College question??? Undergrad. Major or Minor??????
Graduate students are those who have completed a Bachelor's degree already and are either going for a Ph.D. or a Masters. A Graduate Major is what a person is going for their Ph.D. or Masters in.
Most colleges have a large selection of majors for their undergrad degree program, but when you get done with your undergrad, and want to continue your education, you apply for a grad program aka your master's program.
Usually this is an even more specific field. For example in medicine: you can graduate with a bachelor's degree in medicine, and then go on to get your MD (master's) in surgery, or family, or babies...some colleges only offer a few programs in their grad school. So an example might be a college that only offers classes for family doctors and surgeons. You would have to go somewhere else if you wanted to learn more about being a pediatrician.
Other things to make sure you do for college:
1)fill out your fafsa, which is your application for government financial aid
2)take a placement test so you know what classes you can take (SAT/ACT and some also require an accuplacer as well)
3)remember that for every hour of class you have, you'll have at least 3 hours of homework. So don't overdo it. Take some hard classes and some electives.
and finally,
4) meet an academic adviser and work closely with them so you know which classes will count and which ones may just be a waste of time.
It took me 3 years of trial and error until I finally figured all of this out, so I hope you'll take my advice!
My major is Psychology.
If you are interested in more than one subject, then you can also minor in another.
For example: I really want to study Psychology, but I am also a little interested in Philosophy. So if I wanted, my main focus could be Psychology (which would be called my major), and I would also be studying some Philosophy, however it would not be my main concentration (my minor).
I would tell people I am majoring in Pschology, and minoring in Philosophy.
After you graduate (typically 4 years), you have a choice to continue your education, and get your Masters. If you did this, then you would be attending graduate school, and you would say you are a grad. student.
I understand how confusing all of the college stuff is, trust me! You eventually get it figured out though.
I hope that helped you!!
Choose a major for your undergraduate degree plus a minor if asked. Once you get accepted to the college and you start school you can always change your Major.
For example when I got my undergraduate degree I majored in Politics, taking about half my classes in that subject. In the US at least, you generally aren't required to choose a major when you start school (you may be required to list a proposed major but this isn't binding). When you graduate you get a degree in whatever subject your major is in. A minor is another subject where you take a large number of classes, but not enough for a full degree, and these are optional.
Undergraduate degrees:
Certificate (1 year)
Associates (2 years)
Bachelor's (4 years)
Graduate degrees:
Master's
PhD
Now, going back to Bachelor degrees, which is what you're looking at if you want a major and a minor. In order to get a Bachelor's degree, you pick a major. Your major indicates your area of concentration, or the general idea of most of the classes you'll take. For instance, a math major would take mostly math classes, and an English major would take mostly English classes.
Sometimes, when you're getting a Bachelor's degree, you want to do a bit of something else that isn't your major. Some people try to do two majors at once, and that's called a double major. That can get very difficult and time-consuming, though, so most of the time, people choose a minor. In some colleges and universities, you have to have a minor.
A minor is another area that you'll take a lot of classes from, only you won't take as many as for a major.
For example: a math major with a history minor would take mostly math classes. Of the classes that aren't math classes, most classes will be history classes.
Every school has different requirements. Usually, there's a credit system. Each class is given a certain number of credits, and you're told to take a certain number of credits for your major, and a certain number of credits for your minor. Sometimes, they'll tell you that there are certain classes that you have to take, but usually you get to choose most of them.
Hope this helped!
A major, however, is your primary education. It's the one that requires the most credit hours, and therefore, the most education/learning.
A minor is a much less intensive education that usually pairs along with the major.
For instance, my major is journalism, and my minor is political science. I want to report, especially on politics.
You do not need to be looking Master's degrees now. If you know you want to obtain one, work for it. However, Master's degrees can only be sought after once you have another degree.
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