What Was Your Minor?

[Cluey]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Also, how on earth do you minor at the graduate level? I've never heard of this. What do you do, write half a disseration?

Some of the programs that I have investigated have required minors, but they mainly consist of taking a few classes in an approved area. The approved areas are supposed to give you a broader view of whatever you are studying.

Hope this helps

[sairose]

Unfortunately my music ed major takes up too much time for me to even CONSIDER a minor.

THough mine probably would have been English or Theater.

[AOX81]

My minor was History.

[TigerLilly]

I was a biology major for my first year and a half of college, and now I think I'm 1 class short of a biology minor, so I might as well take that one class and get the minor. Bleh. There's a reason I'm not a biology major any more, though.

[ADPiAkron]

My minor is in Business Managment...who wouldn't find that useful in any workplace.

[aphigirly]

my minor is in mathematics. its pretty inadvertent. i am an econ major. to get into a good graduate program i need at least one year of college calculus. and then on top of that most graduate programs say to be successful in their program it would be a good idea that i take liner algebra and differential equations. so i end up having to get a minor in math anyway....the math will be definently be useful for me in the future

i could get a second minor in polysci if i wanted too, i only need one more class, but i'd rather graduate this semester instead

[ISUKappa]

I minored in Entrepreneurial Studies. It was only 15 hours, and it will help if I do ever decide to go into a publishing business for myself or work from home doing Freelancing. I used to love telling people what my full degree was:

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communications with an emphasis in Magazine, a Designated Area of Concentration in Contemporary Culture and a Minor in Entrepreneurial Studies.

Whew! Unfortunately, my dream job of writing for InStyle or People has yet to be realized, and I fear never will be. Now I'm thinking of going back and either getting my Masters in Professional Journalism or getting my teaching licensure in Secondary Education--or both! I have no clue what I want to do with my career!

[Rollergirl2001]

Minor-English
I want to go to grad school and get a Master's in English.

[swissmiss04]

I was a music therapy major w/ no minor up until mid-March. Now I'm a general music major w/ a minor in psychology. And about 45 hours worth of classes that mean nothing now, curriculum-wise. I could already be halfway thru my masters now.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin

Also, how on earth do you minor at the graduate level? I've never heard of this. What do you do, write half a disseration?

We have sectors, which are like concentrations. In Art History or Architectural Theory graduate programs, you can minor in your specialty language--which means taking more classes than are required to display reading knowledge.

Beryana--where did you get your HP certificate? I'm in a MS program in HP right now, getting my M.Arch afterwards.