Multicultural Relations in the United States (MREL-MNR-AS) Minor

New Student Admission Requirements

• Students must be admitted to Ferris State University and may not be pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Journalism and Technical Communication.

Transfer Student Admission Requirements

• Students must be admitted to Ferris State University and may not be pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Journalism and Technical Communication.

Minor Courses - 9 Credits Required

• Choose 1 of 3

• HIST 315 - Social Justice Movements Credit Hours: 3
• SOCY 340 - Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 361 - Genocide in the Modern World Credit Hours: 3

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• COMM 365 - Intercultural Communication Credit Hours: 3 (With Department Approval, COMM 305 , COMM 310 , or SCWK 330  can be Substituted for COMM 365 )
• SSCI 450 - Intercultural Competence Credit Hours: 3

Directed Electives - 9 Credits Required

• Choose 9 Credits

• ANTH 122 - Intro Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
• GEOG 112 - Cultural Geography Credit Hours: 3
• LITR 170 - Intro to Women’s Literature Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 201 - Modern Black History Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish 1 Credit Hours: 4
• GEOG 202 - Geog-Latin America-Africa-Asia Credit Hours: 3
• LITR 202 - Black Literature Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish 2 Credit Hours: 4
• LITR 203 - Intro-African Literature Credit Hours: 3
• LITR 204 - Native American Literature Credit Hours: 3
• PLSC 221 - American Political Parties Credit Hours: 3
• HUMN 230 - Women-the Arts-and Society Credit Hours: 3
• SOCY 230 - Gender Roles in Society Credit Hours: 3
• PLSC 301 - Perspective - Developing World Credit Hours: 3
• ANTH 310 - North American Indians Credit Hours: 3
• ANTH 320 - Contemp American Indian Issues Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 320 - US and the Vietnam War Credit Hours: 3
• ARTH 325 - Women and Art Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 325 - American Women’s History Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 325 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
• RELG 325 - Eastern Religions Credit Hours: 3
• RELG 326 - Western Religions Credit Hours: 3
• ECON 331 - Labor Economic Labor Relations Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN 333 - Contemp Cult-Soc Hispan Americ Credit Hours: 3
• SOCY 341 - Community Studies Credit Hours: 3
• FILM 360 - Gender and Race in Film Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 371 - Modern China, Japan & Korea Credit Hours: 3
• LITR 371 - Topics in Women’s Literature Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 375 - Modern Latin America Credit Hours: 3
• PSYC 430 - Interpersonal-Cultural Percept Credit Hours: 3
• SOCY 443 - Soc Stratification-Inequality Credit Hours: 3

Notes

• Students who return to the university after an interrupted enrollment, not including summer semester, must normally meet the requirements of the curriculum which are in effect at the time of their return, not the requirements which were in effect when they were originally admitted.
• Credit Variance - Credits required may vary based on course placement, prerequisites, etc. If you have questions, contact your advisor.

University Graduation Requirements

These are the minimum graduation requirements for a minor at Ferris State University:

• A GPA of 2.00 or higher must be achieved for the courses within the minor.
• A minimum of 18 credits within the minor must be earned.
• A minimum of 50 percent of minor credits must be earned from Ferris State University to meet the Residency requirement.
• A minimum of 9 of the credits in the minor must be at the 200 level or higher.
• A maximum of one-third of the credits, but no more than 7 credit hours, in a minor may overlap with the student’s major.
• Up to 6 credit hours may overlap between any two minors.
• The minor must be completed prior to or at the awarding of a bachelor’s degree.

Programmatic Graduation Requirements

These are the additional graduation requirements mandated by the program:

• All requirements as specified in the All Minor Requirements section must be met.
• A minimum of 50 percent of the credits in the minor must be at the 300 level or higher.