Each student's program of studies must include a minor in an academic discipline other than the major discipline. The minor is composed of not less than 18 or more than 21 semester hours. When a curriculum has a "built-in" minor, the student is required to complete that minor. Each student must declare a minor at the beginning of the junior year unless it has already been declared or has been determined by the major. Declaration of the minor is completed when the appropriate form is submitted to the Registrar's office by the student.

Prescribed minors are found in this catalog within the descriptions of the various departments which offer them. Successful completion of an official minor will be designated on the student's official record. The official minor designation requires that a minimum of 12 of these hours be completed at Xavier.

A student may also satisfy the minor requirement by successfully completing an interdisciplinary minor which has been approved by the Academic Council of the college or by successfully completing a double concentration. A double concentration consists of at least twelve hours in each of two disciplines. The specific twelve hours must be approved by the chairperson of the student's major department and the chairperson of the other two departments as well as the dean of the college.

Any exceptions to the above must be approved by the student's chairperson and the dean of the college.