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Minors

In addition to a major field of study, students may choose to complete one or more minors as part of their B.A. degrees.
A minor consists of a coherent group of courses, often approximating a limited version of a major in the field. Minors do not replace a major, and may not be taken in the same field as the student’s major.

Minors are currently offered in the following subjects: 

Art History                                              Humanistic Studies 
Business Administration                           International Affairs
Communications                                     Italian Studies 
Computer Science                                   Philosophy 
Economics                                              Political Science
English Literature                                    Psychology
History                                                   Religious Studies

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL MINORS

1. No more than one grade of lower than a C- will be accepted in courses applying to the minor.
2. In the case of multiple minors, no course may apply to more than one minor.
3. No more than two courses may apply to both the major and the minor.
4. At least four courses must be taken in residence at John Cabot.
5. Requirements for the minor must be completed by the time of graduation.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH MINOR

Minor in Art History
Six courses with the AH prefix, including:

1. AH 151 or AH 152 Introduction to Western Art
2. courses in at least three different periods (Ancient, Medieval, 
    Renaissance,  Baroque or Modern), and
3. at least two 300-level courses.

Minor in Business Administration
Six courses with one of the following prefixes: BUS, FIN, LAW MGT, MKT. With approval of the Dean and Department Chair, one of the six courses may be substituted by an internship related to business administration, but only if the internship is graded (not P/NP).

Minor in Communications
Six courses including:

1. COM 220 Media, Culture and Society (prerequisite: COM 101)
2. COM 210 Language of Film
3. any course in COM, CMS, or JRN, at least two of which must be at the 300-level.

Minor in Computer Science
Six courses, including:

1. MA 198 Calculus I
2. MA2 08 Statistics I
3. four courses with the CS prefix (excluding CS 110).

Minor in Economics
Six courses, distributed as follows:

1. EC 201 Microeconomics,
2. EC 202 Macroeconomics,
3. two 300-level EC courses, and
4. two additional courses to be chosen from: MA198 Calculus I, MA299 Calculus II,
    MA208 Statistics I and MA209 Statistics II.

Minor in English Literature
Six courses, including:

1. EN 198 Introduction to Literature
2. at least two 300-level courses with the EN prefix
Of the remaining three courses, at least two must be EN courses, while the third may be another literature course chosen with the approval of the department.

Minor in History
Six courses with the HS prefix, including at least two 300-level courses.

Minor in Humanistic Studies
Six courses, including:

1. Three courses from core curriculum (Link to Humanistic Studies)
2. three courses from one of the two areas of concentration (“Ancient World”
    or “Modern World.”)
3. at least two of the six courses must be 300-level.

Minor in International Affairs
Six courses, including:

1. PL210 Introduction to Political Theory
2. PL209 International Affairs
3. PL223 Comparative Politics
4. one other course with the PL prefix and
5. two 300-level courses with EC or HS prefixes.

Minor in Italian Studies
A total of six courses, to be selected from two categories:

Two courses from the following:

1. Any 200 or 300-level History course with an Italian topic
2. PL 215 Italian Politics and Society

Four courses from the following:

1. Any 300-level Italian language or literature course
2. TH/CMS 241 Italian Cinema or IT/TH 341 Modern Italian Drama in Translation
3. any 200 or 300-level Art History course with an Italian topic.


Minor in Philosophy

Six courses with the PH prefix, including:
1. PH 101 Introduction to Philosophical Thinking
2. at least two 300-level PH courses.


Minor in Political Science
Six courses with the PL prefix, including at least two 300-level courses.

The minor in Political Science is not available to students majoring in International Affairs.

Minor in Psychology

Six courses, at least four of which must have a PS prefix, to be chosen from:

1. Any Psychology course
2. MA 208 Statistics I
3. MA209 Statistics II
4. BA304 Organizational Behavior 

Minor in Religious Studies
Six courses, including:

1. RL101 Introduction to the Study of Religion
2. five upper-division RL courses, at least two of which must be at the 300-level.



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