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Critical Animal Studies, Minor in

Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY

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Program
Award
Minor in
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This program explores the ways human beings have thought about and treated other animals. Focus is on how different species interface with humanity and on how nonhuman animality operates in its own terms through a diversity of manifestations. The tradition of humanism (including the idea that humans are especially exceptional or fundamentally different from other animals and that we should be at the center of ethical and legal/political concern) is subjected to critical scrutiny and thus is seen to legitimize and thereby facilitate the exploitation of other animals. Critical Animal Studies interrogates the metaphysical and moral (ab)uses of species categories.This field attracts students interested in pursuing careers in animal handling, veterinary medicine, animal advocacy, wildlife rehabilitation and the like.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191649
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191649_b593a749
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Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Minor Requirements - Minimum Semester Hours: 18

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    Required Courses

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      1. Critical Animal Studies - two courses (6 s.h.)

      3 items
      1. ANML 010
        (IS) Thinking Animals
        As published: “(IS) Thinking Animals Semester Hours: 3”
        or: PHI 018 - (HP) Thinking Animals Semester Hours: 3
        3
      2. and
        Not resolved to a course
      3. ANML 199
        (IS) Independent Study in Critical Animal Studies
        As published: “(IS) Independent Study in Critical Animal Studies Semester Hours: 3”
        3

      2. Biology - one course (3-4 s.h.)

      1 item
      1. BIOL 111
        (NS) Introduction to the Big Ideas in Biology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
        or: BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology I Semester Hours: 4

      3. Philosophy - one course (3-4 s.h.)

      7 items
      1. PHI 010C
        (HP) Theories of Human Nature Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      2. PHI 101
        (HP) Ecology and Environmentalism Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      3. PHI 131
        (HP) Ethics and Animals Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. PHI 133
        (HP) Ethics and the Natural Environment Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. PHI 138
        (HP) Ethics and Sustainability: Personal, Social and Corporate Responsibility Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      6. PHI 162
        (HP) Philosophy of Biology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      7. PHI 164
        Philosophy of Mind Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      4. Electives 2-3 courses (6-7 s.h.)

      21 items
      1. ANML 099 A-Z
        Special Topics in Critical Animal Studies
        As published: “Special Topics in Critical Animal Studies Semester Hours: 3”
        3
      2. ANTH 001
        (BH) Human Evolution in Anthropological Perspective
        As published: “(BH) Human Evolution in Anthropological Perspective Semester Hours: 3-4”
        3-4
      3. ANTH 107
        (BH, CC) Conservation and Indigenous Peoples Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      4. ANTH 110
        (BH) Prehistory Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      5. BIOL 112
        (NS) General Biology I Semester Hours: 4
        Not resolved to a course
      6. BIOL 113
        (NS) General Biology II Semester Hours: 4
        Not resolved to a course
      7. BIOL 120
        Evolution, Ecology and Behavior Semester Hours: 4
        Not resolved to a course
      8. BIOL 138
        Field Ecology Semester Hours: 1-3
        Not resolved to a course
      9. BIOL 144
        Animal Physiology Semester Hours: 4
        Not resolved to a course
      10. BIOL 145
        Hormones and Behavior Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      11. BIOL 150
        Behavior Semester Hours: 4
        Not resolved to a course
      12. BIOL 163
        Brain, Behavior and Evolution Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      13. CGS 010
        (IS) Introduction to Cognitive Science Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      14. PSY 061
        (BH) Comparative Psychology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      15. PSY 070
        Evolutionary Psychology Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      16. PSY 110
        Principles of Learning and Behavior Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      17. PSY 192
        Research Seminar: Animal Learning and Cognition Semester Hours: 4
        Not resolved to a course
      18. RELI 090 A-Z
        (HP) Special Topics in Religion Semester Hours: 1-3
        Not resolved to a course
      19. SBLY 104 A-Z
        Special Topics in Sustainability Studies Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      20. SBLY 120
        (IS) Sustainability and Food Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course
      21. WSC 113
        (AA) Resistance Writing: Ink and Fire Semester Hours: 3
        Not resolved to a course

      Note

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        Source. Hofstra University, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin — https://bulletin.hofstra.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=147&poid=32519&returnto=28222. Captured page pages/0381.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.