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What would be the end career goal from acquiring either/both of these degrees?

What would be the end career goal from acquiring either/both of these degrees?

Well, there are a lot of options with both.
1) I can get into a graduate program easier with two majors.
2) It looks better for getting into law school (if I decided to do that).
3) I could become a therapist of some kind after more schooling.
4) I can do graduate studies in the fields of language theory and analytical/theoretical psychology, plus the philosophical studies that I love.
5) I could become a professor of either/both.

Suffice to say, academics or law are essentially the only options with a philosophy degree; academics or psychiatry with the other.

That's about what I figured.  About the only thing you can do with a philosophy degree is teach philosophy; it seems circular in nature.

Another option you have is to major in the one with the best career option for you, and take classes of interest to you in the other field.  A bit less financially efficient but based on the ideal that college is for learning and not for taking the shortest distance between two points.

What is the advantage to double majoring that having a minor can't get you?  You should end up with two BA/BS degrees either way, right?

Also note that doing a double major may throw another several semesters into your BA/BS degree.  My major itself is 51 units (once 69 GE units factored in, I didn't even have room for a minor), so taking two 51-unit majors would add nearly 2 more years.  (I'm guessing that your majors wouldn't be as full, since they mix better with other subjects than film, but they would likely be at least 40 or so.)  Also, check to see if this would disqualify one from the BS level degree... I know there's a limit of units on the AA degree.

I have a friend that is double majoring, but he is going math + comp sci (as well as a double minor in engineering and something physics-y), so there is a lot of class overlap that is simplifying things.  He is, however, planning to spend 12-15 full time semesters (5-6+ years) to get this, though.

Colin,
I am currently double-majoring in Business Administration and Marketing, and am graduating in 3 1/2 years.  However, many of the requirements for both of the degrees overlap as they are in the same division of classes, so that is not as difficult as it would be to double-major in degrees within different divisions.

And Scott,
Some schools, such as mine, do not award a BA/BS for a minor.

Kirk