Integrative Studies, Minor

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The Hutchins minor is designed to help the student in a traditional discipline understand the relation that his or her major field of study bears to a number of other areas of inquiry and expertise. The minor consists of 20 units, taken in the Hutchins School, and is distributed as follows:

Students must complete LIBS 202 or LIBS 302 before they will be allowed to take a seminar (LIBS 320). In consultation with an advisor, students select interdisciplinary core seminars and other courses offered in the major, and then complete LIBS 402 or LIBS 403 during their final semester, examining the student’s major field of study in relation to other disciplinary perspectives.

Minor Requirements

LIBS 302 - Introduction to Liberal Studies Unit(s): 3 (exempt for students continuing from the LIBS lower division)
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 - Minorities in American Cinema Unit(s): 4
LIBS 205 - Topics in American Culture Unit(s): 4
LIBS 308 - The Practice of Culture Unit(s): 3
LIBS 208 - Practices of Culture Unit(s): 4
LIBS 209 - Bollywood and Globalization Unit(s): 4
LIBS 320 Units: 3
LIBS 321A - Elective Course in Core A Unit(s): 3
LIBS 321B - Elective Course in Core B Unit(s): 3
LIBS 321C - Elective Course in Core C Unit(s): 3
LIBS 321D - Elective Course in Core D Unit(s): 3
LIBS 310 Unit(s): 1-4
LIBS 410 - Independent Study Unit(s): 1-4
LIBS 399 - Student-Taught Courses Unit(s): 2

Units

Total units: 20