Integrative Studies, Minor

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The Hutchins School of Liberal Studies minor is designed for students majoring in another discipline to explore their field of study using the tools of interdisciplinary inquiry and seminar pedagogy. The minor consists of 20 units, taken in the Hutchins School, and is distributed as follows:

Students must complete LIBS 302 before they will be allowed to take a core seminar (LIBS 320). Students who completed LIBS 202 with a grade of C- or higher will receive credit for LIBS 302. In consultation with an advisor, students select interdisciplinary core seminars and other courses offered in the major, and then complete LIBS 402 during their final semester, examining the student’s major field of study in relation to interdisciplinary perspectives.

Minor Requirements

LIBS 302 - Introduction to Liberal Studies Unit(s): 3 Students completing LIBS 202 with a C- or CR receive credit for 302 and instead take an additional 3 elective LIBS units.
LIBS 402 - Senior Synthesis Unit(s): 4 OR
LIBS 403 - Senior Synthesis-Study Away Unit(s): 4

Choice of courses from the following:

(13 units total)

LIBS 304 - We Hold These Truths Unit(s): 3
LIBS 204 - Ethnic Studies, Storytelling, and Film Unit(s): 4
LIBS 205 - Topics in American Culture Unit(s): 4
LIBS 308 - Cultures Through Film Unit(s): 3
LIBS 208 - Practices of Culture Unit(s): 4
LIBS 209 - Bollywood and Globalization Unit(s): 4
LIBS 321A - Elective Course in Core A Unit(s): 3
LIBS 321B - Field Notes from the Anthropocene Unit(s): 3
LIBS 321C - Art and Science of Humor Unit(s): 3
LIBS 321D - Elective Course in Core D Unit(s): 3
LIBS 320A - Elective Seminar Core A Unit(s): 3
LIBS 320B - Elective Seminar Core B Unit(s): 3
LIBS 320C - Elective Seminar Core C Unit(s): 3
LIBS 320D - Elective Seminar Core D Unit(s): 3
LIBS 410 - Independent Study Unit(s): 1-4
LIBS 499 - Internship Unit(s): 1-5

Units

Total units: 20