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Undergraduate Minors

The following is a listing of approved undergraduate minors offered at Columbus State University. The requirements for each minor are listed; at least one-half of the course work must be taken at Columbus State University. Courses taken to satisfy Core Area A through E may not be counted as coursework in the minor. Courses required in Area F, G and H of a student's major may be applied toward a minor as long as the minor field and the major field are from significantly different disciplines.

A

Accounting (for business majors only)

18 semester hours to include ACCT 2101, ACCT 2102, ACCT 3111, ACCT 3112, ACCT 3125, and ACCT 4141.

African-American Studies

15 semester hours selected from HIST 3115, HIST 3116, HIST 5112, HIST 5566, ENGL 3131, ENGL 3132, POLS 3116, MUSC 3230, MUSC 5219, or SOCI 3117. Students may apply 3 to 6 elective hours toward the minor provided the courses contain significant content pertaining to African-American studies. The elective courses must be approved by the chair of the Department of History and Geography.

Anthropology

18 semester hours including ANTH 1105, two courses selected from ANTH 1107, 1145, or 2136, and nine semester hours of upper-division ANTH courses.

Art

18 semester hours in ARTS classes including ARTS 1010, either ARTS 1020 or ARTS 1030, and a minimum of nine semester hours completed at 3000 level or above. A minimum Grade of "C" or better is required for each course. Internships and independent study courses may not be used to satisfy requirements for this minor. Students interested in exploring Painting, Photography, or Printmaking are advised to take ARTS 1020, and those interested in taking Sculpture or Ceramics are advised to take ARTS 1030.

Art History

18 semester hours to include two of the following courses: ARTH 2125, ARTH 2126, or ARTH 2127 and 12 additional hours of ARTH courses at the 3000-level or above. Internships and independent study courses may not be used to satisfy requirements for this minor.

Applied Statistics

18 semester hours including STAT 1127, STAT 3127, and 12 semester hours from the following: STAT 5117, STAT 5118, STAT 5119, STAT 5176, STAT 5177, and STAT 5555.

Asian Studies

15 semester hours including three semester hours in lower division CHIN and JAPN courses and 12 semester hours from the following courses: BUSA 3135, HIST 5555, MGMT 4116, POLS 3139, POLS 4155, and POLS 4178. The following selected topics courses may also be used for the minor if the topic has an Asian focus: ARTH 3555, ARTS 3555, GEOL 3555, ITDS 1156, and POLS 3555. At least nine semester hours must be in upper division courses and no more than nine semester hours may be in the same discipline. The director of the Center for International Education is responsible for advising and approval of topics and transfer courses.

Astronomy

17 semester hours including ASTR 1105, ASTR 1305 and ASTR 1106. The remaining 10 hours will come from the following courses: ASTR 3105, ASTR 3115, ASTR 3205, ASTR 4899, PHYS/ASTR 5555, or upper-level science as approved by astronomy advisor. (Note that MATH 1131 and PHYS 2211/2311 are pre-requisites for the upper-level astronomy courses, which can be applied to Areas A and D.) If ASTR 1105/1305 and ASTR 1106 are applied to Area D, PHYS 2211/2311 and PHYS 2212/2312 may be applied to the minor in place of those courses.

Audio Technology

18 semester hours to include MUSC 2511, MUSC 2512, MUSC 4699, MUSC 4899, MUSA 1215. Choose two of the following: MUSC 3311, MUSC 3312, MUSC 3315, Other 3000 or 4000-level Special Topics Music Course or Independent Study. This minor is available to auditioned and accepted music majors after a successful interview with the director of Audio Technology.

B

Biology

At least 15 semester hours of coursework in Biology, including at least 9 hours of upper-division coursework. Suggested courses are BIOL 1231K, BIOL 3215K, BIOL 3216K, and any 5000-level Biology elective.

Biomedical Sciences

This minor will prepare students for graduate work and professional school in the medical fields. The minor courses are typical graduate program prerequisites that will be helpful to students across majors. Choose 15-16 hours from the following. Nine semester hours must be at the 3000-level or above.BIOL 1231K, BIOL 3215K, BIOL 3216K, CHEM 3111, CHEM 3311, CHEM 3112, CHEM 3312, CHEM 3141, PHYS 1111, PHYS 1112, PHYS 1311, PHYS 1312.

Business

18 semester hours including ACCT 2101, BUSA 2115, ECON 2106, MGMT 3109 OR 3115, MKTG 3109 OR 3115 and one of the following international courses: BUSA 3135, BUSA, 3555, ECON 3165, MGMT 4116 or MKTG 4145. Grade of "C" or better is required for each course.

