<p>Hello all! I'm currently a business major, but I'm looking to supplements my degree with a dual degree. I'm just really indecisive about what I should major in...Chinese or Psychology (BA). Any thoughts/insight?
Also, I'm already going into my sophomore year, and I'm done with my core courses, but I still have to take into account hours for each major, because I still have around 27 business hours to take.</p>
<p>I’d recommend sticking with your business major and supplement it with a minor in Chinese. You’ll open up worlds of post-undergraduate opportunities if you manage to gain proficiency in Chinese – which is a task in and of itself – and couple it with real business skills. What kind of business major are you studying – accounting, finance, management information systems, etc.?</p>
<p>^ ^ Thanks for the advice. I thought Chinese would be a good too, esp with so many companies wanting to expand globally. I’m currently a finance major.</p>
<p>My personal advice would be to supplement your business concentration with psychology instead of chinese. People always say how important chinese will be, but my personal belief is that it will become obsolete as we move further into the 21st century. There’s a great article on Newsweek about “globish” (<a href=“All the World Speaks Globish)–English%5B/url%5D”>All the World Speaks Globish)–English</a> as the world’s language. I saw an HSBC ad in New York City the other day, which went something like this: There are five times more people in China learning Chinese than there are people in England.</p>
<p>This just goes to show that Chinese really isn’t as important as people use to make it. If you have a great interest in psychology, go for it. Psychology is a great tool in the business environment for anything from HR to marketing.</p>
<p>I’d also just like to add that chinese students wanting to go to college in China must show english proficiency in order to be admitted. Just an afterthought…</p>
<p>I have to agree with gingeralelover.</p>
<p>The entire industrialized world is learning English and English will serve you just fine for business correspondences with China. (Unless you live in China for several years, chances are that your Chinese will be worse than the English of your Chinese correspondents. Chinese students currently start learning English in 3rd grade. They have a 10-year advantage over you and they are using English more frequently in everyday life than you would be using Chinese.) </p>
<p>Of course, if you want to learn Chinese for personal reasons, go ahead and do it!</p>