Minors and Certificates

Minors

A minor program is a structured and coherent secondary concentration of study. It gives undergraduates the option of studying a second field of specialization, in addition to a major, as part of their studies at the university. Students interested in pursuing a minor should confer with the appropriate department for details. The university offers minors in the following areas:

African and African Studies
American Studies Management
Anthropology Management
Art History
Biological Sciences Information Systems
Business Marketing
Classical Humanities
Communication
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Criminal Justice
Computer Science for Engineers and Scientists
English
Music
Computing and Information Technology
Operations Management
Philosophy
Economics
Physics
Environmental Health
Political Science
Psychology
Rehabilitation Services
French
Religion
Geography
Sociology
Geological Sciences
Spanish
German
Statistics
Health Sciences
Urban Affairs
History
Women's Studies
International Business

Certificates

The university's main campus offers certificate programs in the following areas: cartography, innovation and entrepreneurship in high technology; photogrammetry and remote sensing; comparative Development; gerontology; Museum Studies & Archive, Administrative & Records, Management; nonprofit administration; object-oriented programming; professional writing; teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL); teaching English as a Foreign language (TEFL); technical writing; and Womens Studies. The Wright State University-Lake Campus offers certificates in computer-aided drafting (CAD), and advanced computer-aided drafting, management and advanced management, desktop publishing, word/information processing, micro-computer applications, software applications, and PhotoShop design and applications, and graphics/design.