Undergraduate Minors

A minor is intended to support the major coursework and aid students in considering their program of study in an interdisciplinary manner. Although a minor is not required for most majors, students are encouraged to consider selecting a minor in consultation with their advisor and may select a maximum of two minors. Selecting an optional minor may require additional credit hours above the 120 hours required for all undergraduate degrees.

The Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies requires three minors for degree completion. Each minor in the BSLS degree requires 12 hours of upper-level electives and 6 hours of lower-level electives (or any level elective) from the same minor area.

College of Arts and Sciences Minors

Anthropology

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
ANTH 3300	Cultural Anthropology	3
ANTH 3340	Biological Anthropology	3
Upper-Level Anthropology Courses		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Aviation Science

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Aviation Science electives		6
Any level Aviation Science electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Biology

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
BIOL 1407	Biology for Science Majors II (Lecture + Lab)	4
Select at least 14 hours from the following:		14
BIOL 3401	Ecology
or BIOL 3315	Advanced Physiology
or BIOL 3318	Animal Physiology
or BIOL 3420	Entomology
or BIOL 3445	Comparative Vertebrate Zoology
or BIOL 3452	Principles of Genetics
or BIOL 4301	Conservation Biology
or BIOL 4302	Restoration Ecology
or BIOL 4346	Animal Behavior
or BIOL 4470	Cell Biology
or BIOL 4471	Molecular Biology
or BIOL 4372	Virology
or BIOL 4373	Immunology
or BIOL 4475	Proteomics
or BIOL 4380	Evolution
Total Credit Hours		18

Chemistry

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
CHEM 2423	Organic Chemistry I (Lecture + Lab)	4
CHEM 2425	Organic Chemistry II (Lecture + Lab)	4
Choose 3 from the following electives:		12
CHEM 3415	Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 4430	Biochemistry I
CHEM 4431	Biochemistry II
CHEM 4415	Instrumental Analysis
Total Credit Hours		20

Communications

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-Level Communications Electives		12
Any Level Communications Electives		6
Total Credit Hours		18

Criminal Justice

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Criminal Justice electives		6
Any level Criminal Justice electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Drama

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Drama electives		18
Total Credit Hours		18

English

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-English electives		6
Any level English electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Environmental Studies

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Choose from the following:		18
Lower-level Courses Options
ENVR 1301	Environmental Science I (Lecture)
ENVR 1302	Environmental Science II (Lecture)
ENVR 1401	Environmental Science I (Lecture + Lab)
ENVR 1101	Environmental Science I (Lab)
Upper-level Courses Options ¹
BIOL 3401	Ecology ²
BIOL 4301	Conservation Biology ²
BIOL 4302	Restoration Ecology ²
CRIJ 4305	Environmental Crime and Justice
HIST 3317	American Environmental History
POLI 3310	Environmental Politics
SOCI 3312	Environmental Sociology
By permission of an environmental studies minor program director
ENGL 3356	Literary Authors
ENGL 3357	Literary Themes
ENGL 3358	Literary Period
ENGL 3359	Literary Genres
SOCI 4389	Special Topics in Sociology
Total Credit Hours		18

¹: A minimum of 6 credit hours must be Upper-level coursework Liberal Studies majors need a minimum of 12 Upper-level credit hours.
²: Course has pre-requisites. Please view course description for more details.

Film Studies

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
ENGL 3335	Film Studies	3
Select five of the following:		15
CRIJ 3345	Criminal Justice and Moving Images
or ENGL 3339	Literature & Film
or ENGL 4336	Film History
or ENGL 4337	Film Auteurs
or ENGL 4338	Film Genres
or ENGL 4339	Film Theory & Criticism
or F A 4321	The Artist on Film
or HIST 3324	Hollywood Westerns and the American West
or HIST 3361	History and Film
or POLI 3350	Politics and Propaganda in Media
or SOCI 3340	Media and Society
Faculty Approved Electives
Total Credit Hours		18

Additional film courses may be added as they are offered. Please speak with an advisor

Fine Arts

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-Fine Arts elective		12
Any level Fine Arts elective		6
Total Credit Hours		18

Forensic Investigation

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Select six of the following for 18 hours:		18
CRIJ 3311	Techniques of Interviewing
CRIJ 3315	Criminal Evidence
CRIJ 3353	Biological Aspects of Forensic Science
CRIJ 4350	Advanced Investigation
CRIJ 4351	Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 3340	Biological Anthropology
ANTH 4330	Bioarcheology
ANTH 4340	Human Osteology
CRIJ 3352	Physical Aspects of Forensic Science

Total Credit Hours		18

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
ENGL 3300	Introduction to Gender Studies	3
Choose from one of the following two theory courses:		3
ENGL 3305	Critical Analysis of Lit
or SOCI 3304	Sociological Theory
Choose four courses from the following program-approved electives: ¹		12
ANTH 3301	Cultural Diversity
or CRIJ 3301	Gender and Crime
or ENGL 3306	Readings in Adolescent Lit
or ENGL 3356	Literary Authors
or ENGL 3357	Literary Themes
or ENGL 3358	Literary Period
or ENGL 4376	Language and Gender
or SOCI 3301	Sociology of the Family
or SOCI 3303	Race and Ethnicity
or SOCI 4303	Social Inequalities
or SOCI 4310	Sociology of the Body
or SOCI 4311	Sociology of Sexuality
or SOCI 4312	Gender and Society
Total Credit Hours		18

*Additional courses with a substantive gender-studies component may also be approved for the minor at the discretion of program lead, Dr. Stephanie Peebles Tavera.

