You've decided to major in business, that's great! But what
about your minor?
Not sure what a minor is? A minor is like a “mini major”—it means that you take a certain number of courses (each university has a different requirement) in a subject area outside of your major. Most colleges do not require students to select a minor, but you may want to consider one.
How do you choose a minor? Here are three ways to make the decision:
Take the Strategic Approach
You can make choosing a minor a strategic decision,
selecting a subject based on your intended career path. For example, if you
want to work with international businesses, a minor in political science or
another language might serve you well as a minor. If you want to work for
high-tech companies, declaring a minor in computer science or engineering will
help you develop some knowledge about these industries. If you love to work
with numbers, you might choose a math minor—math always comes in handy in business.
Follow Your Passion
But your minor doesn't have to be a career move. You can
declare a minor in theater because you love to read plays and want to learn
more the history of theater. If you have always been fascinated by biology but
don't want to make a career out of it, now's the time to learn all that you
can.
Use Logic
Look at the courses you'll be required to take for your
major. You may find that filling these general requirements puts you very close
to the requirements for certain minors—you may just have to take two or three
more courses to qualify.
You don't have to know your minor going in to your freshman
year, but it's a good idea to start early so that you can meet all the
requirements. As with majors, you can change your minor along the way (although
this can mean taking extra courses to graduate). And, you can always drop your
minor entirely; so, if you decide by your junior year that you don't want to
finish all those biology classes, you can drop back to just a business major
with no minor at all.
