Undergraduate Catalog

Minors

Update - New Minor Program approved in Spring 2007

Diversity Studies in American Culture

Students should consider taking appropriate 100-level courses in preparation for upper-level coursework in Diversity Studies. These might include SOCI 125/W, as well as ENGL 175W, HIST 121, PHIL 107, PSYC 132 and 133/135, WS 104, and WS 105.

Requirements: 15 credit hours. No more than one course in Diversity Studies can be counted towards both the student's major and the Diversity Studies in American Culture minor. No more than two courses may be taken within a single department. Classes not listed below, such as three-credit “Special Topics” courses, may be used to fulfill Diversity Studies requirements with the approval of the Director of Diversity Studies in American Culture. (If possible, students should seek such permission before taking the course.)

Students will take one required three-credit course: INTD 241. Course offerings are organized under three categories. Students must take four courses which must include at least one from each category to fulfill the remaining twelve credits. (Please note that some of these courses have prerequisites.)

A) One required three-credit course: INTD 241

B) To fulfill the twelve remaining credits, students must take four courses which must include at least one from each of the following categories:

I. Gender, Physicality, and Sexual Identities

II. Ethnicity, Culture, and Race

III. History and Politics

The minor is offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For more information, contact Katharine Capshaw Smith at capshaw@uconn.edu.