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Dept of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology
Bachelor of General Studies

Studies in Pop Culture Minor Check Sheet

Studies in Pop Culture Minor Checklist

2022-2023 Catalog

18 Hours

This checklist is for advising purposes for BGS students only.

Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.

  • Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required for the BGS.
  • A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
  • No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for BGS minors.
  • Course rotation indications are intended to be used for planning purposes and do not guarantee course availability. "F" indicates "fall," "S" indicates "spring," and "Su" indicates "summer" availability.

Required:

  • _____ SOCI 3317 - Popular Culture and Society (S)
    • Or _____ SOCI 3333 – The Sociology of Popular Music (S, SU)

Choose 5 advanced courses from:

  • _____ ANTH 3309 – Cultures Through Film (F)
  • _____ ARTH 3307 – Issues in Contemporary Art (F, S)
  • _____ ARTH 4312 (WI) – The Arts in Popular Culture
  • _____ COMM 4327 – Social Media in Organizations
  • _____ COMM 3332 – The Dark Side of Communication (S)
  • _____ ENG 3309 (WI) – The Southwest in Film
  • _____ ENG 3326 – American Drama on Film
  • _____ ENG 3329 (WI) – Mythology (Repeatable once, in special situations, when topic varies.)
  • _____ ENG 3331 (WI) – Literature of Black America (F)
  • _____ HIST 3343 (WI) – Social and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1865
  • _____ HIST 3368K (WI) –American Cultural History
  • _____ HIST 3368M (WI) – Popular Music and Social Movements in the 20th Century
  • _____ HIST 3368S (WI) – History of Music and Race in the American South
  • _____ HIST 3377 (WI) – History of Country Music
  • _____ HIST 3378 (WI) – History of the Blues
  • _____ HIST 3379 (WI) – History of Rock and Roll
  • _____ HIST 4360 (WI) – History of the United States, 1945 to 1968 (S)
  • _____ HIST 4361 (WI) – History of the United States, 1968 to the Present
  • _____ HIST 4376 (WI) – The History of Texas Music (F)
  • _____ MC 3355 – Mass Media and Society (F, S, SU)
  • _____ MC 4308 – Women and Minorities in the Media (S)
  • _____ MU 3308 History of Rock Music (F)
  • _____ MU 3375 – History of Jazz (S)
  • _____ PHIL 3325 (WI) – Philosophy of Sex and Love
  • _____ PHIL 3326 (WI) – Philosophy and Sport (F) (Prerequisite: PHIL 1305 or PHIL 1320 or PHIL 2311 or PHIL 2312 or PHIL 2330 or consent of instructor)
  • _____ PHIL 4360A (WI) – Ethics and Dementia (Prerequisite: PHIL 1305 or PHIL 1320)
  • _____ PHIL 4360B (WI) – Moral Psychology (Prerequisite: PHIL 1305 or PHIL 1320)
  • _____ PS 3328 (WI) – Politics in Film (S, SU)
  • _____ PS 4315 (WI) – The Politics of Dystopia (Corequisite: PS 3300 or PS 3301)
  • _____ REL 3361A (WI) – Religion and Film
  • _____ SOCI 3317 – Popular Culture and Society (S)
  • _____ SOCI 3324 – Social Stratification
  • _____ SOCI 3333 – The Sociology of Popular Music (S, SU)
  • _____ SOCI 3340 – Sociology of Sport and Leisure
  • _____ SOCI 3349 – Drugs and Society (F, S, SU)
  • _____ SOCI 3358 – Work and Society
  • _____ SOCI 3365 – Society and Environment (F)
  • _____ SOCI 3372 – Food and Society (F)
  • _____ SOCI 3390 – Technology and Society

  • _____ SOCI 3395 – Sociology of Sexuality (F, S, SU)