<p>I am an incoming Warren freshman. Presently I am undeclared and I am
leaning towards majoring in math.</p>
<p>I understand the requirement for two unrelated PofC. I also understand
that a minor can be substituted for PofC.</p>
<p>Does a minor meet the PofC requirement completely?</p>
<p>Or does a minor substitutes only one PofC and I will still need another PofC?</p>
<p>If that is the case, can I just have two minors?</p>
<p>My thinking is to go for a minor because (1) it shows on the transcript,
(2) everyone (prospective employers especially) know what is a college
minor, and (3) PofC is a UCSD specific term and not familar to outsiders.</p>
<p>Can you tell me if there are problems with my reasoning?</p>
<p>One minor is one PofC, and you still need another PofC. If you’re a non-engineering major, minors are only require 1 more course (7) than a PofC (6), so you might as well minor. However, engineering majors have to do Area Studies, which are 3 courses, so minoring is a lot harder since it requires 7.</p>
<p>It’s fairly good logic, as far as I can see, and you can double minor if you so choose as well. It is important to note however that, depending on what field you end up going into, many jobs will not look at minors, but it never hurts as many isn’t all.</p>
<p>Also, one BIG difference is a PofC is made up of equal parts lower and upper-div classes, where a minor has to have 2 lower and 5 upper-divs, making it harder in that way as well.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you would want to do a minor b/c of reason 3. The term “program of concentration” doesn’t appear on your transcript, I’m pretty sure, so ‘outsiders’ wouldn’t necessarily know that you did a P of C. However, if you’re really interested in another subject area and can fit in the extra minor, then go for it.</p>