Minors

Southern Polytechnic State University offers minors in the following areas:

A minor must contain 15 to 18 semester hours of coursework with at least 9 hours of upper division coursework. Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas A through E may not be counted as coursework in the minor. Courses taken in Core Area F may be counted as coursework in the minor.

In the following pages, the course requirements for each minor are outlined.

Minor in Apparel/Textile Engineering Technology
To be eligible for a minor in Apparel/Textile Engineering Technology, the student must complete 18 credit hours of the following courses with at least 9 hours of upper division course work:
 

      Hours
ATET 1040 Introduction to Textile/Apparel Computer Software 3
ATET 1100 Fiber and Yarn Formation 5
ATET 2301 Apparel and Textile computer Systems I 5
ATET 2500 Fabric Formation 5
ATET 2600 Equipment/Systems Evaluation and Selection 3
ATET 3200 Production Data systems 5
ATET 3300 Introduction to Composite Structure 2
ATET 3602 Apparel and Textile computer systems II 5
ATET 3700  Carpet manufacturing 2
ATET 4320 Textile Wet Processing 3
ATET 4440 Testing and Quality Control 4
ATET 4670 Apparel/Textile Production Planning and Scheduling 4
 
Minor in Computer Information Systems
To be eligible for a minor in Computer Information Systems, the student must complete the following courses with a grade of "C" or better:
 
CS  1301  Computer Science I  4
CS  1302 Computer Science II  4
CS  3153  Database Systems  3
CS  4683  Management Information Systems 3
    One additional upper-level CS course 3-4
 
Minor in Computer Science
To be eligible for a minor in Computer Science, the student must complete the following courses with a grade of "C" or better:
 
CS  1301 Computer Science I  4
CS  1302  Computer Science II  4
CS  3423  Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis 3
    Two additional upper-level CS courses 6-7
 
Minor in Construction
To be eligible for a minor in Construction, the student must complete the following courses:
 
CNST 2000* Construction Graphics 4
CNST 3000* Computer Applications in Construction 2
CNST 3160* Building Techniques and Methods II 4
CNST 3410 Construction Estimating I 4
CNST 4510 Construction Scheduling and Cost Control 4

*Students having the prerequisite knowledge in these courses may substitute courses of greater or equal credit from the following list with the consent of the CNST department head:
 

CNST 3411 Construction Estimating Software 2
CNST 3420 Construction Estimating II 4
CNST 3912 Workplace Law 3
CNST 4511 Construction Scheduling Software 2
CNST 4560 Construction Project Management 4
CNST 4710 Construction Safety 4
CNST 4760 Construction Law 4
 
Minor in Industrial Engineering Technology
To be eligible for a minor in Industrial Engineering Technology, the student must complete the following courses:
 
IET 2303 Principles of IET 3
  or    
IET 4356 Quality Concepts and System Design  
IET 3322 Work Measurement and Analysis 5
IET  3403 Industrial Experimentation 4
IET 4422 Plant Layout and Material Handling 4
 
Minor in International Studies
To be eligible for a minor in International Studies, the student must complete 15 semester hours from the following courses with a grade of "C" or better.
 
GEOG 3101 World Regional Geography 3
POLS 3100 Contemporary World Politics 3
SIS 3500 Contemporary International Economic Issues 3
SIS 3600 Comparative Culture 3
SIS 3700 International Issues in Science and Technology 3
SIS 3901-3* Special Topics in International Studies 1-3
SIS 4000* Regional Studies 3
 
*SIS 3901-3 and SIS 4000 may be taken more than once if the additional courses deal with a different topic or a different region from the ones previously studied.

HIST 2203 World Civilization: Modern is preferred as a part of their core requirement.

Students must also complete a language requirement by testing or demonstrating proficiency in one foreign language or completing FREN 1002, GRMN 1002, or SPAN 1002.
 

Minor in Management
To be eligible for a minor in Management, the student must complete the following courses:
 

MGNT 2101 Accounting I 3
MGNT 3105 Management and Organizational Behavior 3
MGNT 3125 Basic Business Finance 3
and
Any two of the following courses:
 
MGNT 3135 Marketing Principles 3
MGNT 3145 Legal Environment 3
MGNT 3155 Total Quality Management 3
MGNT 3205 Management Information Systems 3
MGNT 4115 Human Resources Management 3
MGNT 4151 Production Operations Management I 3
MGNT 4152 Production Operations Management II 3
MGNT 4185 Technology Management 3
 
Minor in Mathematics
To obtain a minor in Mathematics, the student must complete at least 18 semester hours of mathematics courses including MATH 2255 and MATH 3356. All the courses must be at the 2000 level or above and at least 9 semester hours must be at the 3000 level or above. Courses used to fill other requirements at SPSU (excluding core areas A through E) may also be used to obtain a minor in Mathematics except that no course may be used for a minor if a course for which dual credit is not allowed is used to fill any requirement at SPSU, including required free electives.
 

Minor in Physics
To be eligible for a minor in Physics, the student must complete at least 15 hours of course work in physics with at least 10 hours in upper division courses.
 

Minor in Technical and Professional Communication
To be eligible for a minor in Technical and Professional Communication the student must complete 15 hours of technical communication courses, at least 9 of which must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. Students can choose from ENGL 2000, ENGL 2010, ARTS 3000, and any class with the TCOM course prefix. (ENGL 2010 is a prerequisite for most TCOM courses.)