Explain College Majors and Minors to me like I’m 5 please

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I’m going to college for the first time and I want to Major in Engineering, didn’t realize I had to choose a minor as well and was thinking about Political Science. Do these 2 pair well as far as long term career benefits go? I’m oblivious to this whole college world…

EDIT: Aerospace Engineering, the Astronautical Branch. Sorry for not including in the original post. I’m just a guy who loves space/spaceflight and finally decided I wanted to do something about it by going to school and try to make a difference in the field. My ultimate dreams/aspirations are to work at NASA.

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You don’t have to choose a minor. A Minor helps you specialize. For instance a friend of mine wanted to be a patent attorney. He majored in Business and minored in engineering studies, before going to get his JD (law degree).

Major is your focus and minor is any other subject that may tie into your major but you don’t have to minor in anything