MINORS possible for CASL Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Studies

• A student may declare a minor(completed or not) at the CASL Office of Advising and Student Records. A final audit will be conducted at the time of graduation. Any posted minor that has not been successfully completed will be deleted from the student's transcript.





• A minimum GPA of 2.00 must be achieved for each minor. The GPA for CASL minors is based on all upper(300 - 499; 3000 - 4000) level coursework taken in the discipline of the minor. The GPA for the CIS minor is based on CIS 125, 150, 175, 200, and all upper level CIS courses. The GPA for the Management minor is based on MIS 120, MIS 210 (if taken), ACC 297/298, ACC 299(if taken), and all upper level courses offered by the School of Management.





• The minors listed below are different from the teaching minors offered through the School of Education. Only teaching minors satisfy state teacher certification requirements. For more information about teaching minors, please contact the School of Education (313 - 593 - 5090).

MINORS requiring 12 hours of upper (300 - 499 and 3000 - 4999) division courses:

MINORS requiring 15 hours of upper (300 - 499 and 3000 - 4999) division courses:

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

prerequisite: one course from: AAAS 275*; AAAS/ENGL 239*; AAAS/HIST 106*

15 hours of upper division coursework in African/African-American Studies.

NOTE: At least 6 hours must be exclusively African/African-American in content.These courses are identified by an asterisk(*).

Choose from: AAAS 305*, 316*, 322, 325, 333*, 340, 345*, 368*, 369, 371*, 385*, 386, 387*, 389*, 390*, 403, 404, 449*, 469*, 470*, 473, 477, 491, 498, 499.

COMMUNICATIONS

Prerequisite: SPEE 101

15 hours of approved upper level coursework. Nine of the 15 must be taken in one of the four tracks listed below. The remaining 6 hours must be taken from any of the other three tracks or from the list of other approved courses.

NOTE: Of the total 15 hours, 3 hours must be a Speech course and 3 hours must be a Communications writing intensive course. Writing intensive courses are identified by an asterisk(*).

Track A: Organizational and Professional Communication
             COMM 317*, 340*, 440*, 450, 460, 477, 570*; SPEE 400

Track B: Journalism and Media Studies

COMM 301*/3015*, 302, 307, 310*, 320, 330*, 335*, 370, 380, 401*, 402*, 406, 420, 430

Track C: Speech
             SPEE 310, 320, 330, 340, 400, 430, 442.

Track D: Electonic Media
             COMM 315*, 345, 350, 403, 405, 410, 415.

Other approved courses:

COMM 300*, 390, 398, 455, 464, 481; HUM 485; LING 375; POL 328, 329; PSYC 421; SPEE 399.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES

15 hours of upper-division coursework in Criminal Justice Studies including CRJ 468 and two courses from CRJ 363, 469 and 470.

Earth Science

15 hrs. of upper division credit from the following:
GEOL 377 and 14 hrs. from: ESCI 330; GEOL 332, 340, 342, 370, 372, 375, 498, 499, or graduate level courses including GEOL 550, 560, 570, 575, 587.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

15 hrs. of upper division coursework in Environmental Studies.

FILM STUDIES

Prerequisite: One course from: FILM/HUM 240; ENGL/FILM/HUM 248

15 hrs. of upper division coursework. A minimum of 9 hours must be from the list of core courses.

Core courses:
FILM 354, 357, 360, 370, 385 (formerly 380), 387, 457, 467, 477

Non-core courses: FREN 332; 333, SPAN 450; COMM 315, 350, 405

HEALTH POLICY STUDIES

15 hours of upper division coursework in Health Policy Studies (excluding HPS 498 and 499).

LAW AND SOCIETY

Prerequisites: One course from PHIL 233, 234, or 350; and PHIL 240

15 hours of upper division credit including SOC 453 and two courses from each of the following groups.

