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And All That Jazz
Aug. 28th, 2006 11:38 pmI've been thinking about what I could possibly major in. I decided a good plan would be to just look at all the courses offered and make a list of the ones I was interested in. My list ended up being mostly composed of History and Classics, with one or two Rhetoric, Politics, and English classes in there.
For a few months now I've been pondering advertising, but unfortunately the Rhetoric and Media programs are combined here, and I can't major in it without doing a ton of public speaking crap, which I absolutely loathe. So that's right out.
I'm pretty happy with the idea of majoring in History and minoring in Classics (or possibly double-majoring), but my advisor told our class today that it wouldn't be a good idea to concentrate on two similar areas. I don't think you can get more similar than Classics and History, really. In Classics, my interests are Greek and Roman language and culture, which of course both have major effects on my interests in History, which is particularly the political climate in Europe from around post-US independence onward, and in the 20th century even more particularly.
Basically I'm asking for advice. Do you think it's crazy of me to go for two fields that will basically keep me in academics for the rest of my life, especially two that are so similar? I won't have very many options as to what I do with these majors, compared to the versatility of, say, English. Is that such a horrible thing? I don't rightly know.
For a few months now I've been pondering advertising, but unfortunately the Rhetoric and Media programs are combined here, and I can't major in it without doing a ton of public speaking crap, which I absolutely loathe. So that's right out.
I'm pretty happy with the idea of majoring in History and minoring in Classics (or possibly double-majoring), but my advisor told our class today that it wouldn't be a good idea to concentrate on two similar areas. I don't think you can get more similar than Classics and History, really. In Classics, my interests are Greek and Roman language and culture, which of course both have major effects on my interests in History, which is particularly the political climate in Europe from around post-US independence onward, and in the 20th century even more particularly.
Basically I'm asking for advice. Do you think it's crazy of me to go for two fields that will basically keep me in academics for the rest of my life, especially two that are so similar? I won't have very many options as to what I do with these majors, compared to the versatility of, say, English. Is that such a horrible thing? I don't rightly know.
