<p>Currently I'm doing an advertising/public relations major with a minor in psychology. I was originally planning on double minoring in psychology and marketing or business administration, but now I'm thinking of just dropping the minors and double majoring in ad/PR and psychology. I'm a sophomore so I think if I work a little harder i can accomplish this in two years. What I want to know is if double majoring will benefit me in any way when I am out looking for a job. Will it disadvantage me in any way? I think a big part of public relations is knowing and understanding how people think, so I feel like a psychology major is appropriate. </p>
<p>Should I just stick with ad/PR major and psychology minor, maybe add on another minor later on. I'm interested in film, which is the sector I would like to do public relations for in the future. Going back on a marketing minor is also a possibility. </p>
<p>Help me out!</p>
<p>Quite frankly, Carrie, film studies is BS. You want film studies, watch Turner Classic Movies. Having said that psych and stat work well with advertising/PR.</p>
<p>Hey geo1113, yeah I think that’s why I didn’t decide to pursue that minor in the beginning. I guess what I’m looking for is whether I should just do a advertising/PR major with a psychology minor or do the extra work and get a double major in those subjects.</p>
<p>Hi Carrie. The mother of my children majored in Adv/PR. In her career, she became a VP of Marketing. One of the things that helped her throughout her career was her ability to write. I know she took some creative writing classes, but that was before I knew her. Of course, she took them because she enjoyed writing. And she took classes in which she had an interest, e.e Shakespeare and she always talked about a class where they studied the mythology ideas put forth by Joseph Campbell. They made her think. (and now that I think about it, if a film class or two makes you think, maybe that’s ok - screenwriting, perhaps).</p>
<p>I am still thinking through the psych major. I am not sure if that is the way to go, but if you have a strong interest in it, go for it. I also like the idea of augmenting your studies with marketing classes like consumer behavior (but you won’t need a classes like sales management) and a class in microeconomics will introduce you to supply and demand concepts. Also, classes that help you to develop your creativity are useful in advertising.</p>
<p>Not sure if I helped you, but those were a couple ideas that came to mind.</p>