What is the difference between a minor and a major in college??

Answer 1

They are both concentrations in your studies.

A major requires you have something like 44 course hours (something like 15 separate courses) in this subject - for instance, psychology.

A minor represents a much smaller focus, or concentration. I can't remember, but I think around 15 course hours (around 5 different course) in the area.

Ideally, they should complement each other, and/or allow you to further specialize your scope of study if you move on to higher levels of academia.

So you could get a major in marketing, with a minor in psychology. Or a major in international relations, with a minor in French.

Hope that helped.

Answer 2

A major is your primary academic focus. A minor is a secondary area of interest. You usually take far fewer courses in a minor than you do in your major. Also, everyone has to have a major at some point in order to graduate. There is no requirement that anyone have a minor.

Answer 3

well, a major is something that you want to "major" in-whatever degree you want that most closely relates to what you wanna do as a career. A minor is just a little something on the side. The requirements to get a major in something is much greater than the requirements for you to get a minor in something.

Answer 4

One is your specialty that you studied in depth, and it is a broad focus over many areas of the subject. A minor is a less in depth study of a subject that does not cover as much. In my case my minor was American Studies, if that had been offered as a major I would have gone with that. It was where my heart was. -s

Answer 5

You take less classes in your minor.

Answer 6

They are both completely meaningless.