Is an East Asian Studies major a good major to take in college? Should I do a double major?
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YES!!! East Asian Studies is a great major. Japan and China are both East Asia, as well as the emerging power of South Korea. I highly reccomend you do it - but only if it really interests you. I also suggest that you choose a specific nation ( I recommend China) and learn the language. With those skills you will go far in the business world. You can work as an international liason or in a diplomatic post, or work for an international corporation as an interpreter or an executive. The sky is the limit!
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Why not double major? That way you get what you want. Or as they say your cake and eat it too
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If you're only concerned with credit hours and you have good study skills, it's probably ok.\n\nIf you really want to gain something beyond that, regardless of your major, then no. You need to take a class with a lab component so that you can experience, first hand, chemistry and understand the scientific concepts the way they were meant to be understood ... in a lab.
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it depends on what your major is...but i would go with social science, it's broad and sounds interesting.
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Look, don't let anybody get you down by saying what you're doing is useless. I'm sure there's plenty of opportunity at least for teaching sociology. I think however that it's best to double major if you're really interested in sociology. That's not really answering your question, but I'm just being honest. Sociologists are sometimes hired by corporations for planning things like when to release a new product or something. But you'd also want a background in economics for that. It all depends on what classes you take in your major, what you really want to do and how willing you are to adapt to various situations. That's about all I can say before I start sounding like a mom!
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Philosophy is a joke of a major so you might as well do both. A dual major looks more impressive.
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Colleges probably don't care what language you take.  If you're interested in learning Chinese, then take the Chinese class.\nPersonally, I would take Chinese.
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Hi there, I just wanted to comment on the Stats and Calc thing: I have a few friends who are taking both and they seem to be doing fine.  they all have A's in both.  I am taking 4 AP's this year and one independant study AP class as a senior and i'm not having too hard of a time.  here are my classes just in case you want to know:\n\nAP Environmental Science\nAP English Literature and Composition\nAP Art History\nAP Microeconomics\nAP Human Geography (Independant Study)\n\nI have previously taken:\nAP European History\nAP US History\nAP Psychology\nAP US Government and Politics\n\nI think you should be fine, and feel free to ask if you have any questions on the classes I took.  Adios!
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Many colleges won't require a major declaration 'til the start of junior year for students they admitted as freshmen.  Transfers almost always have to declare a major.\n\nI don't know what you like but other close majors in the social science/humanities areas include sociology, archaeology, psychology, and political science (depends on what you like).  Since you're looking at linguistics, I'd go along with that since it might make your anthropological knowledge not a complete waste of time.\n\nI wouldn't worry about your parents not letting you attend an "elite college" because, sadly, you aren't going to get into one.  You'll have a GPA in the C+ range based on your predictions and that's basically going to be an automatic rejection for student, foreign or domestic, unless they have an extremely good reason (and I mean extremely).  Financial aid is also going to be pitiful to non-existent for a foreign student not attending a really big school.\n\nIf I were in your shoes, I'd also apply to some other schools outside of CA (OR or WA if you want to stay on the West Coast) b/c Asians generally swarm to CA and thus the competition is greater.
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What degree are you going for? It depends but regardless of school an American degree is a plus point for people here in Asia.I am currently a career counselor if you have any question email me. biancx_bueno@yahoo.com give me details like your goals in life. etc... so that I can advise you better
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Berkeley - in general - Berkeley's campus has a stronger program particularly when it comes to East Asian Studies simply because they will find professors from the top East Asian universities - such as Peking University, Tsinghua University and Seoul University. UC Irvine's east asian studies - no doubt is very strong but I would say Berkeley's is stronger.
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About ten years ago, a MIT student made national news by graduating with a triple major in Math, Physics, and Computer Science.  These are programs with a fair amount of course overlap, which makes it easier.  If you were to do a triple major in accounting, biology, and English, it would be much more complicated.  Also, find out if your college has any penalties for taking more classes than necessary to graduate.  For instance, some state colleges charge a penalty fee if you take more units than you need to to graduate.  Also, find out if your financial aid (if any) will cover the extra year/s you will need to complete the major.  If you are a self-financing student at a private college, there shouldn't be any problem at all -- they'll gladly take your money as long as you will give it to them :>
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Some community collleges offer Mandarin.  I took it.  It was fun.  If the regular semester is too long, perhaps you can take an accelerated course or a summer course.  Those usually run faster/shorter...
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The best part of college is that it allows you to figure out what you really love!  You don't have to declare a major to start college.  Just take a wide variety of classes, you may discover that you want to major in a subject that you never even considered.  Explore and follow your heart!  You'll be fine!
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I'd suggest economics.  If you are not too far along in college, you could probably give up enough electives so the double major wouldn't extend the time it takes to get a degree.
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They do!  If you followed a serious path of study at a university.  You would, however, have to major in business (entrepreneurship) and triple minor: finance, administration, and economics--not just the beginning courses, or one course in each, but the higher level courses that require 3-4 classes in each.  On top of that, you will have to have computer science skills, be proficient in mathematics (algebra), be an excellent speaker/communicator to make deals and sell your ideas to the public (Speech 101), know who you are dealing with (psych 101/ sociology 101), know who you are and where you came from (Western Civ), understand how to deal with people from different cultures (Humanities), and how to speak to people in other countries (French, Spanish, German, etc).  (Japanese or Chinese would be excellent languages to learn).  You will need to know how to write reports and do evaluations, so English is important; you don't want people thinking you can't spell or write a proper sentence.  Finally, and most importantly, you will need to be honest, just, and decent, so people will deal with you and you won't end up getting crushed by something as ridiculous as Enron, right?  So, I recommend courses in philosophy, starting with Ethics.   Now, do you see what college really does for you?  It works on the whole person, perfecting the rough edges, so when you do master the business and money side, you will be refined enough to carry it all off.  Donald Trump is the most down to earth billionaire I have ever seen; even he will tell you, "A college education is important; I respect a college education."   Just go to college and stick with it.  If you want to be rich, you can be.  If you just want to survive college, then you can do that too.   If you want something bad enough, you will do what it takes to get it!
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The best answer that can be given is that it is really up to you and it really depends on what you like and what you want to do with your life.  I dont think your in college by the way you sound and I took several psychology classes and personally, I find them very interesting.  Counseling kind of ties into psychology, and so does sociology.  Liberal studies are overall studies.  If you major in liberal arts, you will take a few classes of every subject.  Human resources, or human services is a major in which you can learn, and have to take, classes in all of these areas.  Good Luck!!!