Graduate Minors
Two kinds of minors are available: designated and nondesignated. See below for details.
Both designated and nondesignated minors must be approved by the student's major adviser, the student's academic program director of graduate studies and the Graduate School. In addition, the inclusion and completion of a designated minor must be approved by the director of graduate studies (or academic program chair/program director) of the academic program or interdisciplinary group offering the minor.
Designated Minors
Designated minors consist of 9–15 hours of course work approved as a graduate minor by a single academic program or interdisciplinary group and by the Graduate Faculty Senate.
Plans of Study for Designated Graduate Minors must be submitted to the Graduate School at least one term before the conferral of the minor. Designated Graduate Minors will be conferred when the major degree is conferred. Once a student officially graduates, the notation of the designated minor will appear on the student's official transcript.
Designated Minors Available
- Ancient Studies
- Black Studies
- Business with an emphasis in Life Sciences
- College Teaching
- Gerontology
- International Development
- Linguistics
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Multicultural Psychology and Education
- Museum Studies
- Psychological Statistics and Methods
- Statistics
- Women's and Gender Studies
Nondesignated Minors
Nondesignated minors consist of course work constituting a unified plan of study that includes a minimum of nine hours of graduate course work. These minors should be listed on a student’s plan of study; however, they are not listed on a student's transcript.
Getting Approval for a Minor
Both designated and non-designated minors must be approved by the student's major adviser, the student's academic program director of graduate studies, and the Graduate School.
In addition, the inclusion and completion of a designated minor must be approved by the director of graduate studies (or academic program chair/program director) of the academic program or interdisciplinary group offering the minor.