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.

Minor Requirements:

• A Minor consists of six single-term courses with a coherence based upon discipline, theme and/or methodology;
• A maximum, of two core courses from the student's degree program, (either Required/Required Group/Professional elective) may be applied to a Minor;
• A maximum of two Liberal Studies courses may be applied to a Minor.  These two Liberal Studies courses can be used to fulfill both degree requirements and Minor requirements;
• Course substitutions are not permitted in the completion of a Minor;
• Students are eligible to take any Minor except those which are specifically excluded by their program because they are too closely related to the core program requirements (e.g., a Business Management - Accounting Major students is not eligible to earn an Accounting Minor);
• 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 may prevent students from being able to access all of the courses in a specific Minor in the same time frame as they are completing the requirements for their degree;
• Courses in the Minor may need to be taken above and beyond those required in a student's program, possibly with additional fees;
• Requirements for a Minor must be completed before graduation
• Completion of a Minor is noted on the academic transcript, but not on the award document.  

Student's priority should be given to enrollment in, and the completion of, their program’s graduation requirements. Students are cautioned that taking courses over and above basic program requirements in order to earn a Minor, may adversely affect overall academic performance and jeopardize Academic Standing. Students on PROBATIONARY Standing will not be authorized to take extra courses for the purposes of earning a Minor.

It is the student's responsibility to apply for the Minor at the time they apply to graduate (they are two separate procedures on RAMSS ).

NOTE: Students should also be aware, that if they are eligible to graduate from the program, regardless of whether they have completed the requirements of the Minor they have applied for, they will still graduate from the program.