These instructions are only for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Use this information to either declare or drop a Minor or a MicroCredential.
College of Business students, see http://business.loyno.edu/forms
College of Music and Media students, see http://cmm.loyno.edu/online-forms
Before you reach out to the appropriate person noted below to declare your Minor or MicroCredential, spend some time in your Progress report in LORA considering how much time you have left for your remaining requirements. The formula for an on-time graduation is 15 credits per semester x 2 semesters per year x 4 years = the 120 credits minimum needed for graduation (in addition to all of your named requirements, and the requisite Cumulative and Major GPAs).
If you've already utilized most of your General Elective credit, your time may be more limited. Using your Course-Plan module, Plan out all the classes needed for a given Minor or MicroCredential and make sure that all the classes fit into the number of semesters you ideally have remaining. If these will take you past your ideal graduation term (and your available resources -- talk to Financial Aid) and the number of credits you have proven you can successfully complete in a given semester, you can still consider taking some of the classes for personal enjoyment.
1. Prepare an email with the below information in your SUBJECT line:
First and Last name, Campus-wide ID#, Adding/Dropping, and the name of the Minor or MicroCredential.
For example:
John Smith, ID#12345678 – Add a (SUBJ of) Minor OR Add a (Name of) MicroCredential
Jane Smith, ID#87654321 – Drop my (SUBJ of) Minor OR Drop my (Name of) MicroCredential
2. Send to:
- CAS students with last names A-J, Sara Clark, srclark@loyno.edu
- CAS students with last names K-Z, Edouard Crago, edcrago@loyno.edu
- CAS University Honors program, A-Z, Christina DiMaggio: cedimmag@loyno.edu
- CAS Pre-Nursing, A-Z, Nicholas Jackson, nbjackso@loyno.edu
3. Your new requirements will appear in your Progress tab (in your LORA account).
Access LORA through your Single-Sign-On Portal.
4a. Minor requirements can be viewed in the Bulletin:
Requirements may be different for students depending on what year they started at Loyola.
A) Loyola calendar years start in Fall semesters, and include the following Spring semester (for example 2024-25). If you started at Loyola in the Fall semester of the current year, go to the current Bulletin, here:
...then navigate to the department, then college, then the Minor.
If you started in the Spring semester of the current year, use the same current Bulletin as if you started the previous Fall semester.
B) If you started in an earlier year, go to the Bulletin Archives here:
http://bulletin.loyno.edu/bulletin-archive/undergraduate-bulletin
...then navigate to the department, then college, then the Minor.
C) https://bulletin.loyno.edu/regulations/enrollment-registration#minor
4b. A new weblink is on the way for MicroCredential requirements, but until then, see information here: https://www.loyno.edu/academics/loyola-core/loyola-core-badges