The Health and Medical Sciences Minor is primarily geared towards students interested in pre-professional health programs or careers in medical research.
The minor allows students with interests in a variety of fields, including medicine, exercise science, dentistry, optometry, health-related research, veterinary medicine, health informatics, pharmacy, nursing, and other allied health sciences gain basic knowledge of the science surrounding health.
Focus: understanding the global, economically interdependent, multilingual, and multicultural environments in which we exist, and helping students develop not only an in-depth knowledge of their own cultures, but also the capacity to function effectively in a second culture.
Open to all undergraduate students, Global Development minor teaches the concepts, theories, applications, and tools necessary for graduates to enter into such projects and work constructively with others in the Global Development community.
The minor covers topics and fosters skills that are essential for all scientists, engineers, businesspeople, and policymakers who are involved with and need to understand how politics, economics, culture, and engineering interact to affect the outcome of different types of science and technology projects in the developing world.
This program is designed for students who wish to develop their language skills to at least an intermediate level and to provide themselves with a greater depth than possible with a certificate program.
Focus: preparing students for the acquisition, management, analysis, and dissemination of information that is spatially referenced to locations on, above, and below the surface of the earth.
The School of Modern Languages offers minors in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish as well as in Russian Studies. This program is designed for students who wish to develop their language skills to at least an intermediate level and to provide themselves with a greater depth than possible with a certificate program.
LMC provides minors in Film and Media Studies, Performance Studies, Science Fiction Studies, and Technical Communication. The School also co-sponsors minors in East Asian Studies; Health, Medicine, and Society; Science, Technology, and Society; and, Women, Science, and Technology.
Comprised of courses in history, political science, languages, media, and sociology, the interdisciplinary Ivan Allen College European Studies minor connects study of ancient, medieval and modern Europe, including France, Germany, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
The Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Environmental Engineering studies scientific disciplines and engineering principles used to address emerging environmental issues such as sustainable air, water, and land resources; human health; and environmental restoration.
Focus: advancing the study of scientific disciplines and engineering principles used to address emerging environmental issues such as sustainable air, water, and land resources; human health; and environmental restoration.