Minor in Social Impact through Applied Research
The undergraduate minor in Social Impact through Applied Research requires 18 semester credit hours. The minor is designed for students seeking to enhance their abilities to translate scholarly research into practical solutions to social problems. It is an ideal complement to majors in business, health care, and STEM.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ANTH 3366 | Social Impact & Innovation | 3 |
| Qualitative Methods/Statistics | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Data Analytics | ||
| Business Statistics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Qualitative Research Methods | ||
| Research Methods in Geography | ||
| Engineering Statistics | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Statistics in Public Health | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Applied Data Analysis | ||
| Quantitative Research Methods | ||
| Qualitative Research Methods | ||
| Community Research/Internship | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Locally Engaged Research | ||
| Internship in Anthropology | ||
| Communication | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Public Speaking | ||
| Communication and Conflict Management | ||
| Public Advocacy and Civic Engagement | ||
| Persuasion | ||
| Writing and Service Learning | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Scientific Writing | ||
| Minor Electives | ||
| Choose 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
| Literature and Social Contexts in 19th and 20th‑Century America | ||
| Bioarchaeology | ||
| Public Archaeology | ||
| Archaeology of the Southwest | ||
| Archaeology of Texas’ Ancient Cultures | ||
| Mexican American Culture | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Archaeological Curation and Collections Management | ||
| Race and Biological Anthropology | ||
| Human Variation and Adaptation | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspective | ||
| Anthropology of Peace and Violence | ||
| Historical Archaeology | ||
| Introduction to Forensic Anthropology | ||
| Communication across Social Contexts | ||
| Rhetoric of Protest Movements | ||
| Political Communication | ||
| Community and Regional Planning | ||
| Political Geography | ||
| Social Geographies of the American City | ||
| Introduction to Public History | ||
HIST 4318Z | ||
| Black Women and Protest in U.S. History | ||
| Ethics and Society | ||
| Philosophy, Nonviolence, Sustainability, and Social Change | ||
| Biopolitics, Governmentality, and Ungovernability | ||
| Introduction to Public and Nonprofit Administration | ||
| Political Institutions and Public Service | ||
| Public Policy Process | ||
PH 3330 | ||
| Health Outcome Disparities | ||
| Sociology of Latinos & Immigration | ||
| Social Stratification | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Populations in Social Work | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Comparative Cultural Contexts | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
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With departmental approval, similar courses from other departments may satisfy this requirement.
