<p>I’m a playwriting/screenwriting major at NYU next year, and I am required (by mom) to have a second major for a back-up plan. I’m having a really hard time finding something that won’t crush my spirit and still enable me to get a job after only a bachelors. </p>
<p>Is there anything at all on the list of majors in that link that could get me a job without any further study? Any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>You really have to narrow it down. What do you like besides playwriting/screenwriting? English, math, science? There’s a wide range of majors on there lol.</p>
<p>Well from looking at the list, I don’t think any of those will guarantee you a job after a bachelors except for like engineering, computer science and maybe middle eastern studies/islamic studies if you took arabic.</p>
<p>I hate to say it but writing is really the only thing I like. </p>
<p>I don’t hate any kind of humanities, I’m okay with biology, I’ve never taken physics or engineering classes. I’m really good at math but I hate it with a passion. I was thinking about doing Hebrew or Jewish history because it interests me but I don’t know if I can do anything with that. I plan to keep living in NYC after college, so could I translate for the UN or a business with a Hebrew degree?</p>
<p>I thought as much, but these are literally my only choices for majors. I was thinking about journalism but on the website it says a journalism major requires you to double major in something else in College of Arts and Sciences, and playwriting/screenwriting is in Tisch, so I think that’s out.</p>
<p>So a bachelor’s in Hebrew would constitute “background,” right?</p>
<p>For basic translation services, yes. But specific fields require specific vocabulary, so if you don’t know how to say: refugee camp in need of anti-diuretics, for example, then you may not be of total use. But for basic translation (depending on how far you go in the major) you will be fine.</p>
<p>Are there any high schools in NYC that might be in the market for a Hebrew teacher? Or should I go for a more common language like Spanish or French if I want to take that route?</p>
<p>If you want to teach, you usually have to get certification, but that varies by state. In NY, I would imagine that there would be several teaching opportunities for Hebrew, but even more for French or Spanish.</p>
<p>I know in NJ to teach you have to have a bachelor’s in the subject you want to teach but also you need a measure of education courses in order to be eligible to take the certification test. With a double major, I probably wouldn’t have time to practically minor in education. I looked online and I can’t really find anything that says the educational requirements for teachers in NY. I’ll talk to my adviser when I get to school. Thanks so much for the help.</p>
<p>You say you are good at math but hate it. Can you elaborate? College math is different from high school math so keep that in mind. NYU is very strong at math and a math degree from there will open up doors in the business world (well more than most other Arts and Science majors).</p>
<p>I’d be apprehensive about journalism. Newspapers are doing horribly.</p>
<p>^Journalism does not only consist of working on newspapers. I agree, that you will be able to find work, especially if you are interested in online media.</p>
<p>My mom is a journalist, so that’s why I was thinking of it. It’s in my blood and everything. The website says to do journalism at NYU you have to double major in something else in CAS, and my primary major is in Tisch School of the Arts. I’ll talk to my advisor when I get one to see if I can get around that rule. </p>
<p>I just hate math. I don’t like memorizing things.</p>
<p>New York has a gazillion Jewish private schools (non orthodox) that hire Hewbrew teachers, not to mention synagogue schools (which wont give you full time employment, but plenty of part time while you write plays) </p>
<p>I dont think translating is a good prospect, as you would be competing with all the Israelis in the area for a few jobs. You would be at the day schools also, but they would appreciate someone other than an Israeli I think (esp if you have a religious background of any kind, and some Jewish knowledge beyond Hebrew)</p>
I’ll talk to my adviser when I get to school. Thanks so much for the help.</p>