If you want to develop skills in oral, written and visual communications, your advisor will help you select appropriate courses. Students have found it valuable to combine a communications minor with a major such as business. The small size of the campus community means you can obtain more hands-on and leadership experience in communications activities than you would at larger schools. Employers value the speaking and writing skills that English majors develop.
Law schools consider English a good pre-law major.
No film or television show can give you the experience of another culture like the in-depth study of language. Skills in a second language are vital to careers in international business or politics, journalism, or the travel industry. As a modern language major, you'll spend at least one semester living and studying abroad . McPherson College has contacts around the world for you to have a guided learning experience you'll never forget. Maybe you simply like to think about the world's needs and problems in a systematic way.