Value of a Minor in an undergrad program

NiceUnparticularMan
Sun, 20 Apr 2025 15:28:31 +0000

I agree with others. I have sometimes heard employers say they may value certain coursework, knowledge, training, or so on outside the primary major, in a variety of forms. I can’t think of a time one said it was important for that learning to be recognized by the institution as a minor, secondary major, or so on.

OK, so absent a truly open curriculum situation, you’ll have some sort of gen ed/core/distributional requirements outside of your primary major. If you end up doing something in sufficient depth, for some career purpose or just out of interest, it might make sense to do it as a secondary major or minor, if say you would be close to meeting the requirements anyway.

But I would not force it, just see how it shook out as the credits were building up.