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Minors (School of Liberal Education)

Minors in Liberal Education

The following minors in Liberal Education are available to all students except those in the Faculty of Education. For students who complete the required courses, the minor will be acknowledge on the official transcript.

Interested in other uLethbridge minors.

Information and Communications

Required courses:
Liberal Education 1000 - Knowledge and Liberal Education
Liberal Education 3000/Writing 3000 - Writing in the Modern Research University
Library Science 2000 - Library Research and Information Systems
Writing 1000 - Introduction to Academic Writing

Two of:
Anthropology 2510 - Language, Culture, and Communication
English 2800 - Rhetoric
Management 2081 - Professional Communications Skills
Any Language or Linguistics course
Any Library Science course at the 3000 or 4000 level

Alternative courses may be counted toward the minor provided (1) they are clearly related to the themes of information literacy, rhetoric, language and culture, or communications and (2) they are approved by the Library Curriculum Committee. Please contact Library Administration.

Students who have completed Writing 1000 as part of their major must complete an additional course from the "two of" list.

No more than one Independent Study (1990, 2990, 3990, 4990) or Applied Studies (2980, 3980, 4980) course may be counted towards the minor.

Innovation Across Disciplines

Required courses:
Liberal Education 1000 - Knowledge and Liberal Education

Two courses from the following list:
Liberal Education 2200 - Problems and Puzzles
Liberal Education 3300 - Creativity and Innovation
Liberal Education 3350 - Themes in Innovation

Three additional courses from any Faculty or School (including the third course from the list above) which must be clearly related to the themes of Creativity and Innovation, and approved by the Dean of the School of Liberal Education.

No more than one Independent Study (1990, 2990, 3990, 4990) or Applied Studies (2980, 3980, 4980) course may be counted toward the minor.

"Initially I had no intention of taking any Liberal Education courses. However, once I did they quickly became my favorite classes to be in. Funny enough I enjoyed them so much and took so many of them that I unintentionally gained a Liberal Education minor. What I found out about attending university was that taking courses that I actually enjoyed was the most fulfilling part of my journey. I recommend anyone going to the University of Lethbridge to take at least one course in Liberal Education, because who knows maybe you’ll be like me and stumble upon something great."

- Harry Robb, B.A May 2018, first U of L minor in Liberal Education.

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