Program Requirements
- Total Units Required: 16
- Grade Requirement: Students must receive a C– or above for credit to count toward the minor.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CHST 3000 | Interdisciplinary Introduction to Children's Studies | 3 |
| CHST 4000 | Senior Seminar in Children's Studies | 1 |
| Total Units | 4 | |
Core Courses
Students choose 6 units from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 3010 | The American School | 3 |
| EDUC 3050 | Education, Childhood, Adolescence, and Society | 3 |
| ELIT 3117 | Topics in American Literature (When offered as "The Cultural History of the American Teenager") | 3 |
| ELIT 3130 | A History of the Golden Age of Children's Literature | 3 |
| PSYCH 3210 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 3250 | Psychology of Adolescence | 3 |
Note: The Children's Studies Minor will allow minors to substitute one additional 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., PSYCH 3210 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 EDUC 3010 The American School and EDUC 3050 Education, Childhood, Adolescence, and Society are Education courses; ELIT 3115 Topics in American Literature: The Cultural History of the American Teenager and ELIT 3130 A History of the Golden Age of Children's Literature are English courses; and PSYCH 3210 Developmental Psychology and PSYCH 3250 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AFAS 1105 | First-Year Seminar: Imagining and Creating Africa: Youth, Culture, and Change | 3 |
| AFAS 2140 | Juvenile Justice in the Black Experience | 3 |
| AFAS 3254 | African Americans and Children's Literature | 3 |
| AFAS 4250 | Construction and Experience of Black Adolescence | 3 |
| AMCS 3270 | Comics, Graphic Novels, and Sequential Art | 3 |
| ANTHRO 3620 | Anthropological Perspectives on the Fetus | 3 |
| ARCH 3407 | Re-Discover the Child | 3 |
| CHST 3003 | Children's Publishing: History, Context & Craft | 3 |
| CHST 3005 | Childrens Picture Books: Culture and Content | 3 |
| CHST 4999 | Independent Work in Children's Studies | 3 |
| EDUC 3040 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDUC 3060 | Sociolinguistics, Literacies, Schools, and Communities | 3 |
| EDUC 4008 | Education and Psychology of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| EDUC 4260 | Neighborhoods, Schools, and Social Inequality | 3 |
| EDUC 4280 | History of Urban Schooling in the United States | 3 |
| EDUC 4290 | Education of Black Children and Youth | 3 |
| EDUC 4430 | Sociology of Education | 3 |
| EDUC 4450 | History of Education in the United States | 3 |
| ELIT 3158 | Banned Books | 3 |
| ELIT 3502 | Topics in American Literature: Girls' Fiction | 3 |
| GERMAN 3060 | Topics in Holocaust Studies: Children in the Shadow of the Swastika | 3 |
| GLOBAL 4036 | Children of Immigrants: Identity and Acculturation | 3 |
| PSYCH 2190 | The Infant Mind: Sophomore Seminar | 3 |
| PSYCH 3195 | Abnormal Child Psychology | 3 |
| PSYCH 4591 | The Development of Social Cognition | 3 |
| WGSS 3240 | Girls' Media and Popular Culture | 3 |
| WGSS 3446 | No Boys Allowed: Girlhood and Programming for Girls in 19th and 20th Centuries, United States | 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.
Transfer Credit
A maximum of 3 units of coursework 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 |