Ethnography Essay Topic

For the past couple of days, I have been thinking about different subcultures, and which ones I might take a particular interest in. After brainstorming for what felt like hours, I finally narrowed it down to picking a subculture within the different majors here at TCU. I am currently an education major, but since the first few weeks of school I have been questioning myself a lot. Do I really want to teach? Is this truly my passion in life? When Ms. Patrick assigned this topic for our essay I immediately saw it as an opportunity to explore another type of major and the subculture that it forms. I have narrowed it down to observing either junior class business majors, or radio/TV/film majors. I know that we can only pick one, but I am still having trouble deciding which one will provide me with more information. I am leaning more toward the RTVF majors simply because I have been interested in that field since day one of college. It is very accessible to me since the students meet in the Moudy building right on campus. This building is close to my dorm room so I could easily make it over there to observe and interview students whenever I needed to. Ever since high school I have taken a personal interest in movies and film. I think it is fascinating the way movies are made, and the fact that it takes months (sometimes years) of hard work to complete a film. I also think it is amazing the way something or someone can be captured on film and then edited to look a certain way. I love movies, and always have, so I am truly interested in learning more about this major. Hopefully I will learn more about myself and what I really want to do with my life. Although I have plenty of time, it is important for me to study something that truly interests me and inspires me to work hard in life. I would hope that this is a topic that I can research in the library as well if I get stuck on anything. I would think that there would be plenty of books and sources involving radio, TV, and film, but that is something that worries me a little about my topic. Nonetheless, I am not a member of this subculture so I will be able to write my paper from both ends of the spectrum. I am assuming that this subculture shares the same interests since they are majoring in the same thing, but I have yet to observe them so it is hard to tell for sure. I know that the RTVF majors must have a shared interest in certain objects because film and radio requires a lot of equipment and knowledge of that equipment. I hope this sounds like a good topic, but if it doesn't meet the qualifications then I am willing to change it. I look forward to this paper no matter what topic I use because it gives us an opportunity to broaden our horizons and look past the stereotypes. I look forward to reading and editing my peers papers' as well.