<p>Financial? If so, it's no different from other majors like english, history, etc.</p>
<p>Are you talking about becoming a successful professional philosopher?</p>
<p>^ Both actually.</p>
<p>Successful and Professional? Beggars can't be choosers... Actually, I'm not very knowlegeable, but I believe if those are your goals, your only hope lies in academia. ie. you will have to do post-graduate work in something ie you to graduate work in Philosophy, but you get a phD in something more specific. </p>
<p>Then, become a professor at a University and publish your work and research.</p>
<p>philosophy and economics
that's what i'm gonna do next year.
philosophy and economics are actually linked fairly closely. many different schools of economic thought rely on philosophy to back them up. economics is definitely the ideal double major along with philosophy. just trust me on this. at least take one economics class. you'll probably love it, and you'll be ok financially for the future with a double major in econ.</p>
<p>^ I took micro and macro but I really wasn't interested in them. Econ was my major but I decided to switch to psychology. I kinda feel bad since Econ and Phil were my interests in the beginning of the year and both are good "pairs" that will catch the eye of a recruiter, but I don't see myself studying Econ for all four years. </p>
<p>yea, leolibby you're right. I was already thinking about grad school or law school.</p>
<p>English, classics, psychology, history, and physics I think compliments philosophy very well. And it may not exactly get you very far, but it extremely intellectually rewarding in many many different areas.</p>
<p>Off the top of my head…
If the consideration is improving your employment prospects…
-Without going to graduate or professional school…consider pairing philosophy with economics or a core set of basic business courses (minor or certificate program)+ internships
-If you’re not opposed to graduate or professional school or a postgrad certificate program for nonacademic job possibilities, then try…
Philosophy + Religion —>Graduate Study—>Bioethics or Religious Journalism or Religious Education or Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Philosophy + anything that interests you —> Graduate Study/Certificate Program—> Nonprofit Management, Fundraising/Development/Grant Writing
Other possibilities (depending on your interests and what other field you pair with philosophy): TESL certificate, librarianship/information science, social work, nursing (possible indirect route into bioethics with a certificate or masters program in bioethics), science journalism (if you pair it with history-philosophy-sociology of science & technology), public policy (if interested in social and political philosophy), business ethics (e.g., a corporate social responsibility position?), technical writing, organizational communications/speech writing (if paired with a field like rhetoric/communications), computers (if you have an interest in logic), counseling (if paired with psychology).
You had already nixed math-focused areas and law so I won’t mention those, and I won’t mention the many possible fields of graduate study geared to academic positions.</p>