Courses Approved for Critical Theory Minor
Past Courses for critical theory minor
2020-2021 Academic Year
FALL 2020:
- AF_AM_ST 215: Intro to Black Social and Political Life | Pattillo
- AF_AM_ST 245: The Black Diaspora and Transnationality | Weheliye
- AF_AM_ST 350: Theorizing Blackness | Weheliye
- AF_AM_ST 363: Racism in Western Modernity | Hesse
- AF_AM_ST 380-0-21: Topics in African-American Studies, “Black Feminist World Making | Mann
- ASIAN_AM 360: Studies in Race, Gender, Sexuality: Queer/Trans Ethnic Studies | San Diego
- ASIAN_AM 380: Studies in Arts and Performance: War, Gender, Memory | Son
- CLASSICS 380: Classical Political Theory | Monoson-Berns
- COMP_LIT 305: Studies in Film, Media, and Visual Culture: Rhythm in Art and Philosophy | Torlasco
- COMP_LIT 383: Special Topics in Critical Theory: Gramsci for the Present | Ricciardi
- ENGLISH 366: Studies in African American Lit: Black Feminist World-making | Mann
- GNDR_ST 230: Traditions in Feminist Thought | Zamperini
- GNDR_ST 381: Queer Theory | Enteen
- GNDR_ST 382: Race, Gender, and Sexuality | San Diego
- HUM 370-6-22: Special Topics in Humanities: Rhythm in Art and Philosophy | Torlasco
- ITALIAN 360: From the Avant-Garde: Rhythm in Art and Philosophy | Torlasco
- ITALIAN 350: Gramsci for the Present | Ricciardi
- LATINO 392: Topics in Latina/o Social and Political Issues: Acts of Memory, Mourning, and Protest | Mendoza
- PERF_ST 301: Performance and Activism in Digital Culture | Fuentes
- PERF_ST 330: Topics in Performance Studies: Queer Theory after Catastrophe | Chambers-Letson
- PHIL 210: History of Philosophy – Ancient | Marechal
- PHIL 219: Intro to Existentialism | Zuckert
- PHIL 312: Studies in Modern Philosophy | Alznauer, Koppelman
- PHIL 380: Philosophy of Art | Zuckert
- POLI_SCI 201: Intro to Political Theory | Brown
- POLI_SCI 301: Classical Political Theory | Monoson-Berns
- POLI_SCI 307: Deportation Law and Politics | Stevens
- POLI_SCI 380: Refugee Crises and Human Rights | Ruffer
- SPANISH 395-0-1: Postcolonial Migrant Stories and Storytellers | Arispe-Bazan
WINTER 2021:
Introductory courses offered:
- COMP_LIT 200: Intro to Literary Theory | Rosenbrueck
- COMP_LIT 207/PHIL 220: Intro to Critical Theory | Alznauer
- AF_AM_ST 211: Literatures of the Black World | Spigner
- AF_AM_ST 220: Civil Rights and Black Liberation | Harris
- AF_AM_ST 327: Politics of Black Popular Culture (Contemporary Black Popular Music) | Weheliye
- AF_AM_ST 348: African in Colonial Latin America | Bryant
- AF_AM_ST 350: Theorizing Blackness | Bey
- ART_HIST 369: Feminist Utopias and Dystopias in Art, Literature | Torlasco & Zorach
- ASIAN_AM: Transnational Asian American Activism | Yalzadeh
- ASIAN_LC 320: Art & Activism in Modern Japan | Noonan
- COMP_LIT 200: Intro to Literary Theory | Rosenbrueck
- COMP_LIT 207: Intro to Critical Theory | Alznauer
- COMP_LIT 302: Theory as Theater: Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoken Zarathustra” | Weber
- COMP_LIT 305: Art & Activism in Modern Japan | Noonan
- COMP_LIT 312: Kafka and his “Readers” | Fenves
- COMP_LIT 383: Studies in French Philosophy (Foucault) | Deutscher
- GNDR_ST 372: Musical Legacies of Black Feminism | Dohoney
- GNDR_ST 382-0-20: Black Sexualities, Race, Gender, and Sexuality | Kargbo
- GNDR_ST 397: Feminist Theory After Beauvoir | Dietz
- GERMAN 234-2-1: Jews and Germans: An Intercultural History | Fenves
- GERMAN 307-0-1: Political Extremism, German Media | von Holt
- GERMAN 334: Kafka and his “Readers” | Fenves
