Minors at RIT
RIT offers students a number of academic minors to complement and enhance their undergraduate studies. Students often choose a minor to develop personal or professional interests beyond their chosen degree program. This section of the Undergraduate Bulletin lists course requirements established for the approved minors offered by RIT’s colleges.
At RIT, a minor is defined as a thematically related set of courses consisting of no fewer than 20 quarter credit hours, taken from a discipline or an interdisciplinary area distinct from the student’s major program of study. Some minors may carry the same title as an existing major or degree program, while others may be based on a special interdisciplinary set of courses. The department or college offering the minor determines which courses are required for completion, as well as any associated prerequisite courses.
Completion of a minor results in a formal designation on a student’s academic transcript upon graduation from RIT. This provides an official indication that the student has completed the requirements for the minor and serves to highlight this accomplishment to graduate schools, employers and others. Students may pursue more than one minor if they have a sufficient number of elective courses available within their degree program, or if they choose to graduate with additional credits.
Currently there are more than 50 minors offered throughout RIT, including more than 30 offered in the College of Liberal Arts. Minors completed in designated areas within the College of Liberal Arts may be used to fulfill a portion of the university's general education requirements (see Liberal Arts General Education Requirements for more information). The full list of minors offered at RIT is provided, with an asterisk indicating approved College of Liberal Arts minors. This list is followed by a detailed description of the course requirements for each minor. Students who wish to review descriptions of the required courses can find them listed on RIT’s website at www.rit.edu/ugrad_courses.
* Fulfills liberal arts general education/advanced study requirements.
- Accounting
- American Politics*
- Applied Imaging Systems
- Art History*
- Astronomy
- Business Administration
- Communication*
- Computer Science
- Construction Management
- Creative Writing*
- Criminal Justice*
- Economics*
- Engineering:
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Microelectronics and Nanofabrication
- Software Engineering
- Sustainable Product Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Studies*
- Exercise Science
- Finance
- Foreign Language*:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Foreign Language/Culture*:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Russian
- Spanish
- History*:
- American
- European
- Modern World
- Historical Perspectives on Science and Technology*
- Human Resource Management
- Imaging Science
- Industrial Environment Management
- International Business
- International Relations*
- Journalism*
- Legal Studies*
- Literary and Cultural Studies*
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Military Studies and Leadership
- Music*
- Optical Sciences
- Packaging Science
- Philosophy*
- Physics
- Polictical Science*
- Print Media
- Psychology*
- Public Policy*
- Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies*
- Science, Technology, and Policy*
- Science Writing*
- Service Management
- Sociology/Anthropology*
- Statistics
- Structural Design
- Telecommunications
- Theatre Arts*
- Women’s and Gender Studies*
- Writing Studies*