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.

• Adult and Higher Education
• Organizational Leadership
• Public Health