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The gender and society minor provides students with the tools they need to participate competently in society’s current and ongoing conversation about gender. It illuminates the images of femininity and masculinity that shape cultural representations of gender, offers new insight into human difference and diversity, and enhances individual choice and our common humanity. This minor enhances career preparation in that students will be well suited for jobs with advocacy groups; human rights organizations; environmental and consumer groups; health care; and youth, elderly, and social services.
Minor Requirements
IS 200 Approaches to Gender and Society
IS 400-level Capstone Project
Fifteen (15) credits in a minimum of three academic disciplines (12 credits outside the major), choosing from the following: AA 410 Clothing Selection and Behavior, CMD 220 Intercultural Communication, EN 230 American Multicultural Literature, EN 340 Major Women Writers, PSY 110 Human Growth and Development, PSY 220 Social Psychology, PSY 250 Biological Bases of Behavior, PSY 321 Psychology of Gender, SOC 306 Social Inequality in Arlington, SOC 350 Social Justice, SOC 351 Addressing Injustice: Qualitative Research Methods.
The international studies minor provides an interdisciplinary examination of cultures and societies outside the United States as well as an exploration of political, economic, social, and cultural interconnections among nation states, non-governmental organizations, and ethnic and religious groups around the world. International studies coursework is combined with language study, study abroad, and a presentation of capstone thesis. Nineteen (19) to 22 credits plus study abroad and language.
Minor Requirements
SOC 203 The Global Village
IS 421 Thesis Project in International Studies
Language: Students must show a level of skill in a non-native language equivalent to the successful completion of a second-semester college-level language course. There are two different ways to meet the requirement: (1) Complete 6 credits of college-level coursework at the elementary level, which may include courses combining language and culture or complete 3 credits of college level foreign language at the intermediate level. AP, IB and CLEP equivalencies are accepted. (2) Receive a waiver from a faculty member of the International Studies Steering Committee. Waivers will be granted when a student can show knowledge of a language equivalent to two semesters of college-level work either in a proctored exam or with a transcript showing prior schooling in a language other than English.
Study Abroad: Minimum of 3 credits in a study abroad program approved by the Center for Global Education. A full semester abroad is strongly recommended. Students with substantial experience living outside the United States may request a waiver from a faculty member or the International Studies Steering Committee.
Fifteen (15) elective credits (in at least three different disciplines, with at least 12 credits outside the required coursework for the student's major) from the following:
ECO 211 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 485 International Economics
EN 204 World Literature, Romanticism through Post-Modernism
FA 110 Cross-Cultural Visual Thinking
FR 303 Contemporary French Civilization
IT 110 Information Technology in the Global Age
MGT 385 International Business
MKT 485 International Marketing
POL 102 International Relations
POL 103 Comparative Government
POL 380 Politics of Latin America
POL 381 Politics of Sub-Sahara Africa
POL 382 Politics of Western Europe
POL 385 Politics of East Asia
POL 389 Area Studies
PSY 325 Cultural Psychology
SOC 204 Engaging Diversity
SOC 365 Gender Inequality in Global Perspective
SOC 375 Topics in Human Rights
SP 303 Spanish Civilization and Culture
TRS 202 Religions of the World
TRS 345 Buddhist Traditions
With the approval of the International Studies Steering Committee up to 3 credits of language may count towards the elective requirement.
With the approval of the International Studies Steering Committee courses taken during an approved study abroad program may count as international studies electives provided they are on the subject of international studies, broadly defined.
The media and performance studies minor provides an interdisciplinary examination of film, video, television, multimedia, and Web 2.0 texts with a primary emphasis on textual interpretation and theory and a secondary focus on production. The program seeks to improve student fluency with media, both for academic and commercial applications, in order to enhance students' understanding of their major disciplinary field. Students will apply their interdisciplinary knowledge through a capstone project that results in a creative presentation, documentary, or ethnographic visual text, or other multimedia production.
Minor Requirements
IS 240 or EN 240 Introduction to Visual and Cultural Studies
CMD 404 Performance Media Lab
Nine (9) credits (6 outside the student’s major) from the following: EN 207 Theater History, EN/IS 220 The Movie or the Book?, EN 321 Modern Drama, EN 429 Topics in Performance, FA 380 Modern Art, SOC 205 Crime, Media, and Culture
Six (6) additional credits outside the student’s major from the following: CMD 203 Digital Photography, CMD 204 Video Production: Multimedia Communication, EN 212 Topics in Acting, CMD 205 Video Production: Promotional and Informational Communication, CMD 308 Web and Social Media Design, CMD 404 Performance Media Lab, EN 270 Approaches to Creative Writing, EN 305 Topics in Creative Writing, FA 103 Two-Dimensional Design, FA 110 Cross-Cultural Visual Thinking, FA 395 Advanced Studio, CMD 202 Illustration I
See public health minor under Interdisciplinary Studies in the Malek School of Health Professions.
The quantitative science minor is intended to prepare mathematics, biology, and biochemistry majors to join the increasingly integrated community of physicists, chemists, computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who are working together to tackle a broad range of scientific and societal problems. The truly integrative minor is intended to improve MCAT performance for our medical-school-bound students; to prepare science majors for careers that require increased quantitative skills, such as careers within the pharmaceutical industry or in computer-enhanced labs; and to increase career horizons for mathematics majors through this training in the application and communication of mathematics to important problems in our world.
Minor Requirements
IS 233 Introduction to Quantitative Science
MA 218 Probability and Statistics
MA 325 Differential Equations
MA 230 Scientific Computing or MA 418 Stochastic Modeling
BIO 151 General Biology I
BIO 262 Genetics for Majors
BIO 363 Cellular Biology
CHM 125 Life Chemistry or CHM 222 Organic Chemistry II (note that CHM 125 is the recommended path for non-science majors)
CHM 441 Physical Biochemistry
See social entrepreneurship minor under Interdisciplinary Studies in the School of Business Administration.
See sustainability minor under Interdisciplinary Studies in the School of Business Administration.
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