Minors
A number of departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences offer minor programs. Participation in a minor program is optional for students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Course work applied to a minor also may be applied toward general education (core curriculum or college list) and major requirements. Students may not earn a major and a minor in the same program of study. See your advisor for information on declaring a minor.
Departments and programs with approved minor programs currently include applied mathematics; astrophysical and planetary sciences; atmospheric and oceanic sciences; chemistry and biochemistry; Chinese; classics; dance; ecology and evolutionary biology; economics; ethnic studies; French; geography; geological sciences; Germanic studies; history; Italian; Japanese; linguistics; mathematics; philosophy; physics; political science; religious studies; Russian studies; Scandinavian studies; theatre; and women's studies. Minors are also available in business offered by the Leeds School of Business and in computer science offered by the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Interested students can find further information at www.colorado.edu/artssciences/students/undergraduate/academics/minors.html.
Although the structure of specific minor programs may differ, all minors offered in the College of Arts of Sciences must have the following restrictions or minimum requirements:
- A minimum of 18 credit hours must be taken in the minor area, including a minimum of 9 upper-division hours.
- All course work applied to the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better (no pass/fail work may be applied). The grade point average for all minor degree course work must be equal to 2.00 (C) or higher.
- Students pursuing a major in distributed studies or an individually structured major are not eligible to earn a minor.
- Students are allowed to apply no more than 9 credit hours, including 6 upper-division credit hours, of transfer work toward a minor.
- Students may earn no more than two minors.
- Students must complete all requirements for a minor by the time they graduate.
