African American Studies

The Minor in African American Studies is a focused interdisciplinary program that explores the experiences and traditions of African Americans. The AFAM minor complements programs in the College of Arts and Sciences and other pre-professional and professional programs in the University. Students are introduced to historical origins and cultural foundations of African American society. Emphasis is centered on human organization, institutions, and socioeconomic development. The goal of the minor is to charter new and different directions of critical inquiry about African American contributions in the ongoing process of human development.

Students declaring the AFAM minor are required to meet with the Coordinator of the African American Studies Program to formulate a suitable plan of study.

The Minor in African American Studies consists of eighteen (18) hours. For the minor, students are required to complete twelve (12) hours of specified courses and six (6) hours of courses in a specified concentration. The concentration may be taken from English, history, philosophy, psychology, music or other disciplinary course offerings centered on African American Studies.

Specified courses :

• AFAM 2000 Introduction to African American History and Culture
• AFAM 2010 Introduction to African American Social Sciences
• AFAM 2020 Special Topics in African American Studies
• AFAM 3370 African Americans, Africa, and Pan-Africanism

Any student may select one of the above courses to satisfy the University requirement in African American Studies. For the student who minors in AFAM, the remaining courses are required to fulfill the Minor.

A grade of "C" or better must be earned in all courses taken in the minor. It is strongly suggested that each student with a minor in AFAM have knowledge of a language other than English.

Environmental Science/Environmental Studies

There are three interdisciplinary environmental minors: Environmental Science for Non-Science Majors, Environmental Studies for Non-Science Majors, and Environmental Studies for Science Majors. These minors provide students with an opportunity to prepare for positions of leadership in professional fields that (1) foster humane interaction with the natural environment, (2) promote restoration of an environment fit to sustain human life, and (3) seek environmental justice. Specifically, these programs will enable students to pursue the following:

• graduate study in environmental science or environmental studies,
• scientific and technical careers in laboratories studying environmental issues,
• careers in environmental policy in the public or private sector, and
• social action organizations addressing issues of environmental justice and fairness.

1. Minor in Environmental Science for Non-Science Majors. This minor introduces the non-science major to the environmental sciences. Students must earn eighteen (18) hours, including two required courses and six (6) hours from the courses under Group A and six (6) hours from the courses under Group B.

Required courses:

BIOL 1050	Environmental Biology	3 hrs.
CHEM 1500	Survey of Environmental Chemistry	3 hrs.

 

Group A:	Choose Two		Group B:	Choose Two
IPSC 3020	Earth Science		PHIL 2045	Ethics
IPSC 4010*	Advanced Earth Science		PHIL 2060	Environmental Philosophy
STAT 2010 or MATH 1020	Statistics		ENGL 3003	Nature and Language
BIOL 4350**	Epidemiology		PSCI 3363	Environmental Policy
CHEM 3450***	Toxicology		THEO 3800 +	Environmental Theology
			PSYC 4000	Environmental Psychology
			MSCM 4400	Environmental Communications
	6 hrs.			6 hrs.
					12 hrs.
					18 hrs.

2. Minor in Environmental Studies for Non-Science Majors. This minor introduces non-science majors to environmental issues from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. Students must earn eighteen (18) hours, including six (6) hours from the list of courses under Group A and twelve (12) hours from the list of courses under Group B.

Group A:	Choose Two		Group B:	Choose Four
BIOL 1050	Environmental Biology		PHIL 2045	Ethics
CHEM 1500	Survey of Envir. Chemistry		PHIL 2060	Environmental Philosophy
IPSC 3020	Earth Science		ENGL 3003	Nature and Language
IPSC 4010*	Advanced Earth Science		PSCI 3363	Environmental Policy
STAT 2010 or MATH 1020	Statistics		THEO 3800 +	Environmental Theology
BIOL 4350**	Epidemiology		PSYC 4000	Environmental Psychology
			MSCM 4400	Environmental Communications
	6 hrs.			12 hrs.
					18 hrs.

