Advertising/Public Relations-Majors and Minors to complement it?

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<p>Currently I am a freshman in college but I came in with a good amount of credits so that next semester I will start taking major-specific classes instead of General Education classes. I am aiming towards an Advertising/Public Relations major. I am most likely going to do multiple minors, or double major. I'm not sure what to do though. For minors, possibly Hospitality Management, Psychology, Film-Cinema Studies(I'd like to be involved in the Entertainment industry, particularly in film), Event Management, or Health Services Administration (I would choose a few from these categories). Double Majoring is also an option, but I'm not sure what would be my other major since I already had such trouble deciding on my first major. Maybe something in business. I'm currently taking a macroeconomics class, and so far I've found it somewhat interesting. If I continue to find it interesting maybe I'll pursue something on it. </p>

<p>Can anyone give me some advice on what to study? Like what minors and majors would go well with an Ad/PR major?</p>

<p>I feel like everywhere I go to look, people talk about Advertising/Public Relations major in a negative way. Like, the job outlook is bleak, the salary is low, it's a useless major, etc. </p>

<p>Any Ad/PR majors or Communications majors can help me out and tell me about their experiences? Am I wasting my time? </p>

<p>Does it matter where I get my degree in Ad/PR (and whatever I plan on double majoring/minoring in?) I also plan on going to graduate school.</p>

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<p>Actually, for communications jobs, advertising and PR are, I think, the highest-paid of the bunch on average. Maybe not when you’re working your first job, but lots of potential there. And companies will always be advertising something.</p>

<p>At UR, the advertising major was in the business school so the first few required courses were business-heavy. If your major is more on the communications side of things, a business major/minor would probably be a good complement. If you want to get into the film industry, at least taking film studies classes would be a good idea so that you can get a good understanding of the industry, historically and artistically. Depending on your school, you wouldn’t have to be a major or minor to take classes in film.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for your input! I kept getting negative comments when I posted about this topic so this is a relief. I was actually going towards that path, doing business either major or minor and planning on minoring in film studies. </p>

<p>Just curious, are you a graduate of this major? If so, how has your experiences in the field been like? Like internships and such?</p>

<p>Do you reccommend going to grad school?</p>