Minors - General Information

Students interested in pursuing a specific minor offered by South Dakota Mines should contact the coordinator of that minor for more specific information on the application process and the appropriate forms.

• No undergraduate degree program offered at South Dakota Mines requires a minor. It is an optional program addition designed to broaden and enrich your degree.
• Regental undergraduate minors consist of 18-24 semester credit hours.
• No fewer than 50% semester credit hours in a minor must be taken at South Dakota Mines.
• The specific courses required for a minor in each department and program offering a minor can be found in the section of this catalog where that program is described.
• Notification of intent to seek a minor is to be in effect no later than the time of registration for the first semester of the senior year (90 or more credit hours completed). The form to do so can be found here: https://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Registrar/Forms/. The form must be approved and signed by the head of the department from which the degree will be awarded, and the head of the department from which the minor will be awarded.