Minors and Immersions
Minors
Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree have the option of completing a minor, which can complement a student’s major, help them develop another area of professional expertise, or enable them to pursue an area of personal interest. Completion of a minor is formally designated on the baccalaureate transcript, which serves to highlight this accomplishment to employers and graduate schools.
Please note: A minor is a related set of academic courses consisting of no fewer than 15 credit hours. The following parameters must be met in order to earn a minor:
- At least nine credit hours of the minor must consist of courses not required by the student’s home major.
- Students may pursue multiple minors. A minimum of nine credit hours must be designated towards each minor; these courses may not be counted towards other minors.
- The residency requirement for a minor is a minimum of nine credit hours consisting of RIT courses (excluding “X” graded courses).
Not all minors are approved to fulfill general education requirements. Please check with an adviser in regards to minors approved to fulfill these requirements.
Immersions
As part of their bachelor's degree requirements, students must complete an immersion—a concentration of three courses in a particular area. These courses support deeper learning within a focus area and are used to meet RIT's general education requirements. In many cases, an immersion can lead to a minor with the addition of two courses. However, not all minors have a corresponding immersion and vice versa.
All Minors and Immersions
2D Studio Arts
3D Digital Design
3D Studio Arts
Accounting
Advertising and Public Relations
African Studies
American Sign Language and Deaf Cultural Studies
Anthropology and Sociology
Archaeological Science
Archaeology
Bioinformatics Analysis
Biology
Biology: Cellular and Molecular
Biology: Ecology and Evolution
Black Studies
Business Administration
Chemical Engineering Systems Analysis
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computing Security
Construction Management
Craft and Material Studies
Cultural Anthropology
Database Design and Development
Digital Business
Digital Literatures and Comparative Media
Diversity in the U.S.
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Management
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science
Exercise Science
Finance
Flexible Packaging
Free and Open Source Software and Free Culture
Game Design and Development
Game Design
Geographic Information Systems
Global Justice
Globalization
Globalization Theory
Health Communication
Hospitality Management
Human Language Technology and Computational Linguistics
Imaging Science
Imaging Systems
Industrial Engineering
Innovation
International Business
Latino/Latina/Latin American Studies
Linguistic Anthropology
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Management
Manufacturing Systems
Marketing
Mechanical Engineering
Media Arts and Technology
Microelectronic Engineering
Military Studies and Leadership
Mobile Design and Development
Mobile Development
Modern Language – Arabic
Modern Language – Chinese
Modern Language – French
Modern Language – German
Modern Language – Italian
Modern Language – Japanese
Modern Language – Portuguese
Modern Language – Russian
Modern Language – Spanish
Modern Languages and Cultures - Arabic
Modern Languages and Cultures - Chinese
Modern Languages and Cultures - French
Modern Languages and Cultures - German
Modern Languages and Cultures - Italian
Modern Languages and Cultures - Japanese
Modern Languages and Cultures - Portuguese
Modern Languages and Cultures - Russian
Modern Languages and Cultures - Spanish
Music and Technology
Music
Music Performance
Native American and Indigenous Studies
Networking and Systems Administration
Nutritional Sciences
Optical Science
Packaging Science
Photography
Plastics Engineering and Technology
Religious Studies
Renaissance Studies
Robotics and Automation
Science and Technology Studies
Science of Film, Photography, and Imaging
Science, Technology, and Society
Social Inequalities
Software Engineering
Structural Design
Supply Chain Management
Surface Mount Electronics Manufacturing
Sustainable Product Development
Urban Studies
Water Resources
Web Design and Development
Web Development
A list of discontinued minors and immersions is also available for reference.