Minors and their Requirements
A minimum of 18 credit hours of ABSC courses, including 3 hours chosen from
ABSC 100/101, ABSC 140, ABSC 150/151 or ABSC 160 and a minimum of 12 credit
hours numbered 300 and above.
- A minimum of a 2.0 KU GPA in all ABSC courses.
- Cross-listed courses my not be used for a major and a minor.
The minor in Dance requires 24 credit hours with a minimum of 12 credit hours
at the junior-senior level (numbered 300 and above).
- A minimum of 6 hours from the technique courses listed below:
- Dance 102 - Beginning Ballet II (1.5)
- Dance 104 - Beginning Modern Dance II (1.5)
- Dance 106 - Beginning Jazz II (1.5)
- Dance 201 - Intermediate Ballet I (2.0)
- Dance 202 - Intermediate Ballet II (2.0)
- Dance 203 - Intermediate Modern I (2.0)
- Dance 204 - Intermediate Modern II (2.0)
- Dance 205 - Intermediate Jazz (2.0)
- Dance 260 - Musical Theatre Dance (2.0)
- Dance 301 - Advanced Ballet I (3.0)
- Dance 302 - Advanced Ballet II (3.0)
- Dance 303 - Advanced Modern I (3.0)
- Dance 304 - Advanced Modern II (3.0)
- Dance 305 - Advanced Jazz (3.0)
- Twelve hours from the following courses:
- Dance 125/325 - Movement Efficiency for Athletes (3.0)
- Dance 210 - Rhythms and Structures of Music (1.0)
- Dance 240 - Intro. To Classical East Indian Dance (3.0)
- Dance 310 - Music for Dance (3.0)
- Dance 330 - Approaches to World Dance (3.0)
- Dance 340 - Introduction to Laban Movement Analysis (3.0)
- Dance 370 - Musculoskeletal Concepts for Dancers (3.0)
- Dance 375 - Ideokinesis (3.0)
- Dance 430 - Dance for Children (3.0)
- Dance 460 - History of Dance: Research and Reconstruction (3.0)
- Dance 470 - Renaissance and Baroque Dance (3.0)
- Dance 480 - Movement for Older Adults (3.0)
- 3-4 hours from the following courses.
- Dance 150 - Dance Improvisation (2.0)
- Dance 250 - Choreography: Structured Solos (2.0)
- Completion of the B.A. language requirement in Chinese, Japanese, or
Korean.
- 18 credit hours, including a minimum of 12 credit hours at the junior/senior
level (courses numbered 300 and above) including the following:
- For the Chinese empahsis, EALC/HIST 585 and EALC/HIST 586
- For the Japanese empahsis, EALC/HIST 585 and EALC/HIST 586
- For the Korean empahsis, EALC 590, Topics in Korean Culture,
which can be taken twice under two different topics; consult with
the advisor.
18 credit hours, 12 numbered 300 and above, of geography courses
- GEOG 111 Maps and Mapping or GEOG 210 Computers, Maps, and Geographical
Analysis
- GEOG 316 Methods of Analyzing Geographical Data
- GEOG 358 Principles of Geographic Information Systems
- Three additional courses from the Techniques group (numbered 300 or
above)
18 credit hours, 12 numbered 300 and above, of History of Art courses
18 credit hours as follows:
- LING 106 or 107
- LING 305
- LING 312
- LING 322 or 525
- Six credit hours of linguistics courses numbered 300 or above, excluding
principal courses.
24 credit hours of music courses, including the following:
- 12 hours of music courses numbered 300 and above
- MTHC 105 Theory I
- MTHC 115 Theory II
- Minimum of four hours at the 100-level of applied lessons in Bassoon,
Carillon, Clarinet, Double Bass, Euphonium, Flute, French Horn, Harpsichord,
Oboe, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Viola,
Violin, Violoncello, Voice
- MUSC 336 Masterworks of Music
- Remaining 9 credit hours to be chosen from:
- 300-level lessons (as listed above) and/or
- Ensembles (most are by audition only, see Catalog or Timetable) and/or
- Classes in Music (recommended: MUSC 306 World Music or MUSC 305 Latin
Music)
18 credit hours as follows as of Fall 2005:
- SPLH 261
- 15 hours of SPLH courses, excluding clinical courses (e.g., SPLH
670, 671, & 672) unless the permission and support of a faculty
mentor is obtained; choose from:
- SPLH 120 Physics of Speech
- SPLH 320 Neroscience of Human Communication
- SPLH 464 Undergraduate Seminar
- SPLH 465 Fundamentals of Clinical Phonetics
- SPLH 466 Language Science
- SPLH 499 Directed Study in Speech-Language-Hearing
- SPLH 565 Language Analysis Lab
- SPLH 566 Language Development
- SPLH 660 Research Methods
- SPLH 662 Speech Science
- SPLH 663 Hearing Science