I Want to Major in Finance, but I Don't Want to Be a Business Major

<p>Hi guys!</p>

<p>I am currently planning on attending Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, unless I get into (and can afford) a West or East Coast college. </p>

<p>I am really intrigued by finance. I think that taking courses such as Investments I or Financial Analysis would be fascinating. </p>

<p>The problem is that there are so many business admissions requirements that I will have to take 21 hours each semester to fit it all in. I also plan on majoring in Global Studies with an emphasis in business/economics. </p>

<p>If I minored in finance, would I still have to complete the business requirements, such as Information Systems in Business or Operations Management?</p>

<p>I hope to become a journalist, but just in case I can't find a job, I want something to fall back on, as I think banking would be fun. </p>

<p>What should I do?</p>

<p>If you intend to become a journalist, you should do a journalism or a liberal arts major. So you know, banking is not a fall back plan for pretty much anyone. You need to have great reasoning abilities and the willingness to work way more hours than you sleep!</p>

<p>^Agreed.</p>

<p>Maybe Journalism with the possibility of Economics double major or minor through the College of Arts and Sciences/Liberal Arts College (whatever Missouri State has). Economics might satisfy your curiosity, in some upper-division classes, with learning how markets work in a financial, monetary, or banking sense. Some upper-div Econ courses go into stocks and bonds (and investments) too.</p>

<p>If I can, I would like to double major in Global Studies with an emphasis in business and economics and journalism while minoring in finance… I don’t even know if this is possible. </p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

<p>“Global Studies” is quickly becoming a major that everyone loves to pursue, but most businesses have little use for (compared to accountants, engineers, financial analysts, health-care workers, technology workers, salespeople).</p>

<p>I suppose it’s technically possible. I just read an article today spotlighting 27 UC Berkeley undergrads who are triple majors. They need to take 20+ units every semester, and they all need to be really proactive and organized, but not neccessarily intellectually superior than their peers.</p>

<p>If you plan to triple major in Global Studies, Econ, and Journalism, then expect to have almost no social life.</p>

<p>Do(es) your school(s) offer Global Studies with an emphasis in business and economics, or is it just Global Studies with no concentrations? If there is a dedicated concentration in business and economics for the Global Studies major, then it should also be doable to minor in Journalism.</p>

<p>turtlerock: The Global Studies major at Missouri State does have an emphasis in business/economics. It also has a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies, so I suppose that would work.</p>

<p>I looked at the minor in Journalism, but it has courses in both print/Internet and Broadcast Journalism. I wanted to do only Broadcast.</p>

<p>What if I majored in economics and double minored in finance and Middle Eastern Studies? Then, I could go to grad school for journalism.</p>