When I first chose to major in Chinese Language and Literature, it wasn't actually my first choice.
But I chose Chinese mainly because I could be an elementary school language teacher later.
My family said I was quite suitable to be a teacher, plus my elementary school language teacher had a particularly strong influence on me, so I slowly took teaching as a career goal.
But I was always a bit reluctant, thinking that teachers were not well paid, and as I was class president and captain when I was a child, I always felt that I had management skills and could have gone on to earn more money and do something else. I didn't hate learning Chinese, after all, it's my mother tongue.
But it really feels quite boring to learn.
I did well in all my other classes last semester, except for Modern Chinese, which dragged me down to a 72.
If I could have gotten 10 more points in Modern Chinese, I think I would have been in the top 3 of the class overall.
But now it is getting more and more painful to learn modern Chinese, the more I learn, the less interesting I feel, but this is a specialized basic course. Because I didn't understand it at the beginning, plus I wasn't interested in it, and then I changed teachers and was busy with debate competitions, I fell behind in modern Chinese, and now I can't keep up with it.
I've always wanted to dabble in classes at the School of Communication, such as broadcasting and comedy writing, which I'm interested in, but I've never made the time.
It always felt like it wasn't my passion, but I couldn't think of a better career than being a teacher.
There is an opportunity for a minor sophomore year, but classes are scheduled on weekends and there is no dual degree certificate.
I ended up dropping the minor for a while because I wanted to go home.
Hello my friend, I am the respondent buyer, also graduated from Chinese Language and Literature, first of all, give you a warm hug.
First of all, I don't know if your school has the opportunity to change your major, but if it does, you can just apply to change your major. If you can't, then I suggest you consider a minor. You may say that minors don't have dual degree certificates (in fact, even if there are dual degrees, the gold content is not as high as you think), but the correct usage of minors is like this:
You can take the minor program as a self-test undergraduate training course, such as a minor in business administration, by the way, self-test a bachelor's degree in business administration; a minor in law, take a self-test bachelor's degree in law. At the same time, the minor can also help you prepare for professional certificates, such as a minor in economics and management, you can synchronize the examination of the primary accounting, financial qualifications; minor in science and agriculture, you can take the computer or CAD certificate. It's worthwhile to think of a minor as a stepping stone to graduate school, certificate exams, or a second degree. Plus, many schools have easier exams for minors, which can also boost your GPA. And if you don't have a dual degree, the coursework is less stressful and less tiring.
Chinese Language and Literature is actually a jack-of-all-trades program, and it's easy to get started in business administration, law, finance, accounting, and the like. Want to be a doctor? You can study Chinese Language and Literature while learning Chinese medicine from a teacher, and get a certificate in Chinese medicine. Even combined with art training, directly to the media. Chinese language and literature is like soy sauce, drink alone tasteless, but with financial certificates, Chinese medicine teacher or computer license, immediately become a good dish. The key is to use the flexibility of the profession, more social science certificates, adjust the career direction, do not hang on this tree in literature.
Third, I'll give you a list of certificates in order of preparation for reference:
Upper Sophomore Year: take the Futures Practitioner (Entry Level);
Lower Sophomore Year: take the Junior Banker's Exam;
Upper Junior year: take the fundraising exam;
Lower Junior year: take the Futures Practitioner (Specialization) exam.
You can take the LL.M. for graduate school your senior year.
If going to graduate school:
Graduate 1: Take the CIIA (Certified International Investment Analyst);
Second year of study: take the CPA (Certified Public Accountant) exam;
Semester 3: Take the LSAT (Legal Profession Qualification).
Fourth, elective courses are mostly literature or education, literature courses may interest you, education courses are generally simple and good marks. If you are interested in literature courses, education courses are generally easy and good for you to get scores. For specialized compulsory courses, such as language courses, you can choose a teacher who has a lenient assessment. Teacher's qualification first high school language, after graduation, plus a mental health education certificate, may also be able to do psychological counseling.
Fifth, I'll share a couple more directions for changing careers:
1. Economics, management and law: as mentioned above, undergraduates save up for primary certificates, and postgraduates rush for high-end certificates.
2. Medical class: take the path of Chinese medicine teacher to take the physician's license to become a doctor.
3. Science, technology, agriculture and construction: enrollment in self-study undergraduate courses, and then take the relevant vocational certificate.
4. Philosophy, history and psychology: direct interdisciplinary examination.
5. Tourism: Examination of tour guide license and economist (tourism direction) certificate.
6. Foreign languages and arts: just enroll in a self-study class outside of school.
Chinese Language and Literature employment is actually quite broad, mostly in the field of economics and management, media, just that you are in the teacher training college may not think so much. The key is to take the initiative to explore, with certificates and skills, the way out will naturally be wide.