cook
- POLI_SCI 390: Special Topics: Integrity and the Politics of Corruption | Nili
- RELIGION 369: Topics in American Religion: Black Theology from Black Power to Black Lives Matter
- RELIGION 379: Topics in Comparative Religion: Science Fiction & Social Justice | King
- RELIGION 395: Theories of Religion | Taylor
- SOCIOL 318: Sociology of Law | Nelson
- SPANISH 350: Visual Culture in Latina/o America & Spain: Art as Idea: The Idea of the Artist | Duarte Riascos*
- SPANISH 395: The Anthropocene and Latin American Literature | Coronado*
- SPANISH 397: Special Topics: Latin American Pop Culture | Uslenghi*
WINTER 2020:
Introductory courses offered:
- COMP_LIT 200: Intro to Literary Theory | Nordgren
- COMP_LIT 207/PHIL 220: Intro to Critical Theory | Deutscher
- AF_AM_ST 215: Intro to Black Social & Political Life | Bey
- AF_AM_ST 327: Politics of Black Popular Culture | Weheliye
- AF_AM_ST 350: Theorizing Blackness | Weheliye
- ART_HIST 375: Media Theory | Hodge
- ASIAN_LC 390: Special Topics in Theory: Culture of Information: Neoliberalism, Affect | Noonan & Hodge
- COMP_LIT 200: Intro to Literary Theory | Nordgren
- COMP_LIT 207: Intro to Critical Theory | Deutscher
- COMP_LIT 202: Literature of Existentialism | Durham
- COMP_LIT 312: Nietzsche: Eternal Return & Will to Power | Weber
- ENGLISH 338: Renaissance Literature: Early Modern Sexualities | Masten
- ENGLISH 366: Studies in African American Literature: Black Feminist World-marking | Mann
- ENGLISH 383: Special Topics in Theory: Culture of Information: Neoliberalism, Affect | Noonan & Hodge
- GERMAN 322: Nietzsche: Eternal Return & Will to Power | Weber
- GERMAN 345: Kafka’s America | Weitzman
- GNDR_ST 361: Gender, Sexuality, and Literature: Early Modern Sexualities | Masten
- HUM 370-6: Special Topics in Theory: Culture of Information: Neoliberalism, Affect | Noonan & Hodge
- PHIL 219: Intro to Existentialism | Alznauer
- PHIL 220: Intro to Critical Theory | Deutscher
- PHIL 224: Philosophy, Race, and Racism | Medina
- PHIL 313: Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason” I | Mueller
- POLI_SCI 201: Intro to Political Theory | Stevens
- SOCIOL 306: Sociological Theory | Ozgode
- SPANISH 395-1: Spectacular Masculinities in Latino America | Bouzaglou (taught in Spanish)
- SPANISH 395-3: Latin American Feminism & Latinx Feminism | Martinez (taught in Spanish)
SPRING 2020:
- AF_AM_ST 245 – The Black Diaspora and Transnationality | Weheliye
- AF_AM_ST 339 – Unsettling Whiteness | Hesse
- AF_AM_ST 380 – Black Insecurity | Mann
- AF_AM_ST 380/ENGL 383 – Black Vernacular as Theory | Bey
- ART_HIST 390 – Undergrad Seminar; Afro-Pessimist Aesthetics | Copeland
- ART_HIST 395 – Collecting/Crititque: Art, Museum, and Thinking about History | Feldman/Ronkko/Toftness
- COMP_LIT 202 – Analyzing Freud | Weitzman
- COMP_LIT 205/PHIL 221 – Gender and Politics | Deutscher
- COMP_LIT 383/ GNDR_ST 341/SPANISH 397 – Critical Theory in Latin America | Velasco
- COMP_LIT 390/GERMAN 346 – The Plague – In and Around Literature | Weber
- ENGLISH 366 – Black Insecurity | Mann
- ENGLISH 383/AF_AM_ST 380 – Black Vernacular as Theory | Bey
- GERMAN 244 – Analyzing Freud | Weitzman
- GERMAN 346/COMP_LIT 390 – The Plague – In and Around Literature | Weber
- GNDR_ST 233 – Gender and Politics | Deutscher
- GNDR_ST 341/SPANISH 397/COMP_LIT 383 – Critical Theory in Latin America| Velasco
- GNDR_ST 390 – Latinx Feminisms | Garcia
- PHIL 221/COMP_LIT 205 – Gender and Politics | Deutscher
- PHIL 222 – Intro to Africana Philosophy | Paris
- PHIL 324 – Studies in African American Philosophy – Race, Rationality, Revolution | Paris
- SPANISH 397/COMP_LIT 383/GNDR_ST 341 – Critical Theory in Latin America | Velasco
- SOCIOLOGY 324 – Global Capitalism | Ozgode
SUMMER 2020
- AFST 390-0-20: Topics in African Studies: “Anthropology of Violence” | William Murphy (co-listed w/ ANTHRO 390)
- AF_AM_ST 380-0-22: Topics in African American Studies, “Slavery on the Screen” | Sherwin Bryant
- AF_AM_ST 380-0-23: Topics in African American Studies, “Intro to Black Affect Studies” | Herman Hesse
- ANTHRO 390: Anthropology of Violence | William Murphy (co-listed w/ AFST 390)
- GNDR_ST 372-0-20: Gender, Sexuality, and Performance | Kyle Kaplan
- GNDR_ST 371-0-20: Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture, “Mixed-Race Genders and Sexuality” | Cara Dickason
- LATINO 392-0-1: Topics in Latina and Latino Social and Political Issues: Acts of Memory, Mourning, and Protest | Elvia Mendoza
- LATINO 393-0-2: Topics in Latina and Latino Text and Representation: Feminist Aesthetics of the Erotic
- PHIL 261-0-20: Intro to Political Philosophy | Joshua Kissel
- POLI_SCI 348-0-20: Globalization | Steven Nelson
- POLI_SCI 377-0-20: Drugs and Politics | Ana Arjona
- POLI_SCI 390-0-20: Special Topics in Political Science, “Politics of Corruption” | Jordan Gans-Morse
Courses with a * designation are approved to count toward the optional focus: Critical Theory in the Global South
Please contact criticaltheory@northwestern.edu if you would like to petition for a course to count toward the Critical Theory Minor that is not listed. Please provide the course number, description, reading lists, and syllabus (if available).