Double Major in Art + Something Else

College Majors
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<p>Right now I'm going to a community college and plan on transferring within a year and half to a four year institution. I've decided I want to pursue a BFA in art with an illustration emphasis, but I don't want to just rely on that. I would like to pursue an additional degree just to give me more job options, but I'm not sure what else would be a good idea. I love art, but would also like a back up plan. I know nothing's sure, but my advice from my high school AP English teacher was double major so you have more job options. </p>

<p>I was thinking of a BA in Japanese. I know it's a humanity degree so it's not exactly reliable, but I figured Japan is a major economy and we get tons of their products. Japanese movies, animes, mangas, video games, and technology (which come with instruction books) need to be translated, so I'm thinking translator would be a viable option. </p>

<p>I know science, math, engineering, etc, are more reliable. However, you don't want to know how much work calculus was for me and I'm just not wired to understand science. I've taken two biology classes and got A's in them, but I still don't understand RNA and riboflavin.</p>

<p>Any thoughts or suggestions for me?</p>

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<p>A language is certainly useful, and is probably one of the more useful humanities majors. However a minor might make more sense; language majors also include culture and history of the region. While useful, it’s more than you’ll need to just understand the language.</p>

<p>Also consider business. It’s virtually useful anywhere, regardless if you don’t want to work in a company. </p>

<p>I’m double majoring in business and something art related. At my school, there’s a special biz program that lets you take a slightly less intensive business major (12 classes vs 16 in the normal major) and another major. </p>

<p>Personally, I hate corporate business, but the knowledge I’ll gain will be very useful when I start a company that’s in a field I’m interested in (art for example.)</p>

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<p>My goodness those are such niche career paths.</p>