Does anyone really do anything with their minor?

[karmasabiotch]

In my case it was a waste of time and money. If so what was your minor ?

[melindafelinda]

Science Education. I thought I would be a teacher until my student teaching experience. A room full of 3rd graders tried to hug me and I decided I could not handle that.

[cbwm1]

Mine was sociology - major was Public Relations.

I guess it kind of helped with looking at groups of people/society when dealing with PR crap. But for the most part, I've done nothing with it. I did love the subject, though.

[gault]

Music.

I was originally music ed, but switched to the uber-lucrative English/Mass Comm double-major.

I will always love to sing, so it was no big thang. I still sing for weddings/funerals/etc and am in a choir.

[ooglie26]

Mine was Psychology, and I've used it. In fact, I'm going back to get my Undergrad in Psychology, so prep/refresh for a Grad program I hope to enter in the next 2 years.

[cahabalily]

Yes. Mine was in agronomy and soils, and having it kept me from having to take two semesters' worth of classes for my doctorate.

[PinkSquirrel]

I have two minors that I use at least as much as my degree. They didn't cost me anything extra

[LLL]

Yes, mine was in Communications which has been useful in all the jobs I've had post college

[gozf]

I definitely used mine. My degree is in English and my concentration was non-fiction writing, which has served me well and a pr and communications professional.

[exploding people]

Mine was Theatre. I work for a company that manages theatres (touring venues), but it's definitely a stretch to say I'm using it.

Theatre is still a hobby though, so there's that.

[darkling_glory]

I'm only posting this because it's the most useless minor ever -- GERMAN.

6 years post undergrad and I can remember how to say a few words and sentences and that is it!

[karmasabiotch]

Sept 10, 2012 13:21:28 GMT -5 ooglie26 said:

Mine was Psychology, and I've used it. In fact, I'm going back to get my Undergrad in Psychology, so prep/refresh for a Grad program I hope to enter in the next 2 years.

Do you need to have a psych degree to go to grad school for psych? Or is it a Psy.D. type of program?

[Deleted]

Honestly, declared minors only make sense to me if they enhance your degree or what you want to do.

Math w a minor in computer science makes sense to me.

Philosophy with a minor in math does not.

I chose to have real, fun electives instead of minoring in anything. I took a class in every subject, I think.

[Deleted]

Professional Writing - when I was working in PR (my major) it helped a lot and was used daily, now that I'm in environmental it helps me with technical writing, but not on a daily basis.

[sessy]

I had two minors pre-law and Spanish. The pre-law minor was just for fun, and I use Spanish all the time.

[jane6672]

Yes, I've found my Business minor to be useful, and it was a good compliment for my major (visual communication arts).

[ooglie26]

Sept 10, 2012 13:36:15 GMT -5 karmasabiotch said:

Sept 10, 2012 13:21:28 GMT -5 ooglie26 said:

Mine was Psychology, and I've used it. In fact, I'm going back to get my Undergrad in Psychology, so prep/refresh for a Grad program I hope to enter in the next 2 years.

Do you need to have a psych degree to go to grad school for psych? Or is it a Psy.D. type of program?

The information I've gotten from admissions is confusing, so I'm scheduling a consult with the Dean of the Psych program. I accumulated alot of credit hours in my minor (I think I'm 4 or 5 classes short of my undergrad in Psych?). According to Admissions, this may be enough for me to go straight into the Graduate program, since I'm thisclose. I'd like to go ahead and get my Undergrad in Psych, as its been 6 years since I sat in a classroom. I feel like the remaining classes would be serve as refreshers, to get me back in the saddle.

I will be able to get my graduate as a Clinical Psych, or go a little longer to be a licensed MHC. They also have an excellent Psy.D. program...but that's going to be a few years down the road (if I plan on pursuing it).

Hope that helps!

ETA: Eye can nawt spel 2day. Also, added more info for clarification.

[Deleted]

Mine was music (I was only one class away from a double major), and although I never used it in my career, I think it helped me with my logical thinking and creativity. Music theory is a lot like math, so I used a different part of my brain than for my poli sci major. And I'll be able to teach my kids some stuff. I think at my college we were required to have a major and a minor, unless we were double majors.

[drrn04]

mine was Spanish with a focus on historical Spanish literature (as opposed to modern lit/grammar/linguistics,etc) . It helped me beef up my language skills enough that I could communicate w/ Spanish speaking parents at work. Not quite fluent, but enough that I could give them a decent update and help teach them how to help take care of their little one while on our unit. I wouldn't say i ever used the literature portion, except that I enjoyed learning about the literary history of Latin America, and reading the texts in their original language.

It is all coming back to me now, as Natalie is obsessed w/ learning Spanish. So we read a Spanish-English picture dictionary at night, and play Spanish bingo by day.

[litebright]

Mine was theater. I still do it occasionally as a hobby -- taking improv classes and such.

I'm going to be doing some web voice-over work for my PT job, and possible some on-camera web stuff eventually. I think having the theater background makes me more prepared for that, although it's not really acting per se.

And LOL at German. I took enough German classes that my minor became a second major, and I still can barely hold a conversation. That stuff gets rusty fast if you don't use it.

I don't think I was particularly practical about any of my major/minor choices.

[Deleted]

Mine was Anthropology. I was going to major in it, but I decided History and Sociology fit me better. At the present time, I use none of my degrees ( ) but I enjoy reading books on the subject.

[KKD]

I had two, Honors and Spanish.

The Honors minor pretty much means that I took a certain number of honors classes, most or all of which went towards my requirements anyway, so I didn't waste any more time on them. It's just something that would have looked good on my resume, I suppose, had I ever needed one.

The Spanish minor wasn't really a waste of time either, since getting one only required taking four college classes (above my high school fulfillments), two of which were mandatory for liberal arts degrees anyway. Having that minor in no way means that I am fluent in Spanish. I can understand most of it, best if spoken slowly, but I can barely speak it. Oddly, though, when we went to Paris, I kept blurting out Spanish instead of French. I don't know how many times I replied with "de nada" instead of "de rien."