<p>I may major in Engineering, and since it is a difficult major I may only have to option of minoring instead of double majoring.</p>
<p>How are these possible minors I am considering if I may want to pursue an MBA or do something engineering-like? By the way this would be at the University of Southern California.</p>
<p>Minors:
Chemistry
Business
Business Law
Economics
Statistics</p>
<p>My questions are:</p>
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<li>Why do you want to minor?</li>
<li>Would minor delay your graduation? (Assuming you want to graduate in 4-years?)</li>
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<li><p>Because my family would be paying a lot of money for me to go to USC and I would want to make the most of my education, by either double majoring or minoring.</p></li>
<li><p>No, it is very possible to do engineering and a minor in four years.</p></li>
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<p>If you have to overload to get the minor, it is not worth it. Do it for self satisfaction. You are better off concentrating on your major. Son double majored in engineering and economics, and minored in business. Slight hit on gpa becuase of overloading 3 semesters with an extra class. In the end the economics part did not help with job offers and neither did the dual major. Graduating next month with job offer in engineer.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that a minor or a double major “makes the most” out of your education. At it’s core, your education is a place for you to learn and be qualified for a career. In engineering, minors add little value to your qualification for a career and can often actually hurt your chances (if you are a Chemical Engineering major and minor in Plastics, you already have one strike against you with non-plastics manufacturers because they assume that is where your interests lie). </p>
<p>If your interest is an MBA, you will be better served focusing on maintaining a high GPA and seeking employment with a firm known to place alumni in top MBA programs. </p>
<p>However, if you have free electives to burn, and they’re going to go towards a minor or to Bowling 1000, I recommend Economics first, then Business, then Statistics, then anything else. You might want to steer away from business law unless your interest is to be a lawyer. A recruiter might look at that and assume you’re looking to work for a few years before jumping ship for Law School.</p>
<p>You can easily build a minor if your school doesn’t restrict you to what liberal art courses you have to take (beside the upper-level one… you can’t take all introductory, if I am not wrong…).
So say you need to take 6 LA, and two of them need to be upper level (not the introductory level). I can construct a "minor path’ just using a few of them.</p>
<p>Like others said… you won’t get the most out of your education like that. Depending on the type of your engineering major - you may easily get a chemistry minor, bio minor. Engineering students at my school can obtain a math minor with two additional classes - but it is already too much, considering an average engineering student has 120+ credits to complete in four years. That is, an average of 6 classes per semester. </p>
<p>Banjo said something very important - real world experience. You are better off to have that rather than to be a book nerd. If you are doing it out of “self-satisfaction” (like davh01 said), then by all mean do it.</p>
<p>What year are you in?</p>
<p>I am a senior in high school right now, going to college next fall.</p>
<p>As I was saying - you can construct a minor such that you can take the advantage of your liberal arts requirement. How it is done depends on your curriculum.</p>
<p>Do you know who your advisor is? Speak to that person (via email, face-to-face, phone call, whatever).
You have plenty of time.
I thought of double major, but as I am moving forward with my study I see it is impossible for me to graduate in four years, considering classes collisions, and amount of over credits I need to pay (or stay an extra year). Is it necessary for me to double major / minor? No.
I’d save my health and do something impressive outside of school.</p>
<p>So let’s get this thing settle so you can start planning. One last word - keep your option open and don’t worry too much about this yet. From time to time you may change your interest. Who knows.</p>
<p>It is a good idea to major in engineering undergraduate, and pursue MBA in the future. Give BBA a facepalm</p>
<p>^ Many business majors are failed engineer wannabes that couldn’t hack it is why.</p>
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<p>Less than 25% of engineering graduates stay in engineering long term. There’s more money and career advancement opportunities in business and management.</p>
<p>Business Administration. It’s a great way to show that in addition to being a good engineer, you have “soft skills” and know what money is.</p>