<p>I apologize in advance if I have posted this in the wrong forum - </p>
<p>I am having a hard time deciding which is best, or at least for me, in regards to double majoring.</p>
<p>I am majoring in International Studies and have been contemplating doing a double major in Anthropology. Would I be better off with two degrees or should I just complete my first degree and then go for my masters? Doing the Anthropology major in addition to my current major would add approx 1 more year (including Summer term) onto my education, maybe even a little bit more since I will be studying abroad next Fall... </p>
<p>Pros? Cons? Opinions/Advice?</p>
<p>Thanks!
Dee</p>
<p>Double majors are only good (for the most part) if they are in very different subjects. Like a double major in Business Administration and Physics is decent because it’s a vast variety of knowledge and classes. International Studies and Anthropology isn’t too bad.</p>
<p>Honestly though, it won’t really help you in the long run. Just get your Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and then move onto a Master’s degree.</p>
<p>well, this is how I see it. As I look back into college, I was planning on double majoring, in English Education and Accounting, but I finished my B.S. in EE degree, and graduated – I quit my acct degree for more than one reason – but regardless, as I look back into it what I found that I got was only what I was seeking to get – a degee to get a job and get on my own two feet financially. And that’s ALL I got. I didn’t come out a well rounded person, and I find myself struggling with many things as a professional teacher now because I didn’t take advantage of a minor, or major in other subjects. If I were to go back and do it again --I would have minored in Middle Eastern history, math, biology or chemistry, or journalism – why? Because I would have come out a well-rounded person. When a kid asks me, why are Muslims concentrated in the middle east region – if I had a history minor I’d be able to explain it to him/her, or if a kid wanted to know when, when and why the English language originated and what countries speak it as their primary language if I studied more history I could explain it to him/her, when a kid asks me what were the uses of the shark that Fritz killed in the Swiss family robinson book? If I studied a little more science I’d be able to explain it to him or her. I find myself struggling to explain some things and the poor kids are left to their own devices to find out stuff they want to know. So, I feel like I would struggle less as a teacher if I had a more well rounded education. So, in the long run if you want a comprehensive education, with which you’re able to deal with the problems of the world that you’ll face in your field – I think a double major or minor will serve you well. </p>
<p>hope that helps!!!</p>