Minors
In order to provide students with additional opportunities to broaden and enrich their educations, the University offers several minors. A minor is a program of study that is distinct from and supplements a student's major. A minor may be taken as a way to give a coherent pattern to elective hours, to expand career options, to prepare for graduate study, or simply to explore in greater depth an area different from one's major.
Social Science Minor (21 credits):
The Social Science minor provides an opportunity for students in other majors to pattern their electives in such a way as to demonstrate a basic familiarity with the social sciences. This will allow them to present themselves to prospective employers or graduate programs as having pursued a well-rounded undergraduate education and as having a familiarity with disciplines that help to explain the human condition.
- LIB 307 Social Science Seminar: Race Relations in America (3 credits)
Interdisciplinary (LIB) course from the multidisciplinary Social Science block of the Social Science major.
Five Social Science courses that include coursework in at least three Social Science disciplines (ANT, ECO, HIS, POL, PSY, SOC). For purposes of clarification: a course cross-listed under a social science and a non-Social Science discipline (e.g. ENV/POL 310 Environmental Policies) may be counted towards the minor even if formally taken under the non-Social Science pre-fix (i.e., as ENV 310).
Courses may also apply to General Education requirements, but at least 15 of the 21 credits must be at the 300-level or above.