01-12-2009 at 11:05 PM
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Number of Minors
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Is there a limit to the number of minors one can have? I may be eligible for 3 minors and I'm feeling that writing down 3 minors on my resume would be a little ridiculous.
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01-13-2009 at 06:54 PM
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I think you are only allowed to declare one. I don't think there is even much use for having more than one anyway.
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01-13-2009 at 07:19 PM
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You need 24-27 units to complete a minor. That's 96 credits. You take 120 total in a four year degree (Engineering being the exception).
I don't think what you're stating is possible.
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01-13-2009 at 07:53 PM
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Yeah, I was thinking it would be kind of odd, but isn't there a chance that if some of the minor's required courses overlap with my major's courses there would be a possibility there? baaah I should probably take this up with my Academic Office. Thanks though.
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01-14-2009 at 06:39 AM
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No, you can't overlap your courses.
A course will only be able to fulfill the requirements for your major or your minor, but not both at once. That would be cheating the system, and they don't let us do that.
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06-16-2009 at 03:43 PM
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then how come a lot of commerce kids declare a minor in econ? i know the only reason a lot of them do it is coz they have overlapping courses
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06-16-2009 at 04:21 PM
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The credits they take in Econ for Commerce do not count for their Minor credits in Econ. They would still need the 24-27ish units of Econ outside of the ones needed in Commerce.
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06-16-2009 at 04:44 PM
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can you graduate with more than one specialization? (eg. biology ?)
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06-16-2009 at 05:13 PM
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What do you mean by that sinthu? You mean like majors? or just minors?
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06-16-2009 at 05:32 PM
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The credits they take in Econ for Commerce do not count for their Minor credits in Econ. They would still need the 24-27ish units of Econ outside of the ones needed in Commerce.
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Actually as a Commerce student, alot of courses overlap into Economics. When youre in Commerce, you take Econ 1B03, 1BB3, Stats, Econ 2X03/2G03 and Finance. All of these courswe count towards the Econ minor, hence why so many Econ students minor in Business and Commerce student minor in Economics 
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06-16-2009 at 06:24 PM
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Minor in Econ: http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...nt/pg1185.html
Minor in Business: http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...nt/pg1185.html
A minor in Econ does not require 2G03. It's a prereq to other Econ courses, BUT part of the Business curriculum. A minor in business is also 18 units after level I, so Econ courses don't technically count either...
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06-16-2009 at 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by samantha__
Actually as a Commerce student, alot of courses overlap into Economics. When youre in Commerce, you take Econ 1B03, 1BB3, Stats, Econ 2X03/2G03 and Finance. All of these courswe count towards the Econ minor, hence why so many Econ students minor in Business and Commerce student minor in Economics |
The strange thing is...because Physics students take so much Math as part of their degree reqs...they are forbidden from declaring a math minor.
Odd, no?
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can you graduate with more than one specialization? (eg. biology ?)
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No you cannot. I think specializations are designed in such a way, that even completion of two different ones would be impossible, at least within a reasonable amount of time (like maybe you could stay 2 extra years and finish it, but that would be pointless).
But don't worry, as with minors, specializations also don't show up on your diploma.
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What do you mean by that sinthu? You mean like majors? or just minors?
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Certain programs have things labelled "specializations" which are independent from majors and minors. I guess you can kind of think of it as a 'major +' since you complete the standard degree requirements, 'and then some.'
Example:
http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /calen...08/sec_559.htm
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06-16-2009 at 06:27 PM
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Hmmm, I wonder if I could get a minor in biochem. According to the minor in biochem page in the calendar I only need to take two 3rd or 4th year biochem to satisfy (because I'm taking biochem 2B03 and 2EE3 this year)
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06-16-2009 at 06:28 PM
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Let's say you're in CSCT and you want an English minor as well. CSCT students need to take 24 different units of English, even if their course is cross-listed. The same goes if you're an English major and want a CSCT minor: you need completely different courses.
Same goes for any other program I've heard of.
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06-16-2009 at 06:31 PM
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But to complete the biochem minor I need to take chem 1A03 and 1AA3. Since they were required courses for life science I can't get the biochem minor?
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