C

Chemistry

18 semester hours of CHEM courses excluding CHEM 1151/1151L, CHEM 1152/1152L, CHEM 1211/1211L, and CHEM 1212/1212L.

Communication

15 semester hours in COMM courses, excluding COMM 1110 and including nine semester hours at the 3000 level or above. Internships and independent study courses may not be used to satisfy requirements for this minor.

Computer Science

A grade of "C" or better is required in each

19 semester hours including CPSC 1301, CPSC 1302, CPSC 2108, and nine semester hours of CPSC or CYBR courses at the 3000 level or above.

Criminal Justice

18 semester hours including CRJU 1105, CRJU 2105, CRJU 2145, CRJU 3107, CRJU 3117, and CRJU 4165. A grade of "C" or better is required in each CRJU course.

D

Dance

15 semester hours. The Dance Minor is under the Theatre Department as part of the College of the Arts. The Dance Minor consists of 15 credit hours of Dance Technique, Dance History, Dance Composition, Anatomy of Dance, and Dance Performance courses. Required courses include: DANC 1310, DANC 3135, DANC 3210, DANC 3235, and DANC 3411.

Select five credits from the following dance technique courses (one credit must be 3000 or above): DANC 2360, DANC 2366, DANC 2367, DANC 2368, DANC 2369, DANC 3360, DANC 3366, DANC 3367, DANC 3368, DANC 3369, DANC 3555, DANC 4366, DANC 4367, DANC 4368, or DANC 4369.

Select one credit from the following dance fitness classes: DANC 1316, DANC 1325, DANC 1385.

Data Analytics

Required hours: 18
STAT 1401 - Elementary Statistics or equivalent
STAT 3127 - Statistical Computing
DSCI 3111 - Data Mining 1
DSCI 3112 - Data Mining 2
DSCI 3116 - Ethics and Data Analytics

Take one of the following courses for 3 credit hours*:
DSCI 3215 - Data Analytics Project
or
DSCI 4698 - Data Analytics Internship

* - If STAT 1401 has been applied in Area D, then 3 more hours are required. Those three hours can be addressed with additional hours in DSCI 3215 Data Analytics Project or DSCI 4698 Data Analytics Internship.

E

Early Childhood Education

18 semester hours including EDEC 3255, EDEC 3256, and 12 semester hours of approved electives.

Earth and Space Sciences- Environmental Science

18 semester hours. Take 4 hours from ENVS1105/1105L or ENVS 1205K, 4 hours from BIOL 1215K or GEOL 1121/1121L and 10 hours of 3000+ level ENVS courses. The following courses may be counted towards the 10 hour upper level requirement: GEOL 3225, GEOL 5117U, GEOL 5165U, GEOL 5255U.

Economics

18 semester hours including ECON 2105, ECON 2106, ECON 3165, and a minimum of nine semester hours of Economics courses completed at 3000 level or above. A minimum Grade of "C" or better is required for each course.

English - Creative Writing Track

18 semester hours to include: Any four of the following courses ENGL 3105, ENGL 3106, ENGL 3107, ENGL 3108, ENGL 3109; two sections of the following ENGL 4176 and/or ENGL 4175. Either of these may be taken twice for credit.

English - Literature Track

18 semester hours of ENGL courses at the 2000 level or above, including nine semester hours at the 3000 level or above.

English - Linguistics

15 semester hours including ENGL 2136, ENGL 5147, ENGL 5165, ENGL 5168, and one of the following courses: ENGL 5148, ENGL 5166, or ENGL 5167.

English - Professional Writing Track

18 semester hours to include ENGL 2157, ENGL 3158, and four of the following courses: ENGL 3156, ENGL 3167, ENGL 3171, ENGL 5149, and ENGL 5155.

Entrepreneurship & Small Business (for Non-Business Majors only)

18 semester hours as follows: ECON 2106, MGMT 3109, MKTG 3109, ENTR 3175, ENTR 4115, ENTR 4186.

Entrepreneurship & Small Business (for Business Majors only)

18 semester hours to include: ECON 2106, MGMT 3115, ENTR 3175, ENTR 4115, ENTR 4186,and choose one other from the following list: BUSA 4155, BUSA 4698, MKTG 3135, ACCT 4142, MISM 3118/MKTG 3118, MKTG 3138

Exercise Science

15 semester hours to include KINS 3135, KINS 4131, KINS 4232, KINS 4133 and Select one course from:KINS 3107, KINS 4146, KINS 4135, KINS 4137

F

Film Production

The Film Production Minor is housed in the Department of Communication as part of the College of the Arts. The Film Production Minor consists of 15 credit hours – of which at least 9 hours must be at the upper division level. Required courses include COMM 1115. Students select three of the following courses: ARTH 3136, COMM 3235, COMM 3257, COMM 4257, ENGL 3109, or HIST 3126.

