Undergraduate 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.

• 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
• 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
• Indigenous studies
• Innovation and entrepreneurship
• Human development and family sciences
• 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 studies
• Professional sales
• Psychology
• Public health
• Queer studies
• Religious studies
• Spanish
• Sociology
• Soil science
• Supply chain and logistics management
• Sustainability
• User experience research
• Women, gender, and sexuality studies
• Writing

Is a 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.