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The Engineering Minor, a supplement to the bachelor’s degree Majors in the college, including the Independent Major, recognizes formal study of a particular technical subject area in engineering outside the student’s Major.
Students undertaking a Minor are normally expected to complete the requirements during the time of their continuous undergraduate enrollment at Cornell. Since courses for Minor requirements may also satisfy other degree requirements (e.g. distribution courses, approved electives), the Minor may sometimes be completed within the traditional eight semesters. However, more than eight semesters may be needed.
Courses required for a Minor do not necessarily satisfy a Major requirement. For example, some Minor courses may not be used as Major-approved electives. Check with your advisor.
To complete an Engineering Minor, an engineering student must
• be enrolled in a Major that approves participation of its affiliates in the desired Engineering Minor.
• successfully complete all the requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.
• satisfactorily complete six courses (18-credit minimum) as stipulated in the Engineering Minor offered by an engineering department/school other than that which offers the student’s Major.
Each course used to satisfy an Engineering Minor must be taken for a letter grade, if that option exists.
Students may apply for certification of an Engineering Minor at any time after the course work has been completed in accordance with published standards. Students who receive certification in an approved Engineering Minor will be recognized by means of an official notation on their Cornell transcript, following graduation.
The College of Engineering currently offers Minors in the following areas (offering units are indicated in parentheses):
Aerospace Engineering (M&AE)
Applied Mathematics (T&AM)
Biological Engineering (BEE)
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Civil Infrastructure (CEE)
Computer Science (CS)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Engineering Management (CEE)
Engineering Statistics (OR&IE)
Environmental Engineering (BEE/CEE)
Game Design (CS)
Industrial Systems and Information Science Technology (OR&IE)
Information Science (CIS)
Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E)
Mechanical Engineering (M&AE)
Operations Research and Management Science (OR&IE)
Science of Earth Systems (SES)
Additional information on specific Minors can be found in the Major office of the department/school offering the Minor, in Courses of Study, in Engineering Advising, and on the pages that follow.
Students interested in applying the concepts and methods of the engineering, computational, and physical sciences to living systems or health issues may pursue one of three courses of study, which are presented for ease of comparison in the following chart. For more details on these courses of study, see the appropriate sections of “Engineering Minors.”
Minor in Business for Engineering Students
The Department of Applied Economics and Management in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers a Minor in Business for Engineering Students on a selective basis. Engineering students may apply to the Minor at any point during their academic career, beginning in the first semester of their second year. At that time, Engineering students will be in the process of applying to affiliate with an Engineering Major and will need to begin taking the courses required for the Minor. Detailed information can be found under “Minor in Business for Engineering Students” on page 133.
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