Minors Offered by the College of Engineering
College of Engineering Minors
Engineering Minors for Engineering Students
Undergraduate students in the College of Engineering can elect to complete an interdisciplinary engineering minor in addition to their regular majors for B.S. degrees. These minors, designed specifically for engineering students, have been added to the curriculum of the College of Engineering to promote flexibility and diversity among the college’s engineering students. Independent of a student’s major, he or she is able to pursue a selected minor from the following list:
- Additive Manufacturing
- Audio Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces
- Electronic Materials
- Global Engineering
- Information Security, Privacy, and Policy
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- Technology and Policy
Generally, the student takes all the required courses in an engineering major but uses electives to take courses needed to fulfill the requirements of the minor. Upon completion of the requirements of an engineering minor and the engineering degree, the minor is formally recognized on the student’s transcript.
Each of the these minors are administered by a Program Committee consisting of faculty from all major engineering departments who serve as faculty advisors. Each Program Committee certifies the completion of requirements of the minor. But the student’s major department is responsible for approving the degree with one of these minors after reviewing a student’s entire academic record. Any substitution or departure from the published curriculum should be avoided. For example, non-technical courses may not be substituted for required technical courses or electives. Equivalent technical electives offered by these minors as substitutions for required courses in a major must be approved by the Head of the student’s major department.
Although a student generally can complete a minor without increasing the number of required units for graduation, early planning in electing a minor is important. A student also may find that some minors are more compatible than others with his/her major because of different relations between various major and minor requirements.
Engineering Minors for Non-Engineering Students
If you are interested in pursuing a minor, you must contact the specific department, as their application and enrollment process may differ.