School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
Minors
Students must take a minimum of 18 semester credit hours for the minor, 12 of which must be upper-division semester credit hours. Students who take a minor will be expected to meet the normal prerequisites in courses making up the minor, and should maintain a minimum GPA of 2.000 on a 4.00 scale (C average). Semester credit hours may not be used to satisfy both the major and minor requirements; however, free elective semester credit hours or major preparatory classes may be used to satisfy the minor. The undergraduate minors in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences are:
- Arts Management and Leadership
- Criminology
- Economics
- Geography
- Geospatial Information Sciences
- International Political Economy
- Nonprofit Management
- Political Science
- Public Affairs
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Science, Technology, and Policy
- Sociology
Minor in Arts Management and Leadership
18 semester credit hours
The Minor in Arts Management and Leadership is a joint minor offered by the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology program in Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences program in Public and Nonprofit Management.
Required: (6 semester credit hours)
ARTS 4310 Essentials of Leadership in the Visual Arts
or VPAS 4320 Essentials of Leadership in the Performing Arts
PA 4356 Starting a Nonprofit or Social Enterprise OR
or PA 3355 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
Electives: (12 semester credit hours)
Select four courses from the following list (or by approval of advisor). Only two courses (6 semester credit hours) can be lower-division.
AHST 1303 Survey of Western Art History Ancient to Medieval
AHST 1304 Survey Western Art History Renaissance to Modern
AHST 2331 Understanding Art
ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts
AHST 3318 Contemporary Art
ATCM 2330 Digital Art and Social Practice
ATCM 2340 Visual Communication
COMM 1311 Introduction to Communication Studies
COMM 1315 Public Speaking
DANC 1305 Introduction to World Dance Forms
DANC 1310 Understanding Dance
DANC 3340 Dance in Historical Context
ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ENTP 4320 Small Business Management
FILM 1303 Transnational Film and Video
FILM 2332 Understanding Film
ENTP 4340 Social Sector Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement
MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing
MKT 4330 Digital and Internet Marketing
MKT 4360 Social Impact Marketing
MUSI 1306 Understanding Music
MUSI 2321 Music Cultures of the World
MUSI 2322 Music in Western Civilization
MUSI 3322 Music in Historical Context
MUSI 3330 Music Literature: Romantic to Modern
PA 3333 Human Resources Management Leading a Diverse Workforce
PA 3355 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (if not taken as Required Course)
PA 3379 Diversity in the Public Sector
PA 4356 Starting a Nonprofit or Social Enterprise (if not taken as Required Course)
PA 4357 Measuring Social Impact
THEA 1310 Understanding Theatre
THEA 3323 Theatre in Historical Context
VPAS 3300 Elements of Art and Performance
VPAS 3340 Writing in the Arts
VPAS 4310 Entertainment Law
Minor in Criminology
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 6 semester credit hours
CRIM 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRIM 1307 Introduction to Crime and Criminology
Upper-Division Courses: 12 semester credit hours
Any CRIM upper-division courses excluding CRIM 4V97, CRIM 4V98, and CRIM 4V99.
Minor in Economics
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 9 semester credit hours
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 3310 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
or ECON 3311 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Upper-Division Courses: 9 semester credit hours
Any upper-division ECON courses excluding ECON 4V97, ECON 4V98, and ECON 4V99.
Minor in Geography
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 9 semester credit hours
GEOG 2302 The Global Environment
GEOG 2303 World Regional Geography
GEOG 2309 Principles of Geospatial Information Sciences
Upper-Division Courses: 9 semester credit hours
Any upper-division Geography (GEOG) or Geographic Information Sciences (GISC) courses, excluding GEOG 4V97.
Minor in Geospatial Information Sciences (GIS)
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 9 semester credit hours
GISC 2305 Spatial Thinking and Data Analytics
or GISC 2307 Digital Earth
GISC 2309 Principles of Geospatial Information Sciences
or GEOG 2309 Principles of Geospatial Information Sciences
GISC 4325 Introduction to Remote Sensing
Upper-Division Courses: 9 semester credit hours
Any upper-division Geography (GEOG) or Geographic Information Sciences (GISC) courses, excluding GEOG 4V97.
Minor in International Political Economy
18 semester credit hours
Choose 6 courses from the following (with at least 4 being upper-division courses):
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
GEOG 3370 The Global Economy
IPEC 3349 World Resources and Development
IPEC 4301 Political Economy of Industrialized Countries
IPEC 4302 Political Economy of Developing Countries
IPEC 4303 Political Economy of South and Southeast Asia
IPEC 4304 Political Economy of Latin America
IPEC 4305 Topics in Science, Technology and Institutions
IPEC 4307 Regional Topics in International Political Economy
IPEC 4308 Political Economy of Africa
IPEC 4309 Urban Development
IPEC 4310 Environmental and Health Policy in East Asia
IPEC 4376 Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
IPEC 4377 Politics of International Finance
IPEC 4384 Health and Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective
IPEC 4396 Topics in International Political Economy
PSCI 4329 Global Politics
PSCI 4332 Latin American Politics
PSCI 4347 The War on Drugs
PSCI 4348 Terrorism
PSCI 4356 International Political Economy
PSCI 4360 The Political Economy of Multinational Corporations
Minor in Nonprofit Management
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 12 semester credit hours
PA 3355 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
PA 4357 Measuring Social Impact
PA 4356 Starting a Nonprofit or Social Enterprise
PA 3333 Human Resources Management: Leading a Diverse Workforce
or PA 4335 Resource Development for Nonprofits
or PA 6335 Resource Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Upper-Division Courses: 6 semester credit hours
Any upper-division course with a PA prefix with the exception of PA 4V97, PA 4V98, and PA 4V99.
Minor in Political Science
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 6 semester credit hours
GOVT 2305 American National Government
GOVT 2306 State and Local Government
Upper-Division Courses: 12 semester credit hours
Any upper-division courses with a PSCI prefix except PSCI 4V76, PSCI 4V97, PSCI 4V98 and PSCI 4V99.
Minor in Public Affairs
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 6 semester credit hours
PA 3310 Managing Government Organizations
or PSCI 3310 Managing Government Organizations
PA 3333 Human Resources Management: Leading a Diverse Workforce
Upper-Division Courses: 12 semester credit hours
Any upper-division course with a PA prefix with the exception of PA 4V97, PA 4V98, and PA 4V99.
Minor in Public Health
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 9 semester credit hours
SOC 4369 Public Health and Society
SOC 4372 Health and Illness
SOC 4385 Global Health and Society
Electives: 9 semester credit hours
Any three (3) of the following courses will be accepted as electives for the minor. Other courses will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the program coordinator.
ECON 3330 Economics of Health
GEOG 3357 Spatial Dimensions of Health and Disease
GEOG 3372 Population and Development
HIST 3328 History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
HLTH 1322 Human Nutrition
HLTH 3301 Issues in Geriatric Healthcare
HLTH 3305 The U.S. Healthcare System
HLTH 3310 Health Care Issues: Global Perspectives
HLTH 4380 Special Topics in Healthcare
HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management
PSY 4328 Health Psychology
PSY 4346 Human Sexuality
SOC 4357 Drugs, Alcohol and Society
SOC 4371 Mental Health and Illness
SOC 4372 Health and Illness
SPAN 3330 Medical Spanish
Minor in Public Policy
21 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 12 semester credit hours
GOVT 2305 American National Government
GOVT 2306 State and Local Government
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
PSCI 3325 American Public Policy
Upper-Division Courses: 9 semester credit hours
Choose three courses from the following:
IPEC 4301 Political Economy of Industrialized Countries
IPEC 4305 Topics in Science, Technology and Institutions
IPEC 4309 Urban Development
IPEC 4384 Health and Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective
PA 3380 Organizations: Theory and Behavior
PA 4351 Managing the Urban Environment
PA 3355 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
PPOL 4301 Law, Science, and Policy
PPOL 4302 Data and Policy
PPOL 4303 The Internet and Public Policy
PPOL 4396 Topics in Public Policy1
PSCI 3310 Managing Government Organizations
PSCI 3322 Constitutional Law
PSCI 3326 Politics and Business
PSCI 3362 The American Political Institutions
PSCI 4304 Energy and Environmental Politics and Policy
PSCI 4305 Political Research
PSCI 4307 Predicting Politics
PSCI 4343 Congress and Public Policy
Other classes as approved by program head
1. Course can be repeated for credit.
2. PPOL 4398 can be used for Public Policy minor if it has not been used as part of the Major Core.
Minor in Science, Technology, and Policy
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 9 semester credit hours
GOVT 2305 American National Government
PSCI 3325 American Public Policy
PPOL 4301 Law, Science, and Policy1
or IPEC 4305 Topics in Science, Technology and Institutions1
Elective Courses: 9 semester credit hours
Choose 3 courses from the following:
IPEC 4305 Topics in Science, Technology and Institutions1
IPEC 4384 Health and Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective
PPOL 4301 Law, Science, and Policy1
PPOL 4302 Data and Policy
PPOL 4303 The Internet and Public Policy
PPOL 4396 Topics in Public Policy
PSCI 4304 Energy and Environmental Politics and Policy
PSCI 4356 International Political Economy
1. May be used to fulfill the Elective Courses requirement of the Science, Technology, and Policy minor if not used in the Required Courses component.
Minor in Sociology
18 semester credit hours
Required Courses: 9 semester credit hours
SOC 1301 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 3303 Classical Social Theory
SOC 4302 Class, Status, and Power
Upper-Division Courses: 9 semester credit hours
Any upper-division classes with a SOC prefix with the exception of SOC 4V97, SOC 4V98, and SOC 4V99.