Im at my second year at cc and ive been stressing out picking my major. I have a keen intrest in film/digital journalism particularly in documentary production but i dont believe its a viable option as for a career. I do plan on still pursuing my passion later on but as of now I want more of a safety net career while also still being interested in it. I am swaying towards a humanities major but I don’t know. My options as of now are digital marketing and UR/UX, what should i do? any advice would be helpful, thanks.
You don’t have to pick your career right now. While it’s never to early to begin thinking about it in some way, for now, focus on picking a major they’re not one and the same!
What are you interested in?
I work in UR/UX and I majored in psychology in college. Most UR/UX folks either majored in a social science (psychology is common; anthropology and sociology would also be useful) or in computer science or an engineering field (one of my colleagues majored in biomedical engineering, for example; I know another UX researcher who was a chemical engineering major).
Digital marketing folks can come from lots of different fields/areas. Graphic/digital art, a business major, a marketing major, or really any other major field.
thank you! im really interested in UX researching, ive come across the requirements for UR job applications, most want a degree in cognitive science, interaction design or human computer interaction. So since I dont plan on going to become a UX designer should I go for the social sciences, also do you have any clue which schools offer interaction design, human interaction or anything related to UX/UR.