School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities
www.kent.edu/multidisciplinary-studies
About This Program
With the World Literature and Cultures minor, you’ll explore stories from around the world and discover how culture, history and identity shape them in meaningful ways. You’ll strengthen your analytical and communication skills while gaining global perspectives that complement any major. Most importantly, you’ll graduate with a deeper understanding of our interconnected world and the ability to think across cultures. Read more...
Contact Information
- Julie Mazzei | jmazzei@kent.edu | 330-672-8934
- Speak with an Advisor
Program Delivery
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
Admission Requirements
Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.
Program Requirements
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minor Requirements | ||
| Minor Electives, choose from the following: | 6 | |
| BLACK IMAGES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN ARTS | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN STUDIES (DIVG) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS) | ||
| ART AS A WORLD PHENOMENON (KFA) | ||
| ART HISTORY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL ART (KFA) | ||
| ART HISTORY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART (KFA) | ||
| THE GREEK ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM) | ||
| THE ROMAN ACHIEVEMENT (DIVG) (KHUM) | ||
| DANCE AS AN ART FORM (DIVG) (KFA) | ||
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS) | ||
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (DIVG) (KSS) | ||
| WORLD HISTORY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (DIVG) (KHUM) | ||
| WORLD HISTORY: MODERN (DIVG) (KHUM) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH STUDIES | ||
| MULTICULTURALISM IN TODAY'S GERMANY (DIVG) | ||
| THE LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (DIVG) | ||
| MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS) | ||
| UNDERSTANDING WESTERN MUSIC (KFA) | ||
| MUSIC AS A WORLD PHENOMENON (DIVG) (KFA) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) | ||
| MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMAD (DIVG) (ELR) (KHUM) | ||
| Minor Upper-Division Electives, choose from the following: | 12 | |
| AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN WORLD VIEW (DIVG) | ||
| THE MODEL AFRICAN UNION (ELR) | ||
| AFRICANA WOMEN’S LITERATURE (DIVG) | ||
| RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING | ||
| PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) | ||
| ARAB CULTURES | ||
| ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART | ||
| CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | ||
| LITERATURE OF THE ROMAN WORLD (ELR) (WIC) | ||
| CLASSICAL LITERARY STUDIES | ||
| ANCIENT CHRISTIANITIES | ||
| LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS (ELR) (WIC) | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (DIVG) | ||
| MEDIA, WAR AND PROPAGANDA | ||
| COMMUNICATION IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY | ||
| DANCE HISTORY I | ||
| WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (DIVG) | ||
| FAIRY TALES | ||
| POLITICS AND PLACE (DIVG) | ||
| GEOGRAPHIES OF MEMORY AND HERITAGE | ||
| MODERN EUROPE, 1815 TO PRESENT | ||
| CHINESE CIVILIZATION | ||
| HISTORY OF PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA TO 1880 | ||
| MODERN LATIN AMERICA (DIVG) | ||
| EARLY MODERN LATIN AMERICA (C. 1450-1820) (DIVG) | ||
| JAPANESE CULTURE | ||
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE STUDIES | ||
| AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES | ||
| FOLK MUSIC OF EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA | ||
| ASIAN MUSICS | ||
| POPULAR WORLD MUSIC (DIVG) | ||
| NONVIOLENCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION (DIVG) | ||
| CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVG) | ||
| RECONCILIATION VERSUS REVENGE: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (DIVG) (WIC) | ||
| MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY | ||
| ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY | ||
| LATE MODERN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND BEAUTY (ELR) | ||
| SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE | ||
| COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | ||
| RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION | ||
| ARENAS FOR FEMINIST THOUGHT: TOUCHY SUBJECTS, UNSETTLED MATTERS AND FEMINIST RESPONSE-ABILITY | ||
| Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 18 | |
Graduation Requirements
| Minimum Minor GPA | Minimum Overall GPA |
|---|---|
| 2.000 | 2.000 |
- Students may not select more than two courses from one subject area.
- Students must complete any prerequisites required for courses in the elective lists.
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
- Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Full Description
The World Literature and Cultures minor is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of historical and contemporary literature, which is representative of a diversity of the world's cultures. Students explore world literature and cultures with the aid of a variety of disciplinary methods of analysis and interpretation in the study of cultural texts and artifacts, as well as the interactions of the political, economic, cultural and social complexities with literature. The study of world literature and cultures is devoted to promoting a central trend among major research universities in the United States to engage in the critical integration of knowledge that cuts across the different disciplines, with sustained focus on the global study of cultures and literature, past and present.