<p>Which one is more versatile and useful overall? And what are the courseload and content like?</p>
<p>bump 10char</p>
<p>I’ve known a number of CMS people. They’re fairly marketable - a lot of them end up in the video game industry (I know a couple who are now at Harmonix, the company that does Rock Band), doing game design, testing, production, and the like, and they’re also in demand in advertising/marketing, since they understand new media. And, like most other MIT humanities majors, they’re fairly marketable as tech writers. The requirements are pretty flexible, and I’ve heard good things about the classes, both from majors and non-majors. Too bad Henry Jenkins is leaving, though.</p>
<p>Philosophy…well, I guess you can, like other MIT humanities majors, be a tech writer. I’m not sure what else you could do with it at the bachelor’s level, though. I’ve only met one course 24-1 major, and I have no idea what he did with it. Most of the people I’ve known who have taken philosophy classes haven’t exactly been enthralled with them.</p>
<p>CMS seems to have more class options, too.</p>
<p>I admit, my own bias is coming through here like crazy, as is the collective bias of my friends, who include several CMS majors and no 24-1 majors, but I don’t know what else to tell you.</p>
<p>Here are degree charts and classes offered for both majors (note that once you get into the 24.9XX range, it’s no longer philosophy, it’s linguistics):</p>
<p>[MIT</a> Course Catalogue: Course CMS](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.chcms.shtml]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.chcms.shtml)
[MIT</a> Course Catalogue: Course 24-1](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.ch24a.shtml]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/catalogue/degre.human.ch24a.shtml)</p>
<p>[Comparative</a> Media Studies](<a href=“http://student.mit.edu/catalog/mCMSa.html]Comparative”>IAP/Spring 2024 Comparative Media Studies)
[Course</a> 24: Linguistics and Philosophy](<a href=“http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m24a.html]Course”>IAP/Spring 2024 Course 24: Linguistics and Philosophy)</p>