<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>