2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 19, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Majors and Minors


 

Majors

A student working toward the Bachelor of Science degree may select a major from the following list:

Early Childhood Education   
Intervention Specialist Education   
Middle Childhood Education   
Music Education   
Nursing   
Physical Education   
School Health Education   
Spanish Education   
Visual Arts Education   

A student working toward the Bachelor of Arts degree may select a major from the list below. Several of these majors are available as secondary school teaching areas.

Accounting  Liberal Arts 
Art  Life Science/Chemistry Education 
Bible and Theology  Life Science Education 
Biology  Mathematics 
Biology – Clinical Laboratory Science  Music 
Business Administration  Music Ministry 
Chemistry  Music Production 
Communication Arts  Philosophy 
Community and Public Health Promotion  Physical Science Education 
Computer Science  Political Science 
Creative Writing 
Psychology 
Educational Ministries  Social Work 
English  Spanish 
Exercise Science  Sport Management 
Global and International Studies  Sports Outreach Ministries 
History  Sports/Educational Ministries 
Individualized Major  Youth Ministry 
Integrated Language Arts 
Youth/Educational Ministries 
Integrated Science Education  Youth/Sports Ministries 
Integrated Social Studies  Zoo and Wildlife Biology 

A student working toward the Bachelor of Arts degree via accelerated degree completion may select a major from among:

Organizational Management   
Project Management   
Marketing Management   
Health Services Management   
Environmental Management   

Acceptance into a Major

A school or department will normally accept a student into a major when the student has:

  • achieved a 2.00 or higher cgpa
  • achieved a minimum of 12 hours of Malone coursework in the major with an institutional minimum 2.25 major gpa unless stated otherwise in the specific major guidelines within the school or department.

Individualized Major

Most students will pursue one of the regular academic majors. However, a student may have special interest in pursuing in-depth study in a combination of disciplines drawing from different parts of the curriculum. Such a student has the option of designing an individualized major.

A proposal for an individualized undergraduate major will originate with a student working in conjunction with a primary and a secondary faculty adviser before being sent to the Registrar and the Undergraduate Academic Policies Committee (UAPC). After being vetted by the UAPC (a committee which includes the Registrar), the proposal would be sent to the Provost as long as there are no additional curricular changes.

Liberal Arts Major

A Liberal Arts major is a cross-disciplinary pattern of 45 hours with a minimum of 15 hours from each of three cognates related to the student’s objectives. At least 39 hours must be at the 300- 400 level with a minimum of 12 in each of the three approved fields, two of which must be in liberal arts disciplines, and cannot be in one of the professional (Bachelor of Science) majors. Any student interested in the Liberal Arts major should meet with the Registrar to determine courses in the three cognates. Careful and early planning is important in order to complete the major in a timely manner.

All Liberal Arts majors must apply and be admitted to the major prior to the beginning of the junior year (after completing 60 credits). Complete guidelines and requirements for the Liberal Arts major and are available in the Office of Advising and Testing.

Minors

A minor normally consists of a minimum of 15 semester hours, 6 of which must be taken at the 300/400 level. Each academic school or department must approve the student and curriculum to be used in the completion of each minor for the Office of the Registrar to verify at the point of graduation.

  • A student must maintain a minimum of a 2.25 gpa within the approved minor curriculum in order to be awarded the minor at the time of graduation.
  • Transfer students must take at least two courses in residence at Malone in an approved minor in order to be awarded the minor at the time of graduation.
  • A minor will not be issued in an identical major field (i.e., a student may not have both a major and a minor in the same field).
  • A minor will not be issued in a field identical to the supporting field of a given major unless 9 additional hours of coursework beyond those required as support for the major are taken (e.g., the Biology major requires 7-8 hours of supporting Chemistry coursework; to add a Chemistry minor, 9 other hours beyond those already required in the Biology major would be needed as well as meeting the above-mentioned minor requirements).
A student may select a minor from the following list:
 
Accounting  Global and International Studies 
Art  Health Behavior 
Athletic Training  History 
Bible  Management 
Bible and Theology  Marketing 
Biblical Languages  Mathematics 
Biology  Missions & Cross-Cultural Ministries 
Business Administration  Music 
Chemistry  Outdoor Leadership 
Coaching  Philosophy 
Communication Arts  Political Science 
Community and Public Health Promotion  Psychology 
Computer Science  School Health Education 
Creative Writing  Sociology 
Economics  Spanish 
Educational Ministries  Sport Management 
English  Sports Ministry 
Finance  Theology 
Fitness Promotions & Personal Training  Writing 
Gender Studies  Youth Ministry