Graduate Minors

Overview

Graduate minors align with Drexel's collaborative and interdisciplinary spirit. This distinctive initiative offers the perfect opportunity to enrich your chosen field of study with supplemental knowledge and skills.

A graduate minor is a set of interrelated graduate courses outside of a student’s major graduate program that provides additional professional expertise. The disciplinary area of the minor may be fully outside the major program or may be related to, but not completely overlapping, the major program. The completion of a minor is represented on the transcript along with a major program as a demonstration of additional professional expertise acquired. Entry into a minor is generally limited to those who have demonstrated the required prerequisite knowledge for the coursework.

Conditions

In order to add a graduate minor program, graduate students must be enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program. It is highly recommended that enrollment occur early in the student’s tenure in the major program so that his/her program of study can be optimally planned.

A graduate minor shall comprise at least four quarter term (or three semester term) courses and at least twelve quarter (or nine semester) credit hours of coursework. No more than two required quarter term courses (or one semester term course) from a student’s major graduate program may be used to fulfill the requirements for the minor. The remaining credits to fulfill the minor requirements may be taken as electives within the major program or in addition to courses required for the major program. A student is limited to enrollment in one minor.

Procedure

Graduate students wishing to add, drop or make changes to a minor program should contact his/her graduate academic advisor, as well as the advisor of the minor program (listed below), to discuss the details and academic plan of study, obtain approval and submit a Change of Minor request via the Advisor Visit Tracking (AVT) system.

Graduate Minors & Advisors

For the most up to date list of graduate minors, please consult the University Catalog.

Addictions Counseling	Rhonda Wittlin	267.359.5517	rwittlin@drexel.edu
Arts Administration	Bridget Lynch	215.895.6402	bll42@drexel.edu
Athletic Administration	Ellen Staurowsky	215.895.6714	ejs95@drexel.edu
Biostatistics	Mary Genevieve Carty	267.359.6205	mgc24@drexel.edu
Business	Rachel Pepper	215.895.4928	rlt45@drexel.edu
Business Analytics Management	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Complementary and Integrative Therapies (Advanced Sudy)	Redian Furxhiu	267.359.5691	rf53@drexel.edu
Computational Engineering	Sean Clark	215.895.6658	sclark@coe.drexel.edu
Computer Science	Bevin Goodniss	215.895.6208	bag96@drexel.edu
Creativity and Innovation	Arielle Norment	215.571.4170	an487@drexel.edu
Drug Discovery and Development (Semester Students Only)	Joanne Mathiasen	215.762.8578	joanne.mathiasen@drexelmed.edu
Economic Data Anlysis	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Economics	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Entrepreneurship and Innovation	Rita Berson	215.571.4015	rk25@drexel.edu
Environmental and Occupational Health	Kristi LeBlanc	267.359.6181	kk842@drexel.edu
Finance	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Global Health	Kristi LeBlanc	267.359.6181	kk842@drexel.edu
Global and International Education	Carly Doyle	215.895.6013	ccd72@drexel.edu
Health Administration	Melissa (Aliulis) Giorgio	267.359.5859	maa46@drexel.edu
Healthcare Informatics	Bevin Goodniss	215.895.6208	bag96@drexel.edu
Health Economics	Allison H. Keene	267.359.6032	ah849@drexel.edu
Higher Education	Carly Doyle	215.895.6013	ccd72@drexel.edu
Holistic Hospice and Palliative Care	Stephanie Maxine Ross	267.359.5678	smr49@drexel.edu
Human Health Risk Assessment	Kristi LeBlanc	267.359.6181	kk842@drexel.edu
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control	Kristin LeBlanc	267.359.6181	kk842@drexel.edu
Integrated Nursing Care of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Ellen Giarelli	267.359.5830	eg446@drexel.edu
Integrative Addiction Therapies (Advanced Studies)	Stephanie Maxine Ross	267.359.5678	smr49@drexel.edu
Latino and Immigrant Health	Patience Ajoff-Foster	267.359.6036	pna24@drexel.edu
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health	Patience Ajoff-Foster	267.359.6036	pna24@drexel.edu
Marketing	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Maternal and Child Health	Patience Ajoff-Foster	267.359.6036	pna24@drexel.edu
Museum Leadership	Danielle Rice	215.895.2888	dr583@drexel.edu
Neuroscience, Learning and Online Instruction	Jillian Randall	267.359.5692	jnr56@drexel.edu
Nursing Education	Joan Rosen Bloch	267.359.5831	jrb68@drexel.edu
Nursing Leadership in Health Systems Management	Jillian Randall	267.359.5692	jnr56@drexel.edu
Operations Research	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Pre-Veterinary	Erin Vogelsong	215.762.7968	eev25@drexel.edu
Professional Studies	Anne Converse Willkomm	215.571.3257	acw334@drexel.edu
Program Monitoring and Evaluation	Patience Ajoff-Foster	267.359.6036	pna24@drexel.edu
Project Management	Mercedes Moultrie	215.571.3939	mm342@drexel.edu
Public Health Emergency Preparedness	Kristi LeBlanc	267.359.6181	kk842@drexel.edu
Public Health Ethics and History	Patience Ajoff-Foster	267.359.6036	pna24@drexel.edu
Service to Veterans	Jillian Randall	267.359.5692	jnr56@drexel.edu
Sport Management	Ellen Staurowsky	215.895.6714	ejs95@drexel.edu
Substance Use and Misuse	Patience Ajoff-Foster	267.359.6036	pna24@drexel.edu
Sustainable Operations Management	Lori Miceli	215.895.0975	lr398@drexel.edu
Undergraduate STEM Education	Marisa Dietrich	215.571.3233	mad467@drexel.edu
Urban Health	Kristi LeBlanc	267.359.6181	kk842@drexel.edu
Women's Integrative Health (Advanced Study)	Fran Cornelius	267.359.5694	fc28@drexel.edu

