I know I’ve been talking about it for a while, but I’ve finally made up my mind. Effective Monday, I will officially be an Economics major. After weighing the options and doing a cost-benefit analysis, it was fairly clear to me that a change was not only necessary, but desirable. My reasons for this change are thus:

• The English program at BYU requires 4 semesters of foreign language to graduate. I took a year of Spanish and absolutely hated it. The idea of having to take another year was absolutely repulsive to me. I have never not wanted to take any class so badly.
• The economics program is considerably shorter than the English program, meaning that, although I have some considerable English credit under my belt (enough to minor in English, no matter what), I’ll still graduate earlier in economics. For someone trying to graduate as quickly as possible, this is ideal.
• Most importantly, now that I’ve settled upon business in general and marketing in particular for my future career, a background in economics seems slightly more tailored to what I would like to accomplish.

There you have it, those are my chief reasons for this major change, the changing of my major :P. And those of you who are sad that I’ll no longer be pursuing a course to literary enlightenment, don’t worry. I think I’ll always be an English major at heart.