Western Intellectual Tradition Minor Program

WIT Minor Program

The WIT minor program consists of 28 units (7 courses). Students select courses outside their major from at least two of the following disciplines: English, History, Mathematics, Modern Literatures and Languages, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science (see below for details). Because many of the courses in the WIT program also satisfy General Education requirements, students from diverse majors can complete the WIT minor by adding only a few units to their program.

Prerequisites

Please Note: Pending approval, the new prerequisites for the WIT minor program commencing Fall 2009 will be:

Requirements

To complete the WIT Minor, students must complete 12 units from Group A below and 16 units from Group B. Courses used to satisfy the 12 units in Group A and the 16 units in Group B must be chosen outside the student's major and from at least two disciplines in each group.



Group A - Select 12 units*
Course No. Course Title
ENGL 251 Great Books I: Introduction to Classical Literature C1 (4)
ENGL 252 Great Books II: Medieval to Enlightenment Literature C1 (4)
ENGL 253 Great Books III: Romanticism to Modernism Literature C1 (4)
HIST 110 Western Civilization: Ancient to Renaissance (4)
HIST 111 Western Civilization: Reformation to Twentieth Century (5)
PHIL 230 Philosophical Classics - Metaphysics and Epistemology C2 (4)
PHIL 231 Philosophical Classics - Social and Political Philosophy C2 (4)
PHYS 211 Modern Physics I (4)
POLS 230 Basic Concepts of Political Thought (4)
* Bold letters indicate course satisfies GE area or other requirements; number in brackets indicates number of units.


Group B - Select 16 units*
Course No. Course Title
ENGL 330 British Literature in the Age of Belief: to 1485 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 331 British Literature in the Age of the Renaissance: 1485-1660 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 332 British Literature in the Age of the Englightenment: 1660-1798 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 333 British Literature in the Age of Romanticism: 1798-1832 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 334 British Literature in the Age of Industrialism: 1832-1914 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 335 British Literature in the Age of Modernism: 1914 - Present C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 338
or
ENGL 339
Introduction to Shakespeare C4 GWR (4)
or
Introduction to Shakespeare—London Study C4 (4)
ENGL 340 The Literary Sources of the American Character: 1600-1865 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 341 The Literary Sources of the American Character: 1865-1914 C4 GWR (4)
ENGL 342 The Literary Sources of the American Character: 1914-1956 C4 GWR (4)
HIST 307 European Thought, 1800-2000 D5 (4)
HIST 436 History of American Thought (4)
HIST 451 Medieval Europe (4)
HIST 452 Renaissance and Reformation Europe (4)
HIST 453 Religious Wars and Absolutism (4)
HIST 454 The Age of Revolution and Napoleon (4)
MATH 419 Introduction to the History of Mathematics (4)
PHIL 311 Greek Philosophy C4 (4)
PHIL 312 Medieval Philosophy C4 (4)
PHIL 313 Continental Philosophy: Descartes to Leibniz C4 (4)
PHIL 314 British Philosophy: Bacon to Mill C4 (4)
PHIL 315 German Philosophy: Kant to Nietzsche C4 (4)
PHIL 332 History of Ethics C4 (4)
PHIL 421 Philosopy of Space, Time, and Matter (4)
POLS 330 Modern Political Thought (4)
POLS 337 American Political Thought (4)
SPAN 416 Don Quixote (4)
* Bold letters indicate course satisfies GE area or other requirements; number in brackets indicates number of units.
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