Hello!
I am currently a Freshman attending the University of Pennsylvania and was thinking about my future plans. Currently, I want to major in Political Science and perhaps minor in Economics as politics is something I want to get involved in. However, I realize the job prospects are not that great when reading different opinions. What do you guys think? Should I instead major in Economics and minor in Political Science? I’m not so sure if I want to go to Law School as of now, but it is a possibility…
I was also thinking about double majoring but UPenn has this policy where even though you major two degrees, you still walk away with just one BA (I’m in the College of Arts and Sciences). Do you think it would still be worth it?
@socratesthegreat if you double major you walk away with one BA, but with two majors. So on your resume you would put two majors and employers would know that. What are you career interests? You could also look into PPE, to kind of combine the two.
Among the choices, definitely ECONOMICS, lots of applications=lots of doors opening
POL SCI = a general degree, unless at Northwestern a quantitative approach or at MIT a game-theratical emphasis
PPE= undefined major with no specific problem solving skills. Only good for undecided major.
Penn econ have a highly regarded reputation but not polsci --still a long long way to go.
A sincere suggeston: stay at economics no matter what, or you may regret after 4 years. GOOD LUCK!
My DD is a senior Poly Sci major, focusing on International Relations. She is currently at the National University of Singapore for the semester, taking mostly foreign policy courses. Over the summer she interned for a congressman in DC. Also not an aspiring lawyer, she’s more focused on the U.N. or an embassy. It all depends on your interests - follow your heart, the opportunities are there!
PPE majors als do extremely well at recruiting. but it all depends on what you want to do as a career. If you want to go more towards the business route then dong PPE or adding Econ could help. but that is not to say that there is not a good number of politics majors who break into these types of jobs. If you want to work in DC in a policy role after graduation then poli sci will serve you just fine. make sure to also take a look into the Penn in Washington program. https://piw.sas.upenn.edu