Interdisciplinary Minors

Interdisciplinary minors require the student to complete a minimum of 15 to 21 hours from a list of specific courses. Unless otherwise noted, a student may take no more than 6 hours of courses from a single department until he or she surpasses the required minimum number of hours necessary for completing the minor. Exceptions to this rule may be found within the discussions of several of the minors. In most cases, a student is also limited to just 3 hours of credit toward the minor in the same department or discipline in which he or she is taking a major. Except for the Paralegal Studies minor, no course may be counted both for major and minor credit. Students must fulfill all departmental prerequisites for any course within an interdisciplinary minor. In some cases, advisors may approve course substitutions within these program requirements.

Basic Statistics (3-7 hours)

• MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
• PS 3001 - Research Methods in Political Science 3 credit hours
• PSY 3020 - Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science 3 credit hours
• BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours
• SOC 3050 - Data Analysis 4 credit hours

Basic Research Methods (3-7 hours)

• PSY 3070 - Research Methods 3 credit hours AND
• PSY 3071 - Research Methods Lab 1 credit hour

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• MKT 3930 - Marketing Research 3 credit hours
• SOC 3040 - Research Methods 3 credit hours
• SW 2630 - Interviewing Skills for Social Work Practice 3 credit hours
• SW 3110 - Research Methods for Social Work Practice 3 credit hours

Advanced Statistics (3-6 hours)

• MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours
• PSY 4070 - Advanced Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours

Advanced Research Methods (3-6 hours)

• MKT 4880 - Applied Marketing Research 3 credit hours
• PHIL 4500 - Philosophy of Science 3 credit hours
• PSY 4080 - Advanced Research Methods 3 credit hours

NOTE:

No more than 7 credit hours in a single department may count toward the interdisciplinary minor unless the student surpasses the required 15 hours necessary for this minor.
No more than 7 credit hours may be taken toward this minor in the same department or discipline in which a student is majoring.
Courses will not be counted for both the major and the minor.
A student who is majoring in any of the areas listed in the Basic Statistics category or the Basic Research category and is taking any course in the category as a part of his or her major requirement may take no more than 3 credit hours (or 4 credit hours if taking the course with a lab) from other departments in that category. 

If you have any questions about this minor, email Dr. Skip Kendrick at Skip.Kendrick@mtsu.edu.