03.03
Academic Minors
03.03
Academic Minors (En 28 May 98)
03.03.01
A disciplinary minor is a set of courses focused on an academic discipline proposed by a department or program and approved by the Executive Committee, the Faculty, the Committee on Educational Policy and the Academic Senate. (En 28 May 98)
03.03.02
An interdisciplinary minor is a set of courses focused on an interdisciplinary thematic area, proposed by more than one department or program and approved by the Executive Committee, the Faculty, the Committee on Educational Policy and the Academic Senate. Each interdisciplinary minor is to be supervised by a representative committee of at least three Faculty members, one designated as Chair. (En 28 May 98)
03.03.03
A minor shall consist of not fewer than 20 nor more than 28 units of organized upper division courses. No more than 4 (four) units of 190-199 courses may be used in fulfilling the upper division unit requirement for a minor. Overlap may occur between the upper-division course requirements of the major and the minor only to the extent permitted by the department, program, or interdisciplinary committee offering the minor, or the college of the minor. (En 28 May 98)(Am 31 May 01)
03.03.04
Courses used, or prerequisite to those used, in fulfilling the minor may be taken on an S/NC basis only on approval of the Dean. (En 28 May 98)
03.03.05
The department, program, or interdisciplinary committee offering the minor is responsible for student and administrative issues pertaining to the minor. (En 28 May 98)
03.03.06
Students must file a declaration of a minor at least two quarters before graduation and must be in good academic standing at the time of filing. A minor requires the signature of the department Chair or Chair of the Faculty committee which supervises the minor and the signature of the Dean of the college. (En 28 May 98)
03.03.07
A grade point average of at least 2.00 in upper division courses in the field of the minor is a graduation requirement. When all other requirements for graduation have been met, the student will be graduated without the minor if the minimum GPA in the minor field has not been met. (En 28 May 98)