Add Value to Your Degree:

Modern Language Classes, Academic Minors, and Double Majors

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The big overview

• Courses outside your major: General Education, Modern Language

• Minor

• Double major

• Double degree

• Accelerated Master’s degree

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Modern Languages

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Minor: area of focus outside your major

• 18-21 credits

• Over 70 minors to choose from

• Topics from Aerospace Engineering to Writing

• Can “double-count” with Gen Ed requirements

Double Major: one degree with two majors

• usually degree programs with similar curricular structures

• Satisfy requirements for both majors

• “double count” Gen Ed and some overlap

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Double Degree: two separate degrees• minimum 32 credit hours unique to each

• Satisfy requirements for both majors

• “double count” Gen Ed and some overlap

Some interesting options for double degrees

• Majors with fewer required courses and more free electives:

• English (44 free electives)

• General Mathematics (39 free electives)

• Physics, BA (38-41 free electives)

• Psychology (34 free electives)

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Accelerated Master’s Degree• Bachelor’s degree + one

additional year to add Master’s degree

• A possible alternative to a double degree

• Currently 25 programs available at Michigan Tech

Why go outside your major?

• Employers value diverse experiences

• Build a unique professional profile

• Explore other interests

• Challenge yourself, seek out opportunities to feel ‘out of your comfort zone’

Why go outside your major?

Human skills will be critical to coordinating more closely with machines in a complementary way. But human skills alone will not be enough. A “both, and” mentality embraces the duality of technical skills with uniquely human skills. The human+ skills needed now and for the future combine things like programming + communication, artificial intelligence (AI) + emotional intelligence, or logic + ethics.

“Robot Ready” a report by the Strada Institute for the Future of Work

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