Minors – Online
Pursuing a minor online with Oregon State University is a great way to enhance your studies and gain a competitive advantage in the job market. You may pursue a minor alongside most full degree programs or as a stand alone postbaccalaureate.
Undergraduate minors
- Agricultural and Food Business Management
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Communications
- Animal Sciences
- Anthropology
- Asian Studies
- Biology
- Botany
- Business
- Chemistry — This program is not fully online. It includes an upper-division lab that must be completed in person at a local institution or on campus at Oregon State.
- Communication
- Comparative International Agriculture
- Computer Science
- Contemplative Studies
- Crop Science
- Cybersecurity Management
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Education
- Environmental Economics and Policy
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Environmental Sciences
- Ethnic Studies
- Family Business
- Finance
- Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
- French
- Geography
- German
- Global Health
- Graphic Design
- Health Management and Policy
- History
- Horticulture
- Human Development and Family Sciences
- Indigenous Studies
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Leadership
- Marine Conservation and Management — This program is not fully online. It features one hybrid course that includes a four-day, on-site requirement in Newport, Oregon.
- Marketing
- Microbiology
- Military History
- Natural Resources
- New Media Communications
- Organizational Leadership
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Popular Music
- Professional Sales
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Queer Studies
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Soil Science
- Spanish
- Sports Business
- Sustainability
- Supply Chain and Logistics Management
- User Experience Research
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Writing
Is an undergraduate minor the same as an associate's degree?
No, they are different. An associate's degree is typically awarded by a community college, junior college or a technical college. A minor, however, signifies an additional field of study on top of your undergraduate major in a specific area, and it includes upper-level college courses within that area.
Graduate minors
To pursue a graduate minor online with Oregon State, you must be enrolled in a full graduate degree program.
Academic calendar
Currently it's winter term. See academic calendar for our quarter term schedule.
Spring term starts April 1.
Summer term starts June 24.