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A minor in English can enhance job prospects, particularly for engineering students, by improving technical writing skills, which are often lacking in the field. This additional qualification may help differentiate candidates in a competitive job market, especially when applying for co-op positions. While pursuing a minor is beneficial, gaining practical experience in the engineering field before attending graduate school is also recommended. Humanities courses, including philosophy, can further strengthen an engineer's resume, although they may not significantly impact graduate school admissions.
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Is it worth doing minor in English.
To be honest, my gpa is low, and I am looking into grad school once I finish my bachelor.

But I think having English minor would help me to get a job better than others.

I really do not know what to do. I want do something extra than my classmates. (We are kind compenting each otehr for a coop job)
 
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a_man said:
Is it worth doing minor in English.
To be honest, my gpa is low, and I am looking into grad school once I finish my bachelor.

But I think having English minor would help me to get a job better than others.

I really do not know what to do. I want do something extra than my classmates. (We are kind compenting each otehr for a coop job)
A minor in English is always a good idea! Although since you are talking about engineering, rather than a more abstract field like math or physics, I would think you would be better off working in your field for a while rather than going directly to graduate school.

(I misunderstood your title at first. I was thinking "do they have a minor in "English for Engineers?")
 
A minor in English is a wonderful idea for an engineer-to-be, especially with a concentration on writing. So many engineers have weak technical writing skills, it's scary. Documentation written entirely in the passive sense with ill-defined jargon, numbers and bullet-points in lieu of actual structure... it can get ugly.
 
turbo-1 said:
A minor in English is a wonderful idea for an engineer-to-be, especially with a concentration on writing. So many engineers have weak technical writing skills, it's scary. Documentation written entirely in the passive sense with ill-defined jargon, numbers and bullet-points in lieu of actual structure... it can get ugly.

On a related note, philosophy is actually very much about precise technical writing. Any humanities will add to an engineer's resume on the job market though (but grad schools probably won't care).
 
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