Minors | H&SS, Carnegie Mellon University

In addition to their primary major, students may choose to pursue a minor in a complementary field, or a field of particular interest to the student. H&SS offers a wide range of interdisciplinary and traditional minors, listed below. For each minor, the home department is listed. Some minors are interdisciplinary, meaning that they span multiple departments. In these cases, the faculty advisor is listed. For a listing of H&SS majors, click here.

The H&SS Academic Advisory Center staff provide academic guidance and can help students choose majors and minors that best fit students' individual needs and interests. Departments, which are linked below, as well as the undergraduate catalog, can also provide additional information.

Minor		Department

Architecture		School of Architecture Heather Workinger Departmental Advisor
Architectural History		School of Architecture Heather Workinger Departmental Advisor
Architectural Representation and Visualization		School of Architecture Heather Workinger Departmental Advisor
Architectural Technology		School of Architecture Heather Workinger Departmental Advisor
Art		School of Art Keni Jefferson Departmental Advisor
Arts in Society		Carnegie Mellon Intercollege Stephen Brockman Interim Director
Biological Sciences		Department of Biological Sciences Amy Burkert Faculty Advisor
Biomedical Engineering		Department of Biomedical Engineering Todd Przybycien Faculty Advisor
Business Administration		Tepper School of Business Kishma DeCastro-Sallis Departmental Advisor
Chemistry		Department of Chemistry Karen Stump Faculty Advisor
Chinese Studies		Department of Modern Languages Yueming Yu Faculty Advisor
Communication Design		School of Design Charlee Brodsky Faculty Advisor
Computational Finance		Carnegie Mellon Intercollege Steve Shreve Faculty Advisor
Computer Science		School of Computer Science Mark Stehlik Faculty Advisor
Decision Science		Department of Social & Decision Sciences Baruch Fischoff Faculty Advisor
Discrete Mathematics and Logic		Department of Mathematical Sciences John Mackey Faculty Advisor
Drama		School of Drama Melissa Affolter Departmental Advisor
Economics		Department of Economics Carol Goldburg Departmental Advisor
Engineering Studies		CIT Interdepartmental Kurt Larsen Departmental Advisor
English, with a concentration in Creative Writing, English, Professional Writing or Technical Writing and Communication		Department of English Jane Bernstein Faculty Advisor
Environmental Science		MCS Interdepartmental Neil Donahue Faculty Advisor
Environmental Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental Peter Madsen Faculty Director
Ethics		Department of Philosophy Richard Scheines Faculty Advisor
European Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental Anne Green Faculty Advisor
Film and Media Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental Sharon Dilworth Faculty Advisor
French and Francophone Studies		Modern Languages Michael West Faculty Advisor
Gender Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental Kristina Straub Faculty Advisor
German		Modern Languages Anne Green Faculty Advisor
Global Systems and Management		H&SS Interdepartmental Stephen Pajewski Faculty Advisor
Health Care Policy and Management		H&SS Interdepartmental and sponsored by the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, H&SS, and the Mellon College of Science Amy Burkert Faculty Advisor
Hispanic Studies		Department of Modern Languages Therese Tardio Faculty Advisor
History		Department of History Naum Kats Faculty Advisor
History of Arts		CFA Interdepartmental Jarrin Nevel Departmental Advisor
Industrial Design		School of Design Stephen Stadelmeier Faculty Advisor
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development		Intercollege Steven Klepper Faculty Advisor
International Relations		H&SS Interdepartmental Laura Hastings Faculty Advisor
Japanese		Department of Modern Languages Sono Hayes-Takano Faculty Advisor
Jazz Performance		School of Music Lewis Strouse Faculty Advisor
Language Technologies		School of Computer Science Alan Black Faculty Advisor
Linguistics		H&SS Interdepartmental Mandy Simons Faculty Advisor
Logic and Computation		Department of Philosophy Horacio Arlo-Costa Faculty Advisor
Mathematical Sciences		Department of Mathematical Sciences John Mackey Faculty Advisor
Minority Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental Joe Trotter Faculty Advisor
Multimedia Production		H&SS Interdepartmental Robert Cavalier Faculty Advisor
Music Performance/Music (Composition)		School of Music Sharon Johnston Departmental Advisor
Music Technology		School of Music Sharon Johnston Departmental Advisor
Music Theory		School of Music Sharon Johnston Departmental Advisor
Philosophy		Department of Philosophy Mara Harrell Departmental Advisor
Photography, Film and Digital Imaging		CFA Interdepartmental Jarrin Nevel Departmental Advisor
Physics		Department of Physics Kunal Ghosh Faculty Advisor
Policy and Management		Department of Social & Decision Sciences Paul Fischbeck Faculty Advisor
Political Science		Department of Social & Decision Sciences Silvia Borzutzky Faculty Advisor
Psychology		Department of Psychology Kenneth Kotovsky Faculty Advisor
Religious Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental David Miller Faculty Advisor
Robotics		CIT Interdepartmental Howard Choset Faculty Advisor
Russian Studies		H&SS Interdepartmental Charlene Castellano Faculty Advisor
Science, Technology and Society		H&SS Interdepartmental Jay Aronson Faculty Advisor
Scientific Computing		MCS Interdepartmental Richard Holman Faculty Advisor
Sociology		H&SS Interdepartmental Roberto Weber Faculty Advisor
Statistics		Department of Statistics Oded Meyer Faculty Advisor
Student Defined Minor		H&SS Interdepartmental Joseph Devine Faculty Advisor and Associate Dean of H&SS
Technology and Policy		Engineering and Public Policy Mark Kieler Faculty Advisor

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