<p>No, I said creative writing has a direct career path. That doesn’t mean that all, or even most creative writing majors take that career path. My point is, that Math is also a career where you don’t have a set path, like the other majors pointed out. Of course, you can be a mathematician, just like you can be a fiction writer if you major in creative writing. But both careers are really really hard to break into. That’s probably obvious for writing, but if you look at what’s needed to become a mathematician, it’s still really hard and really competitive. Most math majors don’t become mathematicians. And it seems as if when people say math is a marketable major or whatever, they’re talking about careers in things like finance or becoming an actuary or maybe like programming or something. But these careers don’t use the math you’d be learning about as a math major, they just use the quantitative skills you get from being a math major. And as a creative writing major, you should be developing strong verbal skills.</p>
<p>^^Sorry, but what’s your point ins saying this, “Most math majors don’t become mathematicians” in terms of a creative writing major? When you’re admitting that most don’t become writiers. Thats not a dircet career path. Thats a possible path.</p>
<p>A minor can help you get an internship, which is very important for building experience and getting a job in the future. I’m a Rhetoric minor and I was talking to both my major/minor advisers and both got a list of internships on/off campus waiting for me because of my minor. Minors can give you the slight edge when you’re competing for a job/internship; it itself, however, will not get you the job/internship. I’m only a freshmen and I just got an spring and summer internship waiting for me.</p>
It does in a few departments at my school (with a lower priority than majors of course). Those few departments also require that you complete a significant chunk of the minor before you can declare it. Other departments let anyone declare a minor at any point in time, but don’t give special consideration to minors.</p>
<p>Pretty much just resume padding. It shows you focused on two fields instead of just one, even if you didn’t double major.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re trying to find a job in a specific field, while that field isn’t your major, if it’s your minor, then you’ve got a better chance that just having a 4-year degree.</p>
<p>I ended up minoring when I realized I only needed two more classes to qualify for it.</p>
<p>^Classic example. A lot of people end up having one or two minors on accident and decide they might as well do it since it wouldn’t take too much work.</p>