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Degree Minors
Specialize in a topic that interests you and indicates your specialty to future employers by selecting from a variety of minors. Because relevant courses apply to both major and minor requirements, a minor can be added without greatly changing your degree plan.
Courses already taken can apply to a minor regardless of when the minor is added to your student record. All minor requirements must be completed prior to graduation.
- Anthropology
- Business Administration
- Economics
- Media Studies
- Political Science
- Sociology
- How to add a minor to your transcript
Anthropology
Courses in the Anthropology minor are currently under development and additional courses will be added as they become available. The minor can be added to your student record beginning Fall 2012, and all courses taken prior can be applied to the completion of the minor.
Learn about the cross-cultural view of humanity and broadly conceived dimensions of human behavior with an option to focus your studies in anthropology on one or more of the sub-disciplinary divisions such as physical, archaeology, ethnology, or applied anthropology. To earn the minor, you must complete 22 credits from the following courses:
- ANTH 100 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)
OR
ANTH 200 – Cultures and the Global System (3 cr.) - ANTH 120 – Human Origins and Variation (3 cr.)
- ANTH 121 – Human Origins and Variation Laboratory (1 cr.)
- ANTH 140 – Introduction to Prehistory (3 cr.)
- ANTH 338 – Gender and Anthropology (3 cr.)
- ANTH 412 – Indians of North America (3 cr.)
- ANTH 415 – Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World (3 cr.)
- ANTH 438 – Approaches to Community-Based Development (3 cr.) (Fall 2012)
- ANTH 449 – Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World (3 cr.) (Fall 2012)
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Business Administration
Gain a basic understanding of the functional areas of business while developing the ability to understand the language of business and apply your new knowledge. To earn this minor, complete 24 credits from the following courses:
- ACT 205 – Fundamentals of Accounting (3 cr.)
- BUS 205 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Business (3 cr.)
- BUS 405A – Contemporary Business Topics - Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
- ECON 202 – Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr.)
- ECON 204 – Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
- FIN 305 – Fundamentals of Finance (3 cr.)
- MGT 305 – Fundamentals of Management (3 cr.)
- MKT 305 – Fundamentals of Marketing (3 cr.)
Note: If you add the business administration minor, a minimum of 30 upper-division major credits must be from the College of Liberal Arts.
Economics
Gain insight into and understanding of current socioeconomic problems in the areas of resource allocation, inflation, unemployment, income distribution, environmental degradation, international trade, and monopoly power to prepare for careers in business management, teaching, government, banking, and public policy. To earn the minor, you must complete 21 credits from the following courses:
- ECON 202 – Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr.)
- ECON 204 – Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
- ECON 304 – Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
- ECON 306 – Intermediate Microeconomics (3 cr.)
- ECON 315 – Money and Banking (3 cr.)
- ECON 320 – Economics of Public Finance (3 cr.)
- ECON 335 – Introduction to Econometrics (3 cr.)
Media Studies
Understand the impacts and roles of mass media in American society and other cultures by focusing on media and film history, criticism, law, ethics, social effects, cultural consequences, as well as multicultural and international media issues. To earn the minor, you must complete 21 credits from the following courses:
Required courses:
- SPCM 100 - Communication and Popular Culture (3 cr.) (Fall 2012)
- SPCM 349 – Freedom of Speech (3 cr.)
Select any 15 credits from the following:
- SPCM 341 – Evaluating Contemporary Television (3 cr.)
- SPCM 342 – Critical Media Studies (3 cr.) (Spring 2013)
- SPCM 350 – Evaluating Contemporary Film (3 cr.)
- SPCM 357 – Film and Social Change (3 cr.) (Spring 2013)
- JTC 316 – Multiculturalism and the Media (3 cr.)
- JTC 350 – Public Relations (3 cr.)
- JTC 355 – Advertising (3 cr.
- JTC 411 – Media Ethics and Issues (3 cr.)
- JTC 413 – New Communication Technologies and Society (3 cr.)
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Political Science
Gain a strong foundation in politics and prepare for careers in law, teaching in the social sciences, journalism, and public service. To earn the minor, you must complete 21 credits from the following courses:
- POLS 101 – American Government and Politics (3 cr.)
- POLS 103 – State and Local Government and Politics (3 cr.)
- POLS 241 – Comparative Government and Politics (3 cr.)
- POLS 302 – U.S. Political Parties and Elections (3 cr.)
- POLS 361 – U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy (3 cr.)
- POLS 420 – History of Political Thought (3 cr.)
- POLS 437 – American Security Policy (3 cr.)
Sociology
Courses in the Sociology minor are currently under development and additional courses will be added as they become available. The minor can be added to your student record beginning Fall 2012, and all courses taken prior can be applied to the completion of the minor.
Develop basic technical skills and the conceptual framework to study human societies. You can choose from a variety of courses that enhance the focus of your liberal arts degree. To earn this minor, complete 21 credits from the following courses:
Required courses:
- SOC 100 – General Sociology (3 cr.)
OR
SOC 105 – Social Problems (3 cr.) - SOC 301 – Development of Sociological Thought (3 cr.) (Fall 2012)
- SOC 311 – Methods of Sociological Inquiry (3 credits) (Fall 2012)
Select any 12 credits from the following:
How to Add a Minor
You must apply and be admitted to the University for the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts degree program before you can add a minor to your student record. While you are not able to add a minor to your student record when you apply for admission, one or more minors may be added after being admitted.
To add a minor, contact Frances Betts (complete contact information located to the right) via email including your name, CSUID, and the minor or minors you are requesting. Your request must receive approval from the Department, which will be coordinated by CSU OnlinePlus staff. Upon approval, you will be notified the minor has been added to your student record.
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Frances Betts
(970) 491-0675
frances.betts@colostate.edu
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Degree at a Glance
Delivery
Online. On-campus attendance is not required to complete this program.
Total credits
120 credits (a minimum of 40 credits must be transferred into the program)
Tuition
$319 per credit
(financial aid available)
Time frame
The program duration will vary based on your learning style, intensity of study, previous coursework, and career objectives. Courses are available during the summer semester, but you are not required to take summer courses.
Generally, individual courses are 16 weeks in Fall and Spring and vary in length in Summer. See each course page for details.
Designed for
Individuals interested in completing their undergraduate education, community college graduates, military personnel, and individuals interested in foundational education that is core to a liberal arts degree.
What you will earn
You will earn the same regionally-accredited Colorado State University degree that a student on the Fort Collins campus is awarded. Your diploma and transcript are identical to those awarded to on-campus students.
