Applied Exercise Minor (DNS undergraduates only)
- The Applied Exercise Minor is completed through Ithaca College’s Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences in the School of Health Sciences and Health Performance. The minor is helpful for students seeking positions in nutrition and physical fitness, or pursuing careers in sports medicine and related fields. Program completion is also good preparation for the examination for Fitness Instructor Certification by the American College of Sports Medicine.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/academics/undergraduateminors/appliedexercise
Fiber Science Minor (except FSAD majors)
- The Fiber Science Minor provides students with the opportunity to explore the physical, chemical, and engineering properties of fibrous materials and their applications, including biomedical materials, advanced engineering composites, geotextiles, and protective clothing, as well as the more traditional applications found in apparel and interiors.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/fsad/academics/undergraduate/fashionminor
Fashion Studies Minor (except FSAD majors)
- The Fashion Studies Minor allows students to choose from a variety of courses in fiber sciences, fashion design, and fashion management. Students can explore studies that emphasize the fashion design process and its integration of innovative design technologies.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/fsad/academics/undergraduate/fiberminor
Gerontology Minor
- The undergraduate gerontology minor program provides students with the opportunity to become involved in a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field. It encourages an experiential learning opportunity to allow students to apply substantive content presented in the classroom to work in the world beyond the university, and also offers opportunities to become involved in research projects with faculty in the Bronfenbrenner Center and throughout the University.
- https://www.bctr.cornell.edu/for-students/gerontology-minor/
Global Health Minor (except GPHS majors)
- The Global Health minor is intended to complement any academic major offered at the University and to provide students with basic knowledge about global health as well as the necessary skills and experience to begin to build their own unique global health career. This minor aims to help students analyze and integrate their studies into real world solutions. Students are encouraged to participate in an Experiential Learning Opportunity.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/academics/undergraduateminors/global
Human Development Minor (except HD majors)
- The Human Development minor may be useful for students who are aiming for careers that involve interacting with children, teens, or older adults. It encourages students to explore their interests in specific age group or area studies through its flexibility of elective courses that satisfy the requirements.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/hd/academics/undergraduate/minor
Health Policy Minor
- The Health Policy Minor provides students with an overall understanding of the intricacies behind policies, institutions, etc. in healthcare. This minor allows students to explore a broad range of health-related policy opportunities in different sectors and is targeted at students who are majoring in health fields, business, social sciences, etc.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/pam/studentlife/advising/pamminors
Policy Analysis and Management Minor
Nutrition and Health Minor (non-DNS undergraduates only)
- The Nutrition and Health minor provides students with basic knowledge of global perspectives on human health, public health and nutrition, food quality and food service management, human health and nutrition, nutritional biochemistry and psychological and social influences on human nutrition. Given a holistic curriculum, students are able to understand the relationships between nutrition and health on both the macro and the micro levels.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/academics/undergraduateminors/nutritionhealth
Design and Environmental Analysis Minor (except DEA majors)
- The Design and Environmental Analysis Minor allows students to explore innovative design thinking and insightful research strategies to understand and design for built environments. The department emphasizes a systems approach to problem solving by combining human-centered design, environmental psychology, ergonomics, and facility strategy and management.
- http://dea.human.cornell.edu/minor-dea
Healthy Futures
- The Healthy Futures Minor is a multidisciplinary option for students who are interested in hospitality, healthy design, and health policy. Cornell’s Institute for Healthy Futures aims to improve services in healthcare, wellness, and senior living. This minor requires the completion of a design seminar and internship.
- https://www.human.cornell.edu/dea/academics/undergraduate/minors/healthyfutures