My View on Minor at College

In order to be more competitive in their future career, many college students choose to work on a minor besides a major. This is quite demanding in that they have to work much harder than those who choose to concentrate on their major only. However, I think it’s quite rewarding to have a minor on the side.

為了在以后的職業中更有競爭力，很多大學生選擇修專業課以外的輔修課。這是十分必要的，因為他們必須要比那些只專注于專業的人更努力。但是，我認為參加輔修課是十分值得的。

A minor is an alternative field of study that is a complement, or perhaps entirely different from your main field of study. Students use minors to fulfill either a personal interest or to supplement whatever it is that they are taking as their major. It typically involves a smaller number of units than the major.

輔修課是研究領域的一種選擇，是一種補充，或許會和你學習的主要領域完全不同。學生用輔修課去填補個人興趣或者補充他們當做專業的一切。它占的比重比專業要小。

Having a minor may be personally important to a student if his/her minor is a subject that he/she passionates about; he/she may, for example, want to go to medical school (hence the major in biology) but also loves the violin (hence the minor in music). They may also be personally interested in gaining skills and training in a certain field but not interested in pursuing the topic to the extent that a major would require.

如果一個人的輔修課程是他喜歡的，參加輔修課對學生個人來說是重要的；比如，他想去醫學院他就選擇生物專業，但是同時他也愛好小提琴，因而輔修了音樂。他們個人也可能對獲得技能和某一領域的培訓感興趣，但是對專業要求的課程不感興趣。

Professionally speaking, minors can be a great help. One may need additional training for a career path that a minor can provide (in something like accounting). One may also want to improve the resume by taking courses and receiving training in a field he/she knows employers are always interested in.

專業地說，輔修課可以是一項巨大的幫助。一個人可能會需要職業生涯的額外訓練，輔修課能夠提供這樣的訓練（比如會計）。一個人也可能想通過參加課程和接受企業通常感興趣的某一領域的培訓來提高履歷。

Considering to the severe employment situation in the present job market, walking with two legs is always better. For example, if a student’s major is English, then he/she can choose the accounting or finance as the minor to enrich knowledge. After graduate, he/she can have more choices to choose a career or can combine the two subjects to get more opportunities.

考慮到目前就業市場嚴峻的就業形勢，兩手準備總是更好的。比如，如果一個學生的專業是英語，那么他或她可以選擇及會計或者財務作為輔修課來豐富知識。畢業后，他或她選擇職業的時候就有更多選擇，或者可以結合兩門課程獲得更多的機會。

To sum up, a minor for college students is rewarding as far as the factors of future employment and self-improvement are concerned.

總之，就未來就業和自我提高來說，輔修課對大學生來說是值得的。