Joint major? Extended minor?

echicken

Hi everyone.

I'm wondering what are joint major and extended minor for...
It seems that joint major is sth like putting 2 majors into one, but how about if I wanna do post-grad with a BA of joint major? Will I get any trouble in doing post-grad because of a joint major in BA????

And for the extended minor, all I know is it is with a major requirement of lower division and a minor requirement of upper division....is it there only for the BA of General Studies??

Thanks for answering, good luck to your final guys

Insatiable

echicken;26121 said:

Will I get any trouble in doing post-grad because of a joint major in BA????

Yup, you'll get into a heck of a lot of trouble. I even heard that you could get arrested :omg: :zip:







































I kid.

A double major is actually doing three quarters of the requirements from two disciplines. There are some programs that are specifically designed for joint majors (e.g. criminology/psychology, business/psychology, psychology/sociology, etc.), meaning you won't take much more time to finish your degree. You could do a double major in anything really, it just might be a little harder if it's from two unrelated disciplines.

An extended minor is pretty much what you stated, but I'm pretty sure you could do it from other disciplines besides general studies.

Shi2

That is one of the choices which I can't decide right now. If I get a BA with 2 extended minors (which seems uncommon to me), how will it affect my job-finding?

Kevin M.

I think an extended minor is totally useless. If you were in competition with someone who had equal credentials as you, your extended minor would give you the edge. But the odds of that happening are pretty low so the extra classes you take are not really worth it unless you have a specific reason to do so. Don't do it if you don't know it will help you or not.

The benefit of a joint major is that it gives you flexibility in your job options and also exposes you to a broad range of courses rather than being stuck in one faculty the whole time you are at university. Just my general opinions...

randomuser

dont do it unless you can do it in the same amount of time cause its really not going to make much of a difference

honestly employers are not going to care, if you have a BA and so does the other person then they probably look at your job experience next, not whether you have a minor...i really dont think any employer will care at all, as far as im aware employers just care if you have the BA, maybe a grad school might take it into account, i doubt by much though

and kevin i think anyone stuck in the breadth requirements is basically already in a broad range of courses, my classes are so diversified its hurt me in course selection as i dont have a good second focus of courses in addition to my major, as i found out now trying to register in upper div courses, im basically stuck in psyc and crim now and cant take any other courses

madscientist

Well, I don't think there's a right or wrong answer. It depends on each person's individual desires and interests.

For example, I'm double-majoring in MBB and Business. The joint major degree requires a second major, and I liked the two programs so much that I decided it would be worthwhile to double-major in.

The major fits in my interests, is very flexible (electives allowing a selection of courses from the disciplines of history, anthropology, political science, linguistics, biology, ecology, geography, literature and art) and provides me with the academic background to pursue my research goals - covering business/pharmaceutical/health related issues across the world.

As for whether or not it affects how much I'll make after university... am I the only person here who doesn't care? I'm in college to learn, and I'm interested in learning about all the things in the double-major. So, I'm doing the double-major. Its effects on how much money I might make never even crossed my mind.

I'm hazy on the idea of why someone would spend thousands of dollars and years of their life to just to cruise through school. Doesn't seem to make sense to me. Why not take full advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you get to devote yourself to learning? If I wanted to just do the minimum and cruise, I could have saved a lot of money and time by going to a college like kwantlen or douglas. But instead, I'm attending a nationally recognized university 3,000 miles from home, perched on the brink of mountain. There's no second chance for this, so why squander it?

I don't mean to imply that people who don't double-major are lazy. What I'm trying to say is that I don't care if someone who cruised through college makes the same as me, or even more. Good for them. Congratulations. But that's not the benchmark I use, and that's not what I consider important in life.

randomuser

On the flip side we arent all able to enjoy the same college/university experience.

If I still lived at home I imagine the way I approach school would be much different...with my bills to pay and how much I -have- to work, I just cant devote enough time to school...for me its like:

"When the hell will this be over? Im already working full time, and going to school full time, I cant wait til I'm out of school so I'm just working full time"

Im probably doing the psyc crim joint major now, and it just happened incidentally

Anyway...to me, from people I know who are out of school and didn't go to grad school, the either:
A) Did something unrelated to their degree(s)
B) Did something with the degree, and basically got extensive training because what they learned in school was a lot different than what was actually required of them.

Broken Lizard

my dad works at a casino and he knows people there that have law degrees... lol
Yay, spend thousands to get law degree to be a dealer!! lol

siuying

my uncle once asked me where i can find all the best psychologists.. lawyers and statisticians in the world.. and being the dumbass i was.. i just gave him a blank look to which he replied the casino..

you actually do find a lot of people to don't expect to find in a casino.. gamblers aside.. i don't know where he could've gotten this information but i think he once mentioned briefly that he had a friend who was either in the executive/management level in a las vegas casino.. and that's what he told him.. o.O"

now i'm not a frequent visitor of the casino so i guess my curiosity to figure this out will never be sated.. =(

Shi2

I went to an advisor today and got many answers to my questions. To get a degree, I can choose a double minor, double extended minor, joint-major, major-minor, or a combination of the above.

What I want to know now is the difference between a bachelors of general studies degree and a bachelors of arts degree. How will either affect my job-finding and whether the method I choose to get the degree matters.

randomuser

to get a degree you can just get a Major too without the minor...I don't know if you knew that and just didn't type it.

As far as GS vs Arts, I don't think it makes a difference for job finding---depending on the job you want. A lot of places just want to know you have the piece of paper--which shows you have commitment and effort as personality traits (in theory anyway).

If you want to get into grad school or something really specific maybe itd be best to get a BA in something in particular (sometimes).

As long as what youre doing is a standard 120 credit degree it holds the same merit for the most part. (it's kind of hard to say what employers really want cause its always going to differ)