How to change from English major to major?

We often say that English majors are angels who lost their wings in previous lives. English is a tool that everyone knows more or less. For English majors, they want to learn some other skills when they go abroad for further study, but I don't know if it is feasible to change majors. If so, which majors are more suitable for them. Only by solving this problem can we make corresponding preparations for studying abroad, such as taking GRE or GMAT, and improve the background of applying for major. Let's introduce you to the direction you can choose to change your major if you have an English major background. Other liberal arts majors can also take this as a reference.

Business: Business is not only the first choice for English majors to apply for a major, but also the first choice for other majors, so the competition for application will be fierce. Although there are no strict restrictions on students' undergraduate background when applying for business, if they don't have a minor degree or have a strong foundation in mathematics, they should try to avoid applying for majors with high background requirements such as accounting and finance, and consider applying for marketing, hotel management, human resource management and MBA. In the application process of enterprises, work experience occupies an important position, so it is very necessary to accumulate work or internship experience in related industries or positions as much as possible. In addition, except for accounting and MBA, most schools only recognize GMAT, and other business majors are basically accepted by GRE and GMAT.

TESOL: This is the most frequently applied major for English majors and Chinese majors. It is the most suitable major, the application difficulty is relatively low, and it is easier to apply for a prestigious school. The full name of TESOL is to teach English to people who speak other languages, which is often called second language acquisition in English linguistics. TESOL mainly studies how to teach English to students whose mother tongue is not English, so it can be called teaching English to users of other languages. This major pays more attention to students' language ability, that is, TOEFL scores (especially oral English), and has no special requirements for GRE scores. Individual schools don't even need to take GRE. The overall application is not very difficult. If you have some internship/work experience related to English teaching, it will play a very good role in the application.

Pedagogy: Pedagogy is a major that focuses on theoretical research and pays more attention to the applicant's research ability and practical experience. When applying for academic qualifications, in addition to GRE and TOEFL scores, it is more important to have relevant work experience and papers. Some schools will require writing samples in the direction of education when applying.

Media: Media is the interest direction of many students who are determined to become media people. Usually, the media has many branches, such as news, mass communication, public relations, advertising and so on. And there are not many requirements for undergraduate background. Liberal arts students such as English majors can apply for other media majors except advertising design (because advertising design needs a certain artistic foundation). Media major requires students' language ability, and both GRE and TOEFL need to get an A. TOP 100 schools basically require TOEFL 100, and some media schools even require TOEFL 1 10 or more. Students who change majors also need to accumulate internship/work experience in the media field to make up for the disadvantages of application.

Mpa/MPP: The applications for MPA and MPP are also very hot in recent years. I mainly study social public affairs, government management and policy making, including non-profit management, economy and finance, urban planning, policy making and other specific branches of NGOs. There is little restriction on the background of undergraduate majors when applying, so there are many other students applying besides English and Chinese majors. English and Chinese majors try to avoid financial management, economic management and environmental management. You need a certain background (such as taking courses in economics and statistics), so it is difficult to apply for the exam. Counterpart internships or work experience are very helpful for applications, such as non-profit organizations (NGOs) and government agencies.

Social work: Social work majors will overlap with MPA mentioned above, both of which cover NGOs. Applying for social work requires you to be caring, caring and enthusiastic, and to help others in a scientific way. There is a great demand for social workers in America. Most of them can stay in the United States after graduation, but their annual salary is relatively low in previous years. The biggest advantage of applying for social work is that most schools don't need to take GRE. If you have internship experience in relevant volunteers/volunteers/poverty alleviation/civil affairs, labor and social security departments, the application difficulty is still relatively low.

Linguistics: Linguistics tends to be theoretical research, mainly including linguistic history, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and so on. Linguistics does not require high background of applicants, but it requires relatively excellent language scores, especially the oral part of GRE and IBT, which determines the admission or scholarship of students to a certain extent. When applying for linguistics, some schools may require students to provide a writing sample related to linguistics to test their academic level.

The above are the application directions that several liberal arts students can consider when applying for American graduate students. Generally speaking, there are still many optional directions, but generally speaking, no matter which direction you turn to, your language performance and related professional background are very important, so students should decide to apply for majors as soon as possible in combination with their future career development goals and personal abilities, and make a series of follow-up plans to realize their wishes.