What is the difference between minor and major?
In a minor, you usually complete around 15 units of a subject. You often are given more freeway in which sequence of classes you want to take. At my college, for a minor we have to do a majority of it in upper division classes. In a major, you take around 60 units of a subject. Around 30 units are lower division classes, and you are often told to follow a certain sequence of classes. The other 30 units are upper division classes in whatever subject.In both a minor and major, you can choose an emphasis/concentration which is just selectively studying topics within a field. For example, I can major in History at a college, but then I can choose an emphasis in U.S. History, which would mean to take many classes, more than other History emphasis/concentration, in U.S. History.
What is the difference between a MAJOR tune up and a MINOR tune up?
I have a 1988 chevy cavalier z24, and wanted to get a tune up. The mechanic told me I didn't need one, "Well, at least not a Major tune-up. Maybe a minor one." I thought it was just a figure of speech, but I realized it was a such thing as minor and major tune ups.
What's the difference between a major and a career and the difference between a university and a college?
A career is a job for which you have extensive training and you plan on pursuing for your entire professional life. For example a job would be working at a shoe store in the mall but a career would be working as a nurse in a hospital. A major is the subject you are concentrating your studies on in college/university, and often the subject of your degree. Such as political science, biology, nursing, mathematics, women's studies. So in the States you say you are going to college to study [biololgy] (or majoring in [biology]) and you plan on pursuing a career in medicine. Generally, the only difference between a college and university is in the variety of degrees and the availability of higher degrees. At a college, you are usually more limited in areas of study and there are no graduate programs (masters or doctorate). At a university, there is a wider variety of areas of study and there are graduate programs available. This is just the typical difference and not all universities and colleges fall into this, but most do.
What is the difference between a double major and a major and a minor?
Almost every school requires a major field of study (aka, a major). Some require a minor field of study, too. The curriculum of the major outlines the courses and other requirements to establish a sufficient undergraduate education show basic expertise in the discipline. Many programs will additionally offer minors, which focus on a subset of essential courses or which integrate courses across multiple programs to represent a significant study in that discipline, but not sufficient to claim basic expertise.In some cases, a minor grants you the ability to take courses that might not otherwise be available; for example, a prior school where I taught offered a minor in computer engineering, and you could take all of the fun CE courses (like VLSI) without taking those annoying math and physics prerequisites. Sometimes a minor is sufficient preparation for advanced study; in many cases, a minor in CS is sufficient (if you meet other criteria) for an MS in CS, but usually not direct entry into a CS PhD program.The number of credits required to graduate should not change, but only your school can tell you that. However, the number of credits required to complete both majors may well exceed that number. I have a student who is attempting to double major in secondary mathematics education (which requires all of the education courses plus most of a mathematics major) and musical theater (which is essentially a double major in music and in theater). When all of these credits are added, along with general education, this student will likely be here for eternity. If he’s happy, I can’t object, but I would not stay around another year for a second major unless you have evidence that the major will prove necessary for some absolute future plan.
In the US, what's the difference between a major, a minor and a bachelor's degree?
A bachelors degree is a credential earned at a college or university that is designed to take 4 years of full time study.A major is the field that you study during your time in college. It should make up the majority of the classes you take. Some people will have two majors, but that's uncommon. You need a major to graduate.A minor is a field that you study in less detail. To get one you'll have to take a fair number of classes in the subject. You'll have enough information to gain a passing familiarity with the subject, but not extensive knowledge. You do not need a minor to graduate.
What is the difference between Majors, Minors, and Degree Programs?
Petty good answers so far. But, you'll still take the same number of classes whether you minor or not; you'll just fill what would have been a minor with electives. A bachelor's degree requires about 120 hours either way you go. Degree program: All of the courses required to get a degree from the college. The BS in Biology and the BA in English are degree programs. "Bachelor of Business Administration" is a degree program that has a major of "Business Administration". Major: The concentration or specialization of your studies. Majors tend to equal about 50 semester hours or roughly half of the degree in a liberal arts program and close to 90 semester hours (3/4 of the degree) in professional programs. The rest of the courses you ask? General education and core liberal arts that everyone takes like literature, math, science, social sciences, etc... Everyone eventually picks a major but it's possible to major in "liberal arts", "general studies", "humanities" also - very wide degrees with little occupational application. Minor: a secondary specialization following a specific path. They usually require 18-21 hours of classes (6-8 classes) as compared to the nearly 20 or more classes a major requires. Some majors require a minor, most don't. Most people pick a minor that 1) is something they want to learn about but can't justify getting a whole degree in (mine was 'theatrical costume design and construction'; not something there are a lot of jobs in) 2) something that enhances their major's job prospects (such as an accounting major with a finance minor or a science major with a tech writing minor; hoping to become more employable or qualify for grad school). Some pick a minor by default. I've known a lot of people that changed majors after completing enough courses in their original major to have a minor. My wife changed her major from Literature to Communication after three years as an English major -- she obviously had already completed an entire English minor by then.
What's the difference between a degree and major?
Your degree is what you will get upon graduation. You will actually have a paper diploma. There are a number of different types of degrees - associates degree (a 2-year degree), bachelors degree (4-year degree) and various postgraduate degrees like your masters degree or your Ph.D. You will achieve your degree in your major field of study. For example, if you graduate from a university in which you majored in Psychology, you will have a bachelor's degree in Psychology. If you don't know what your major is, you're likely an "undeclared" major. That simply means you haven't decided what you want to major in, yet. Have you attended any other universities? If not, then you don't have to worry about the degrees earned in the process. It's irrelevant. If you have attended other universities, though, how long did you stay at them? If you took a few classes, you likely didn't earn a degree. Many community colleges have two-year programs that allow their students to transfer to universities after receiving their associates degree. If you did this, you would list the college you attended and that you received your associates degree.
Difference between masters degree and major?
yep. the major is the name of the subject you study. master's is the level of degree you earn (Associate's < Bachelor's < Master's < Doctorate) a minor is like a min-major. generally, you are required to take at least 6 classes belonging to a different subject to get a minor. for example, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Industrial Engineering would mean that you'd earn a 4-year degree in Electrical Engineering, but also took enough Industrial Engineering classes to be make it worth mentioning.
What is the difference between minor, major, BA, MA, MS and PhD?
BA is graduate level for arts and at times fine arts subjects, M.A, is post graduate for arts and fine arts field and M.S. is master of science...for science subjects and ph.d sometimes also call by other abbreviations Ph.D., D.Phil., or simply DPhil, in different countries. A person who achieve a doctorate degree may be referred to as a doctor or "Dr." in front of his or her name.Most PhD degrees require the completion of coursework, comprehensive exams, and a dissertation. It is one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by any university. It is an advanced research field that fosters the development of independent research skills.You can opt for Ph.D. in almost any field like :-AccountingEconomicsFinanceHealth care managementOrganizational behaviorStatisticsEngineeringBiochemistryBiotechnologyChemistryPhysicsMathematics....other than the regular arts and fine arts subjects.Best of luck!
What's the difference between a program and a major?
(Presumably in the context of colleges & universities, not software, or program management.)The terms are often used interchangeably. Sometimes a major offers several different options or concentrations - sometimes those are referred to as programs. Sometimes different degrees, offered within a department, are referred to as programs. Sometimes they offer interdisciplinary degrees that involve study in multiple departments (e.g, MIT’s BS in “Chemistry & Biology” (course 5–7). (“Course” or “Course of Study” is another term one often comes across.)