Career Minor
Programs offeredCareer Minor in Arts Management
Career Minor in Health Systems Organizations
Career Minor in Teaching English as a Second Language
Career Minor in Arts Management / Career Minor in Health Systems Organizations / Career Minor in Women's Health
The career minors program allows students from a variety of majors to pursue a coherent sequence of courses in order to acquire insight into the ways the undergraduate degree may be applied in particular careers. Each career minor culminates in an internship giving the student practical experience in the field.
Information about a career minor may be obtained from the faculty advisor. Students interested in pursuing a career minor should plan well in advance in order to integrate the course work into their plan of study.
Internships are available at local and regional art galleries, museums, non-profit organizations, and other groups that provide services in the arts.
Business, computer, or other related courses to be determined by the program advisor: 9-12
Career Minor in Arts Management
The career minor in arts management provides students of the arts with education, training and experience in the practical, business side of their field. Art history and art studio majors completing this career minor will be in much stronger positions to find work and support themselves in fields within or closely related to their majors. The career minor in arts management may also be combined with any other major, provided that the student also completes at least a minor in art history or art studio.
Program Advisor
Michael Schwager, Art Gallery
Art Building 101
707 664-2295
Requirements for the Career Minor
in Arts Management
To earn the career minor in arts management, students must complete the following 21 units:
| ArtH 312 Principles of Arts Management | 3 |
| ArtH 494 Gallery and Museum Methods | 3 |
| ArtH 499 Internship | 4 |
| Total units in the minor core | 21 |
| AMCS 432 Health and Culture | 4 |
| GERN/SOCI 452 Health Care and Illness | 4 |
| GERN 499 Internship | 4 |
| Total units in the minor core | 12 |
Minor Electives
Students must consult with faculty advisors to select 8 units of related elective course work.| Total units in minor electives | 8 |
| Total units in the minor | 20 |
Career Minor in Women’s Health
Women’s health is a large and growing area of research and policy interest in the United States. The curriculum is organized toward enhancing the student’s opportunities for employment in healthcare and other settings. The program is highly suitable for those interested in careers as nurses, physicians, counselors, therapists, public health workers, research analysts and policy makers, and in other fields.The career minor in women’s health is designed to provide students with interdisciplinary course work, training, and work experience in the politics, practice, and experience of women’s health. Career needs of both health care providers and liberal arts and sciences majors are addressed by the program.
Program Advisor
Cindy Stearns, Women’s and Gender Studies
Rachel Carson Hall 32, 707 664-2708/2840
Minor Core Requirements
| WGS 280 Women’s Bodies: Health and Image | 3 |
| NURS 480 Sexuality, Health and Society (3) or
WGS 350 Gender, Sexuality and Family |
3 |
| Practical Application | 3-4 |
| WGS 499 Internship in Women’s Health Setting (4) Prerequisite: senior standing) or
NURS 425 Senior Clinical Study (Prerequisite: nursing major. Must choose a setting related to women’s health) |
3 |
| Total units in the minor core | 9-10 |
Electives
All electives must be health (including mental health) related. When the health course does not explicitly deal with women’s health, students are expected to do their term papers and projects on women’s health issues and to be prepared to share these course materials with the program coordinator.Suggested Electives
| AMCS 432 Health and Culture | 3 |
| GEOG 396 Medical Geography | 3 |
| GERN 300 Basic Gerontology | 3 |
| GERN 408 Transitions in Adult Development | 4 |
| NURS 340 Health and Illness in the Expanding Family | 4 |
| NURS 360 Community Health Nursing | 3 |
| PSY 404 Psychology of Women | 4 |
| PSY 454 Biofeedback and Somatic Psychology | 4 |
| SOCI 452 Health Care and Illness (cross-listed as GERN 452) | 4 |
| WGS 301 Women's Health Lecture Series | 1-2 |
| WGS/NURS 495 Special Study Research on Women’s Health | 1-4 |
| Total units in electives | 10-11 |
| Total units required in the minor | 20 |