Minor in Health Communication
The Health Communication Minor is intended for any University student interested in advanced study of health communication. Students completing the minor program will learn how health communication professionals think and be prepared for careers in population health, medical, clinic management, and communication agencies, among others.
For students under the 2018-2020 catalog
The minor program requires 16 semester hours of coursework including nine hours to be completed in residence. Only courses with a C- or better (or CR for courses offered only on a pass/fail basis) will be counted toward the minor. Students in Moody College may declare only one minor and must apply for their minor/certificate before they have completed 65% of their degree requirements.
This minor is open to all University of Texas students. The Moody College of Communication reserves the right to limit the number of students accepted into this minor by instituting a competitive application process. Applicants may be judged on such factors as grade point average, prior coursework taken, prior experience in the field, and response to essay prompts.
Students must fulfill the following requirements:
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COM 102 |
Introduction to Health Communication |
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Interpersonal Communication: |
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CMS 330 |
Interpersonal Health Communication |
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CMS 332 |
Argumentation and Advocacy |
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CMS 332K |
Theories of Persuasion |
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CMS 344K |
Lying and Deception |
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CMS 358 |
Communication and Personal Relationships |
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HDF 337 |
Personal Relationships |
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HDF 466 |
Guidance in Adult-Child Relationships |
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or WGS 466 |
Guidance in Adult-Child Relationships |
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PHM 390C |
Communication Skills for Health Professionals |
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Organizational Communication: |
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CMS 341 |
Digital Communications |
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CMS 353S |
Social Media and Organizations |
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CMS 357 |
Family Communication |
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HDF 313 |
Child Development |
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or WGS 313 |
Child Development |
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HDF 347 |
Socioeconomic Problems of Families |
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HDF 378L |
Theories of Child and Family Development |
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N 310 |
Communication in Health Care Settings |
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S W 360K |
Current Social Work Topics (Topic 4: Practice with Abused and Neglected Children and their Families) |
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WGS 301 |
Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 4: Family Relationships) |
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or HDF 304 |
Family Relationships |
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WGS 301 |
Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 19: Diversity in American Families) |
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WGS 301 |
Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 23: Romantic Relationships and Family Formation) |
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Population/Mass Media: |
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ADV 319 |
Psychology of Advertising |
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ADV 327 |
Account Planning |
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AMS 370 |
Seminar in American Culture (Topic 1: American Cultural History of Alcohol/Drugs) |
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BIO 361L |
Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory |
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CH 107 |
Conference Course |
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CMS 372T |
Time Matters |
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ECO 325K |
Health Economics |
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EDP 350G |
Adolescent Development |
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EDP 350L |
Human Sexuality |
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EDP 371 |
Introduction to Statistics |
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GOV 370L |
Topics in American Government and Politics (Topic 23: Politics of Healthcare) |
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GRG 356 |
Topics in Environmental Geography (Topic 1: Children's Environmental Health) |
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HIS 350R |
Undergraduate Seminar in United States History (Topic 5: American Cultural History of Alcohol/Drugs) |
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H S 301 |
Introduction to Health and Society |
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or SOC 308S |
Introduction to Health and Society |
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HDF 313 |
Child Development |
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or WGS 313 |
Child Development |
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HDF 371 |
Adolescent Development in Context |
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HDF 378K |
Advanced Child and Family Development (Topic 6: Into to Early Childhood Interventions) |
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HED 329K |
Child and Adolescent Health |
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HED 335 |
Theories of Substance Use and Abuse |
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HED 343 |
Foundations of Epidemiology |
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HED 360 |
Adolescent Health Risk Behavior |
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HED 361 HED 364 |
Psychosocial Issues in Women's Health Strategic Health Communication |
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HED 370K |
Topical Seminar in Health Promotion (Topic 1: Foundations of Health Promotion I) |
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HED 371K |
Foundations of Health Promotion II |
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HIS 350R |
Undergraduate Seminar in United States History (Topic 18: Women in Sickness and Health) |
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J 349F |
Reporting Public Health and Science |
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KIN 334 |
Children's Exercise and Physical Activity |
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KIN 378 |
Fieldwork in Health (Topic: 3: Sexual Health I) |
