<p>I want to major in Political Science, but I'm afraid the job prospects of a poly sci graduate is low. I am also considering a double major in Econ/language if I were to major in Poly Sci. If I were to major in a science field, I would major in CS, but math isn't my strongest suit. </p>
<p>Edit: I am a h.s. Senior who will be attending the University of Minn-TC as a part-time dual enrolled student. So I have another year to decide on a major.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Economics (especially with more math) and business tend to be the social studies majors with the best job and career prospects.</p>
<p>Yeah I would say Economics is the best one.</p>
<p>I think a lot of it has to do with having decent quantitative skills. If you were a Psychology major or PoliSci major or Anthropology major probably doesn’t do that much more for you than an Econ major on it’s own. It’s that people don’t want to hire employees who will freak out at simple math problems. Econ majors use math in many of their classes, where as Psychology, PoliSci, etc majors don’t. If you can assure an employer that you can handle whatever math they’ll throw at you (obviously keeping in mind they’re not hiring a math major) then you probably stand just as good a chance as any Econ major. </p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I think a minor in CS and/or Math complements almost anything very well.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the responses. I’m leaning towards either Polisci/Econ as my major and a math-related minor.</p>
<p>Economics. But if you want to actually “do economics” you need a PhD.</p>
<p>What jobs are available for undegrad in Econ</p>
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<p>The majority of majors in the Social Sciences require grad school to get a decent job. Many people major in political science or sociology and go on to do graduate work in the Human Services or Counseling fields. The current pay of Speech Language Pathologists, LMSW’s, and LPC’s is pretty decent.</p>
<p>Its definitely Economics…although you should aspire to bag a Phd as well :D</p>
<p>It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to major in something like poli sci or psychology, you should really develop a plan beyond a four year degree. For example, it makes sense to major in psychology if you want to go to grad school for counseling or social work, but not if you just want a four year degree (unless you like being unemployed). </p>
<p>The good thing though is that you still have PLENTY of time to figure out what you want to do. I’m on my third major and I’ll still graduate on time and with a minor in math because of some fortunate requirement overlaps between majors and AP credits. Especially since you’ll have these dual-enrolled credits, you can take some time to sample classes in different subjects to see what really piques your interest. Maybe you could look into taking a schedule something like general psych, world politics, macroeconomics, and social anthropology, for example.</p>
<p>Economics…</p>