<p>Hey guys. I'm starting college next year, and I'm thinking about majoring in two fields that I'm interested in: Marketing and Public Relations.
Is that a good combination or would that be a waste of time? And what other double majors would you suggest with Marketing or PR?</p>
<p>If it helps, I'm interested in Psychology. And for a while I thought about minoring in Spanish. But I don't want to kill myself with the workload, so can I have some suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Marketing and Public Relations? That seems redundant to me. I would go to school with one major in mind, assess the workload and then see if another major is feasible.</p>
<p>That sounds kind of like me–I want to double major in Journalism with a PR concentration and Economics. Both are in the school of Liberal Arts so it shouldn’t be difficult to manage both.</p>
<p>@ haekim</p>
<p>I highly suggest you wait until you arrive at school. You have plenty of time (in fact all 4-5 years) to declare a second major. Only do a second major if you like it and do well in it. Don’t double major in redundancy either.</p>
<p>I would do a second major (or a minor) that will best COMPLEMENT the primary; don’t be redundant or too far off course with the 2nd one…</p>
<p>So for P.R., Spanish could be good in an area fluent in Spanish, whereas for Marketing, Graphic Design could be helpful in a small business or retail setting…</p>
<p>Those are hardly any different.</p>
<p>i want to double major in English and History. I know this will be a ton of writing and reading, but I’m not sure how UCLA will arrange this ocnsidering both have like 12 upper division courses each–do they overlap or are some waived since it only counts as one B.A. Degree???</p>
<p>At my school, and I assume others, a few are overlapped (for instance, a major is about 10 upper level courses and I can overlap a total of 3 between majors and with gen ed requirements. But I still need 17 individual classes.)</p>
<p>So, some overlap is allowed, but I’m still expected to complete the majority of coursework. It’s pretty much your job to figure it out by talking to advisors, etc.</p>
<p>If by good ‘combination’, you mean something that will help you out with your career, I wouldn’t do it. For me I’m considering a double major in CS and Math, and yes there is some overlap, but initially it was just CS, but I started taking a few Math classes and I now love math, though I didn’t in high school. It should be about your interests, not just getting a major for a career, IMO.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in psychology, why don’t you want to be a psych major?</p>
<p>That does seem pretty redundant. If you have your heart set on doing both, choose one as a major and the other as a minor.
Typically the second major shouldn’t be too related to the first.</p>