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To minor in the Arts and Humanities, students must take a minimum of 18 hours for the minor, twelve of which must be upper-division hours. Core courses offered by the school may count as lower-division hours toward the minor. Students may choose to minor in any of the following fields of study:

    • Art History

    • Performing Arts

    • Music

    • Creative Writing

    • Philosophy

    • History

    • Visual Arts

    • Literature

    • Medical and Scientific Humanities

Students may contact their academic advisor for a list of the courses that satisfy each minor.


Related Minor Areas:

Minor in Music Studies (18 hours)

Like other minors, the Music Minor is six hours of lower division courses plus twelve of upper division, divided between music history, theory and performance, including ensembles. A student who takes MUSI 1306 Understanding Music or MUSI 2322 Music in Western Civilization to fulfill the Core arts requirement already has three of the lower division hours. Fall of 2005 will be the first time that the other lower level requirement, MUSI 2328 Music Theory, will be offered. Participation in UTD’s Orchestra, Jazz Band, Chamber Singers or Advanced Ensemble can count for six hours of upper division credit. Alternatively, a student may choose to pursue upper division study in voice or an instrument (guitar or piano). To fill out the studies, a variety of music history (ex. MUSI 3322 History of the Guitar, History of Song) and music theory (ex. MUSI 3342 Creating Music, MUSI 3389 Digital Music courses make up the additional coursework at the upper level.

Minor in Gender Studies (18 hours)

The Gender Studies minor is 18 semester hours. The courses consist of GST 3300, two other Gender Studies core courses, and nine hours of approved Gender Studies electives.

Minor in Spanish/Hispanic Area Studies (18 hours)

Six semester hours of college-level Spanish and at least six semester hours in Social Science courses with a specific focus on Spain and/or Latin America, and six hours of such courses in Arts and Humanities. See the academic advisor for a list of approved courses.
 


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