Course Requirements
The minor in humanitarian studies is open to all undergraduate students at JMU. Three of the required 18 credit hours must consist of HUMN 201.
Current minors should refer to the Canvas advising site for advising assistance. The Canvas site hosts up-to-date information on Course offerings and override procedures.
Applying to the minor is completed through MyMadison. Instructions will be added to your application on MyMadision. Applications to the minor will not be processed during the 2 weeks prior the start of Enrollment appointments. The application hold is lifted once Open Enrollment begins. The minor is in high-demand thus an application is not a guarantee of approval.
JMU Faculty: If you are offering an upcoming course that you think should count as a HUMN elective but is not on the HUMN course catalog offerings, please email a course summary and draft syllabus to Tara Parsons prior to advertising the course as a HUMN elective. If approved, we will notify the minors.
Choose five of the following
With no more than two from any single discipline:
- HUMN 301. Introduction to Natural Disasters Response 3.00
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or
- GEOG 301. Introduction to Natural Disasters 3.00
- HUMN 302. Legal Issues in Humanitarian Affairs 3.00
- HUMN 350. Special Topics in Humanitarian Affairs 1.00 - 3.00
- HUMN 360. GIS for Humanitarian Assistance 3.00
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or
- GEOG 360. GIS for Humanitarian Assistance 3.00
- HUMN 490. Humanitarian Affairs Field Experience 3.00 1
- ANTH 366. Anthropology of War 3.00 (A, C)
- ANTH 373. Anthropological Perspectives On Environment and Development 3.00 (C)
- BIO 354. Global Climate Change and Life: Ecological and Biological Impacts of Climate Variability (2, 3) 3.00
- BIO 420. Medical Parasitology (3, 0) 3.00
- ECON 270. International Economics 3.00
- ENGR 360. Water in Africa 4.00
- GEOG 215. Cartography and GIS 3.00
- GEOG 280. Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape 3.00
- GEOG 300. Population Geography 3.00
- GEOG 322. Agricultural Systems 3.00
- GEOG 323. The Geography of Human Genetics, Infectious Diseases and Diet 3.00
- GEOG 335. Geography of Africa 3.00
- GEOG 339. Geography of the Caribbean 3.00
- GEOG 345. Geography of Poverty 3.00
- GEOG 375. Political Geography 3.00
- ISAT 459. Awareness and Understanding of Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons of Mass Destruction 3.00
- IA 460. All Hazards Response And Management Systems 3.00
- JUST 235. Justice in the Global Community 3.00
- JUST 341. Gender and Justice 3.00
- JUST 345. Restorative Justice 3.00
- JUST 357. Environmental Justice 3.00
- JUST 372. Ethics and International Politics 3.00
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or
- POSC 372. Ethics and International Politics 3.00
- JUST 373. Rebuilding Post Conflict Societies 3.00
- JUST 392. Peace Studies 3.00
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or
- POSC 392. Peace Studies 3.00
- NPS 300. Introduction to Nonprofits 3.00
- NUTR 380. Global Nutrition 3.00
- POSC 200. Global Politics 3.00
- POSC 331. Human Rights in Theory and Practice 3.00
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or
- JUST 331. Human Rights in Theory and Practice 3.00
- POSC 340. Political Development in the Third World 3.00
- POSC 347. Comparative Public Policy 3.00
- POSC 348. The Politics of Cultural Pluralism 3.00
- POSC 395. International Law 3.00
- POSC 396. International Organizations 3.00
- POSC 397. The Politics of International Economic Relations 3.00
- PSYC 460. Community Psychology Within Developing Societies 3.00
- SCOM 331. Communication and Conflict 3.00
- SCOM 332. Mediation 3.00
- SCOM 333. Negotiations 3.00
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or
- JUST 333. Negotiations 3.00
- SCOM 334. Alternative Dispute Resolution 3.00
- SCOM 371. Talking Through Tough Cases: Ethical Principles and Practices in Communication Studies3.00
- SOWK 288. Social Welfare 3.00
- SOWK 348. Introduction to Developing Societies 3.00
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or
- SOCI 348. Introduction to Developing Societies 3.00
- SOWK 375. Grant Writing for Agencies 3.00
- WRTC 314. Writing in the Public Sphere 3.00
- WRTC 484. Writing for Nonprofits 3.00
- WRTC 486. Writing in the Community 3.00