Hi! I was wondering what someone could fo career wise with an English major (concentration in writing most likely) and a minor in political science. Or any other minor ideas but political science is preferred. I will also be in the honors program. Any ideas for future careers are much appreciated! Thank you so much!!
Law comes immediately to mind. I was a pol sci major with an English minor.
Hi! Thanks so much! When you say law, do you exclusively mean lawyer or other careers within the field?
Any other ideas are also appreciated just to see all possible options 
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Book editor, English teacher/professor- law is a good one- a background in writing is helpful in the legal field, author, journalist (or maybe one needs a journalism degree for that).
In law school, you don’t generally specialize because you need to learn a wide spectrum of different areas to pass the bar exams. However, someone who likes to write might go into appellate advocacy, which is reviewing briefs and/or trial transcripts and preparing written appeals and could (depending on the firm you are with) include arguing the appeals before the court. I am a trial attorney but I also handle cases so I write motions and briefs. I have written some appeals and have found that the style of writing and what is required is different that the usual things that I do. At my firm, we have attorneys who specialize in appeals.
I took some journalism courses but not specifically for legal writing. I did find that the discipline of journalistic writing was helpful to me in my legal writing, much more so than the creative writing and play writing courses I took. However, I don’t think a journalism major is necessary for good legal writing, though a basic course or two couldn’t hurt.
You could also consider teaching writing at a college or law school or becoming an English or history teacher. Maybe teaching writing, as in AP classes, might appeal to you.
Thank you all so much! This is very helpful!!!
There are lots of careers that you can have as an English major. Some of them are related to writing and some of them are not. One that comes to mind is technical communications.
In the comments here, lots of people are suggesting really good careers to an English major. (She does have a hard science double major, but a lot of the careers don’t require that.
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Political speech writing, political journalism as well as political commentating.
Consulting, marketing, advertising, communications, publishing, editing, television, film. Anything that depends on persuasive writing and critical thinking and/or creative writing.
Public administration is a field with many subcategories, and being a skillful written communicator is necessary for the job.