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Undergraduate Education

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Minors

Following is a list of academic minors and the schools and/or departments which administer them. All departments and schools are listed alphabetically in the index by name and alphabetical designations.

Accounting (Leventhal School of Accounting)

Advertising (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

American Popular Culture (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Studies and Ethnicity)

American Studies and Ethnicity (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Studies and Ethnicity)

Ancient Religion and Classical Languages (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Classics and Religion)

Animation and Digital Arts (School of Cinematic Arts)

Applied Computer Security (Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Applied Theatre Arts (School of Theatre)

Arabic and Middle East Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Linguistics)

Architecture (School of Architecture)

Art History (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Art History)

Astronautical Engineering (Viterbi School of Engineering, Astronautical Engineering)

Astronomy (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Physics and Astronomy)

Bioethics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Religion)

Biotechnology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences and Chemistry/Marshall School of Business)

Business (Marshall School of Business)

Business Law (Marshall School of Business/Gould School of Law)

Business Technology Fusion (Marshall School of Business, Information and Operations Management)

Chemistry (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Chemistry)

Children and Families in Urban America (School of Social Work)

Cinema-Television for the Health Professions (School of Cinematic Arts/Keck School of Medicine)

Cinematic Arts (School of Cinematic Arts)

Classics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Classics)

Communication and the Entertainment Industry (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Communication Design (Roski School of Fine Arts)

Communication Law and Media Policy (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Comparative Literature (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature)

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences)

Computer Science (Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science)

Construction Planning and Management (Viterbi School of Engineering, Civil Engineering/School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

Consumer Behavior (Marshall School of Business)

Craniofacial and Dental Technology (Ostrow School of Dentistry, Viterbi School of Engineering, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences)

Critical Approaches to Leadership (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies)

Cultural Anthropology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Cultural Competence in Medicine (Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Cultural Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Dance (School of Theatre)

Digital Media-based Imaging (Roski School of Fine Arts)

Digital Studies (School of Cinematic Arts)

Drawing (Roski School of Fine Arts)

Early Modern Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

East Asian Area Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Area Studies)

East Asian Languages and Cultures (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Economics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Economics)

Education in a Pluralistic Society (Rossier School of Education)

Engineering Management (Viterbi School of Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering)

Engineering Technology Commercialization (Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science)

English (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

Entrepreneurship (Marshall School of Business, Business Entrepreneurship)

Environmental Engineering (Viterbi School of Engineering, Civil Engineering)

Environmental Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies)

This new minor is available beginning fall 2011.

Ethics and Moral Philosophy (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

Folklore and Popular Culture (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Forensics and Criminality (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

French (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, French and Italian)

Gender Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Gender Studies)

Geobiology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Earth Sciences)

Geographic Information Science and Technology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Geography)

Geography (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Geography)

Geohazards (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Earth Sciences)

German (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Earth Sciences)

Global Communication (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations/Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Global Health (Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Health Communication (Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Health Policy and Management (School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

History (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, History)

Human Resource Management (Marshall School of Business, Management and Organization)

Human Rights (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Individuals, Societies and Aging (Davis School of Gerontology)

Interactive Media and the Culture of New Technologies (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Interactive Multimedia (Viterbi School of Engineering)

International Policy and Management (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations/School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

International Relations (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations)

Italian (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, French and Italian)

Jazz Studies (Thornton School of Music)

Jewish American Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Studies and Ethnicity)

Judaic Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Judaic Studies/Hebrew Union College)

Kinesiology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Kinesiology)

Korean Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Landscape Architecture (School of Architecture)

Latin American Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Spanish and Portuguese)

Law and Public Policy (School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

Law and Society (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Linguistics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Linguistics)

Management Consulting (Marshall School of Business, Management and Organization)

Managing Human Relations (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

Marketing (Marshall School of Business)

Materials Science (Viterbi School of Engineering, Materials Science)

Mathematical Finance (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Mathematics)

Mathematics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Mathematics)

Medical Anthropology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Middle East Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations)

Music Industry (Thornton School of Music)

Music Recording (Thornton School of Music)

Musical Studies (Thornton School of Music)

Musical Theatre (Thornton School of Music)

Natural Science (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences)

Neuroscience (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Neuroscience)

News Media and Society (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism (School of Policy Planning, and Development/Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations/Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Nutrition and Health Promotion (Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Occupational Science (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy)

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Marshall School of Business, Information and Operations Management)

Organizational Leadership and Management (Marshall School of Business, Management and Organization)

Painting (Roski School of Fine Arts)

Peace and Conflict Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations)

Performing Arts Studies (School of Theatre)

Petroleum Engineering (Viterbi School of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering)

Philosophy (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

Philosophy for Business, Law and the Professions (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

Photography (Roski School of Fine Arts)

Photography and Social Change (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology/Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Physics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Physics and Astronomy)

Playwriting (School of Theatre)

Political Organizing in the Digital Age (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science and International Relations/Viterbi School of Engineering/Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism/School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

Political Science (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Popular Music Studies (Thornton School of Music)

Professional and Managerial Communication (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Psychology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Psychology)

Psychology and Law (Gould School of Law/Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Psychology)

Public Health (Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Race, Ethnicity and Politics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Real Estate Development (School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

Religion (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Religion)

Russian (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Slavic Languages and Cultures)

Russian Area Studies (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Slavic Languages and Cultures)

Science, Health and Aging (Davis School of Gerontology)

Screenwriting (School of Cinematic Arts)

Sculpture (Roski School of Fine Arts)

This new minor is available beginning fall 2011.

Social Entrepreneurship (Marshall School of Business)

Sociology (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

Songwriting (Thornton School of Music)

Southeast Asia and its People (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Spanish (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Spanish and Portuguese)

Sports Media Studies (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism)

Statistics (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Mathematics)

Substance Abuse Prevention (Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Theatre (School of Theatre)

Thematic Approaches to Humanities and Society (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Thematic Option)

Theories of Art (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

3-D Animation (Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

3-D Art for Games (Roski School of Fine Arts/School of Cinematic Arts/Viterbi School of Engineering)

2-D Art for Games (Roski School of Fine Arts/School of Cinematic Arts/Viterbi School of Engineering)

Two-Dimensional Studies (Roski School of Fine Arts)

Urban Policy and Planning (School of Policy, Planning, and Development)

Video Game Design and Management (Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Video Game Programming (Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Program)

Visual Culture (Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Art History)

Web Technologies and Applications (Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)