<p>I am a freshmen engineering major, undecided as to what field. I was looking at my school's website and it would only take 3 more classes than what is required to get a minor in math or physics. Which would be a better minor to get? To me it would make sense to do one of them, since it only takes 3 more classes.</p>
<p>Most employers are not going to care about your minor so just choose which ever sounds more interesting. I could have done a minor with 4 classes but decided not to because as an engineering major you already have to take allot of hours a semester to graduate in 4 years. Its going to end up taking me 4 and a half without a minor. So I would not do it if it would make you stay a semester longer or cause you do do worse in your other classes do to overloading hours. If it doesn’t cause either of the above to happen might as well go for it. I personally would choose math between the two just because I found Phys 1 and 2 kind of boring and have no desire to sit through 3 more phys classes.</p>
<p>CivilEngr is right. If you can handle it and these subjects really interest you, do it.</p>
<p>Physics and math upper-div will be heavily theoretical (prepare for that). I guess they’ll be good classes to train your brain to think more abstractly. This may be helpful for thinking for CS problems (if that’s your major).</p>
<p>^ So true. </p>
<p>How about instead of focusing on ‘useful’ (especially given you already chose a ‘useful’ major) that you focus on ‘education’ or ‘interest’. Things you learn in university don’t have to match neatly onto some practical outcome or job skill, but they may be extremely valuable if they change the way you think about the world, expand your mind or make you a more well rounded, educated and interesting person. You may never be able to explicitly tie a course to some sort of ‘benefit’ but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be extremely useful in some way in your future.</p>
<p>well what about a minor in sustainability design? it requires a few more hours but im pretty interested in it.</p>
<p>anyone? bump</p>
<p>“sustainability design” sounds pretty fun, but its usefulness really depends on what the program entails, and what you decide to do when you finish your undergrad education.</p>
<p>I agree with the other posters that you shouldn’t choose a minor for the purpose of improving your employability. Most interviewers don’t pay a whole lot of attention to your minor degrees. You should get a minor in something that interests you and is relevant to the kind of work you’d like to do.</p>