Minors and certificates may be completed in a variety of academic areas. Students pursuing teacher licensure are not required to complete a minor. Completion of a minor or certificate typically requires between 15 and 21 credit hours and may require students to take more than 120 credit hours for degree completion.

The School of Education will accept any minor approved by other units at Indiana University-Bloomington. Academic Minors do not constitute a subject specific teaching license for a School of Education student who is completing a teacher education program.

Minors and certificates are subject to the guidelines of the unit offering the minor or certificate. Students are required to apply to the appropriate department for verification of the minor or certificate if it is to appear on the transcript. An academic minor and/or certificate will appear on students’ official transcript but will not be identified on the diploma.

School of Education academic minors shall require:

• A minimum of 15 credit hours. 
• A minimum of 9 credit hours at the 300-400 level. 
• At least one course taken on the Bloomington campus. 
• A GPA of at least 2.0, with no grade lower than a C. 

• A maximum of one course may simultaneously count for a major and minor/certificate within the School of Education.
• A maximum of one course may simultaneously count for a license addition and minor/certificate within the School of Education.
• No course may count for more than one minor/certificate within the School of Education.

• Education students may not be awarded a minor in a field that is the same as a School of Education major. For example, a student pursuing a B.S. in Education: World Language: Spanish may not be awarded a minor in Spanish from the College of Arts and Sciences.
• No course may count for more than one minor, whether within the School of Education or in another unit. For example, EDUC-H 205: Introduction to Educational Thought cannot count towards both a O'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs Education Policy Minor and a School of Education International and Comparative Education Minor.
• The department offering the minor/certificate will determine how many credit hours from the education program may count towards their department’s minor/certificate. For example, the School of Public Health will determine how many credit hours of SPH-F classes taken as a part of the Counseling and Student Services major through the School of Education will count towards a Human Development and Family Studies Minor.
• The department of the minor/certificate is responsible for informing the student of the requirements for the minor/certificate and for any advising associated with the minor/certificate.