¹

Approved ENGL 3356 titles are:

ENGL 3356: Emily Dickinson
ENGL 3356: Black Women Writers & Generational Identity

Approved ENGL 3357 title is:

ENGL 3357: Medicine & Literature

Approved ENGL 3358 title is:

ENGL 3358: Feminist Utopian Literature

History

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level History electives		6
Any level History electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Homeland Security

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Select six of the following for 18 hours:		18
CRIJ 3340	Homeland Security
CRIJ 3310	Criminal Justice Supervision and Management
CRIJ 3311	Techniques of Interviewing
CRIJ 3320	Policing
CRIJ 4312	Criminal Justice Ethics
CIS 3361	Introduction to Computer Forensics
CIS 4342	Computer Security Principles and Practices
CRIJ 4350	Advanced Investigation
MGMT 4360	Emergency Management
POLI 3320	Terrorism and Political Violence
or POLI 4320	Weapons of Mass Destruction
RELS 4320	Religious Terrorism
Total Credit Hours		18

Language and Linguistics

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Select at least 12 hours from the following courses:		12
ENGL 3370	Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 3372	Sociolinguistics
ENGL 3374	Psycholinguistics
ENGL 3376	Discourse Analysis
ENGL 4376	Language and Gender
ENGL 4378	History of the English Language
Select up to 6 hours from the following courses:		6
ANTH 3372	Linguistic Anthropology
ENGL 4310	Rhetoric in Democracy
ENGL 4311	History of Rhetoric
ENGL 4312	Rhetorical Criticism
ENGL 4313	Visual Rhetoric
ENGL 4314	Multicultural Rhetorics
ENGL 4315	Digital Rhetoric
Total Credit Hours		18

Mathematics

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Mathematics electives		6
Any level Mathematics electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Military Science

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Military Science electives		6
Any level Military Science electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Minor in Military Science is only available to ROTC cadets.

Political Science

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Political Science electives		6
Any level Political Science electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Religious Studies

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-Level Religious Studies courses and/or any of the following:		18
HIST 3329	Church and State
ENGL 4388	English Problems (Film and Religion)
SOCI 4304	Sociology of Religion
POLI 3355	Religion and Politics
Total Credit Hours		18

Sociology

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Sociology electives		6
Any level Sociology electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Social Welfare

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
SOWK 3300	Introduction to Social Work	3
SOWK 3302	Social Welfare in the United States	3
SOWK 3303	Social Work with Diverse Populations	3
SOWK 3304	Human Behavior and Social Environment I	3
Social Work Electives		6
Total Credit Hours		18

Social Work

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Social Work electives		6
Any level Social Work electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Visual Arts

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level ARTS electives		18
Total Credit Hours		18

College of Business Administration Minors

Accounting

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Accounting electives		6
Any level Accounting electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Business Administration

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
ACCT 2301	Principles of Financial Accounting	3
or ACCT 3300	Accounting Concepts
BUSI 3311	Business Statistics	3
or BUSI 3332	Legal Environment of Business
or BUSI 2301	Business Law
or ECON 2301	Principles of Macroeconomics
or ECON 2302	Principles of Microeconomics
FIN 3301	Financial Management I ^*	3
MGMT 3301	Principles of Management	3
MKTG 3301	Marketing	3
CIS 4350	Management Information Systems	3
Total Credit Hours		18

Computer Science

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
MATH 3310	Discrete Mathematics	3
COSC 3351	Data Structures	3
COSC 4301	Database Theory and Practices	3
COSC 4340	Analysis of Algorithms	3
CIS 3330	C++ Programming	3
or CIS 3331	Visual Basic Programming
or CIS 3332	Java Programming
CIS 3340	Advanced C++ Programming	3
or CIS 3341	Advanced Visual Basic Programming
or CIS 3342	Advanced Java Programming
or CIS 3343	C# Programming for Windows and the Web
Total Credit Hours		18

Computer Information Systems

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
CIS 3303	Programming Logic and Design	3
CIS 3330	C++ Programming	3
or CIS 3331	Visual Basic Programming
or CIS 3332	Java Programming
CIS 3347	Data Communications and Infrastructure	3
CIS 3365	System Analysis and Design	3
CIS 4301	Database Theory and Practices	3
CIS 4350	Management Information Systems	3
Total Credit Hours		18

Finance

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Finance electives		6
Any level Finance electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Human Resource Management

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
BUSI 4334	Employment Law	3
MGMT 3302	Personnel and Human Resource Management	3
MGMT 4303	Wage and Salary Administration	3
MGMT 4304	Recruitment and Selection of Human Resources	3
MGMT 4305	Human Resource Development	3
MGMT 4306	Employer and Labor Relations	3
Total Credit Hours		18

Management

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Management electives		6
Any level Management electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

*Students seeking a BBA in Human Resource Management may not seek a Management Minor.

Marketing

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Marketing electives		6
Any level Marketing electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

College of Education and Human Development Minors

Psychology

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level Psychology electives		6
Any level Psychology electives		12
Total Credit Hours		18

Secondary Education Minor

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Upper-level approved Education certification courses		18
Clinical Teaching		6
Total Credit Hours		24

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