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Minors
History

Features courses like American history and Western civilization.
Political Science

Features courses like American government and theories and issues of political science.
Science, Technology, and Humanity

Particularly useful for technologically oriented students, as it provides insight into humanities and social science disciplines and how these disciplines interact with science and technology.
Pre-law

Features are wide variety of electives to choose from, including American history.

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Certificates

Admission Requirements

A student must meet Missouri S&T’s regular undergraduate admission requirements.

Certificate Requirements

To receive the certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, a student must do the following:

  • Complete 12 credit hours selected from among the following courses:
    • ENGL 1211 British Literature I
    • ENGL 3210 Survey of Old and Middle English Literature
    • ENGL 3211 Chaucer
    • ENGL 3212 Sixteenth-Century English Literature
    • ENGL 3213 Seventeenth-Century English Literature
    • ENGL 3214 Shakespeare
    • ENGL 3234 Myth and Folklore
    • HIST 3130 Medieval History I
    • HIST 3135 Medieval History II
    • HIST 3240 Renaissance Thought
    • HIST 3150 Tudor and Stuart England
    • HIST 3534 History of Medieval and Early Modern Science
    • HIST 4145 The Reformation
    • MUSIC 3251 From the Church to the Palace: Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
    • PHIL Medieval Philosophy
  • Achieve at least a 2.5 grade point average in the certificate course work.
  • Request a certificate from the Registrar’s Office within two calendar years of completing the required certificate course work.

 

Admission Requirements

A student must meet Missouri S&T’s regular undergraduate admission requirements.

Certificate Requirements

To receive the certificate in Military and Security Studies, a student must do the following:

 

  • Take a total of four courses (12 hours), at least one of which must be in a discipline other than History.
  • Take one of the following (3 hours): History 3443, the American Military Experience; Political Science 3300, Principles of Public Policy; Political Science 4500, Geopolitics and International Security
  • Take three of the following courses (9 hours), as approved by certificate advisor:
    • BUS 5910 Privacy and Information Security
    • HISTORY 3241 World War I A Global Perspective
    • HISTORY 3325 Revolutionary Era America
    • HISTORY 3345 Civil War and Reconstruction
    • HISTORY 3440 20th Century Americans in Combat
    • HISTORY 3441 The United States in World War II
    • HISTORY 3442 The United States in Vietnam
    • HISTORY 3443 The American Military Experience
    • HISTORY/POL SCI 3760 The American Presidency
    • HISTORY/POL SCI 3761 United States Diplomatic History to World War II
    • HISTORY/POL SCI 3762 American Foreign Policy since 1945
    • HIST/POL SCI 4085 Internship*
    • HIST/POL SCI 4097 Senior project**
    • MILAIR 4110 National Security, Leadership Responsibilities and Commissioning Preparation, Part I
    • MILAIR 4120 National Security, Leadership Responsibilities and Commissioning Preparation, Part II
    • MILARMY 3500 Leadership in Changing Environments
    • MILARMY 4250 Developing Adaptive Leaders
    • MILARMY 4500 Leadership in a Complex World
    • POL SCI 3300 Principles of Public Policy
    • POL SCI 3310 Public Policy Analysis
    • POL SCI 4500 Geopolitics and International Security
  • Achieve at least a 2.5 grade point average in the certificate course work.
  • Request a certificate from the Registrar’s Office within two calendar years of completing the required certificate course work.

*In order to count towards the certificate, the History 4085 internship needs to be taken for at least 3 credit hours and with an organization related to the certificate topic. Requires certificate advisor approval.

** In order to count towards certificate, the Hist 4097 senior project needs to be on topic related to the certificate. Requires certificate advisor approval.

 

Admission Requirements

A student must meet Missouri S&T’s regular undergraduate admission requirements.

