decision help?

Colleges & Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p><em>_</em> Ramble: I am currently a business major @UT, but I would like to get a dual degree. However, I am in deliberation over a Communications degree or an Asian Languages (Chinese) degree. Yeah, yeah I may a native Chinese and a communications degree (Corporate Comm) would supplement my major, but at the same time, I am also considering hours. If I chose comm I just don't know if I could make it to graduation without overworking myself each semester. Chinese would be a little better in terms of hours. In all honesty, I love business and I would truly enjoy continuing my education in Chinese. I am not a very good public speaker though, and I feel as though a comm degree would help strengthen me in this area (and more). I also considering which degree is more...worth it(?), I guess, in the real world and even personally. arrgg. Help.
Thoughts? Input?</p>

<p>Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm up really late right now just stressing myself out unnecessarily over this, I know...</p>

<p>TL;DR - Chinese or Communications?
Also, how are these departments?</p>

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<p>Seems to me like Chinese would be a better option. While business and communications aren’t the same thing, it seems like it might be a bit redundant (I might be wrong here though). Chinese would make you more marketable too, lots of business is now done with China.</p>

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<p>If you already know Chinese well, then having the degree to prove it is pointless. You can probably test out of the lower-division classes and just take some upper-division ones to learn business lingo in Chinese.</p>

<p>I would definitely go for the more marketable comms degree, but doing both the business and comms would be more stressful.</p>