Minors at FIT

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Declaring a minor is one of those concepts where most people probably think to themselves, “What’s the point?” I encourage everyone to find a minor that enhances your major because you will get SO much out of it! The School of Liberal Arts offers FIT students the opportunity to take a minor in areas of two forms: traditional subject-based minors and interdisciplinary minors. With minors ranging from language to fashion studies, there are so many opportunities to enhance your academic career at FIT.

To declare a minor, visit the Academic Advisement Center in room C402 to create the best plan of action. To complete a minor, you must take 5 courses that add up to 15 course credits; this can be completed as an undergraduate continuing into your bachelors as well. Upon successful completion of the selected course credits with a 2.0 or higher GPA, your minor will be recorded on your transcript. Transfer students can also transfer up to six 6 credits for any academic minor.

I am graduating with a minor in Communication Studies and will be double-minoring in Economics in the fall. I chose Communication Studies because it coincided, and even overlapped, with the classes I had to take for my associates in Advertising and Marketing Communications. I also chose this minor because it aims to help students realize how communication constructs the social world in which they live and connects them to it. Communication is a tool to build, maintain, and navigate relationships with individuals in the work place and everyday life. Similarly, I chose to double-minor in Economics because I will be learning about the international economics of the beauty industry in my Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing bachelor program. This minor enables students to acquire a useful understanding of economic concepts and analyzes and improves students’ analytical skills – in addition to their commitment to a challenging academic program.

By declaring a minor, you are making yourself more marketable with a fresh wealth of knowledge. Visit this link to view the list of minors offered at FIT.

If you have any questions about minoring at FIT, leave me a comment down below!

Melinda

2 replies on “Minors at FIT”

    1. The major subjects in Communication Studies courses vary through the study of different types and contexts of communication. The courses range in subject, such as professional communication, intercultural communication and argumentation and persuasion to name a few. You can find in-depth information about the specific courses at https://www.fitnyc.edu/liberal-arts/minors/#Communication_Studies. Hope this helps!

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