<p>why don’t you just get a minor in something you are interested in? in terms of employment, useful minors are probably econ, or some kind of language, in engineering, german/japanese is useful.</p>
<p>Language minors are useful, but they are much more time-consuming compared to the average minor.</p>
<p>If I were to minor in a foreign language are German, Japanese and Chinese really the good ones? How about Arabic or Russian as there should be more future development (I think…) and a smaller percentage of them speaking English in those countries compared to Germany and Japan?</p>
<p>As for the other suggestions, the Environmental one sounds interesting… What is the actual minor called?</p>
<p>The one I was throwing around before was Econ, and I am hearing either that it’s the best minor or it’s completely useless, depending on the person…?</p>
<p>I am pretty sure business degrees, majors, minors, etc. are all unavailable to people outside the business school.</p>
<p>The environmental minor is called “minor in the environment”. Its under PitE or Program in the environment.</p>
<p>[Program</a> in the Environment - The University of Michigan](<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/pite/students/minorrequirements]Program”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/pite/students/minorrequirements)</p>
<p>I think an Econ minor is pretty useful when going into engineering because it shows some sense of management skills that are important in the working field, even for engineers.</p>
<p>there is only 1 useful minor… that’s BRANDON MINOR</p>
<p>OP, J89 is straight and true in his/her advice. I have a client who is a major recruiter in the eng discipline. There is a world of ways to use that PitE program curriculum in the field. So unless you were specializing in environmental engineering (where it might be a touch redundant) that would be a great pick.</p>
<p>In addition, econ is never “useless” per se when you’re entering your discipline, as most of the employment opportunities will be fortune 500 cos., gov, or civil, all of which are hugely concerned with comprehension and response to the economy and all of which benefit from a comprehension of economic theory.</p>