About studying philosophy and entering the philosophy department, let me talk about my personal views.
To tell the truth, few people, including him, will take the initiative to fill in the philosophy major when filling in the college entrance examination, especially taking philosophy as the first choice.
When I first entered the philosophy department, everyone's first thought was to change departments, hoping to learn some so-called hot majors.
After a while, they don't think so.
As far as learning is concerned, because there are few students in philosophy department, the proportion of professors in their department is the highest in the whole school, and there are more professors than students. This provides a strong teacher guarantee for students' professional study.
As far as the subject is concerned, after studying philosophy for a period of time, you will find that the way you think about problems and look at society will change obviously, and the realm will be greatly improved, which will benefit you for life. Their specialized courses mainly study the history of China's philosophy, western philosophy and some Marxist philosophy. Non-professional courses are mainly Chinese and history courses, as well as logic.
As far as the way out is concerned, in fact, university major does not mean career, especially as a discipline of literature and history. What people need is not your major, but your ability. Moreover, in the current employment environment, it is difficult for undergraduates to directly participate in the work, and they all need to continue to take postgraduate entrance examinations and graduate studies. We often say: "The counterpart of any major is the same-postgraduate entrance examination." For the postgraduate entrance examination, I suggest you study some basic subjects, such as philosophy and Chinese. Their headmaster often talks about "literature, philosophy and science".
As far as employment is concerned, most of the previous seniors and sisters are engaged in writing-related occupations, as well as civil servants, and some have entered the economic industry. As far as Nanjing University is concerned, the employment rate of philosophy department is very high.