- GERMAN 346-0-1: Theory as Theater: Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoken Zarathustra” | Weber
- ITALIAN 377: Feminist Utopias and Dystopias in Art, Literature | Torlasco & Zorach
- LATINO 392-0-3: Feminist Aesthetics of the Erotic | Mendoza
- MUSICOL 355 Topics in 20th Century Music: Musical Legacies of Black Feminism | Dohoney
- PHIL 110: Intro to Philosophy | Goldberg
- PHIL 220: Intro to Critical Theory | Alznauer
- PHIL 254: Intro to Philosophy of Natural Sciences | Mueller
- PHIL 261: Intro to Political Philosophy | Horne
- PHIL 315: Studies in French Philosophy (Foucault) | Deutscher
- PHIL 318: Epistemic Injustice: Studies in Contemporary Philosophy | Goldberg
- POLI_SCI 309: Political Theories of the Rule of Law | Stevens
SPRING 2021:
- AF_AM_ST 212: Introduction to African-American History: Key concepts from 1700-1861 | Sherwin Bryant
- AF_AM_ST 339: Unsettling Whiteness | Herman Hesse
- AF_AM_ST 380: Topics in African-American Studies, Topic: Intro to Black Political Thought | Herman Hesse
- AF_AM_ST 380: Topics in African-American Studies, Topic: New Media Black Aesthetics | Isaac Miller
- ANTHRO 290: Topics in Anthropology, Topic: Beyond the Binary: Transgender and Race | Rachel Noll
- ASIAN_AM 303: Advanced Topics in Social and Cultural Analysis, Topic: Interracial Encounters | Michelle Huang
- ASIAN_AM 360: Studies in Race, Gender, and Sexuality, Topic: Pleasure Activism | Raymond San Diego
- ASIAN_AM 376: Advanced Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies, Topic: Memory + Identity in Asian American Literature | Michelle Huang
- COMP_LIT 205: Reading Difference, Topic: Gender, Politics & Philosophy | Penelope Deutscher
- ENGLISH 300: Seminar in Reading and Interpretation, Topic: Psychoanalytic Theory & Gender | Christopher Lane
- ENGLISH 300: Seminar in Reading and Interpretation, Topic: Global Ecologies | Evan Mwangi
- ENGLISH 381: Literature & Medicine, Topic: Intro to Disability Studies in Literature | Hannah Chaskin
- ENGLISH 385: Topics in Combined Studies, Topic: Interracial Encounters | Michelle Huang
- GERMAN 230: Berlin and the Culture of Democracy | Isabel von Holt
- GNDR_ST 233: Gender, Politics, and Philosophy | Penelope Deutscher
- GNDR_ST 235: Beyond the Binary: Transgender and Race | Rachel Noll
- GNDR_ST 381: Queer Theory | Jillana Enteen
- GNDR_ST 382: Race, Gender, and Sexuality, Topic: Entanglements: Black Feminist | Gervais Marsh
- GNDR_ST 390: Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Topic: Latinx Feminisms | Alyssa Garcia
- LATINO 392: Topics in Latina and Latino Social and Political Issues, Topic: Latinx Feminisms | Alyssa Garcia
- PERF_ST 330: Topics in Performance Studies, Topic: Entanglements: Black Feminist | Gervais Marsh
- PERF_ST 330: Topics in Performance Studies, Topic: Queer Indigeneity | Enzo Vasquez Toral
- PHIL 221: Gender, Politics, & Philosophy | Penelope Deutscher
- PHIL 224: Philosophy, Race, and Racism | Laura Martin
- PHIL 361: Topics in Social and Political Philosophy, Topic: The Philosophy of Punishment | Jennifer Lackey
- POLI_SCI 303: Modernity and Its Discontents | Mary Dietz
- POLI_SCI 308: Critical Theory and the Study of Politics | Michael Loriaux
- SOCIOL 376: Topics in Sociological Analysis, Topic: Gender-based violence, Power, and the Carceral State | Renee Shelby
- SPANISH 395: Topics in Latin American, Latina and Latino, and/or Iberian Cultures, Topic: Trans*Cultures in Latin Americ | Carlos Gustavo Halaburda
Courses with a * designation are approved to count toward the optional focus: Critical Theory in the Global South.