A minor must consist of 18-24 graduation credits which must include a minimum of 9 credits in coursework requiring one or more prerequisite courses or courses at or above the 300 level.

For an interdisciplinary minor, there must be coursework from at least two different departments/programs/schools; it must have a faculty sponsor who is a member of the tenure-track teaching faculty in an academic department and who is familiar with the focus of the minor; and it must be approved by the student’s major advisor and the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee. Faculty statement must include student’s learning objectives and outcomes for the proposed minor.

The proposed minor must not duplicate or nearly duplicate opportunities available to University at Albany students through an existing minor program.

A student, wishing an interdisciplinary minor, must submit an application and a written proposal to the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee. At a minimum, the student must have the title of the courses which comprise the minor, a statement indicating the reason(s) for this request, and the names and signatures of the major advisor. The student must also have a faculty sponsor provide a supporting statement for this proposal.

The completed applications, proposal, and supporting statement from the faculty sponsor should be submitted on this form for presentation to the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee.

Current contact: Assistant Dean Karen Acosta McNeill, Office of Undergraduate Education, LC 30, (518) 442-3950, email: kmcneill@albany.edu.

NOTE: Please double check that you have entered your advisor's email correctly. If the email is entered incorrectly, your advisor will NOT receive an email requesting approval of this form.

Please note that it is the student's responsibility to make sure the advisor receives the email requesting approval of the form.

NOTE: The faculty sponsor must be a member of the tenure-track teaching faculty in an academic department.

NOTE: Please double check that you have entered the faculty sponsor's email correctly. If the email is entered incorrectly, your sponsor will NOT receive an email requesting approval of this form.

Please note that it is the student's responsibility to make sure the faculty sponsor receives the email requesting approval of the form.

PROPOSAL: The explanation and justification of your proposed minor may be as long or short as you wish, but please realize that it is your responsibility, through your formal written description, to convince the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee that your proposal should be approved.

NOTE: all descriptions should be typed single-spaced on 8 ½ x 11 sized-paper.

NOTE: Minimum of 9 credits in coursework requiring one or more prerequsitie courses or courses at or above the 300 level.

PLEASE NOTE: If your course descriptions differ in any way from those in the Bulletin please upload a separate course description below.

PLEASE NOTE: For an interdisciplinary minor, there must be coursework from at least two different departments/programs/schools. 

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