OP- you do not need to major in journalism to become a journalist, and if the major is too restrictive/too many required courses/professors don’t teach what you are trying to learn, the easiest next step for you is to switch majors.
Look at the bio’s of writers you admire- history majors, poli sci majors, area studies majors (particularly helpful if you want to focus/cover a particular region… being fluent in Spanish is going to make you a better reporter if you are covering “what’s happening in Caracas right now”), etc. The craft of writing can be picked up/honed on your college newspaper/digital news organization, plus a few internships so you have clips and something to show when you interview for a full time job.
Your professors btw can be HUGELY helpful to you in networking in the industry.
But you are in a pre-professional major right now- you can’t complain that it’s too pre-professional, that is literally what you signed on for.
If you want a lot of theory, intellectual engagement, life of the mind- you’ll find it majoring in something that is… theoretical! Not the praxis of “how to become a journalist”. You can figure out what you need right where you are, even as you are contemplating a transfer.
Econ is hugely helpful for journalists. Taking a statistics sequence is hugely helpful for journalists (believe me, the reporting in early Covid would have been MUCH more accurate if the “health care reporters” understood what a regression was and how to interpret it).
Good luck.