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Undergraduate Education

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.

3-D AnimationITP/ENGR
AccountingACCT
AdvertisingJOUR/ANSC
American Popular CultureAMST/LAS
American Studies and EthnicityAMST/LAS
Ancient Religion and Classical LanguagesCLAS/REL/LAS
Animation and Digital ArtsCNTV
Applied Theatre Arts/EducationTHTR
Arabic and Middle East StudiesLING/LAS
ArchitectureARCH
Art HistoryAHIS/LAS
Astronautical EngineeringAESD/ENGR
AstronomyASTR/LAS
BioethicsREL/LAS
BiotechnologyBISC/CHEM/LAS/BUAD
BusinessBUAD
Business LawBUAD/LAW
ChemistryCHEM/LAS
Children and Families in Urban AmericaSOWK
Cinema-TelevisionCNTV

This new minor is available beginning fall 2006.
Cinema-Television for the Health ProfessionsCNTV/MED
ClassicsCLAS/LAS
Coastal Ocean and Watershed ScienceGEOG/LAS
Communication and the Entertainment IndustryANSC
Communication DesignFA
Communication Law and Media PolicyANSC
Comparative LiteratureCOLT/LAS
Computer ScienceCSCI/ENGR
Construction Planning and ManagementCE/ENGR/PPD
Consumer BehaviorBUAD
Critical Approaches to LeadershipLAS
Cultural AnthropologyANTH/LAS
Cultural Competence in MedicinePM/MED
Cultural StudiesENGL/LAS
Cultures and Politics of the Pacific RimEALC/LAS
DanceTHTR
Digital Media-Based ImagingFA
DrawingFA
East Asian Area StudiesEAAS/LAS
East Asian Languages and CulturesEALC/LAS
EconomicsECON/LAS
Education in a Pluralistic SocietyEDUC
Engineering ManagementISE/ENGR
Engineering Technology CommercializationENGR/CSCI
English ENGL/LAS
EntrepreneurshipBAEP/BUAD
Environmental EngineeringCE/ENGR
Environmental Natural SciencesENST/LAS
Environmental Planning and DevelopmentENST/LAS
Environmental Social SciencesENST/LAS
Forensics and CriminalitySOCI/LAS
FrenchFREN/LAS
Gender StudiesSWMS/LAS
GeobiologyGEOL/LAS
Geographic Information ScienceGEOG/LAS
GeographyGEOG/LAS
GeohazardsGEOL/LAS
GermanGERM/LAS
Global CommunicationIR/LAS/ANSC
Health CommunicationPM/MED
Health Policy and ManagementPPD
HistoryHIST/LAS
Human Resource ManagementMOR/BUAD
Individuals, Societies and AgingGERO
Interactive Media and the Culture of New TechnologiesANSC
Interactive MultimediaENGR
International Policy and ManagementIR/LAS/PPD
International RelationsIR/LAS
International Urban DevelopmentIR/LAS/PPD
ItalianITAL/LAS
Jazz StudiesMUS
Jewish American StudiesAMST/LAS
Judaic StudiesJS/HUC
KinesiologyEXSC/LAS
Landscape ArchitectureARCH
Law and Internet TechnologyITP/ENGR
Law and Public PolicyPPD
Law and SocietyPOSC/LAS
LinguisticsLING/LAS
Management ConsultingMOR/BUAD
Managing Human RelationsSOCI/LAS
MarketingBUAD
Materials ScienceMASC/ENGR
Mathematical FinanceMATH/LAS
MathematicsMATH/LAS
Medical AnthropologyANTH/LAS
This minor program will be terminated in fall 2007.
Multimedia and Creative TechnologiesENGR
Music IndustryMUS
Music RecordingMUS
Musical StudiesMUS
Musical TheatreMUS
Natural ScienceBISC/LAS
NeuroscienceNEUR/LAS
News Media and SocietyJOUR/ANSC
Nutrition and Health PromotionPM/MED
Occupational ScienceOSOT
Organizational Leadership and ManagementMOR/BUAD
Pacific Rim DevelopmentGEOG/LAS
PaintingFA
Peace and Conflict StudiesIR/LAS
Performing Arts StudiesTHTR
Petroleum EngineeringPTE/ENGR
PhilosophyPHIL/LAS
PhotographyFA
PhysicsPHYS/LAS
Planning and DevelopmentPPD
This new minor is available beginning fall 2006.
Political Organizing in the Digital AgePOSC/LAS
Political SciencePOSC/LAS
Professional and Managerial CommunicationANSC
PsychologyPSYC/LAS
Psychology and LawLAW/LAS/PSYC
Public HealthPM/MED
Public ManagementPPD
Public PolicyPPD
Race, Ethnicity and PoliticsLAS
ReligionREL/LAS
RussianSLL/LAS
Russian Area StudiesSLL/LAS
Science, Health, and AgingGERO
ScreenwritingCNTV
SculptureFA
SociologySOCI/ LAS
Southern CaliforniaGEOG/LAS
SpanishSPAN/LAS
Substance Abuse PreventionPM/MED
Teaching ProfessionEDUC
TheatreTHTR
Thematic Approaches to Humanities and SocietyCORE/LAS
Theories of ArtPHIL/LAS
Two-Dimensional StudiesFA
Urban Neighborhood StudiesARCH/PPD/ EDUC/SOWK
Urban Policy and PlanningPPD
Video Game Design and ManagementITP/ENGR
Video Game ProgrammingCSCI/ITP/ENGR
Visual CultureAHIS/LAS
Web Technologies and ApplicationsITP/ENGR