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what is the difference between major and minor in college?
I am really confused about something: People always ask me what I am going to major in in college and I thought I understood what that meant until they started talking about "minoring" in something! What?! I am 18 now and not a minor in anything!
Can someone PLEASE explain what is the difference between a major and a minor in college?
Thank you!
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Modelkate did a great job of answering already!
I only want to add that sometimes people will minor in something that has most of the same required classes as their major.
For instance someone taking nursing classes, will find that if they want to be an alcohol & drug counselor, they already have taken most of the required classes. So counseling would make a good minor.
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You don't have to have a minor. For most people their minor is either a back-up plan, a specialty of what they're majoring in (example, someone might be majoring in pre-med with a minor in psychology) or it may just be an interest of theirs. I'm a major in architecture but if I were to chose a minor I would either minor in fine arts or french. The classes I would take with a fine arts minor could help me in the long run with architecture and if I were to minor in french it would only be because I like the language.
Basically its like taking a second major but you'll take less of your "minor" classes than someone who was majoring in that subject.
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