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(yè)中更有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力，很多大學(xué)生選擇修專業(yè)課以外的輔修課。這是十分必要的，因?yàn)樗麄儽仨氁�比那些只專注于專業(yè)的人更努力。但是，我認(rèn)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(lǐng)域的一種選擇，是一種補(bǔ)充，或許會(huì)和你學(xué)習(xí)的主要領(lǐng)域完全不同。學(xué)生用輔修課去填補(bǔ)個(gè)人興趣或者補(bǔ)充他們當(dāng)做專業(yè)的一切。它占的比重比專業(yè)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(gè)人的輔修課程是他喜歡的，參加輔修課對(duì)學(xué)生個(gè)人來說是重要的；比如，他想去醫(yī)學(xué)院他就選擇生物專業(yè)，但是同時(shí)他也愛好小提琴，因而輔修了音樂。他們個(gè)人也可能對(duì)獲得技能和某一領(lǐng)域的培訓(xùn)感興趣，但是對(duì)專業(yè)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(yè)地說，輔修課可以是一項(xiàng)巨大的幫助。一個(gè)人可能會(huì)需要職業(yè)生涯的額外訓(xùn)練，輔修課能夠提供這樣的訓(xùn)練（比如會(huì)計(jì)）。一個(gè)人也可能想通過參加課程和接受企業(yè)通常感興趣的某一領(lǐng)域的培訓(xùn)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(yè)市場(chǎng)嚴(yán)峻的就業(yè)形勢(shì)，兩手準(zhǔn)備總是更好的。比如，如果一個(gè)學(xué)生的專業(yè)是英語，那么他或她可以選擇及會(huì)計(jì)或者財(cái)務(wù)作為輔修課來豐富知識(shí)。畢業(yè)后，他或她選擇職業(yè)的時(shí)候就有更多選擇，或者可以結(jié)合兩門課程獲得更多的機(jī)會(huì)。

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(yè)和自我提高來說，輔修課對(duì)大學(xué)生來說是值得的。