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Minor Courses of Study at Daytona Beach Campus

Not all minors are offered at all Embry-Riddle locations. The university offers the following minors at the Daytona Beach campus.

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.

Signifying a certain level of knowledge and experience that 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 6 hours must be fulfilled at the upper-level. In addition, at least 6 hours of course work applied to a minor must be completed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and at least 3 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 complete that program of study successfully.

To gain the greatest value from their academic experiences, students are encouraged to select minors that 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. Designed to include a minimum number of required courses, minors provide students, whenever possible, with flexibility in fulfilling program requirements. No more than two substitutions (6 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.

In addition to specific minors described in this catalog, a student at the Prescott Campus may earn an interdisciplinary minor or a minor in one of the listed disciplines by meeting the following requirements:

  1. Complete a Declaration of Minor form, including signature approval of the student’s academic advisor, the department chair(s) of the discipline(s), and the Campus Academic Dean;
  2. Complete 15 or more credit hours in related courses (at least 6 of these must be completed in residence);
  3. Complete at least 6 hours of upper division credit (at least 3 of these must be completed in residence);
  4. Complete at least 6 credit hours within the discipline from courses that are not specifically required in the student’s degree program;
  5. Earn at least a 2.00 GPA within the minor.
    Not all minors are offered at all Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University locations.