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Nicholls State University
College of Arts and Sciences


Humanities Minor

The university offers a minor in the humanities upon the successful completion of at least 18 hours above general education requirements in the following curricula:

  • Fine Arts
  • GOVT 355
  • History
  • MACO 499
  • Humanities
  • Foreign Languages
  • Literature
  • Music (Non-performance courses)
  • Philosophy
  • Speech (Non-performance courses)

The 18 total hours required for the humanities minor (18) must include:

  • courses in at least three areas of the humanities outside the student’s major,
  • a minimum of 9 hours in courses numbered 300 or above and
  • no more than 9 hours of travel-study courses in any of these curricula.

Three hours above degree requirements may be taken in the student’s major.