<p>How does a minor look on a diploma? Is it even mentioned there? Is there a separate diploma for minors, or is it written on the actual bachelor's one?</p>
<p>Probably not on any diploma, just on the transcript.</p>
<p>No one is ever going to see your diploma. </p>
<p>Mine arrived from the university with a big rip in it. I never had it replaced. It never mattered.</p>
<p>What matters is your transcript. That’s what graduate schools or entry level employers are going to want to see.</p>
<p>Some overseas firms want to see the actual diploma. My brother had to get them (undergrad and grad) many years after graduating. But I don’t think most diplomas have your major on them, let alone the minor.</p>
<p>My diploma, admittedly from 32 years ago, does have my major on it.</p>
<p>^ My son needed his diploma for his overseas job.</p>
<p>I think his transcripts list the major and minors.</p>
<p>No major or minor info on D’s college diploma.</p>
<p>Our diplomas simply say Bachelor of Arts. </p>
<p>Mine also says Magna Cum Laude 
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<p>(H’s doesnt… ;))</p>
<p>My bachelors and masters diplomas have my major on them. So do the diplomas my kids have…majors listed on all. No minors listed.</p>
<p>My employer required copies of our diplomas.</p>
<p>Some schools give diplomas without majors on them? I’m surprised. I actually got two diplomas from my college, one for each major. I don’t think either had my minor on it, but I’m not 100% sure.</p>
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<p>I honestly thought MOST of them listed the majors on them…not minors…but, yes to majors. We have six college diplomas in this house…all have the major listed.</p>
<p>I meant “without”… darn typo!</p>
<p>Nobody will look at your diploma. </p>
<p>Even if an employer requires it (exceedingly rare), it will be part of a HR request to determine your eligibily for a job, not part of the interview and candidate selection process.</p>
<p>My diploma says Bachelor of my major. Since this major has absolutely nothing to do with what I do today, it doesn’t make any difference in the scheme of things. The coolest thing about my diploma is that my school changed names while I was attending. My class was the first to graduate from the school after the name change was incorporated. Students complained long & loud that we wanted diplomas with the “old” name … so we actually have two-sided diplomas with the old name on one side & the new name on the other!!</p>
<p>I’d be in trouble if someone wanted a copy of my diploma. It’s professionally framed (gift from mom) so it would be very hard to photocopy. Maybe I could take a picture of it and print it out…</p>
<p>I gave my diploma to my mom because I figured she paid for it. 
I’m in my mid 40s and haven’t needed it for anything yet.</p>
<p>S’s firm also required the diploma (international company). We had to have it professionally copied to a smaller size and then notarized by the university as a true copy. The university has clear instructions on their process, which they appear to do on a regular basis so the request can’t be that unusual. In his case, the notary signature then had to be authenticated by the state, and then “legalized” by the consulate, and then sent to the company. We have a pdf of the copy that has been handy. International firms do want to see diplomas as well as transcripts. But I think they could use the transcript to confirm the minor.</p>
<p>^When I was in Germany I was unemployed briefly. I remember having to get my transcript professionally translated, but even then I don’t think they actually needed to see the diploma. The transcript says I graduated with honors. My diploma does have my major on it and details about the kind of honors I received (both overall and in my major). It’s sitting in a drawer, I keep thinking I ought to stick it on the wall.</p>
<p>4 diplomas here from American universities (2 public, two private). Three BA’s and an MA.
None have majors or minors. Two (the ones from private schools) are in Latin.</p>
<p>One has “General Honors” typed on it (very small, different font than the printed diploma. The diploma was literally stuck in a typewriter and the words squeezed between printed lines!) Super tacky looking.
If I had known that was all I would get for finishing the honors program, I wouldn’t have bothered.</p>
<p>About 5 years after his graduation, H’s ex-girlfriend called. She was moving and had found a box of his junk under her bed–should she send it to him? He told her to take it to a thrift shop. She said she’d check and see if there was anything of value under the clothes, books, etc. A week later H got his (ivy, in Latin) diploma in the mail. Yikes! (He has needed copies of it for jobs.)</p>
<p>My DH had to present his diploma to get his work permit when we moved overseas.</p>