Bachelor's Degree Minors
No more than one minor may be pursued and listed on a transcript. Courses that fulfill requirements for a major may not be used to fulfill requirements for a minor. Students must take at least half of the courses in their minor at Northwestern University.
Anthropology
(7 courses)
- ANTHRO 211 Culture and Society or 215 The Study of Culture
through Language
- ANTHRO 213 Human Origins or 214 Culture Origins
- ANTHRO 370 Anthropology in Historical Perspective
- 4 300-level anthropology courses, including 3 that constitute
a concentration in either cultural and linguistic anthropology
or biological and archeological
anthropology
Art History
(8 courses)
- 8 art history courses: no more than 2 courses at the 200 level and at least 2 of the remaining courses in a non-European area
Biological
Sciences (8 courses)
This minor has been revised. Students enrolled in the previous version of the minor may switch to the new version by submitting an Academic Plan Form.
- BIOL SCI 210-A Genetics and Evolutionary Biology
- BIOL
SCI 210-B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- BIOL SCI
210-C Physiology and Cell Biology
- BIOL SCI 301 Biochemistry
- BIOL SCI 315 Cell Biology
- BIOL SCI 327 Biology of Aging
- 2 of the following:
ANTHRO 306 Evolution of Life Histories
ANTHRO 312 Human Population Biology
BIOL SCI 313 Human Anatomy
BIOL SCI 316 Human Structure and Function
BIOL SCI 335-A, B Human Physiology
BIOL SCI 355 Immunobiology
Or other relevant 300-level anthropology and biological science courses with the consent of adviser
Business
( 8 courses)
- ECON 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- ECON 202 Introduction
to Microeconomics
- SOCIOL 110 Introduction to Sociology
or PSYCH 110 Introduction to Psychology
- ORG BEH 301 Organization
Behavior
- FINANCE 202 Principles of Finance (formerly Quantitative Methods for Business)
- ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (previously ACCT 204)
- 2 200- or 300-level courses in accounting, advertising,
business law, finance, marketing, or organization
behavior
Economics (9
courses)
- ECON 201 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- ECON 202 Introduction
to Microeconomics
- ECON 281 Introduction to Applied Econometrics
- ECON 310-A
Microeconomics I
- ECON 310-B Microeconomics II or 311 Macroeconomics
- 3 additional 300-level economics courses
- MATH 220 Differential Calculus of One-Variable Functions or MATH 212 Single-Variable Calculus I
English: Minor in Literature
(8 courses)
- ENGLISH 210-A,B English Literary Traditions
or 270-A,B American Literary Traditions
- ENGLISH 298 Seminar in Reading and Interpretation
or 206 Reading and Writing
Poetry
- ENGLISH 207 Reading and Writing Fiction
- 4 300-level
literature courses, including:
2 dealing with works written
before 1798 and
2 dealing with works written after 1798;
1 of these courses may
be a literature course in another department or
a course in comparative literary studies
English:
Minor in Writing (7 courses)
- 2 of the following:
ENGLISH 206 Reading and Writing Poetry
ENGLISH 207 Reading
and Writing Fiction
ENGLISH 208 Reading and Writing Creative
Nonfiction
- ENGLISH 298 Introductory Seminar
in Reading and Interpretation
- 2 300-level writing courses
- 2 300-level
literature courses, including:
1 dealing with works written before 1798 and
1 dealing
with works written after 1798
Environmental
Sciences (9 courses)
-
BIOL SCI 170 Concepts of Biology or 210-A Genetics and
Evolutionary Biology
- CHEM 101-A General Chemistry
- CHEM 101-B General Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 101-C General
Physical Chemistry
- CIV ENG 206 Environmental Literacy*
- PHYSICS 130-A College Physics I
- GEOG 211 World Biogeography
or or GEOG 235 Atmosphere and Climate*
- GEOG 328 Human Use of Earth*
- PHIL 268 Ethics and the Environment*
* Other courses with an environmental focus offered in anthropology, history, philosophy, and political science may be used to satisfy this requirement. Fine and
Performing Arts (7 courses)
-
1 200-level art history course
- 1 300-level art history course
- RTVF 312-A or -B History
of Film
- 1 music history or general music course
- 1 theater history,
literature, or criticism course
- 1 dance history, theory,
or criticism course
- 1 additional 300-level course in
art, art history, dance, music history, performance studies,
or
theater
History
(7 courses)
- 4 courses concentrating on the history of the United
States or Europe (including Britain), including:
at least
1 at the 300 level
- 3 courses outside the above area
of concentration, including:
at least 2 at
the 300 level
Information
Systems (10
courses)
This minor has been revised. Students enrolled in the previous version of the minor may switch to the new version by submitting an Academic Plan Form.
