Majors and Minors

Undergraduate Degrees at Eastern Illinois University

EIU confers the following degrees at the undergraduate level: Bachelor of Arts (BA); Bachelor of Science (BS); Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB); Bachelor of Science in Education (BSEd); and Bachelor of Music (BMus.) 

Note: A student pursuing a degree other than a BS in Business cannot count more than 30 semester hours of business subjects toward fulfillment of bachelor’s degree requirements.

Requirements for Minors

1. Students should declare their minor as soon as possible.
2. No courses in the minor can be taken credit/no credit unless they are courses which are designated as credit/no credit (such as internship).
3. At least six (6) semester hours of the coursework in the minor must be completed in residence. These six (6) hours must also be taken for a grade in order to establish a grade point average for the minor.
4. Minor GPA is computed from grades earned in minor courses taken at EIU only.
5. Semester hours earned in independent study, research, internship, or study abroad may be used toward minor requirements at the discretion of and with the approval of the minor department(s).
6. In order for the minor to appear on a student’s permanent transcript, students must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00 in a non-teaching minor. Students with teaching minors who entered Fall 2002 and thereafter must earn a GPA of at least 2.65 in order for the minor to appear on their permanent transcript.