Registrar
Academic Policies
Declaring a Minor
A minor is a program within a recognized area of knowledge offering students more than a casual introduction to the area but less than a major in it. Although the completion of a minor is not a degree requirement, students may elect to complete the courses specified for one or more minors. A student who completes all designated courses in a minor with a grade point average of at least 2.000 will have the minor entered on the transcript at the time of graduation.
Minors may be combined with any departmental major or interdisciplinary major. Each minor must, however, include at least 15 credit hours that are being counted solely toward the minor. Courses may not be taken on a P/F basis if they are offered in the department of the minor or if they are being counted toward an interdisciplinary minor (see Academic Regulations).
Minors consist of a minimum of five courses of three or more credits each. Many minors require a greater number of hours and specific courses. When a minor is offered in a discipline that offers a major, only those courses that count toward the major may be counted toward the minor.
Students should refer to the appropriate sections of this catalog for specific requirements.
Students should declare their intention to pursue specific minors by completing forms available in the Office of the Dean as well as the various departmental and program offices. Departments and programs assign advisers to students who declare minors in their respective areas. Students have the responsibility to know and satisfy all requirements for minors that they intend to complete.
Changes to the minor may not be made after students begin the second semester of their senior year.
How to Declare a Minor
Sophomores and juniors who wish to declare a minor or make changes to their minor must to print out two Declaration of Minor forms (forms are also available at the Arts and Science Deans office in 311 Kirkland Hall). Students will then go to the department office of the subject area in which they wish to minor, where they will be assigned an adviser. Advisers will discuss the minor requirements with the students, and sign both minor declaration forms. Students will leave one form with the minor department, and return one form to the Office of Records and Institutional Research, located in the Deans office.
Students who wish to declare two minors will need to print (or pick up) three forms, one of which they will return to the Office of Records with both advisers' signatures. One form will be left with each minor department.
