An
academic minor is a
college or
university student's declared secondary
academic discipline during their
undergraduate studies. As with an
academic major, the college or university in question lays out a framework of required classes or class types a student must complete to earn the minor—although the latitude the student is given changes from college to college. Academic minors and majors differ in that the former is subordinate to the latter. To obtain an academic minor, a total of two years of study at a university in a selected subject is the usual requirement.