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What is a minor?
A Minor is an opportunity for a student to explore a secondary area of undergraduate study either for personal interest beyond a student’s degree program, or as an area of specific expertise related to the student’s degree program that will serve the student’s career choice.
A Minor consists of six one-semester courses with a relationship based on discipline, theme and/or methodology, as determined by the program offering the Minor and approved by the Senate.
Minors policy highlights
- Courses in a Minor have a coherence based on discipline, theme and/or methodology, as determined by the program offering the Minor.
- A Minor curriculum consists of six one-term, degree-level courses which may be core, open elective, and/or liberal studies.
- Course substitutions are not permitted.
- All students are eligible to pursue any Minor except those that are specifically excluded by their program department or by the Academic Standards Committee (ASC) of Senate. Exclusions may be applied when the subject area of the Minor is too closely related to the core studies of a program.
- Where it is possible, a student may take more than one Minor. However, an individual course may only be used to satisfy the requirements of one Minor.
- It is acknowledged that scheduling issues such as course availability may prevent individual students from being able to access all the courses in a specific minor in the same time frame as they are completing the requirements for their degree.
- Any course used to satisfy a requirement of a Minor cannot also be used to satisfy a requirement of a Concentration.
- The completion of a Minor may require the completion of courses additional to those in a student’s program. Additional fees may also be incurred.
- Students must complete all courses in a Minor prior to graduation from their program of studies.
- No Minor may be claimed twice.
- Completion of a Minor is noted on the academic transcript, but not on the award document.
Every student at Ryerson who is enrolled in an undergraduate degree program must complete Liberal Studies. Students in the Arts & Contemporary Studies program must complete three lower (table A) and three upper (table B) liberal studies.
It is very common to have some liberal studies appear on table I or II due to the nature of the program. Students choosing an option must be aware of certain restrictions that apply to their certain plan.