Updated 9/25/18.

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

Worldly experiences continue to expand at Drexel with opportunities for both international students looking for programming and support here at Drexel and domestic students interested in gaining experience abroad. Many international partnerships and dual degree programs, as well as funding for international travel and global events on-campus, are offered through the Office of International Programs. In fact, nursing PhD student and GSA president, Jerry John Nutor, took advantage of one such opportunity this past summer in Zambia through the Dornsife Global Development Scholars Program.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Following our recent, university-wide survey of graduate students, faculty and professional staff regarding development priorities for graduate students across the University we launched an initiative to develop new or enriched professional development programming.

An enhanced Teaching Assistant Orientation and Course will start this September with a focus on teaching techniques and interactive learning environments for new TAs. Open to all graduate students, the newly created Coffee Hour Seminar Series will expand upon the TA course activities and will include in-demand topics such as preparing for conference presentations, teaching online, and career talks for jobs in academia, industry, government and the non-profit sector. In collaboration with the GSA, we will continue to host frequent Books and Bagels: Conversations in Interdisciplinary Research programs, which provide students with the opportunity to learn about the impressive research of their peers or to present their own research in a conversational and interdisciplinary setting.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Graduate College continues to cover the cost of health insurance for eligible doctoral students, and based on student feedback this student health insurance now includes optional dependent coverage, as well as dental and vision plans. In collaboration with the GSA we also continue to offer funding to present your research at prestigious conferences across the country through our highly sought-after conference travel awards. Please visit the resource pages of our website for further information on these and other opportunities.

I encourage you to make the most of the many valuable opportunities throughout your experience here. Your faculty, colleagues and classmates come from all over the world and bring a wealth of knowledge to our more than 230 diverse graduate programs. The GSA and more than 30 graduate student organizations provide academic, networking and community programs. And the vibrant city of Philadelphia enables countless cultural and career experiences. Many of our more than 9,000 graduate students credit this unique environment with strengthening their academic, professional and personal goals.

Please accept my warmest welcome and best wishes for a successful academic year. Feel free to reach out to me or anyone on my team in the Graduate College with any questions or concerns. In the meantime, I hope to see you on campus or in the Graduate College soon for a cup of coffee or tea.

Sincerely,

James D. Herbert, Ph.D.

Dean, Graduate College

Executive Vice Provost

Professor of Psychology

CO-OP TO CAREER

A recent alumnus landed a full-time job offer before graduation through his graduate co-op experience in the emerging healthcare IT industry.

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