Students in the College may elect one or more of the academic minors offered by units within the College. Electing to earn an academic minor is optional, and there is no limit on the number of academic minors a student may elect. Academic minors, along with their requirements and other pertinent information, are described in detail in Chapter VI of this Bulletin.

An academic minor will require no less than 15 credits of course work, will show structure and coherence, and will contain some upper-level courses. At least 10 out of the 15 credits must be taken in-residence. Students who declare and complete an approved academic minor will receive a notation on their student transcript but not on their diploma.

Policies for the Academic Minor

Policies for the Academic Minor
(Effective Fall 2008 | Previous Policies)

1. Each A.B. or B.S. student who wishes to complete an approved academic minor must develop a plan for the academic minor in consultation with a department or program advisor, who must also approve it.
   
   
2. After developing a plan for an academic minor with the student, the program or department advisor has the academic minor entered on the student's record.
   
   
3. The academic minor is not an option available to students earning the B.G.S. degree.
   
   
4. An individually designed academic minor is not allowed.
   
   
5. Courses in the academic minor must be elected for a grade.
   
   
6. Students may not elect a concentration and an academic minor, or two academic minors, in the same department or program, unless a specific exemption to this policy is noted in the academic minor description in this Bulletin.
   
   
7. No course may be used to satisfy the requirements of more than one academic minor.
   
   
8. Students may not use more than one course to meet both the requirements of an academic minor and the prerequisites or requirements of a concentration.
   
   
9. If the academic minor has prerequisites, courses used as prerequisites to a concentration may also count as prerequisites to the academic minor.
   
   
10. Advanced Placement credits may not be used to meet the requirements of an academic minor, but may be used to meet prerequisites.
    
    
11. Courses elected to meet the requirements of an academic minor also may be part of the student's area distribution plan.
    
    
12. A student must earn an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in the academic minor, including any prerequisites.
    
    
13. Courses that are part of a student's academic minor may also meet the Language Requirement, the Upper-Level Writing Requirement, the Race & Ethnicity Requirement, or the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
    
    
14. Students may not complete an academic minor after graduation, and an academic minor may not be converted to a concentration after graduation.

Academic Minor Programs

Consult the individual department listing (as shown in parentheses) for a description of the academic minor.

Afroamerican and African Studies (Afroamerican and African Studies)

African American Theatre (Theatre and Drama)

Anthropology (Anthropology)

Applied Statistics (Statistics)

Asian Languages and Cultures (Asian Languages and Cultures)

Asian Studies (Asian Languages and Cultures)

Asian/Pacific American Studies (Program in American Culture)

Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astronomy)

Biochemistry (Chemistry)

Biological Anthropology (Anthropology)

Biology (Biology)

Biophysics (Program in Biopphysics)

Chemistry(Chemistry)

Chemical Measurement Science (Chemistry)

Chemical Physics (Chemistry)

Classical Archaeology (Classical Studies)

Classical Civilization (Classical Studies)

Computer Sciences (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

Crime and Justice (Residential College)

Czech Language, Literature, and Culture (Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Early Christian Studies (Near Eastern Studies and Classical Studies)

Earth Sciences — General (Geological Science)

East European Studies (Center for Russian and East European Studies)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

Economics (Economics)

Environment (Program on the Environment)

Environmental Geology (Geological Science)

Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (Philosophy)

French and Francophone Studies (Romance Languages and Literatures)

Gender and Health (Women's Studies Program)

Gender, Race, and Ethnicity (Women's Studies Program)

General Philosophy (Philosophy)

Geochemistry (Geological Science)

German Studies (Germanic Languages and Literatures)

Global Change (Program in the Environment)

Global Media Studies (Screen Arts and Cultures)

History (History)

History of Art (History of Art)

History of Philosophy (Philosophy)

Judaic Studies (Judaic Studies)

International Studies (International and Comparative Studies)

Italian (Romance Languages and Literatures)

Language, Literature, and Culture of Ancient Greece (Classical Studies)

Language, Literature, and Culture of Ancient Rome (Classical Studies)

Latina/o Studies (Program in American Culture)

Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) and Sexuality Studies (Women's Studies Program)

Linguistics (Linguistics)

Mathematics (Mathematics)

Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Medieval and Early Modern Studies)

Medical Anthropology (Anthropology)

Mind and Meaning (Philosophy)

Modern Greek Studies (Classical Studies)

Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies (Middle Eastern and North African Studies)

Modern European Studies (Center for European Studies-European Union Center)

Moral and Political Philosophy (Philosophy)

Music (School of Music)

Native American Studies (Program in American Culture)

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (Near Eastern Studies)

Oceanography (Geological Science)

Paleontology (Geological Science)

Peace and Social Justice (Residential College)

Physics (Physics)

Plant Biology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biolory)

Polish Language, Literature, and Culture (Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Political Science (Political Science)

Polymer Chemistry (Chemistry)

Russian Language, Literature, and Culture (Slavic Languages and Literatures)

Russian Studies (Russian and East European Studies)

Scandinavian Studies (Germanic Languages and Literatures)

Science, Technology, and Society (Residential College)

Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture (Romance Languages and Literatures)

Statistics (Statistics)

Text-to-Performance (Residential College)

Urban and Community Studies (Residential College)