IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum
Teachers and Students => Universities => Topic started by: MissDE on December 02, 2009, 02:37:27 pm
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Hello,
ppl plllz help me!
I'm now trying to decide what to study in the future.. and I have some questions..
What is the difference between a minor degree and a major degree?
How many minor and major degrees is the student allowed to do at once?
and what is the difference between "Double major" and "Joint major" ?
thx
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I have never heard these terms.
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I didn't notice any of them in the British universities' websites.
I'm finding them now everywhere in the American universities' :o
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They may be like diplomas and full degrees.
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Both British and American universities offer Majors/Minors and Joint or Double Degrees.
All of a university's main courses are Majors. Majors give you Bachelors and all that. Then, there are subjects that you can study with your Major, as a small part. These courses are minors.
Say, you want to be a Lawyer. Perhaps you want to work in Europe. You can take Law as a Major (single honours Bachelors, in this example). If your university offers it, you can take a minor course in a european language, such as French. This is how it will appear:
Law (Ba Honours) with French
You can't take a Minor by itself, and it is not compulsory to have one.
A Joint Major is when you take two Majors, but you study about 50% of both. The idea is to blend the two Majors together.
A Double Major is when you take two Majors and you study everything in those majors.
This should help explain double major and joint major (http://nyu.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5874015161/m/917100272)
Also this. (http://www.lynchburg.edu/x4303.xml)