Minors

Augment your skills with a minor

Customize your degree by taking additional courses of interest, known as a minor, as part of your academic program.

What is a minor and, more importantly, what can it do for you?

Minors are additional courses outside of your major field of study. They usually enhance your major in some way, such as allowing you to develop special expertise within your field; or they allow you to add a new skillset to complement the ones you’re already acquiring within your major.

For example, an accounting major may want to minor in business economics to secure a more segmented economics job in the field. Or, an information systems major may want to minor in communication in order to become a better presenter. The additional qualifications as a result of taking minor courses may lead to new opportunities and future advancement.

And because you choose your minor based on your interests, your degree becomes completely unique to you. There’s no limit to how many minors you can have, though, with careful planning, you may be able to complete your minor as part of your required degree program hours.

Minors

Minor Requirements & Policies

The academic minor provides an opportunity to gain knowledge or skills in a topic area that complements the student's major area program of study. With careful planning, students may be able to complete the requirements for a minor without taking additional hours beyond those required for their degree program. Each academic minor  successfully completed will be documented on the student's transcript.

Requirements

  • All officially designated minors consist of 16 credit hours, of which at least half must be earned in residence at the University.
  • Each minor course must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher and may not be take Credit/Non-Credit.
  • General Education Elective, Major Area Electives, and University Electives may be used to fulfill the minor requirements.
  • No more than four credits from the Major Area Required courses may be used to fulfill the Minor requirements.
  • General Education Required course may not be used to fulfill the minor requirements.
  • Any prerequisites to courses in the minor must be honored