<p>I am going to school earning a BA in Music and I'm also planning to minor in math. However since these are two very different fields I'm wondering what a math minor can do for me. I'm good at math, but of course I'm mainly just doing it for job security. I'm not sure what I could be offered with a math minor, but I worked as a peer math tutor when I went to community college and was thinking I the minor could help me be more qualified to tutor math elsewhere, but I'm not sure if it will. As far as my music major goes, I plan on going to graduate school with hopes of teaching with my degree, in addition to performing, producing, ect. So I'm not necessarily concerned about not finding work in music. I'm just getting the math minor for extra security, but it will be an extra semester of course work for me overall, so is it worth it?</p>
<p>I don’t think it would bring you much as a music major. I think it would be a nice small thing to highlight on your resume that you do have some quantitative chops so you’re no random guy either. I wouldn’t say it’d do a whole lot for you.</p>
<p>I am two classes away from completing my physics minor and I was told it was pretty pointless (am a math major).</p>
<p>I say stick with the music then, the math minor would be pointless, in order to get a decent job like a manager at a bank or insurance analyst you would probably need more than a math minor. plus those types of jobs like to hire people who major in business or economics.</p>
<p>but if you like to do math, then continue with it. what about minor in computers and you can write yourself computer codes to inscript your music. (I don’t know… I know nothing about music! I’m an engineering student)</p>
<p>I was a math major as an undergrad (actually computational math) and a math minor will not do much for you. Most industries that need employees with math skills will use math acquired from courses taken in the junior/senior year of college. A math minor consist (usually) of:</p>
<p>Calculus I
Calculus II
Calculus III
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
and 2 more courses</p>
<p>Most of the math needed by employers will require math past the “2 more courses”, like operations research, probability, statistics, etc. Even mathematical finance or mathematical economics are junior/senior-level courses.</p>