Minor Information Page
Unsure of what your mandatory minor should be? Having double thoughts
about the one you chose? Or do you just need some more first hand
information from students who have already taken your route? Then you're in the right place!
Below are a few minors along with advice
and contact information, organized by CMU department.
CIT
CFA
H&SS
MCS
SCS
Tepper
Other
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Carnegie Institute of
Technology
Minor: Engineering Studies
Description: Embedded Systems/Computer Engineering
Pros: You understand how software relates to 'real' things
Cons: Hardwork.. but it's so totally worth it!
Works with CS: Yup
Advice: You can double count most of your science/engineering
requirements with this minor
Contributor(s): Geeta Shroff
Minor: Engineering Studies
Description:
Pros: Computers and computer architecture, CIT is a good department, Not that difficult
Cons: -
Works with CS: Yes
Advice: Engineering Studies is diverse and you can pick basically any engineering class.
Decide to focus on some, eg Computer engineering
Contributor(s): Ritika Sanghi
Minor: Electrical and Computer Engineering (Primary, CS is a double)
Description: -
Pros: Knowledge! :)
Cons: Lots of work!!
Works with CS: Yes
Advice: Go for it. You can get the best of what Carnegie Mellon can offer.
Great to get both sides of the subject
Contributor(s): Sirisha Pillalamarri (ECE Major)
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College of Fine Arts
Minor: Photography
Description: 6 classes: 2 History, 4 Practical
Pros: If there is interest, it can be very fun
Cons: It can be time consuming
Works with CS: It creates a nice balance and serves as a
break from CS courses
Advice: If you have a passion for it, it can be a very
easy/fun minor
Contributor(s): Meghan
Veltri
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College of Humanities and Social
Sciences
Minor: French and Francophone Studies
Description: 6 classes
Pros: Small classes, develop good relationships with the professors; this minor can give you more study
abroad options; you can easily turn this minor into an additional major
Cons: You may need to take first or second year courses as prereqs for the 6 required classes.
Works with CS: It's possible, you may need to be a little creative. Parts of language technologies work
well.
Advice: If you're interested in learning about other cultures/languages and want a break from technical
classes, then this might be the minor (or additional major) for you.
Contributor(s): Aleata Hubbard
Minor: Psychology
Description: -
Pros: - Double counting, nice constrast to CS classes but ideas are very applicable
Cons: -
Works with CS: Yes, if you focus on cognitive classes
Advice: It's a lot of fun, you learn a lot of things relevant to daily life too
Contributor(s): Belinda Chang
Minor: Multimedia Authoring
Description: -
Pros: Classes are fun but hard to get into. Have to go to English department to register/get off of the wait list
Cons: Hard to get into classes
Works with CS: Yes
Advice: -
Contributor(s): Kate Libby
Minor: Policy and Management (Double Major)
Description: -
Pros: Interesting classes in decision making and policy analysis. Practical applications for those who
expect to be a "leader" or in management later in a career. Not too difficult classes -- pretty easy compared to CS!
Cons: Little or no overlap with CS courses, aka no double counting
Works with CS: Not really
Advice: Start early! With little overlap for the CS requirements, you have to start early to finish on time.
Contributor(s): James Tong
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Mellon College of Science
Minor: Math
Description: -
Pros: Double counting
Cons: -
Works with CS: I thought I wanted to double in Discrete Math &
Logic but decided not to and I already have a math minor
Advice: If you like math, you take more but also double count a lot
Contributor(s): Gwendolyn Stockman
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Tepper School of Business
Minor: Business Administration
Description: Basic business courses such as accounting,
marketing, finance, econ, and business math.
Pros: Good general information, great if you want to work in a
corporation, in the finance industry. Good classes and teachers, helps
interpersonal skills
Cons: Not as challenging as CS courses, lack of breadth,
double major has too
many extra courses
Works with CS: Yes, especially if you want to move up in
leadership in a company. You can utilize your technical background in
developing business ventures/entreprenuerial ideas
Advice: Talk to business advisor and check out their website,
they are helpful and give a good sense of the MBA program at CMU
Contributor(s): Sana
Yousuf
Minor: Business Administration and Graphic Communication Management
Description: -
Pros: Easier than CS courses!
Cons: Hard to double count, business school over reserves the classes
for their students, so you're on the waitlist until
the first week of classes
Works with CS: Good balance
Advice: -
Contributor(s): Renee Rivas
Minor: Business Administration
Description: -
Pros: Overlap
Cons: Some business classes (especially statistics) are a waste of time,
but we need to take them for the minor
Works with CS: Works REALLY well for a job as an IT professional
or as a Trader/Banker etc in investment banks after
graduation. These places hire a lot out of CS
Advice: -
Contributor(s): Ritika Sanghi
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Other
Minor: Human Computer Interaction
Description:
Pros: Mix of design and psychology, fun, lots of double
counting, get to see how the user relates to technology
Cons: HCI methods are not fun...
Works with CS: Yes!
Advice: Take Cognitive Psych early on, take it if you like
designing pages and psychology
Contributor(s):
Ivan Gonzalez and Stephanie Rosenthal
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