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N 275 |
Public Health Nursing |
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or N 287Q |
Public Health Nursing |
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N 307 |
Topics in Nursing (Topic 1: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors) |
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N 309 |
Global Health |
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NTR 330 |
Nutrition Education and Counseling |
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NTR 331 |
International Nutrition: Social and Environmental Policies |
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NTR 332 |
Community Nutrition |
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NTR 337 |
Principles of Epidemiology in Nutritional Sciences |
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NTR 338W |
Issues in Nutrition and Health |
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NTR 365 |
Selected Topics in Nutritional Sciences (Topic 4: Obesity and Metabolic Health) |
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PBH 317 |
Introduction to Public Health |
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PBH 334 |
Global Health |
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PBH 338 |
Environmental Health |
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PBH 341R |
Public Health Research |
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PBH 356 |
Health Behavior Theory and Practice |
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PBH 358D |
Health Policy and Health Systems |
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PBH 361P |
Public Health Internship |
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PHL 325M |
Medicine, Ethics, and Society |
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PSY 319K |
Social Psychology |
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PSY 339 |
Behavior Problems of Children |
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PSY 341K |
Selected Topics in Psychology (Topic 4: Health Psychology) |
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PSY 346K |
Psychology of Sex |
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PSY 352 |
Abnormal Psychology |
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PSY 364M |
Mental Illness and the Brain |
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S W 334 |
Social Work Practice in Organizations and Communities |
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S W 360K |
Current Social Work Topics (Topic 5: Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQ Oppression) |
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S W 360K |
Current Social Work Topics (Topic 9: Loss and Grief: Individual and Family Perspectives) |
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SOC 307L |
Gender, Race, and Class in American Society |
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SOC 307P |
Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Well-Being |
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SOC 310S |
Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors |
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SOC 321G |
Global Health Issues and Health Systems |
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SOC 354K |
Sociology of Health and Illness |
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SOC 358D |
Health Policy and Health Systems |
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SOC 368D |
Social Context of Public Health |
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SDS 302 |
Data Analysis for the Health Sciences |
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SDS 304 |
Statistics in Health Care |
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SDS 332 |
Statistical Models for the Health and Behavioral Sciences |
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T C 358 |
Plan II Junior Seminar (Topic: Public Health, Medicine, and Social Policy) |
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URB 354 |
Topics in Urban Society and Culture (Topic 10: Human Behavior and Social Environment) |
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or S W 327 |
Human Behavior and Social Environment |
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WGS 301 |
Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 7: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors) |
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WGS 301 |
Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 20: Fertility and Reproduction) |
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or SOC 307K |
Fertility and Reproduction |
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WGS 301 |
Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 21: Gender, Race, Class in American Societies) |
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WGS 322 |
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Social Sciences (Topic 1: Sociology of Gender) |
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or SOC 333K |
Sociology of Gender |
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WGS 345 |
Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 3: Women in Sickness and Health) |
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WGS 345 |
Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 35: Psychosocial Issues Women's Health) |
| Six additional upper-division hours from the above areas of which three hours must be from outside the student’s major college. | |
In addition, the following are University-wide rules regarding minors:
- The minor must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Minors must include a minimum of six hours of upper division coursework.
- A student may not earn a minor in the same field of study as his or her major
- At least nine of the hours required for the minor must include coursework not used to satisfy the requirements of the student’s major; this includes courses in non-major departments that are cross-listed with courses offered within the student’s major department. However, courses in the minor may fulfill other degree requirements such as general education requirements or required elective hours.
- Transcript recognition is awarded at the time of undergraduate degree completion.
The Health Communication Minor has a competitive application process.
The application for Spring 2020 is now open. The deadline to apply is noon on March 9, 2020.
The Health Communication Minor is open to all University of Texas undergraduates. Applicants must be under the 2016-2018 catalog or a later catalog, and have a 3.0 GPA.
Students in Moody College may declare only one minor and must apply for their minor/certificate before they have completed 65% of their degree requirements.
For students under the 2016-2018 catalog:
The minor program requires sixteen semester hours of coursework, including nine hours to be completed in residence. Students must earn a grade of at least C in each course counted toward fulfillment of the minor requirements. The Moody College reserves the right to limit the number of students accepted into this minor by instituting a competitive application process. Applicants may be judged on such factors as grade point average, prior coursework taken, prior experience in the field, and response to essay prompts.
