Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Communal Studies Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Communal Studies Minor

College of Liberal Arts >> History 

18 hours; 2.0 minor GPA required

Courses fulfilling the Communal Studies Minor may be offered in the classroom, online or as blended classes. Rice Library and nearby New Harmony have abundant resources related to Communal Studies that instructors can incorporate into their classes. The Communal Studies minor will be administered in the History department, but the coursework will be interdisciplinary, with elective options in Anthropology, Arts and Heritage Administration, Communication and Media, Economics, Management, Marketing, Social Work, Sociology and World Languages and Cultures. Courses in the minor can explore the diverse history and social, economic and political structure of current communal experiments in the United States and the world. Many communal experiments had a “utopian” element to them, which will be explored in humanities courses such as English and World Languages and Cultures. The Center for Communal Studies’ research resources provide abundant opportunities to study human behavior at fundamental levels in the social microcosms of communal societies.

Required Courses (6 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
HIST 222 - Roots of Communalism

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS)


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

 

Select one of the following courses:

HIST 419 - Communal Utopias in America
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 420 - Topics in European History (approved topic)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
WLC 490 - Special Topics in Languages and Cultures (approved topic)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
RELS 370 - Seminar in Religious Studies (approved topic in Utopian Movements)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3

Electives (12 hours)

Select 12 hours of electives from the following list:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
AHA 201 - Introduction to Arts and Heritage Administration
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
AHA 301 - Advanced Studies in Arts and Heritage Administration
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
AHA 499 - Internship/Intensive Study in Arts and Heritage Administration
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ANTH 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture; World Language and Culture-BS; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CMST 214 - Group and Team Communication
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly Offered
Credits: 3
CMST 315 - Readers Theatre
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly Offered
Credits: 3
CMST 499 - Special Topics in Communication Studies (approved topic)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ECON 306 - Power, Evil and Religion

USI Core 39: World Language and Culture (BS); Embedded Experience-Diversity; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ECON 461 - History of Economic Thought
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 130 - Issues in American History (approved topic)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 419 - Communal Utopias in America
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 420 - Topics in European History (approved topic)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 490 - Internship/Special Studies in History
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 1-3

 

MKTG 201 - Introduction to Marketing or
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
MKTG 305 - Principles of Marketing
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

MNGT 201 - Survey of Management or
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
MNGT 305 - Principles of Management
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

SOC 415 - Sociology of the Environment
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
SOC 441 - Social Movements
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
SOCW 239 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
SOCW 402 - Social Work Practice I
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
WLC 490 - Special Topics in Languages and Cultures (approved topic)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
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