What exactly is the purpose of a minor?

<p>Say I major in biology and minor in finance and four years later decide not to go to medical school, would I still be able to get a job in finance with just a minor. What exactly is the point of minoring?</p>

<p>If you have an interest you don't want to major in then you can minor in it. Some people use the minor to supplement something, say an a psychology major minors in business if they want to open up their own business or something. Some majors/minors go hand in hand, ie accounting major/finance minor; sociology major/psych minor. That all being said, I think it is just a scheme for college to get more tuition dollars. I've known people who have like 3 minors, but they spent another year and a half at school. That's why I didn't minor in anything.</p>

<p>University of California loses money when kids double major, so im assuming its the same for minoring. UC started trying to discourage kids from double majoring cause of budget cuts.</p>