{"id":12149,"date":"2014-10-02T13:51:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12149"},"modified":"2019-08-05T00:12:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T04:12:20","slug":"how-minor-is-not-doing-a-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=12149","title":{"rendered":"how minor is not doing a minor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska,<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;ve fulfilled all the requirements for my specialist, are there any negative consequences to not finishing all the requirements for a minor I enrolled in (sort of on a whim)? I&#8217;m graduating in June and I haven&#8217;t removed the POSt from ROSI just in case I decide to take that extra 0.5 FCE that would get me the minor next semester, but I also don&#8217;t want it to show up on my transcript or somewhere else as incomplete if I ultimately don&#8217;t take the last 0.5 FCE.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks a lot!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>nah. since having one specialist is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1415_fw\/degree_ataglance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acceptable combination of subject POSts<\/a> to graduate, there aren&#8217;t any real, practical impediments to not completing the minor.<\/p>\n<p>however, you do need to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1415_fw\/instructions-for-graduating-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ensure that your subject POSts (specialists, majors and\/or minors) are correct and up to date on the SWS<\/a>,&#8221; as artsci puts it (saying &#8220;the SWS&#8221; instead of ROSI kinda reminds me of <a href=\"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/computerdelete.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how older people say &#8220;the Internet&#8221; instead of &#8220;online&#8221;<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>since we have <em>just<\/em> passed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/subject-post-enrolment\/subject-post-enrolment#changedelete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deadline to delete subject POSts yourself<\/a>, you&#8217;ll have to go to your college registrar&#8217;s office to get that minor deleted (if you decide that&#8217;s what you want to do), so that everything on ROSI accurately reflects your current academic status.<\/p>\n<p>congrats on your graduation, and best of luck in the real world!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Aska, If I&#8217;ve fulfilled all the requirements for my specialist, are there any negative consequences to not finishing all the requirements for a minor I enrolled in (sort of on a whim)? 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Thanks a lot! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, nah. since having one specialist is an acceptable combination of subject POSts to graduate, there aren&#8217;t any real, practical impediments to not completing the minor. however, you do need to &#8220;ensure that your subject POSts (specialists, majors and\/or minors) are correct and up to date on the SWS,&#8221; as artsci puts it (saying &#8220;the SWS&#8221; instead of ROSI kinda reminds me of how older people say &#8220;the Internet&#8221; instead of &#8220;online&#8221;). since we have just passed the deadline to delete subject POSts yourself, you&#8217;ll have to go to your college registrar&#8217;s office to get that minor deleted (if you decide that&#8217;s what you want to do), so that everything on ROSI accurately reflects your current academic status. congrats on your graduation, and best of luck in the real world! aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graduation","category-subject-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi Aska, If I&#039;ve fulfilled all the requirements for my specialist, are there any negative consequences to not finishing all the requirements for a minor I enrolled in (sort of on a whim)? 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