certificado de minor

13:27 Dec 9, 2016 

I had been reading Penn State's page before posting. Problem is this student plans to apply to several universities in Europe and the U.S. I'll have to use "minor certificate" and add a footnote.

12:48 Dec 9, 2016 

OK, thanks. I was cautious for that reason. There are so many tiny differences between American and British usage!

12:43 Dec 9, 2016 

"Certificate" might indeed be the best option, although in the US, for some reason, stand-alone documents are quite often called "certifications".

07:47 Dec 9, 2016 

And USC:

"Minors will be posted on your transcript and you will receive a separate minor certificate for each minor program completed."
https://undergrad.usc.edu/programs/minor/rules/

The thing is that "certificate" also means a type of course, which is similar to but not the same as a minor; there are majors, minors and certificates. But there's no ambiguity in "certificate of completion of a minor" or "minor certificate".

07:45 Dec 9, 2016 

In the US, completion of a minor can generally be certified on the transcript and the diploma, and in that case it is "certification". However, when a separate document is issued certifying completion of a minor, which seems to be what we're dealing with here, I'm not sure that document can be called a "certification" (though I'm not a native speaker of American English); I think it is a certificate.

This is from Penn State:

"7. The associate dean or designee will certify completion of minor requirements on each student record.
8. The Office of the University Registrar will prepare a minor certificate for each approved student. The certificate will include the signatures of the President of the Board of Trustees [etc.]. The minor certificate will be issued to the graduate along with the diploma [...].
9. The Registrar is responsible for recording on the student's academic record the successful completion of the minor program"
http://undergrad.psu.edu/aappm/L-6-minors-entrance-and-certi...