[Advising] AAS Minor Changes

Hello All, Please see the attached blanket sub stating that students pursuing the African American Studies minor only need 6 hours of upper-level coursework total. The catalog has always listed 12 hours as required, but students under prior catalogs might end up satisfying all course requirements without taking 12 upper-level hours. For instance, the student below only needs 3 hours of minor electives, but they are lacking 6 hours of upper-level credit because they selected MUS 2663 as one of their minor electives. This issue is even more troublesome for students under the 20-22 catalog because 9 of the 18 hours required for the minor are lower-level courses. [cid:image001.jpg@01D7C4F8.4ADED510] To address this issue, the department has agreed to lower the requirement to 6 hours for all active catalogs. The requirements have already been updated in Degree Works, so you should now see that only 6 UD hours are required (see the updated Degree Works below for the same student example mentioned above). [cid:image006.jpg@01D7C4F8.4ADED510] Matt D. Keneson Retention & Graduation Program Coordinator Graduation Help Desk | The University of Texas at San Antonio utsa.edu/GraduationHelpDesk<http://www.utsa.edu/graduationhelpdesk/>