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Program Requirement

Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Minor

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Program details

Catalog Year: 2026 - 2027
Plan Code: LACELMIN

Curriculum Checksheet

Requirement Minimum Grade Credit Hours

The minor in Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership requires 15 credit hours, of which nine credit hours must be upper-division. When selecting courses, the college offering the course can be identified by viewing the course details in Class Search. Only courses completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) or better may be applied toward the minor requirements.

CEL 100 Great Ideas of Politics and Ethics (HUAD) or CEL 306 Justice and Virtue: Classical Political Thought (HUAD) or CEL 308 Liberty and Equality: Early Modern Political Thought (CIVI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
CEL 200 Great Debates in American Politics (AMIT)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
CEL 352 Debating Capitalism (SOBE)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 3
Upper Division CEL Elective

CEL Upper Division Elective: students can take three credits of lower-division CEL Elective and only three credits of upper-division CEL Elective if they take CEL 306 or CEL 308 for the required course above (instead of CEL 100).

6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
C 6
Notes
Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.
General Studies designations listed next to courses were valid for the 2026 - 2027 academic year. Please refer to the course catalog for current General Studies designations at time of class registration. General Studies credit is applied according to the designation the course carries at the time the class is taken.
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