A graduate minor normally may be taken in only one of the approved graduate degree programs offered at Penn State. However, some formal graduate minors have been approved by the Graduate Council, such as the minors listed on this page. A minor at the graduate level should represent curriculum and study that reflect graduate-level concepts and scholarship, with a preponderance of courses at the 500 level. A doctoral minor consists of no fewer than 15 graduate credits of integrated or articulated work in one field related to, but different from, that of the major with a preponderance of courses at the 500 level; however, at a minimum, 6 credits must be at the 500 level. A master's minor consists of no fewer than 6 credits of integrated or articulated work in one field related to, but different from, that of the major; however, at a minimum, 3 credits must be at the 500 level.