Students with no prior programming experience should complete CIS 110 Introduction to Computer Programming before enrolling in CIS 212 or starting the minor.
Courses marked by an asterisk (*) are also open to students in the Master of Science in Computer
Information Systems program.
- CIS 212 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming*
- CIS 313 Telecommunications and Computer Networks*
- CIS
314 Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming*
- CIS 317
Introduction to Databases
*
- 4 additional 300-level computer science courses
- MATH 202 Finite Mathematics
- STAT 202 Introduction to Statistics
Journalism
(6 courses)
- JRN WRIT 201-A Journalistic Writing Practice I
- JRN WRIT
201-B Journalistic Writing Practice II
- JRN WRIT 301 Newswriting
and Reporting (or approved substitution)
- 3 additional
300-level journalism courses
Mathematics
(8 courses)
- MATH 220 Differential Calculus of One-Variable Functions
- MATH
224 Integral Calculus of One-Variable Functions
- MATH
230 Differential Calculus of Multiple Variable Functions
- MATH 234 Multiple Integration and Vector Calculus
- MATH
240 Linear Algebra or 250 Elementary Differential Equations
- 3 300-level mathematics courses
Note:
Students may take both MATH 240 and 250. Those who do
need only take 2 300-level mathematics
courses. Organization
Behavior (8 courses)
This minor has been revised. Students enrolled in the previous version of the minor may switch to the new version by submitting an Academic Plan Form.
- 3 of the following:
COMM ST 205 Theories of Persuasion
COMM ST 250 Team Leadership and Decision Making
COMM ST 360 Theories of Organizational Communication
ENGLISH 205 Writing Seminar: Business Communication
- 3 of the following:
ORG BEH 301 Organization Behavior
ORG BEH 307 Leadership Principles and Practice
ORG BEH 310 Organizational Change
PSYCH 204 Social Psychology
SOCIOL 302 Sociology of Organizations
- 2 additional 300-level courses in organization behavior or communication studies courses focused on organization behavior
Philosophy
(8 courses)
- PHIL 110 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 150 Elementary
Logic I
- PHIL 210-A History of Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 210-C History of Philosophy: Early Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 263 Classics of Ethical Theory or 264 Classics
of Political Theory
- 3 300-level philosophy courses
Political
Science (6 courses)
- 3 of the following:
POL SCI 201-A History of Political Thought
POL SCI 201-B History of Political Thought II
POL SCI 204 Politics and Nature
POL SCI 220 American Government and Politics
POL SCI 221 Urban Politics
POL SCI 230 Introduction to Law in the Political Arena
POL SCI 240 Introduction to International Relations
POL SCI 250 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- 3 300-level political science
courses
Psychology
(7 courses)
- PSYCH 110 Introduction to Psychology
- PSYCH 201 Statistical Methods in Psychology
- PSYCH 205 Research
Methods in Psychology
- 4 additional psychology
courses, including at least 1 personality, clinical,
or social psychology course;
at least 2 must be at the 300 level
Sociology (6
or 7 courses)
Sociological research track:
- SOCIOL 110 Introduction to Sociology (or 200-level sociology
course)
- SOCIOL 226 Sociological Analysis
- SOCIOL 303 Analysis
and Interpretation of Social Data*
- SOCIOL
329 Field Research and Methods of Data Collection
- 2 additional
300-level sociology courses
Sociological studies
track:
- SOCIOL 110 Introduction to Sociology (or a 200-level
sociology course)
- SOCIOL 226 Sociological Analysis
- 5 300-level sociology
courses
* Political Science 312 may be used as a substitute for SOCIOL 303.
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