Children’s Studies Minor
Program Requirements
- Total units required: 16
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ChSt 300 | Interdisciplinary Introduction to Children's Studies | 3 |
| ChSt 499 | Senior Seminar in Children's Studies | 1 |
| Total Units | 4 | |
Core Courses
Students choose 6 units from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ChSt 301C | The American School | 3 |
| ChSt 313B | Education, Childhood, Adolescence and Society | 3 |
| ChSt 318 | Topics in American Literature (when taught as "The Cultural History of the American Teenager") | 3 |
| ChSt 321 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| ChSt 325 | Psychology of Adolescence | 3 |
| ChSt 334 | A History of the Golden Age of Children's Literature | 3 |
Note: The children's studies minor will allow minors to substitute one elective course in children's studies for one core course that the student has taken but needs to count toward a different major or minor (e.g., ChSt 321 Developmental Psychology for a Psychological & Brain Sciences major). The number of independent credits required for the children's studies minor remains the same, but minors in this situation have more choices for those 3 credits.
Two core courses must come from two different home departments. Both ChSt 301C The American School and ChSt 313B Education, Childhood, Adolescence and Society are Education courses; ChSt 318 Topics in American Literature and ChSt 334 A History of the Golden Age of Children's Literature are English courses; and ChSt 321 Developmental Psychology and ChSt 325 Psychology of Adolescence are Psychological & Brain Sciences courses.
Additional Courses
Students choose 6 additional units from either the core list or from elective courses, including but not limited to the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 316F | Re-Discover the Child | 3 |
| ChSt 178 | First-Year Seminar: Imagining and Creating Africa: Youth, Culture, and Change | 3 |
| ChSt 251 | Juvenile Justice in the Black Experience | 3 |
| ChSt 304 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| ChSt 3140 | Sociolinguistics, Literacies, Schools, and Communities | 3 |
| ChSt 316W | Topics in American Literature: Girls' Fiction | 3 |
| ChSt 3221 | Girls' Media and Popular Culture | 3 |
| ChSt 3270 | Comics, Graphic Novels, and Sequential Art | 3 |
| ChSt 331 | Topics in Holocaust Studies: Children in the Shadow of the Swastika | 3 |
| ChSt 341 | Children and Childhood in World Religions | 3 |
| ChSt 342 | Childhood, Culture, and Religion in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean World | 3 |
| ChSt 354 | No Boys Allowed: Girlhood and Programming for Girls in the 19th and 20th Centuries, United States | 3 |
| ChSt 3620 | Anthropological Perspectives on the Fetus | 3 |
| ChSt 381 | Banned Books | 3 |
| ChSt 400 | Independent Work in Children's Studies | max. 3 |
| ChSt 4036 | Children of Immigrants: Identity and Acculturation | 3 |
| ChSt 4280 | History of Urban Schooling in the United States | 3 |
| ChSt 4289 | Neighborhoods, Schools, and Social Inequality | 3 |
| ChSt 453B | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| ChSt 4608 | The Education of Black Children and Youth in the United States | 3 |
| ChSt 461B | Construction and Experience of Black Adolescence | 3 |
| ChSt 481W | History of Education in the United States | 3 |
| ChSt 408 | Education and Psychology of Exceptional Children | 3 |
Additional Information
The most up-to-date list of approved electives is located on the Children's Studies Minor website. Courses not on that list may be used to fulfill the requirements of the minor only if they have been approved by the minor director. Students must receive a C- or above in order for credit to count towards the minor.
A maximum of 3 units of course work completed at another university, whether in the United States or abroad, may be applied toward the children's studies minor. Credit will be awarded only for those courses that have been approved by the minor's director and study abroad advisor.
Contact Info
| Phone: | 314-935-5190 |
| Email: | english@wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://english.artsci.wustl.edu |