Courses Approved for Critical Theory Minor
Pre-Approved Courses for critical theory minor 2026-2027 Academic Year
*Additional courses may be added as department course information is finalized prior to each quarter. Please check CAESAR for all up-to-date course information. This course list is subject to change as department and program course schedules change throughout the year.
*Students may petition to count courses not listed below by filling out this form.
FALL 2026
ANTHRO 390-0 Introduction to Marx - Topics In Anthropology - LaShandra Sullivan
BLK_ST 210-0: Introduction to African American Literature - Justin Mann
BLK_ST 213-0 History of the Black World Kennetta Perry
BLK_ST 236-0 Introduction to Black Studies - kihana miraya ross
BLK_ST 245-0 The Black Diaspora and Transnationality - Kennetta Perry
BLK_ST 250-0 Race, Class and Gender - Marquis Bey
BLK_ST 325-0 Education for Black Liberation kihana miraya Ross
BLK_ST 334-0 Gender and Black Masculinity - Marquis Bey
COMM_ST 248-0 Black Feminist Health Science Studies - Moya Bailey
COMM_ST 373-0 Environmental Art and Advocacy - Robert Hariman
COMM_ST 379-0 Digital Propaganda and Repression - Yingdan Lu
COMP_LIT 270-0 Kafka and Nietzsche - Literatures in Translation - Peter Fenves
ENGLISH 266-0 Introduction to African American Literature - Justin Mann
ENGLISH 365-0 Magical Realisms - Studies in Postcolonial Literature - Kalyan Nadiminti
ENGLISH 365-0 Imaginary Homelands: South Asian Literatures in En - Studies in Postcolonial Literature - Kalyan Nadiminti
ENGLISH 366-0 Black Speculative Fiction - Studies in African American Literature - Justin Mann
ENGLISH 369-0 African Drama - Studies in African Literature - Evan Mwangi
FRENCH 277-0 French Existentialism Scott Durham
FRENCH 350-0 The Novel in French - Scott Durham
GSS 220-0 Sexual Subjects: Introduction to Sexuality Studies - S. B. West
GSS 260-0 Critical Fat Studies - S. B. West
GSS 321-0 Coalition Politics: Case Studies from Chicago & Be - Gender, Sexuality, and History - Amy Partridge
GSS 321-0 Queer Archival Practicum - Gender, Sexuality, and History - Amy Partridge
GSS 321-0 Gender & Sexuality in 19th-Century Black History - Gender, Sexuality, and History - Leslie M. Harris
HISTORY 300-0 Gender & Sexuality in 19th-Century Black History - New Lectures in History Leslie M. Harris
HISTORY 393-0 Black Protest - Approaches to History - Brett Gadsden
HISTORY 395-0 The 2005 Hurricane Season - Research Seminar - Leslie M. Harris
PERF_ST 250-0 Cult Behavior: Ritual, Devotion and Spectacle in C - Topics in Performance Studies - Bimbola Akinbola
PERF_ST 335-0 Social Art Tactics- Marcela Fuentes
PHIL 224 Philosophy, Race, and Racism - Corey Barnes
PHIL Introduction to Political Philosophy - Dominique Adele Codjia
PHIL 324-0 Black Philosophies of Art - Studies in African American Philosophy - Corey Barnes
POLI_SCI Digital Propaganda and Repression - Special Topics in Political Science - Yingdan Lu
SPANISH 350-0 Ways of Seeing - Photography in Latin America - Visual Culture in Latina/o America and Spain - Alejandra Uslenghi
WINTER 2027
BLK_ST 236-0 Introduction to Black Studies - Kennetta Perry
BLK_ST 247-0 Black Life. Trans Life - Marquis Bey
BLK_ST 320-0 Social Meaning of Race
BLK_ST 380-0 Black Feminist Theory - Topics in African-American Studies - Marquis Bey
BLK_ST 380-0 Toni Morrison - Topics in African-American Studies - Lauren Jackson
COMP_LIT 200-0 What is Comp Lit? - Introduction to Literary Theory - Alejandra Uslenghi
COMP_LIT 201-0 Introduction to German Literature: 1766-2019 - Reading World Literature - Erica Weitzman
COMP_LIT 207-0 Introduction to Critical Theory - Mark Alznauer
COMP_LIT 305-0 Studies in Film, Media, and Visual Culture - Alessia Ricciardi
COMP_LIT 307-0 Studies in Gender, Sexuality & Representation - Ty Blakeney
COMP_LIT 390-0 Ecologies of Resistance - Special Topics in Comparative Literature - Evan Mwangi
ENGLISH 265-0 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature - Evan Mwangi
ENGLISH 365-0 Ecologies of Resistance - Studies in Postcolonial Literature - Evan Mwangi
ENGLISH 366-0 Toni Morrison - Studies in African American Literature - Lauren Jackson
FRENCH 277-0 French Existentialism - Scott Durham
FRENCH 277-0 376-0 Gender & Sexuality - Ty Blakeney
GERMAN 230-0 Berlin and the Culture of Democracy - Anna Parkinson
GSS 321-0 20 Sex and Nazi Germany - Gender, Sexuality, and History - Zavier Nunn
GSS 321-0 21: Making Sense of the 2nd Wave of Feminism 1950-1980 - Gender, Sexuality, and History - Amy Partridge
GSS 331-0 Sociology of Gender - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality - Rebecca Ewert
GSS 332-0 Health Activism - Gender, Sexuality, and Health - Amy Partridge
GSS 351-0 Gender, Sexuality, and The Carceral State - Gender, Sexuality, and Public Policy - Abby Barefoot
GSS 361-0 Gender, Sexuality, and Literature - S. B. West
GSS 371-0 Direct Action: Sit-ins, Takeovers, and Occupations - Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture - Amy Partridge
LATINO 366-0 Feminist Aesthetics of the Erotic - Elvia Mendoza
PHIL 220-0 Introduction to Critical Theory - Mark Alznauer
SPRING 2027
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