For new students as of Fall 2025: you must complete at least one Faculty of Arts program - as part of your Multi-Track, Honours or Joint-Honours requirements - to graduate with a B.A. degree.
Minors offered by other Faculties (approved for BA students, with certain restrictions)
If you are enrolled in one of the designated Non-Arts programs, note that the maximum number of credits permissible for courses outside the Faculties of Arts and Science is 30 credits. If completing prerequisite courses causes you to exceed this 30-credit limit, those additional courses will be E-flagged (will not count for credit and will not be included in your GPA.)
| Faculty/Department | Advising | Available Minor Programs | Application |
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| Education | Advising | Minor - Education for Arts Students | Application required: find out how and when to apply |
| Educational and Counselling Psychology | Advising | Minor - Educational Psychology | No application needed, you may add this program via Minerva |
| Management for Arts Students | Advising | ||
| Music | Advising |
Minor - Music Applications of Technology MAT |
Application Required: Minor in MAT Application Required: Minor in MST Application Required: Minor in Music Composition Application Required: Minor in Music Education |
| Science | No application needed, you may add these programs via Minerva | ||
| Social Entrepreneurship | Advising | Minor - Social Entrepreneurship | As of Fall 2025, this Minor will be replaced by a Minor Entrepreneurship for Non-Management Students. See above. |
Restrictions:
To apply for permission to complete a Minor that does NOT appear on the list above, complete the Request to add a Minor offered by another Faculty.
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Submission of a request for permission does not guarantee approval.
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If approved, you will still be subject to the rules pertaining to courses taken outside Arts and Science, in addition to being subject to the rules in place for the program offered by the host Faculty.
Permission to enroll in one or more non-Arts Minor programs is contingent on the following non-exhaustive list of criteria:
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You have adequate credit room remaining in your degree (eg. you will not exceed your degree credit limit);
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You have adequate room in your degree for courses outside the Faculties of Arts or Science;
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You are already enrolled in at least one Faculty of Arts program - as part of your Multi-Track, Honours or Joint-Honours requirements - which for newly-admitted students or for readmitted students (for F25) is a requirement in order to eventually graduate with a B.A. degree;
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Your CGPA is strong and you are in Satisfactory academic standing;
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You have met the criteria specific to the Minor itself (eg. audition, letter of intent, etc);
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You are not seeking to add the new program in your penultimate or graduating term;
- You are not already completing a Joint Honours in Economics and Finance or Accounting (if seeking to add either a Minor Management, or Minor Entrepreneurship;
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For the Minors offered by the Desautels Faculty of Management, students can only pursue one of the following: Minor Management (for Non-Management Students) or Minor in Entrepreneurship.