COMM 1115 is a 6-hour required course, which is an introduction to the skills necessary for employment in the film/TV industry. Job placement assistance is provided upon completion of the 15-hour Film Production Minor.

Finance (for business majors only)

15 semester hours to include FINC 3105, FINC 3115, FINC 3125, FINC 4135, and one other FINC elective.

G

Gender Studies

18 Credits with a grade of no less than C in any course. Students are required to SOCI 2293. Students must select five courses from the following course selection from at least three different departments: ANTH 1105, ANTH 3107, COMM 3145, COMM 4107, CRJU 2116, CRJU 3135, ENGL 3117, HIST 3555, HIST 5555, HIST 5559, HIST 5575, POLS 3134, POLS 3165, POLS 3555, SOCI 3107, SOCI 3129, SOCI 3138.

Geography

18 semester hours to include GEOG 1101, GEOG 2215, GEOG 5105 and GEOG 4000 and two courses in GEOG at the 3000 level or above. A grade of C or better is required of all courses in the minor. Internships and independent studies may be used to satisfy up to three credit hours for this minor.

Geology

18 semester hours of GEOL courses with at least nine hours of upper division coursework. Courses taken to satisfy Area D of the Core may not be counted towards the minor.

H

Health Science

15 semester hours as follows: HESC 2105, HESC 5106U, HESC 5115U, HESC 2125, and HESC 4106.

History

18 semester hours in history courses, including HIST 3125 and 15 additional semester hours at the 3000 level or above. Two courses must be 5000 level courses, one in the field of U.S. History and one in either European or World History. Internships and independent study courses may be used to satisfy up to three credit hours for this minor.

I

International Business (for business majors only)

15 semester hours to include BUSA 3135, MGMT 4116, MKTG 4145, FINC 3156, and choose one other from the following list: BUSA 3555, MISM 3118, ECON 3165, or POLS 4166.

J

Jazz Studies

18 semester hours to include MUSC 1221, MUSC 1222, MUSC 1223, MUSC 1224, MUSP 3060, MUSC 5219U, and MUSP 3358. This minor is available to auditioned
and accepted music majors after a successful interview with the director of Jazz Studies.

L

Latin American Studies

18 semester hours from the following courses: ANTH 5305, ANTH 5515, ANTH 5555, ARTH 3555, BUSA 3135, COMM 4555, ECON 3165, HIST 3135, HIST 3136, HIST 3137, HIST 5535U, MGMT 4116, POLS 3555, SPAN 2002, SPAN 3150, SPAN 3160, SPAN 3170, SPAN 3175 and SPAN 5555. Additional selected topics courses (ANTH 5305, ANTH 5515, ANTH 5555, ARTH 3555, COMM 4555, ECON 3165, POLS 3555 and SPAN 5555) may be used toward the minor but must be approved by the Director of the Center for International Education.

A total of 18 credit hours as follows:
A "C" or higher is required in all courses

Take the following courses:
PHIL 2500 – Formal Logic
POLS 3129 – Judicial Process
POLS 3161 – American Constitutional Law

Choose one of the following:
ENGL 3158 – Writing in the Workplace
ENGL 3168 – Professional Editing
ENGL 5155 – Theories of Rhetoric

Choose two of the following:
CRJU 2145 – Criminal Law
CRJU 2146 – Criminal Procedure and Evidence
CRJU 3128 – Correction Law
PHIL 2030 – Moral Philosophy
POLS 3117 – Conflict Resolution
POLS 3155 – Law School Methods and Tactics
POLS 3165 – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
POLS 4166 – International Law and Organizations

M

Management (for business majors only)

15 semester hours to include MGMT 3115, MGMT 3135, MGMT 4115, and two other MGMT electives.

Management Information Systems (for business majors only)

15 semester hours to include, MISM 3115, MISM 3136, MISM 3145, MISM 4168,and one other MISM/CPSC elective.

Marketing (for business majors only)

15 semester hours to include MKTG 3115, MKTG 3135, MKTG 3136, MKTG 4135 or MKTG 4185, and one other MKTG elective.

Mathematics

17 semester hours including MATH 1131, MATH 1132, and nine semester hours of MATH courses at the 3000 level or above. If MATH 1131 or MATH 1132 is used to satisfy Area A or Area D of the core curriculum, one additional mathematics course, at any level, must be taken for each course used in the core.

