<p>My understanding of the differences between a Major and a Minor is that a major is what your main education will be about; what you want to do with your life and that a minor is a also an education in a different field of something ELSE that you want to do.</p>
<p>So... what is the difference between having a major and a minor and having two majors (Double majoring)? Just more classes?</p>
<p>A major would be more credits (more classes) than a minor, so having 2 majors is generally more work than 1 major & 1 minor. However, sometimes the 1 major & 1 minor may be more work than 2 majors, depending on what those specific majors and minors are.</p>
<p>Example: Most majors are about 10-12 classes, with exceptions being music and science majors, plus others that also have more credits. So…</p>
<p>2 similar majors: History and Political Science, each 10 classes (40 credits each major), so total 80 credits.
1 Major, 1 minor: Minor in Poli Sci, Major in History…minor=6 courses and major=10, so 16 courses*4 credits/course=64 credits.<br>
In this case, the 2 majors would be more credits, plus you have to add general education credits onto both cases. This would be the typical assumption that 2 majors is more work than 1 major & 1 minor.</p>
<p>The other case- where 1 major & 1 minor can be more than 2 majors.
I’m going to use examples of credit loads from my school to explain it, but it will hopefully give you an idea of what it is. </p>
<p>We’ll keep these examples as under one degree program, not doing majors under 2 different degree programs, which adds even more credits.</p>
<p>1 Major & 1 Minor: Bachelor of Music degree in music performance major and minor in music composition. Here, the major is about 26 course units at my school (26 classes basically, 26<em>4=104 credits, if you want to convert this course load with 4-credit classes) and the minor is 6 course units. Total- 32 course units</em>4 credits per course unit equivalency=128 credits, plus gen ed credits</p>
<p>2 Majors: getting a Bachelor of Arts in Music (12 courses) + major in a liberal arts subject, let’s just use History again (10 courses), total 22 courses, 88 credits, which is a lot less.</p>
<p>Usually, 2 majors would be more work/more credits. The exceptions would be when 1 major is music, or sometimes is a science major, or some other performing arts thing besides music (like art maybe, theater, etc.)</p>
<p>Iluvpiano - Thank you very, very much. That was quite clear and I appreciate the help. (:</p>
<p>You’re welcome.</p>
<p>What are you considering majoring and minoring in?</p>
<p>Iluvpiano - I’ll definitely be majoring in Business Administration - Individualized (general). My minor will be Art History as long as my adviser approves the course load.</p>