<p>I am currently a sophomore going for a BA in visual arts and a mass communication minor. I, as I'm sure many art majors, worry about the practicality of the degree (what with the economy). I do have interests in marketing and business so I was wondering if adding the second major of business administration would open up more doors?</p>
<p>Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>I am still curious, thus I bump.</p>
<p>Business admin MAJOR barely gets good employment, forget about a minor. Minors are pretty irrelevant.</p>
<p>They can be somewhat useful though if something very skill-focused like Accounting, CS, or MIS. But even that won’t be enough to give you a good chance for a good job, it will just give you a chance (whereas now you have next to none). If you’re worried about a good job (as in money/security, and not your passion), drop both of those majors ASAP (yes, even though you’re already a sophomore - hopefully a lot of your classes have been core classes anyway).</p>
<p>I thought Communication majors with high GPA’s got descent recruiting. My school has salary reports for every semester and even though there are only 10 or so reported usually, they tend to be quite high. (lower to mid 40’s starting) I say high gpa because I know there are usually 30 to 40 comm majors graduating and you know which ones got the jobs…make it a double major.Your visual arts degree, does it concentrate on graphics, animation, film or advertising?</p>
<p>My art degree will have a focus in graphic arts. So that is not unemployable and my biggest concern is not making the big bucks (that has never been a concern). I just want a second major since working in art fields run the risk of getting pretty burned out creatively. I also think I should know marketing/business aspects since I think it is important to know more than creative things.</p>
<p>“I thought Communication majors with high GPA’s got descent recruiting.”</p>
<p>Definitely not at-large. Maybe your school somehow has a very strong connection to public relations firms and other companies looking for communication majors? Also, the communications-related fields as a whole pay a much lower starting salary (even corporate PR) than other in-demand fields - I am very surprised that the average starting salary is 40k+ for high-GPA communication majors at your school. I am sure they have strong extracurricular and internship experience as well (but that salary is still abnormal even if that is the case too).</p>
<p>Not really, I don’t want to knock the Liberal Arts program. Lol…the university is definately more known for business (Top 30) and engineering (Top 15). Plus, I just double checked and yeah, the averages since the summer 2009 semesters are 38 to 45k for roughly 9 to 15 graduates each semester. Maybe they are double majors or something…SE, I see what you are saying, I have my A.S. in Audio Engineering and after seeing that crap shoot in the real world, I decided to focus on business.</p>
<p>My school is definitely not the cream of the crop, but I am also not looking for a big money career anyway. (I don’t mind money, it just isn’t the most important thing to me.)
Also, I will be getting out of college with no debt so that is a nice factor I keep in consideration.</p>
<p>No one is talking about making a lot of money. You won’t be doing that with an art degree anyway. This is about finding a job at all.</p>
<p>I understand, you want to be able to put food on the table. Lol. If you have no debt, start your own business.</p>
<p>You can get jobs with a graphic design concentration. In fact the number of jobs in the field is constantly increasing. Their are plenty of jobs, this is just about wanting to have more options.</p>
<p>I strongly feel the amount of added opportunity from a minor, let alone one that is more or less useless as even a major, is negligible and not worth the added work. Maybe a more technical major would be more worth your time and effort.</p>
<p>Thank you, I will look into that. I wondered whether it would be worth it or not. Especially since I don’t really know how employers look at minors.</p>
<p>I’ve yet to try to find a job as I’m still an undergrad student, but from what I’ve researched on here and other sites, what I’ve said is valid. Good luck.</p>
<p>Yes, I see what you mean. Perhaps I will look into the computer science minor available.</p>