Minors

As an enrolled Boston Conservatory at Berklee undergraduate student, you can complete a minor program of study in addition to your declared major. Minors consist of a minimum of 10–12 credits and are meant to provide you with the opportunity to gain a breadth and depth of understanding in a focused area of study outside of your declared major. Students may declare a minor at the end of their second semester or later, and may begin studies in their minor at the beginning of their third semester at the earliest.

Minors Open to College and Conservatory Students

Acoustics and Electronics (open to B.A. students)
American Roots Music
Business of Live Music (open to B.A. students)
Classical Music
Conducting
Creative Coding
Creative Entrepreneurship (open to B.A. students)
Dance
Drama
Effortless Mastery
Electronic Performance
English (open to B.A. students; offers tracks in Creative Writing, Literature, and Spoken Word/Poetry Slam/Performance Poetry)
Game and Interactive Media Scoring
History (open to B.A. students)
Individualized Minor in Liberal Arts (open to B.A. students)
Instrument Repair (open to B.A. students)
Mediterranean Music
Microtonal Music
Music and Health
Music and Society (open to B.A. students; including tracks for Africana Studies, Gender Studies, and Global Studies)
Music Technology
Musical Theater Performance
Musical Theater Writing
Performance Studies in Latin Music
Philosophy (open to B.A. students)
Private Studio Teaching
Psychology (open to B.A. students)
Recording and Production for Musicians
Screen Scoring
Spanish Arts and Culture (open to B.A. students)
Stage Management
Teaching Artistry
Teaching Contemporary Voice (for voice principals only)
Theory of Jazz and Popular Song
Visual Culture and New Media Studies (open to B.A. students)

Frequently Asked Questions

Please Note: Requirements are subject to change, and course registration is dependent on enrollment availability and the fulfillment of prerequisites.

How do I declare a minor?

To begin the process of declaring a minor, students should complete a Declaration of Minor form. This request will then need approval from Academic Affairs before being processed.

Submit the Declaration of Minor form online.

What are the requirements to declare a minor?

Students may declare a minor at the end of their second semester or later, and may begin studies in their minor at the beginning of their third semester at the earliest.
Student must have a cumulative grade point average (G.P.A.) of 2.70 in order to declare a minor.
Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (G.P.A.) of 2.70 in the courses within their declared minor in order to receive credit for the minor course of study and indication of the minor on their official transcript
Students currently on academic probation may not declare their intent for a minor course of study.

Can I declare two minors?

Yes. Students can declare no more than two total additional minors or specializations; both must be completed by the time of graduation for inclusion on the transcript.

Can the courses count towards my degree?

Course work completed under the guidelines of a minor may be used to fulfill other degree requirements, as appropriate.
Declaration of a minor does not allow a student to bypass specified prerequisites.

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