Minor not listed on diploma?

xfer123
Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:58:45 +0000

Thanks for your replies. I guess I worded my question poorly because I guess it was interpreted not at all how I intended it to be. I didn’t want to write a lengthy question because no one would want to read it but I was looking for more of a quick answer that would uncover something I might not of known about how to represent if you minored or not. Let me explain.

I see how my question made it seem as if I was “title crazy,” but that wasn’t my intention. My situation is that I want to get into a field, which is related to my major but it branches off into another field that I would need to take courses to learn that aspect. I figured a minor would be a good way to show that I am educated in those aspects so I am definitely not getting a minor purely to try and use the minor on it’s own. It can coincide with my major for sure.

I know that practically no one will see your degree but what I was getting at is that if a minor is so undervalued as to not even be mentioned on your diploma, should I just take courses in the field I want to minor in to gain the knowledge necessary to get into the field I want instead of going the extra mile to complete a minor in it? I just thought that since a minor requires practically half the courses of the major, it’d get some more recognition.