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| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6849 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 97 of 169 02 October 2009 at 12:23am | IP Logged | |||||
I'm not so sure about that. TannerS, what are you planning on majoring in? You don't get to just pick whichever classes you feel like taking and then graduate once you've been there for four years. Your choice of major will largely determine what classes you can take and what you can take at the same time. Four classes is usually considered full time (at 3 hours per class), and 5 is a pretty standard load. So you'll have a really hard time taking 3 language courses (in different languages, no less), plus a creative writing course or two, AND your major classes. Now, if you're planning on majoring in one of those fields, it's a little more manageable. You can double major in English (unless your university offers a Creative Writing BA; mine only offers it as a graduate program) and Spanish and double minor in German and Russian, or whichever combination of majors and minors you see fit. But be warned, it will probably take a while to finish, and will be quite difficult if your university is worth its salt. People look at me like I'm insane when I tell them I'm majoring in Chinese and minoring in Japanese and Art History. Well...they look at me like I'm insane even if I only tell them I'm majoring in Chinese. :D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| sebngwa3 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6163 days ago 200 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Korean*, English | Message 98 of 169 02 October 2009 at 12:40am | IP Logged | |||||
As in "that's a major with no prospects"? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jessikt Triglot Groupie Austria ichestudiolangues.co Joined 5833 days ago 98 posts - 102 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: SpanishA2, Swedish | Message 99 of 169 02 October 2009 at 12:46am | IP Logged | |||||
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Yeah when I replied I sort of assumed that TannerS was considering incorporating these courses into some sort of
actual Major and was just wondering if taking so many differeny University-level language courses would be too difficult. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6849 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 100 of 169 02 October 2009 at 1:01am | IP Logged | |||||
Sure, whatever floats your boat. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5728 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 101 of 169 02 October 2009 at 3:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'll be graduating with a degree in Business Administration in December (as long as I pass my classes :P). I could tolerate the classes, although it certainly wasn't a passion with me. I started out in Accounting (just like my brother) because it was a high demand major when I went in (along with Nursing). After my first test in Accounting I decided I hated the subject (and 4 classes later I still hate it :P). If I had to do it all over again, and I weren't so tired of studying that I never wanted to see another textbook for the rest of my life, I think I'd double major in History and Marketing (or at least major in one of them) since those are the classes I really seemed to enjoy during my college career.
I hope the one thing I take away from my schooling is the desire to keep learning throughout life and the desire to have an intellectual curiosity about things. My weakest point academically is reading, which is something I really should have improved since it is so vital to any academic area of study. Since a main theme in this thread is majoring in a passion vs. majoring in something useful, like everything else, it needs to be done in moderation and avoid extremes. I really doubt most people who study Political Science think they'll be a president or PM someday, but of course politics will be a major interest in their life and they may even get a chance to have a career in their passion. I knew someone who majored in History because he wanted to be a lawyer, but never went to law school, and became a sales manager instead. Then again, my brother knows someone who earned an education degree and is a retail manager. I think having realistic goals, learning about yourself, learning how to learn, and gaining at least some basic employable skills should definitely play a role in deciding a major and in schooling. And as far as useful majors go, my brother earned a Master's degree in Accounting, had straight A's in his undergrad program with regard to his Accounting courses, and is still looking for a job over a year later in a major where the university claimed they couldn't graduate enough qualified candidates when he started out. But at least he likes his area of study and there are plenty of openings out there. I hope this post wasn't too long! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Glendonian Bilingual Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5716 days ago 26 posts - 37 votes Speaks: French*, English* Studies: German, Italian | Message 102 of 169 03 October 2009 at 12:56am | IP Logged | |||||
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Is anybody else very interested in sebngwa3's story about languages the US military? That might be a good racket
to get in on, with some very very big caveats... 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6664 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 103 of 169 03 October 2009 at 12:57am | IP Logged | |||||
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[QUOTE=hombre gordo] Has anyone studied a degree abroad?
I think it would be great to study a degree at a university in the land of one's target language./QUOTE] Yes, I obtained my master's degree in France and then stayed for the Ph.D. France is a great place to study (besides, it's a great place to live ;-) and the financing for doctorates is very generous. I really think that college is the best time to go abroad. I know so many people who moved from Minnesota to Michigan to go to college. Would it have been so different to go to Europe? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Belardur Octoglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5610 days ago 148 posts - 195 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2, Spanish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Lowland Scots Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean | Message 104 of 169 03 October 2009 at 9:09am | IP Logged | |||||
For US citizens, the National Virtual Translation Center isn't a bad racket, either. I hear it's below the going rate for professional translation, but as a side-, work-from-home-, or student-job, it's not a bad deal. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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