A minor at RIT is defined as a thematically related set of academic courses (consisting of no fewer than 20 credit hours) leading to a formal designation on the student's baccalaureate transcript.
The purpose of the minor is to broaden a student's college education. Unlike program concentrations, which allow students to focus on an area within or closely related to their programs of study, a minor must be in a discipline or disciplines distinct from the home program.
a. Minors may be discipline-based or interdisciplinary.
b. Minors may consist of currently existing courses, new courses (as approved by department/college curriculum committees), or a combination of new and existing courses.
c. Only matriculated students may enroll in a minor.
a. Minors will be developed by faculty at the college, departmental, inter-departmental, or inter-college level. As part of the minor development process,
i. students eligible for the proposed minor will be identified;
ii. prerequisites, if any, will be identified;
iii. at least 12 hours of the minor must consist of courses not required by the student's home program;
iv. granting of transfer credit, credit by exam, credit by experience, and advanced placement will be determined at the college/department level.
b. Upon approval by the appropriate departmental/college curriculum committee(s), a proposed minor must be approved by the Institute Curriculum Committee (ICC).
c. As per New York State requirements, courses within the minor must be offered with sufficient frequency to allow students to complete the minor within the same time frame allowed for the completion of the baccalaureate degree (provided the minor is declared in a timely manner).
d. The college or department offering the minor (in the case of interdisciplinary minors, the designated college/department) is responsible for the following:
i. enrolling the student into its minor (as space permits);
ii. monitoring the student's progress toward completion of the minor;
iii. authorizing the recording of the minor's completion on the student's academic record.
e. Student requests for change of or removal from the minor will be made to the college/department offering the minor.
f. The residency requirement is a minimum of 12 quarter credit hours in the minor, consisting of RIT courses (excluding "X" graded courses).
g. Posting of the minor on the student's academic transcript requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor courses.
h. Minors may not be added to the student's academic record after the granting of the bachelor's degree.
Approved February 17, 2000