Students must fulfill the following requirements:
| COM 102 | Introduction to Health Communication |
| Three hours of Interpersonal Communication coursework, chosen from the following: | |
| CMS 330 | Interpersonal Health Communication |
| CMS 332 | Argumentation and Advocacy |
| CMS 332K | Theories of Persuasion |
| CMS 344K | Lying and Deception |
| CMS 358 | Communication and Personal Relationships |
| HDF 337 | Personal Relationships |
| HDF/WGS 466 | Guidance in Adult-Child Relationships |
| PHM 390C | Communication Skills for Health Professionals |
| Three hours of Organizational Communication coursework, chosen from the following: | |
| CMS 341 | Digital Communications |
| CMS 353S | Social Media and Organizations |
| CMS 357 | Family Communication |
| HDF/WGS 313 | Child Development |
| HDF 347 | Socioeconomic Problems of Families |
| HDF 378L | Theories of Child and Family Development |
| N 310 | Communication in Health Care Settings |
| SW 360K | Current Social Work Topics (Topic 4: Practice with Abused and Neglected Children and their Families) |
| WGS 301 | Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 4: Family Relationships) |
| or HDF 304 | Family Relationships |
| WGS 301 | Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 19: Diversity in American Families) |
| WGS 301 | Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 23: Romantic Relationships and Family Formation) |
| Three hours of Population/Mass Media coursework, chosen from the following: | |
| ADV 319 | Psychology of Advertising |
| ADV 327 | Account Planning |
| AMS 370 | Seminar in American Culture (Topic 1: American Cultural History of Alcohol/Drugs) |
| BIO 361L | Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory |
| CH 107 | Conference Course |
| CMS 372T | Time Matters |
| ECO 325K | Health Economics |
| EDP 350G | Adolescent Development |
| EDP 350L | Human Sexuality |
| EDP 371 | Introduction to Statistics |
| GOV 370L | Topics in American Government and Politics (Topic 23: Politics of Healthcare) |
| GRG 356 | Topics in Environmental Geography (Topic 1: Children's Environmental Health) |
| HIS 350R | Undergraduate Seminar in United States History (Topic 5: American Cultural History of Alcohol/Drugs) |
| HS 301/SOC 308S | Introduction to Health and Society |
| HDF/WGS 313 | Child Development |
| HDF 371 | Adolescent Development in Context |
| HDF 378K | Advanced Child and Family Development (Topic 6: Into to Early Childhood Interventions) |
| HED 329K | Child and Adolescent Health |
| HED 335 | Theories of Substance Use and Abuse |
| HED 343 | Foundations of Epidemiology |
| HED 360 | Adolescent Health Risk Behavior |
| HED 361 | Psychosocial Issues in Women's Health |
| HED 370K | Topical Seminar in Health Promotion (Topic 1: Foundations of Health Promotion I) |
| HED 371K | Foundations of Health Promotion II |
| HIS 350R | Undergraduate Seminar in United States History (Topic 18: Women in Sickness and Health) |
| J 349F | Reporting Public Health and Science |
| KIN 334 | Children's Exercise and Physical Activity |
| KIN 378 | Fieldwork in Health (Topic 3: Sexual Health I) |
| N 275/287Q | Public Health Nursing |
| N 307 | Topics in Nursing (Topic 1: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors) |
| N 309 | Global Health |
| NTR 330 | Nutrition Education and Counseling |
| NTR 331 | International Nutrition: Social and Environmental Policies |
| NTR 332 | Community Nutrition |
| NTR 337 | Principles of Epidemiology in Nutritional Sciences |
| NTR 338W | Issues in Nutrition and Health |
| NTR 365 | Selected Topics in Nutritional Sciences (Topic 4: Obesity and Metabolic Health |
| PBH 317 | Introduction to Public Health |
| PBH 334 | Global Health |
| PBH 338 | Environmental Health |
| PBH 341R | Public Health Research |
| PBH 356 | Health Behavior Theory and Practice |
| PBH 358D | Health Policy and Health Systems |
| PBH 361P | Public Health Internship |
| PHL 325M | Medicine, Ethics, and Society |
| PSY 319K | Social Psychology |
| PSY 339 | Behavior Problems of Children |
| PSY 341K | Selected Topics in Psychology (Topic 4: Health Psychology) |
| PSY 346K | Psychology of Sex |
| PSY 352 | Abnormal Psychology |
| PSY 364M | Mental Illness and the Brain |
| SW 334 | Social Work Practice in Organizations and Communities |
| SW 360K | Current Social Work Topics (Topic 5: Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQ Oppression) |
| SW 360K | Current Social Work Topics (Topic 9: Loss and Grief: Individual and Family Perspectives) |
| SOC 307L | Gender, Race, and Class in American Society |
| SOC 307P | Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Well-Being |
| SOC 310S | Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors |
| SOC 321G | Global Health Issues and Health Systems |
| SOC 354K | Sociology of Health and Illness |
| SOC 358D | Health Policy and Health Systems |
| SOC 368D | Social Context of Public Health |
| SDS 302 | Data Analysis for the Health Sciences |
| SDS 304 | Statistics in Health Care |
| SDS 332 | Statistical Models for the Health and Behavioral Sciences |
| TD 358 | Plan II Junior Seminar (Topic: Public Health, Medicine, and Social Policy) |
| URB 354 | Topics in Urban Society and Culture (Topic 10: Human Behavior and Social Environment) |
| or SW 327 | Human Behavior and Social Environment |
| WGS 301 | Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 7: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors) |
| WGS 301 | Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 20: Fertility and Reproduction) |
| or SOC 307K | Fertility and Reproduction |
| WGS 301 | Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 21: Gender, Race, Class in American Societies) |
| WGS 322 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Social Sciences (Topic 1: Sociology of Gender) |
| or SOC 333K | Sociology of Gender |
| WGS 345 | Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 3: Women in Sickness and Health) |
| WGS 345 | Topics in Women's and Gender Studies (Topic 35: Psychosocial Issues Women's Health) |
| Six additional upper-division hours from the above areas of which three hours must be from outside the student’s major college. | |
In addition, the following are University-wide rules regarding minors:
- The minor must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Minors must include a minimum of six hours of upper division coursework.
- A student may not earn a minor in the same field of study as his or her major
- At least nine of the hours required for the minor must include coursework not used to satisfy the requirements of the student’s major; this includes courses in non-major departments that are cross-listed with courses offered within the student’s major department. However, courses in the minor may fulfill other degree requirements such as general education requirements or required elective hours.
- Transcript recognition is awarded at the time of undergraduate degree completion.
