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Immersions
Minors

Immersions

As part of their bachelor’s degree requirements, students must complete an immersion—a concentration of three courses in a particular area. These upper-level courses are used to meet RIT’s general education requirements. In many cases, an immersion can lead to a minor with the addition of two courses. However, not all minors have a corresponding immersion and vice versa.

These are the immersion programs available at RIT Dubai, and all the links will direct you to the RIT New York website.

Minors

Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree have the option of completing a minor, which can complement a student’s major, help them develop another area of professional expertise, or enable them to pursue an area of personal interest. Completion of a minor is not listed on the diploma but is formally designated on the baccalaureate transcript, which serves to highlight this accomplishment to employers and graduate schools.

A minor at RIT is a related set of academic courses consisting of no fewer than 15 semester credit hours. In most cases, minors shall consist of a minimum of two upper-division courses to provide reasonable breadth and depth within the minor.

The following parameters must be met in order to earn a minor:

At least nine credit hours of the minor must consist of courses not required by the student’s home major.
Students may pursue multiple minors. A minimum of nine credit hours must be designated for each minor; these courses may not be counted towards other minors.
The residency requirement for a minor is a minimum of nine credit hours consisting of RIT courses (excluding “X” graded courses).
Posting of the minor on the student's academic transcript requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the minor.
Minors may not be added to the student's academic record after the granting of the bachelor's degree.