Minors
Minor courses of study are academic programs designed to satisfy students’ personal interests and to meet their professional needs. Students explore- in some depth- the offerings in a field of study.
A minor course of study provides the student with significant experience in a discipline organized around skills, methodology and subject matter.
Designed to include a minimum number of required courses, minors provide students with flexibility in fulfilling program requirements. No more than two substitutions (six hours) are permitted in any one minor or in any combination of multiple minors. A student who seeks three minors could have two substitutions in one minor, or one substitution in two of the three minors.
Focused Study
To gain the greatest value from their academic experiences, students are encouraged to select minors which complement their degree program and/or other minors they are pursuing. They are also encouraged to declare a minor by the beginning of their senior year.
Requirements
Signifying a certain level of knowledge and experience which is not at the depth of a major program, all minors consist of at least 15-21 hours of coherent academic course work. At least six hours must be fulfilled at the upper-level.
In addition, at least six hours of course work applied to a minor must be completed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and at least three of those hours completed in residence must be at the upper-level. Students must earn a 2.0 GPA or higher within the minor to successfully complete that program of study.
