Chen Ming put down his schoolbag, took out his textbooks and stationery, and put them away. He turned around and asked, "Could it be about taking a second minor?"
The whole school should have been notified by now, so it’s not surprising that Chen Ming knew about it.
"That's it. I've applied to minor in English. What do you think about this, cousin?"
Chen Ming touched his nose and said, "I don't have any special ideas. For now, I'm just focusing on learning computer science well."
According to the current situation and the country's future development needs, Chen Ming and other computer department graduates will definitely enter scientific research institutions. Therefore, there is actually not much need for them to take a minor major.
Xu Manman came to see him today to clarify this issue. Otherwise, if his cousin really gets distracted and studies a second major, he will bite off more than he can chew and fall behind in his main major, which would be a waste of time.
Lu Wei, who was standing next to Chen Ming, poked his head out and said, "I'd like to minor in physics, but I heard the physics department has an assessment before you can apply for a minor, and the requirements are quite high."
Xu Manman looked at him with admiration. The physics majors of Peking University and Tsinghua University are considered to be ace majors even in the future. It is really not something that ordinary people can handle. Even Xu Manman, with her current IQ level, has no confidence that she can learn it well.
"Well... I think interest is one aspect, but practicality is also very important. Both of your courses belong to science and engineering, subjects that require a lot of time and energy. If you excel, of course you can make progress together, but if you don't, the consequences will be disastrous."
She also used the situation in her own dormitory as an example, "Our dormitory is half economics department and half political department. The political department focuses on theoretical learning and is more liberal arts in nature. The economics department is based on the liberal arts and adds some science. Overall, the difficulty is not too great, and currently economics is closely related to politics.
Moreover, the special nature of our dormitory members can also be regarded as our innate advantage. If the two of them combine to choose a minor major, they can help each other in learning and achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Including myself, I minored in English because I already had a foundation in English, so studying a second major wouldn’t take up too much of my energy and time.”
At this time, she remembered that there was a lone wolf from the Physics Department in Chen Ming's dormitory.
"Well, you could ask the guy in your dorm, isn't he also in the Physics Department? He'd think about it carefully based on the actual situation."
Lu Wei nodded thoughtfully.
Xu Manman didn't say anything more. After all, she had only met the other two people once. She decided to talk to her cousin in private about some things.
The course Chen Ming and his classmates took was Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The boys were very interested in the course, but Xu Manman only listened to the beginning and then buried her head in her English book.
It’s not that I don’t understand, or that the course isn’t interesting enough, I’m simply not interested.
By the end of the two classes, Xu Manman had finished reading the first textbook.
After class, on the way Chen Ming was sending Xu Manman back to the dormitory, Xu Manman still talked to Chen Ming about her thoughts.
"When I advised my roommates and myself to take a second major, it was mainly due to the reality.
Although we are just freshmen and there are still more than three years before graduation, we come to college to have a good future, and a good future means a good job.
Now, taking a second major can give us a little advantage in employment options, so we should try our best to get it.
However, the situation in your computer department is different from ours. You are mainly technical personnel, and most of your assignments after graduation will be in scientific research institutions. This extra advantage is more or less for you, but in fact, it doesn't make much difference. The focus is still on working hard in your major.
Of course, cousin, if you have interdisciplinary research interests and hobbies, that's another matter, but you'll have to put in some hard work."
Chen Ming listened quietly without saying anything in reply.
When Xu Manman said this, she suddenly thought of something and continued,
"Actually, if you really want to take a second minor, you might want to consider English. After all, English will be a major part of your subsequent studies. Even if you don't meet the degree requirements in the end, you might still get some unexpected surprises."
Xu Manman thought that the country would select a group of government-sponsored students to study abroad in two years. She was not sure about other majors, but computer science would definitely be one of them.
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