Select from:

A. Legal Environment of Industries and Professions COMM 302, 403, 415; ENST 350; PHIL 442; POL 364; SOC 454, 456, 457; PDED 425; ACC 360; HRM 408; LE 452, 453 B. Structure and Process of Legal Institutions ECON 325, 333, 385, 421, 481; PHIL 335, 445; POL 304, 312, 315, 316, 362, 363, 413, 414, 415, 4165; SOC 471

LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS

15 hours of upper division coursework. Include courses from three disciplines as indicated:

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES

15 hours of upper division coursework. Include courses from three disciplines.
Select from: ARTH 331, 332, 333, 341, 342, 343, 346, 351, 352, 554; ENGL 371, 372, 373, 400, 401, 405, 406, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414; HIST 314, 329, 330, 331

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT( courses available on line )

15 hours of upper division credit from the following: COMM 403, 477; HIST 387, 3695; LIBS 364; PSYC 405 or SOC 443 or WGST 405, 431, 4305

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Prerequisite: One course from: PHIL/RELS 120, or HUM/RELS 201

15 hours of upper division coursework in Religious Studies (RELS).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

15 hours of upper division credit including STS 300 and 12 hrs. from the following groups. Must include at least one course from each group. Select from:

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

15 hours of upper division coursework. Include courses from three disciplines.
Select from: ANTH 470; ECON 305, 415; MATH 363; POL 300, 492; PSYC 381, 464; SOC 383, 410

SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (courses available on line)

15 hours of upper division coursework from: COMM/STS 403; LIBS 364; PSYC/STS 464; STS 300; STS/SOC 441

URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES

15 credit hours of upper division coursework including URS 300 and at least one course from each track below:

WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUIES

Prerequisite:WGST275
15 hours of upper division credit in Women's and Gender (WGST) coursework.

Minors outside of CASL

CIS

Prerequisite: MATH 115

24-28 credit hours in CIS coursework as follows:

CIS 150, 200, 275 CIS 350 plus 8 additional hours of CIS coursework at the 300-400 level (these must be approved by a CIS faculty advisor)

ACCOUNTING*

Prerequisites: MATH 104 or 105 ; MIS 120; ACC 298 and 299.
15 credit hours required: ACC 355; ACC 356 or 358; ACC 360; and 6 additional credit hours from: ACC 357, 380, 403, 439, 457

FINANCE*

Prerequisites: MIS 120; ECON 201 and 202; MATH 113 or 115; DS 300 or IMSE 317 or STAT 325; ACC 298.
15 upper level hours required: FIN 401, 402 and 407; and 6 additional credit hours from ACC 358; FIN 443, 445, 447, 484; IB 441

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS*

Prerequisites: COMP 106 and MIS 120
15 hours required: MIS 301, 310, 321, 331, and 351

MANAGEMENT*

Prerequisites: MIS 120 or 310; ECON 201 and 202; MATH 104, 105, 113 or 115; ACC 298
15 credit hours from: OB 354; MKT 352; plus three courses from at least two disciplines from ACC 299, or any 300 - 400 level courses offered by the School of Management.

* Students not enrolled in the B.B.A program(in the School of Management) cannot elect and/or tranfer more than 30 credit hours of coursework in disciplines offered by the School of Management. The only Management courses excluded from this policy are DS 300 and BE 353.

Note:

• There may be prerequisites to the upper division courses. This is especially true for the foreign language, management, sciences, mathematics and computer minors.

• Only 3 hours of transfer, independent study, internship, or "S/E" credits may be used to fulfill the requirements for a 12 credit hour minor. only 6 hours of such credit may be used in a 15 hour minor. To clarify this, a minimum of 9 hours of regular classroom coursework must be taken at UM-Dearborn in each minor.

• No hours transfered from a community college and no lower divison courses from a four year institution may be included in the upper level hours required for any minor.

• Courses applied to a major may not be applied to a minor.

• The student must petition for recognition of a minor. Minors are not automatically granted. Declaration of Minor forms are available in your unit's Advising Office.

• Courses elected P/F (Pass/Fail) cannot be used in minor.