AHS Minors
CHECK OUT THESE EXCITING MINORS TO COMPLEMENT YOUR MAJOR.
PLEASE NOTE: For all AHS Minors: One-half of hours required for the minor must be at the 300 course level or above.
Child Studies (21 hours)
Required Courses:
FACS 191 Child Development
FACS 297 Family, Community, & Early Childhood Program Partnerships
FACS 395 Child and Family Stress
FACS 494 Parenting Strategies
AND 9 hours of electives chosen with advisor
Approved Electives:
FACS 311 Family Relations
FACS 391 Risk and Resilience
FACS 395 Child and Family Stress
FACS 422 Adolescent Psychology
FACS 495 Family and Relationship Violence
FACS 496 Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Young Children
FACS 497 Family Home Visiting
FACS 499 Family Policy Analysis
Family Studies (21 hours)
Required Courses:
FACS 191 Child Development
FACS 310 Management of Family Resources
FACS 311 Family Relations
FACS 494 Parenting Strategies
FACS 495 Family and Relationship Violence
AND 6 hours of approved electives chosen with advisor
Approved electives:
FACS 312 Professional Ethics in Family Life
FACS 391 Risk and Resilience
FACS 395 Child and Family Stress
FACS 422 Adolescent Psychology
FACS 497 Family Home Visiting
FACS 499 Family Policy Analysis
Meeting, Convention, and Exposition Planning (21 hours)
Required Courses:
HMD 171 Introduction to Management in the Hospitality Industry
HMD 313 Practicum (must be in Meeting, Convention, and Exposition Planning)
HMD 375 Meeting and Convention Management
HMD 475 Advanced Hs\ospitality Management
Electives (9 hours) Electives must be selected from the following list of courses. When
selecting electives, only two courses in this minor may be duplicated in the student's major
or another minor.
HMD 351 Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry
HMD 373 Tourism and Destination Marketing
HMD 378 Legal Environment of Hospitality and Tourism
COMM 240 Critical Listening
COMM 263 Fundamentals of Social Communication & Culture
COMM 330 Leadership Communication
COMM 345 Advanced Public Speaking
COMM 346 Persuasion
COMM 362 Organizational Communications
ENT 312 Entrepreneurship
HORT 209 Floral Design
HORT 309 Advanced Floral Design
HORT 330 Wedding Floral Design
MGT 311 Human Resource Management
MGT 333 Management of Non-Profit Organizations
MKT 323 Services Marketing (MKT-220 prerequisite for this course)
MKT 325 Personal Selling
MKT 328 Marketing on the World Wide Web
MKT 329 Business to Business Marketing
MKT 331 Social Media Marketing
MKT 425 Advanced Personal Selling Strategies
MKT 427 Entrepreneurial Marketing
PSYS 370 Industrial/Organization Psychology
REC 306 Experience Planning & Evaluation
If you are interested in adding an AHS minor to your current program, please contact the department by phone (270-745-4352 ) or e-mail (lauri.warden@wku.edu).
Accreditations achieved within the Applied Human Sciences Department
Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) - Nutrition & Dietetic Undergraduate and Graduate programs
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) - Early Childhood Education Associate Degree
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) - Interior Design program
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