Provisions Concerning Undergraduate Minors

1. Any student who is pursuing a B.A. or B.S. degree in the College of Liberal Arts or a baccalaureate degree in another U. M.-Twin Cities college may, if she/he wishes, select outside the Major field a Minor from among those Minors that have been authorized by the College in accord with the procedures defined below.
2. A proposal for a minor may be submitted to the College by: a) a department or program that offers a major in CLA; b) other departments or programs of the University that offer courses deemed appropriate for CLA Minors; c) a group of CLA faculty members representing a common interdisciplinary interest and identifying an adequate number of 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx/5xxx courses that have been approved for CLA credit.
3. The Minor shall consist of 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx/5xxx level courses totaling at least 14 credits. The College shall have authority to approve deviations from this limit.
4. The unit offering the Minor shall define it in either of two ways:
   1. a. it shall prescribe a fixed array of courses, all of which must be completed by each student who elects this Minor; or
   2. b. it shall prescribe a set of courses from which the student can select that subset that best suits her/his interests. If this latter option is adopted, the student must have her/his Minor course program approved by a faculty member authorized by the unit or program offering the Minor.
5. The unit offering the Minor may wish to require the completion of 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx/5xxx level courses in another department, program, or unit, and where the Minor course program includes courses offered by that other unit, the same course may be applied toward both the Major and Minor requirements. Units may decide whether or not to allow courses that are used to satisfy the requirements of a student's Major program in another unit also to be used to satisfy those of its own Minor.