Majors and Minors

Forty-four minors have been approved by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Specific requirements for each minor are available at the appropriate departmental office or through table shown below. All students are eligible to choose to complete a minor. Please remember that minors must be declared. Minor Declaration forms are available at The College Student Academic Services Office, 109 Strong Hall.

All minors must be a minimum of 18 credit hours with at least 12 hours at the Junior/Senior level. Nine hours of the Junior/Senior level courses must be taken in residence at KU. Students must earn a 2.0 or better GPA in all courses taken for the minor.

Majors followed by a ** are offered at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, KS.

Major/Minor	BA	BGS	BS	Minor	*Holland Code
African & African-American Studies	X	X		X	SEI
American Studies	X	X			EIS
Anthropology	X	X		X	IRE
Applied Behavioral Science (formerly HDFL)	X	X		X	SRE, SER, IES
Astronomy	X		X	X	IRE
Atmospheric Science	X		X	X	IRS
Biochemistry	X		X		IRE
Biology (B. S. has concentrations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cell Biology; Genetics, Neurobiology and Organismal Biology)	X		X		IRE
Human Biology	X				IRE
Microbiology	X		X		IRS
Molecular Biosciences**			X		IRE
Brazilian Studies				X
Business (through School of Business)				X
Chemistry (Major options in Biological and Environmental Chemistry)	X		X	X	IRE
Classics				X	AIS
Classical Antiquity	X	X			AIS
Classical Languages	X	X			AIS
Communication Studies	X	X		X	EAS
Dance (through School of Fine Arts)				X
East Asian Languages & Cultures (Options in Chinese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, and East Asian Studies)	X			X	SEI
Economics	X	X	X	X	IAS
English (Options available in Traditional English and Creative Writing)	X	X		X	AES
Environmental Studies	X	X	X	X	IRE/RES
European Studies (Co-Major and Minor Only)				X
Film Studies				X
French (Options in French, Italian, and French and Italian Studies)	X			X	ASE
Geography (B. S. options in Physical Geography and Geographical Information and Analysis)	X	X	X	X	IRE
Geography - Geographical Information Science				X	IRE
Geology (B. A. and B. S. options in General Geology and Environmental Geology; additional B. S. options in Engineering Geology and Geophysics)	X		X	X	IRE
Germanic Languages & Literature	X			X	ASE
History	X	X		X	SEI
History of Art	X	X		X	AES
Human Sexuality				X
Humanities	X				SAI
International Studies (Co-Major Only)					SEI
Italian				X
Jewish Studies				X
Latin American Studies	X	X		X	SEI
Latino/a Studies				X
Leadership Studies				X
Linguistics	X	X		X	ISC
Literature, Language, & Writing**	X	X
Mathematics	X		X	X	IRE
Music (through School of Fine Arts)				X
Peace and Conflict Studies				X
Philosophy	X	X		X	SAI
Physics (B. A. option in Computation Physics; B. S. options in Geophysics and Engineering Physics)	X		X	X	IRE
Political Science	X	X			SEI
Psychology / Developmental Psychology	X	X			SIE
Public Administration **	X	X
Cognitive Psychology			X		ISR
Religious Studies	X	X		X	SAI
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (Co-Major only)					SEI
Slavic Language & Literature (Russian, Polish and South Slavic Studies Concentrations)	X			X	SEI
Social and Behavioral Science Methodology				X
Sociology	X	X		X	IES
Spanish and Portuguese	X				ASE
Special Major	X	X
Speech-Language-Hearing	X	X		X	ISE
Theatre & Film (Options in Theatre, Film and Theatre & Film)	X	X		X X	AES, AIR
Women's Studies	X	X		X	SEI

We also offer an Online Certificate Program in Systems Analysis Design through the Edwards Campus.

* Through the use of assessment instruments, Holland typologies help individuals clarify and implement their vocational identities (Niles & Harris Bowsbey, 2002). For more information about Holland Codes, please contact the University Career Center at 864-3624.