School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts 

Undergraduate Minors

The School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts offers fifteen minors: American Studies, Anthropology , Arts , Cognitive Science, Economics , History , Literatures & Cultures, Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Services Science, Sociology, Spanish and Writing.

The following guidelines pertain to all SSHA minors:

• To complete any SSHA minor, students must complete a minimum of five courses, at least four of which must be upper division.
• All courses must be taken for a letter grade.
• A minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) in upper division courses is required. The only exception is a minor in Arts, for which the minimum GPA in upper division courses is 2.7 (B-).
• At least three of the five required courses must be taken at UC Merced.
• Only one course may be used simultaneously to satisfy requirements for two minors.
• Only one course may be used to satisfy both a minor and a major requirement.
• Students must consult the UC Merced General Catalog for prerequisites to required courses.

For additional information, please contact the school at (209) 228-7742 or by e-mail at ssha.advising@ucmerced.edu.