91ÉçÇø

Purpose & Objectives

Minors at 91ÉçÇø provide students with the opportunity to:

• Deepen knowledge and skills in a secondary discipline outside their major.
• Enhance interdisciplinary skills by exploring complementary fields.
• Increase career versatility by developing additional competencies.
• Pursue intellectual passions in a structured yet flexible way.

Structural Requirements

Each college may use its curricular governance process to determine appropriate standards for its own minors within the following University guidelines:

• Number of required credits for the minor: 15 to 24 credits
• Minimum five courses.
• At least one course at the upper division level
• Maximum 40% of the minor’s required credits may overlap with a student's major(s) or additional minor(s).    

NOTE: The credit overlap percentage is a guide that each minor must translate into a specific number of courses for each individual minor. E.g., a minor consisting of 15 credits where the constituent courses are primarily 3-credit courses should restrict the number of overlapping courses to 2 or fewer. 

Approval & Administration

Proposal Process on Modern Campus:

• Departments/Programs submit a proposal through
• Proposals must include:
  
  • Rationale & learning outcomes.
  • Course list & credit structure.
  • Approvals from other department heads and the dean’s office(s) for courses outside the department. 
  • Academic Business Plan: if the proposed minor will require additional resources (financial, space, or staff).

Governance process initiated according to unit norms and existing governance:

• Academic department/program, then school/college faculty structure, then Dean’s office
• Non-college or cross-college programs use the existing governance structure
• Budget office approval (if Academic Business Plan required)
• Undergraduate Education and Provost approval
• PRC Approval 
• Faculty Senate Executive Committee approval
• Academic Guide page creation and update to Banner and Degree Works