How to plan an individual minor in the PlanApp?
You can use the Osiris PlanApp to plan your study programme and to request approval for your electives. Planning a minor can be done in the PlanApp via the Course Catalogue and Plan Later. For a detailed explanation on how to plan a pre-made minor, go to the manual How to plan a minor in the PlanApp?.
It is also possible to add an Individual Minor in Osiris. However, this combination of courses cannot have a custom title in Osiris ánd will not be mentioned on your diploma. You could always mention your minor on your CV!
Tip: Ask for advice at the Student Career Centre on how to create a nice CV. When you think you have very good reasons to still include an Individual Minor in your electives, then first discuss this with your study advisor and then use the following manual.
BE AWARE to always save your plan in between changes and before you close the PlanApp.
In order to make your study plan definite, you need to request approval for your electives. For information on how to request approval for your electives, see the manual How to request approval for electives?
This manual describes how to plan an individual minor in the PlanApp
- If you wish to set up several courses as an individual minor, you first have to add these courses separately as electives in the PlanApp.
- When following an individual minor composed of WUR courses you can easily plan them in the PlanApp. How to add a course in the PlanApp is described in this manual How to plan a course in the PlanApp?
- When following an individual minor composed of courses from another university plan these courses by following this manual How to plan electives from another university?
- After adding the courses to the PlanApp, you have to submit a request for the individual minor to the examining board by sending them an email with your study advisor in the cc field. If the examining board approves of the minor, they will add it to Osiris and it will show up in your PlanApp under the PLAN LATER menu.
BE AWARE that after the examining board added the individual minor in Osiris, you still need to request approval for electives in the PlanApp. For more information on requesting approval for electives, see the manual How to request approval for electives?
The individual minor cannot be entered in Osiris anymore after you have graduated.