Minors and Immersions
Immersions
As part of their bachelor’s degree requirements, students must complete an immersion—a concentration of three courses in a particular area. These upper-level courses are used to meet RIT’s general education requirements. In many cases, an immersion can lead to a minor with the addition of two courses. However, not all minors have a corresponding immersion and vice versa.
These are the immersion programs available at RIT Dubai, and all the links will direct you to the RIT New York website.
- Advertising and Public Relations
- Communication
- Creative Writing
- Cultural Anthropology
- Digital Literature & Comparative Media
- Economics
- Ethics
- History
- International Relations
- Language Science
- Literature and Media
- Modern Languages – Arabic
- Modern Languages – French
- Modern Languages – Spanish
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
Minors
Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree have the option of completing a minor, which can complement a student’s major, help them develop another area of professional expertise, or enable them to pursue an area of personal interest. Completion of a minor is not listed on the diploma but is formally designated on the baccalaureate transcript, which serves to highlight this accomplishment to employers and graduate schools.
A minor at RIT is a related set of academic courses consisting of no fewer than 15 semester credit hours. In most cases, minors shall consist of a minimum of two upper-division courses to provide reasonable breadth and depth within the minor.
The following parameters must be met in order to earn a minor:
- At least nine credit hours of the minor must consist of courses not required by the student’s home major.
- Students may pursue multiple minors. A minimum of nine credit hours must be designated for each minor; these courses may not be counted towards other minors.
- The residency requirement for a minor is a minimum of nine credit hours consisting of RIT courses (excluding “X” graded courses).
- Posting of the minor on the student's academic transcript requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor.
- Minors may not be added to the student's academic record after the granting of the bachelor's degree.
Approved minors available at RIT Dubai
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
(Chair: Dr. Jinane Mounsef)
Mechanical Engineering Department
(Chair: Dr. Wael Abdel Samad)
Industrial Engineering Department
(Chair: Dr. Dua Weraikat)
Math and Science Department
(Chair: Dr. Ali Sayyad)
Business and Management Department
(Chair: Dr. Panagiotis Kokkalis)
Computing Sciences Department
(Chair: Dr. Wesam Almobaideen)
Liberal Arts Department
(Chair: Dr. Jillian M. Pandor)