Military Science and Advance Leadership

15 semester hours including six semester hours from the following: MSAL 1215 & 1215L, MSAL 1216 & 1216L, MSAL 2225 & 2225L, and MSAL 2226 & 2226L, and 9 semester hours from the following: MSAL 3231 & 3231L, MSAL 3232 & 3232L, MSAL 4245 & 4245L, and MSAL 4795 & 4795L.

Music

18 semester hours, including:

MUSC 1000 Convocation (Take 4 times)
MUSC 1213 Music Foundations

Select 9 credits from the following:
MUSC 3106 Music Business and Entrepreneurship
MUSC 3236 History of American Musical Theatre
MUSC 3237 History of Rock and Roll
MUSC 3230 History of Jazz
Any MUSC 3000+ course with a study abroad component

The following courses may be taken up to three times:
MUSP 3095 Choral Union
MUSP 3096 Columbus State University Campus Chorale
MUSP 3305 Musical Theatre Performance (by audition only)
MUSP 3322 Popular Music Ensemble (by audition only)
MUSP 3330 Guitar Ensemble for the non-major

Select 6 credits from the following courses:
ITDS 1156 Western Intellectual Tradition, Topic “World Music” OR ITDS 1145 Comparative Arts, Topic “World Music”
MUSA 1215 Secondary Applied (By audition only, up to four times)
MUSA 1216 Secondary Applied Voice (By audition only, up to two times)
MUSA 1305 Class Voice
MUSA 1306 Class Piano for non-majors
MUSA 1307 Class Guitar for non-majors
MUSA 1411 Applied Voice- Musical Theatre (By audition only, up to two times)
MUSC 1214 Music Theory 1
MUSC 1215 Music Theory 2
MUSC 2510 Fundamentals of Audio Technology

If not used above:
MUSC 3106 Music Business and Entrepreneurship
MUSC 3236 History of American Musical Theatre
MUSC 3237 History of Rock and Roll
MUSC 3230 History of Jazz
Any MUSC 3000+ course with a study abroad component

P

Philosophy

15 semester hours of philosophy courses, including PHIL 2010 and PHIL 2500, and 9 semester hours of upper division philosophy courses. However, if either PHIL 2010 or PHIL 2500 is used to fulfill a core requirement in Areas A through E, the courses may be replaced by any other upper or lower division philosophy course.

Physics

18 semester hours including PHYS 2211/2311, PHYS 2212/2312, and 10 hours from the following courses: PHYS 3100, PHYS 3200, PHYS 4100, PHYS 4205, and PHYS 5555. Select from the following if Principles of Physics courses are applied to Area D: ASTR 1105, ASTR 1106, ASTR 3105, ASTR 3115, ASTR 3205, ASTR 5105, ENGR 2116, ENGR 2117, ENGR 2165, ENGR 2316, ISCI 5555, and PHYS 1325.

Political Science

18 semester hours in political science courses including POLS 2101 and at least 9 semester hours at the 3000 level or above. Internships and independent study courses may not be used to satisfy requirements for this minor.

Psychology

PSYC 1101 plus 15 additional credit hours of psychology courses other than PSYC 2105 and PSYC 2127, to include at least nine credit hours at the 3000-level or higher. A grade of C or higher is required in all courses applied toward the minor.

S

Sociology

15 semester hours of sociology courses at the 3000 level or above.

Spanish

18 semester hours including SPAN 3150 and SPAN 3160. Select two courses from the following Peninsular Studies options: SPAN 3170, SPAN 3180, SPAN 4117, SPAN 4118, SPAN 4555, SPAN 4899. Select two course from the following Latin American Studies options: SPAN 3175, SPAN 3185, SPAN 4119, SPAN 4120, SPAN 4175, SPAN 4555, SPAN 4899.

T

Theatre Arts

18 semester hours of theatre courses excluding THEA 1100 and including THEA 1245, THEA 1365, THEA 3175 or 3176, and a minimum of one semester hour of THEA 1435. A minimum of nine semester hours must be completed at the 3000 level or above. Internships and independent study courses may not be used to satisfy requirements for this minor.

U

UTeach (for math and science majors only)

17 semester hours to include UTCH 1201, UTCH 1202, UTCH 2105, UTCH 2215, UTCH 3205, UTCH 4205, and 3 hours of approved upper level coursework in math/science/education. Upper level courses require Admission to Teacher Education. Field-based courses require cleared background check. 12-18 hours of additional coursework beyond the minor must be completed to be eligible for a teaching certificate. See UTeach advisor for details.

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