My family never ceases to keep it real. As soon as I posted the news of my major change, the questions proceeded to flock in. I am a melodramatic blogger/writer. I’ve always been that way. But yes, I truly thought my major change out because it depends on more than my “soul searching” mood of the moment lol.
1. I haven’t particularly decided what I am going to concentrate my doctorate in, so my major changed was not reflective of a graduate program choice. Studying literature sets you up for any program. Business, Law, Journalism, whatever. Every academic program requires analytical reading, so this is a solid foundation for any graduate school program.
2. I am most likely going to have to work my way through graduate school. Therefore, when I apply for jobs in my chosen field of magazine writing, marketing, public relations, etc., my employer needs to feel confidant that I can perform in that industry. Having an Anthropology major forced me to have to explain myself and rely on my past internship work experience to get me the job. Questions such as well aren’t you interested in archeology and digging up bones ALWAYS seemed to surface in my interviews. It got annoying and I realized that was not the brand I needed on my resume. Again, literature is writing, reading, and analyzing based, three skills that are the foundation of any executive position. For an undergraduate degree, I think that having those skills reflective in your major give your employer confidence in your ability in addition to any professional masters or doctorate you may bring to the table.
3. The Comparative Literature program REQUIRES all of its undergraduates to be bilingual before they receive their diplomas. Being bilingual, or even trilingual by the time I’m finished, will prove to be an asset not just in the corporate world but also for applying to any graduate school. We live in a global time, nothing is nation based anymore. Language requirements are a plus in every company and publication’s book, ESPECIALLY, with digital marketing and the internet forcing its presence on the world.
Those are just my three main reasons. RELAX everyone, the blogging is for your entertainment. I didn’t get into NYU for nothing people! lol