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Offline MissDE

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Minor and Major Degrees
« on: December 02, 2009, 02:37:27 pm »
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
« Last Edit: December 02, 2009, 02:44:27 pm by MissDE »

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Re: Minor and Major Degrees
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2009, 03:05:42 pm »
I have never heard these terms.

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Re: Minor and Major Degrees
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2009, 03:12:24 pm »


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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Re: Minor and Major Degrees
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2009, 03:17:50 pm »
They may be like diplomas and full degrees.

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Re: Minor and Major Degrees
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2010, 11:07:37 am »
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
Also this.