3. Minor in Environmental Studies for Science Majors. This minor is for science majors who already must complete a mandated minor. Students must earn eighteen (18) hours in this minor. The science major will achieve a double minor by selecting the three required courses, nine (9) hours, to satisfy the philosophy core requirement and the upper-level theology requirement. The student will complete the minor by using free electives in order to select the remaining nine (9) hours from the options listed below.

Required courses: (in combination with core curriculum requirements)

PHIL 2045	Ethics	3 hrs.
PHIL 2060	Environmental Philosophy	3 hrs.
THEO 3800 +	Environmental Theology	3 hrs.

 

	Choose Three
BIOL 2141**	General Zoology		IPSC 4010*	Advanced Earth Science
BIOL 2151**	General Botany		BIOL 4220^	Applied and Env. Microbiology
IPSC 3020	Earth Science		BIOL 4240^^	Microbial Physiology
BIOL 3070^	Immunology		BIOL 4350**	Epidemiology
BIOL 3210	Ecology		CHEM 4093 #	Undergraduate Env. Research
CHEM 3450***	Toxicology		BIOL 4520 ###	Undergraduate Research
BIOL 4300-03 ##	Adv. Topics in Biology
				9 hrs.
					9 hrs.
					18 hrs.

* Prerequisite IPSC 3020

** Prerequisites BIOL 1230, 1240, and labs

*** Prerequisites CHEM 2210, 2220, BIOL 1230, 1240, and labs

# Prerequisites CHEM 2220, 2220/D, 2240L

## Prerequisites 16 hours of Biology AND instructor's permission

### Prerequisites Sophomore Standing in Biology AND instructor's permission

^ Prerequisites BIOL 2010 and lab

^^ Prerequisites BIOL 2010, CHEM 2210 or permission of instructor

+ Listed in the catalog as Environmental Issues in Christian Perspective, prerequisite 1000-level Theology course

International Studies

The Minor in International Studies prepares students for careers in the international arena. The program of study provides a blend of traditional courses from the humanities, languages, and social sciences. Specifically, this program prepares students for:

• Careers in government service, particularly the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State or any of the various other Federal agencies which function in the international milieu;
• Careers in international business in the private sector;
• Career as international civil servants with intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations or careers with private international non-governmental organizations.

The Minor consists of twenty-one hours. Students choosing this minor are required to complete three (3) hours of the same foreign language over and above the six (6) hours which are required by the Core Curriculum. As a demonstration of language proficiency, students are required to have an overall average of 3.0 or higher in this foreign language sequence. Students are also required to complete six hours each in Economics, Political Science, and Sociology from the following list of courses:

Economics (6 hrs):	ECON 2020, 4050, 4070
Political Science (6 hrs):	PSCI 2040, 3400, 4640, 4680
Sociology (6 hrs):	SOCI 2060, 4050, or BHSC 4800

Law and Humanities

The Law and Humanities Minor is offered under the direction of the Pre-law advisor. The interdisciplinary approach of the Law and Humanities Minor is designed to provide the student with a more comprehensive understanding of the traditions and values of the law than is possible within a single department's offerings. In addition, by providing the student with a variety of humanistic perspectives, the program gives majors in all disciplines an integrated view of the humanities. The minor consists of five required courses and one elective.

The required courses are the following:

English 3000	Special Topics (Law and Literature)
History 3001	History of American Law
Philosophy 3260	Philosophy of Law
Political Science 2100	Law, Politics, and Society
Seminar in Law and	(cross-listed in appropriate departments)
Humanities

The one elective course is to be chosen from an area outside the student's major and is to be selected from the following:

History 3360	African American History II
Philosophy 3190	Legal Reasoning and Writing
Political Science 2120	Judicial Process
Political Science 4100	Constitutional Law
Political Science 4110	Civil Rights