HELP 2011-2012 University Catalog ■ Minors and Interdisciplinary Minors in Humanities and Social Sciences Print-Friendly Page

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has 59 minors, some of which are offered jointly with other units in the university. Minors require between 15 and 21 credits, and all but 8 of those credits can be used simultaneously to fill other requirements. The college encourages all students to declare a minor, if they can. A minor can complement the major, enhance career preparation, allow students to develop a secondary area of expertise, or give them a chance to explore a passion.

The college offers two types of minors: disciplinary and interdisciplinary. The coursework for disciplinary minors comes mainly from a single discipline. Disciplinary minors are offered by one of the 10 departments in the college.

Interdisciplinary minors require course work from two or more disciplines and are administered by interdepartmental faculty groups, often including faculty from across the university.

All minors in the college are available to students in any major in the university. For more information, see All about Minors.

For policies governing all minors, see the Academic Policies  chapter of this catalog.

Disciplinary minors:

• Arabic Minor 
• Anthropology 
• American Government 
• Art History 
• Childhood Studies 
• Chinese 
• Communication 
• Consciousness and Transformation 
• Criminology, Law and Society 
• Economic Systems Design 
• Economics 
• Electronic Journalism 
• English 
• French 
• German 
• History 
• International/Comparative Studies 
• Latin 
• Neuroscience Minor 
• Philosophy 
• Psychology 
• Public Policy and Management 
• Religious Studies 
• Russian 
• Sociology 
• Spanish 
• Writing and Rhetoric Minor 

Interdisciplinary minors:

• African and African American Studies 
• Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology 
• Applied Conservation Studies  (offered jointly with the College of Science )
• Asia-Pacific Studies 
• Classical Studies 
• Entrepreneurship Studies 
• Film and Media Studies 
• Folklore and Mythology 
• Global Affairs 
• Global Systems 
• Immigration Studies 
• Islamic Studies 
• Japanese Studies 
• Judaic Studies  
• Latin American Studies 
• Leadership 
• Legal Studies 
• Linguistics 
• Middle East Studies 
• Multimedia 
• Native American and Indigenous Studies 
• New Europe 
• Nonprofit Studies 
• Philosophy and Law 
• Political Philosophy 
• Science and Society 
• Sport and American Culture  (offered jointly with the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism )
• Sport Communication  (offered jointly with the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism )
• Sustainability  (offered jointly with the College of Science )
• Teaching English as a Second Language 
• Urban and Suburban Studies 
• Women and Gender Studies 

Programs

• Entrepreneurship Studies Minor

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