Minors

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.

For more information see Senate Policy #2 (opens in new window) , Section 7.4 

1. Courses in a Minor have a coherence based on discipline, theme and/or methodology, as determined by the program offering the Minor.
2. A Minor curriculum consists of six one-term, degree-level courses which may be core, open elective, and/or liberal studies.
   
3. Course substitutions are not permitted.
   
4. 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.
   
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Any course used to satisfy a requirement of a Minor cannot also be used to satisfy a requirement of a Concentration.
8. 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.
9. Students must complete all courses in a Minor prior to graduation from their program of studies.
10. No Minor may be claimed twice.
11. Completion of a Minor is noted on the academic transcript, but not on the award document.
    
    

Minors are optional and students are reminded that their focus should be on the completion of their program’s graduation requirements. Students are cautioned that taking extra courses in order to earn a Minor could affect overall academic performance and Academic Standing.

Students on PROBATIONARY Standing will not be permitted to take extra courses for the purposes of earning a Minor.

It is the student's responsibility to apply for the Minor (opens in new window)  at the time they apply to graduate (opens in new window)  (they are two separate procedures on MyServiceHub).

In the event that a student is not eligible for their chosen Minor(s), but is eligible to graduate from their degree program, he/she will still graduate from the degree program. In other words, the requirements for the Minor do not need to be satisfied in order to graduate from the program.