If you are interested in two or more areas of study, you should consider completing one or more minor programs. Minor program requirements are listed in the "Programs and Courses" chapter of this catalog under the department that offers them. You will find a complete list of the minors offered at UC Davis in a chart at the front of this catalog.
A minor consists of 18 to 24 units in upper division courses specified by the department or program offering the minor. Courses used to satisfy the requirements of a minor, including those completed elsewhere, must be approved by an adviser in the sponsoring department or program. For minors offered by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, at least half of these units and courses must be completed in residence on the Davis campus. You are also expected to complete all courses that are prerequisite to the upper division courses required for the minor. Minors offered by the College of Letters and Science do not require that a portion of the units be completed at UC Davis.
To request certification of a minor, you must have a grade point average of 2.0 in all courses required for the minor. At most, one course used in satisfaction of your major may be applied to your minor. If you elect more than one minor, these minors may not have any courses in common.
If you want to have completion of a minor certified on your transcript, you must obtain a minor petition from your dean's office and file it no later than the deadline for filing for graduation. You can elect only one minor in a subject area. Requirements for the minor must be met by the time of graduation.
No minors are available in the College of Engineering, although students in Engineering may, with the approval of the Engineering dean's office and the adviser in the minor department, elect a minor in either the College of Letters and Science or in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. You must pick up a minor petition in the office of the college that offers your minor and have the completed petition approved by the minor adviser and then certified by the Undergraduate Office of the College of Engineering. The Undergraduate Office in the College of Engineering has the primary responsibility for certifying minors for engineering students and should be consulted before you begin the minor sequence.
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