Social Thought Minor

Entry to the Minor

Admission

The Social Thought minor is limited to students who formally apply and are admitted. To apply, students must meet with the academic adviser, and submit an application, a letter of recommendation from a faculty mentor, and an application essay to the College Academic Counseling Office, A316 Murphy Hall.

To enter the minor, students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better and apply for admission only after successfully completing the following lower-division requirements: Clusters 21A and 21B, or two courses from German 56, Honors Collegium 20, 21W, 55, 57, 83W, Philosophy 6, Political Science 10, Sociology 10.

Minor Requirements

The Minor

Required Upper-Division Courses (16 to 20 units):

Select four courses spanning at least two different departments from:

AF AMER M114C - African American Political Thought ANTHRO 100 - History of Anthropology ANTHRO 131 - Critical Social Theory CESC M115 - Citizenship and Public Service CLASSIC M124 - Modern Receptions of Ancient Political Thought ECON 107 - History of Economic Theory HIST 122A - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 15th Century HIST 122C - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 17th Century HIST 122D - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 18th Century HIST M122E - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 19th Century HIST 122F - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 20th Century HIST 131A - Marxist Theory and History HIST 142A - Intellectual History of U.S.HIST 142B - Intellectual History of U.S.HNRS 110 - Marxist and Post-Marxist Approaches to Cultural Studies PHILOS 151A - History of Ethics: Selected Classics in Ancient Ethical Theories—Plato, Aristotle PHILOS C151B - History of Ethics: Modern PHILOS 153A - Topics in Ethical Theory: Normative Ethics PHILOS C153B - Topics in Ethical Theory: Metaethics PHILOS 154 - Topics in Value Theory: Rationality and Action PHILOS C156 - Topics in Political Philosophy POL SCI M111A - Ancient and Medieval Political Theory POL SCI 111B - Early Modern Political Theory POL SCI 111C - Late Modern Political Theory POL SCI 112A - Democratic Theory POL SCI M112B - Invention of Democracy POL SCI 113A - Problems in 20th-Century and Contemporary Political Theory POL SCI 113B - Politics, Theory, and Film POL SCI 114A - American Political Thought I, 1620 to 1865 POL SCI M115C - Citizenship and Public Service POL SCI 116A - Marxism POL SCI 116B - Continental Political Thought POL SCI 119 - Special Studies in Political Theory POL SCI M119A - Modern Receptions of Ancient Political Thought POL SCI M180A - African American Political Thought SOCIOL 101 - Development of Sociological Theory SOCIOL 102 - Contemporary Sociological Theory

Required Research Colloquia and Senior Thesis (12 units)

Policies

The Minor Policies

A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major requirements or another minor. No more than two courses (8 to 10 units) may be applied toward both this minor and a major or minor in another department or program.

Each minor course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the minor. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.