Doctoral Minor
Doctoral minors consist of a minimum of 15 semester hours of course work in a discipline different from the doctoral program. Any school with at least one approved graduate degree program (master’s, specialist, or doctorate) is eligible to offer doctoral minor(s). Proposals for doctoral minors are submitted through the university curriculum approval process. Upon approval, the doctoral minor will be listed in the university catalog.
Graduate students admitted to doctoral programs may, upon approval of their doctoral program advisor, select a minor program of study for inclusion in their doctoral program. Completion of the doctoral minor will be indicated on the student’s transcript. Doctoral students who have been approved by the program or school to pursue a doctoral minor will include the requirements for completion of the minor in their doctoral plan of study.
The credit hours associated with an approved doctoral minor would count toward the total doctoral degree program hours required only when they overlap with electives or research core requirements. No course would be allowed to count for double credit hours. Student would not be allowed to pursue a minor offered under the same program name as the doctoral program to which they are admitted. To complete a minor, the student must first be officially admitted to a doctoral degree program.