Students at Ryerson may earn a Minor outside their core program/major/option, and primarily, outside the professional category of courses in their program. A Minor is a concentration of six or more, single-term courses or the equivalent with a coherence based upon discipline, theme and/or methodology.

Students may pursue any Minor offered by Ryerson subject to:

• the Minor's subject area is not within the same subject area as the student's major area of program study (ie. a Business Management - Accounting major student is not eligible to earn an Accounting Minor);
• the inclusion of at least one-half of the Minor’s courses included in the student’s program;
• space availability in the courses that constitute the Minor;
• the completion of appropriate prerequisites;
• timetable compatibility.

Student’s priority should be given to enrollment in, and the completion of, their program’s graduation requirements. Students are cautioned that taking courses over and above basic program requirements in order to earn a Minor, may adversely affect overall academic performance and jeopardize Academic Standing. Extra courses may result in additional fees. Students on Probationary Standing, will not be authorized to take extra courses for the purposes of earning a Minor.

Students are not permitted to earn more than one Minor. Minor courses cannot be substituted.

Successful completion of the requirements for all Minors will be reflected on all Ryerson official transcripts. Students may only meet the requirements for a Minor during their Ryerson program studies. A student cannot become eligible for a Ryerson Minor after graduation from their Ryerson program. It is the student's responsibility to apply for the Minor at the time they are applying to Graduate (they are two separate procedures on RAMSS).

NOTE:  Students should also be aware, that if they are eligible to graduate from the program, regardless of whether they have completed the requirements of the Minor they have applied for, they will still graduate from the program.