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.

为了在以后的职业中更有竞争力，很多大学生选择修专业课以外的辅修课。这是十分必要的，因为他们必须要比那些只专注于专业的人更努力。但是，我认为参加辅修课是十分值得的。

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.

辅修课是研究领域的一种选择，是一种补充，或许会和你学习的主要领域完全不同。学生用辅修课去填补个人兴趣或者补充他们当做专业的一切。它占的比重比专业要小。

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.

如果一个人的辅修课程是他喜欢的，参加辅修课对学生个人来说是重要的；比如，他想去医学院他就选择生物专业，但是同时他也爱好小提琴，因而辅修了音乐。他们个人也可能对获得技能和某一领域的培训感兴趣，但是对专业要求的课程不感兴趣。

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.

专业地说，辅修课可以是一项巨大的帮助。一个人可能会需要职业生涯的额外训练，辅修课能够提供这样的训练（比如会计）。一个人也可能想通过参加课程和接受企业通常感兴趣的某一领域的培训来提高履历。

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.

考虑到目前就业市场严峻的就业形势，两手准备总是更好的。比如，如果一个学生的专业是英语，那么他或她可以选择及会计或者财务作为辅修课来丰富知识。毕业后，他或她选择职业的时候就有更多选择，或者可以结合两门课程获得更多的机会。

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

总之，就未来就业和自我提高来说，辅修课对大学生来说是值得的。