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2016-2017 University Catalog 
  
2016-2017 University Catalog

Minors and Interdisciplinary Minors in Humanities and Social Sciences


The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has 60 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 usually 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  section of this catalog.

Disciplinary minors:

Interdisciplinary minors: