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Minor in Black Studies
The Black Studies minor is offered as a start in meeting the needs of black students who seek to explore their heritage and nonblack students who want to understand something of the black experience. The curriculum draws on a holding of nearly 2,000 books and periodicals in Belk Library and presently includes 28 semester hours of offerings. The minor will consist of 16 semester hours chosen from among the 28. Other courses deemed relevant by the student may count toward the minor upon approval from Dr. Bruce Dick, Department of English.
Courses approved for the minor include:
ANT 3530 (Selected Topics); ENG 2120 (Black Literature); HIS 2421, HIS 2422 (History of Africa); HIS 3230 (Recent U.S. History); HIS 3720 (History of the Old South); P&R 2030 (Islamic Religion and Culture); PS 4540 (Regional Political Patterns: Government and Politics of Africa South of the Sahara); SOC 4560 (Race and Minority Relations); Independent Study (up to four hours for credit toward minor).
Minor in Interdisciplinary Studies
The minor in Interdisciplinary Studies consists of 18 semester hours. Of these,
twelve are required, and six are elective. The twelve required hours correspond to the core of the IDS major program and provide a comprehensive introduction to the central practical and conceptual concerns of interdisciplinary studies.
- Required IDS minor core: (12 semester hours)
- ID S 3000, Histories of Knowledges (3 s.h.)
- ID S 3150, Interdisciplinary Praxis (3 s.h.)
- ID S 3300, Seminar I (3 s.h.)
- ID S 3700, Seminar II (3 s.h.)
(Note: IDS 3000 and IDS 3150 are prerequisites for IDS 3300 and IDS 3700.)
- Elective courses: (6 s.h.)
- Two IDS courses numbered 2000 or above, one of which must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Minor in Internet Studies
The minor in Internet Studies is offered to students wishing to supplement their major with an interdisciplinary exploration of the Internet. The minor consists of 18 semester hours. Students must take a minimum of 6 s.h. from the list of Technical/Design courses; a minimum of 6 s.h. from the list of Culture/Politics courses; IDS 3250, Internet Studies (3 s.h.), a required seminar for this minor; plus an additional 3 s.h. from either list.
- Technical/Design courses:
(Select a minimum of 6 s.h. from the following list of courses.- ART 1011 Design Fundamentals I
- ART 1012 Design Fundamentals II
- CI 4810 Introduction to Sight and Sound
- CI 4840 Beginning Video Production
Either
- CIS 1025 Computer Skills for Business
Or
- CS 1410 Introduction to Computer Applications
but not both
- CIS 3050 Fundamentals of Management Information Systems
- CS 1425 Overview of Computer Science
- CS 1440 Computer Science I
- CS 2440 Computer Science II
- CS 4570 Human-Computer Interfaces
- TEC 1017 Communications Technology
- TEC 3702 Electronic Imaging
- Approved Selected Topics courses as available.
- Culture/Politics courses: (Select a minimum of 6 s.h. from the following list of courses.)
- ANT 2420 Gender, Race and Class
- ANT 4570 Sustainable Development in the Modern World System
- ART 2230 History of Graphic Design
- ART 3430 History of Twentieth Century Art
- CI 4830 Media Literacy
- COM 3200 Internet Communication
- COM 3300 Mass Media and Society
- P&R 3400 Contemporary Continental Philosophy
- P&R 3600 Philosophy of Science
- PS 4220 Globalization
- SOC 2040 Popular Culture TEC 2029 Society and Technology
- Approved Selected Topics courses as available.
For more information see the Internet Studies Website.
Minor in Labor Studies
The minor in Labor Studies is offered for students who wish to supplement their major course of study with an interdisciplinary exploration of labor issues. The minor consists of 18 semester hours.
- Required courses: (9 s.h.)
- MGT 4630 Labor Relations
- SOC 3550 Sociology of Work and Organizations
- PSY 3207 Organizational Psychology
- Choose one: (3 s.h.)
- IDS 2440 Introduction to Sustainable Development
- ANT 4570 Sustainable Development in the Modern World System
- Electives: (6 s.h.)
- ANT 4220 Globalization (Same as PS 4220)
- ANT 4565 Political Economy, Globalization, and Rural Development
- ANT 4570 Sustainable Development in the Modern World System
- ECO 3720 Economics of Personnel ENG 3120 Writing and Law
- HIS 3526 History of American Business
- IDS 2421 Introduction to Women's Studies, Social Sciences
- MGT 3620 Human Resource Management
- MGT 4570 Compensation and Human Resource Management Systems
- P&R 3400 Contemporary Continental Philosophy
- PS 3410 Marxism
- PS 4220 Globalization (Same as ANT 4220)
- PSY 4206 Industrial Psychology
- SOC 4750 Social Stratification
- SOC 4850 Globalization and Population