Certificate Requirements

To receive the certificate in Science, Technology, and Society, a student must do the following:

  • Complete 12 credit hours, at least 3 of which must be in a discipline other than History, as follows:
    • Complete one of the following courses (3 hours):
      • HIST/PHILOS 4580 Issues in Science, Technology, and Society
      • HIST 2510 History of Technology
      • HIST 3530 History of Science
      • POL SCI 4320 The Politics of Innovation
    • Complete three of the following, as approved by certificate advisor (9 hours):
      • BIO SCI 1163 Biotechnology in Film
      • BIO SCI 2263 Ecology
      • BIO SCI 2372 Issues in Public Health
      • ECON 4540 Energy Economics
      • ECON 4820 Labor Economics
      • ENGL 2243 Science Fiction
      • ENG MGT 4330/PSYCH 4710 Human Factors
      • ENV ENG 5640 Environmental Law and Regulations
      • GEO ENG 1175 Geological Engineering in Popular Media
      • HIST 2510 History of Technology
      • HIST 3510 Twentieth Century Technology and Society
      • HIST 3530 History of Science
      • HIST 3443 American Military Experience
      • HIST 4470 American Environmental History
      • HISTORY 4550 Architecture, Technology & Society; 1750 to Present
      • HISTORY 4551 Chicago: Architecture, Technology, Culture
      • IST 5885 Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience
      • PHILOS 3223 Bioethics
      • PHILOS 3225 Engineering Ethics
      • PHILOS 4320 Minds and Machines
      • PHILOS 4345 Philosophy of Science
      • PHILOS 4350 Environmental Ethics
      • PHILOS 4665 Creating Future Cities
      • POL SCI 3300 Principles of Public Policy
      • POL SCI 4320 The Politics of Innovation
      • PSYCH 4602 Organizational Psychology
      • PSYCH 4700 Industrial Psychology
      • PSYCH 4720 Psychology of Social Technology
      • TCH COM 3570 Writing in the Sciences
      • TCH COM 5610 History of Technical Communication
  • Achieve at least a 2.5 grade point average in all certificate coursework.
  • Request a certificate from the Registrar’s Office within two calendar years of completing the required certificate coursework.

Admission Requirements

A student must meet Missouri S&T’s regular undergraduate admission requirements.

Certificate Requirements:

  • Achieve at Least a 2.75 grade point average in all certificate course work. 
  • Students must apply for the certificate by notifying the Russian and Eurasian Studies faculty advisor at least one full semester before graduation. 
  • Request a certificate from the Registrar's Office within two calendar years of completing the required certificate course work. 

Certificate Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

Students must take 4 different courses including one required course and 3 additional elective courses. Courses must come from at least two different disciplines.

  • REQUIREMENTS: Must take ONE of the following (3 hours) 
    • Russian 4360: Russian Civilization
    • History 2224: Making Of Modern Russia

 

  • Elective COurse: Must take 3 ADDITIONAL courses
    • Russian 2170: Masterpieces Of Russian Literature
    • Russian 3790: Scientific Russian 
    • Russian 4330: Business Russian 
    • Russian 4360: Russian Civilization 
    • Russian 4370: Survey Of Russian Literature I (Early Period) 
    • Russian 4375: Survey of Russian Literature II (Modern Period) 
    • History 2224: Making of Modern Russia
    • History 3200: History of Eastern Europe 
    • History 3235: Foundations Of Contemporary Europe 1815-1914
    • History 3240: Contemporary Europe 
    • History 3600: World History 
    • History 3762/Pol Sci 3762: American Foreign Policy Since 1945

All students are encouraged to develop their Russian language skills to the highest possible level. 

Other Program Information: This list of courses in not exhaustive. Other courses with significant Russian(n)-related content may be substituted for those listed above upon approval of the Russian and Eurasian Studies Advisor. 

 

Admission Requirements

A student must meet Missouri S&T’s regular undergraduate admission requirements.

Certificate Requirements

To receive the certificate in War and Society, a student must do the following:

  • Complete 12 credit hours selected from among the following courses:

    • History 3230: Europe in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon

    • History 3240: Contemporary Europe

    • History 3241: World War I from a Global Perspective

    • History 3325: Revolutionary America, 1754-1789

    • History 3345: Civil War and Reconstruction

    • History 3440: 20th Century Americans in Combat

    • History 3441: The United States in WWII

    • History 3442: The United States in Vietnam

    • History 3443: The American Military Experience

    • History 4085: Internship* 

    • History 4097: Senior Project**

    • History 4245: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

    • History 4246: War and Society in Twentieth-Century Europe

  • Achieve at least a 2.5 grade point average in the certificate course work.
  • Request a certificate from the Registrar’s Office within two calendar years of completing the required certificate course work.

*In order to count towards the certificate, the History 4085 internship needs to be taken for at least 3 credit hours and with an organization related to the certificate topic, such as a military history museum. Requires certificate advisor approval.

** In order to count towards certificate, the Hist 4097 senior project needs to be on topic related to the certificate. Requires certificate advisor approval.