I have a dilemma, I’m freshman, and my major is Marketing. I’m thinking about to change my major to Political Science. My goal is to become into Political Consultant, but I heard that you don’t need a degree in political science to work as political consultant. Also, I heard I can work as political consultant if I have a degree in Marketing. I like both majors, but I think it is better if I keep with Marketing and I volunteer in Political campaigns (I live in Washington DC) rather than change my major. I’ll apreciate any advice or additional information about this.
You could always double major, or perhaps minor in one of them.
I could see a few things being good for political consulting. Politics, Public Policy/Government, Business, or Economics.
The thing is though - there’s not a lot of jobs in political science right now
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/political-scientists.htm
So I would probably do economics or business OR double major OR major/minor.
“Political consultant” is a very nebulous term. What kind of consulting do you want to do? Do you actually want to provide strategic consulting advice on politics to companies? Act as a lobbyist on behalf of companies? That probably requires some understanding of political science and experience in the political sphere, which would benefit immensely from a political science major.
Or do you want to act as a consultant to politicians? Because politicians hire consultants in a variety of areas - political ones (like campaigning, striking deals, negotiations, investigating local concerns) but also in other areas (science, technology, environmental, labor, gender issues, medicine/health, etc.) For example, a science policy consultant to a Congress member may have a science degree. A business interests consultant to a politician might have a marketing degree.
You said you’re a freshman. Are you someone who just finished your first year of college (and are about to be a sophomore), or are you someone who just finished high school? Because if you haven’t even set foot on campus yet, changing your major is easy - you don’t even really have a major - and I would encourage you to consider at least double majoring or minoring in political science, if not just going full poli sci.
Even if you are about to be a sophomore, changing your major may not be that difficult, so I’d investigate it.
That site is for jobs as a political scientist, which is different from jobs IN political science as a field.
Hello everyone, I decided to major in Political science, and have a minor in Marketing. Thanks you all for your advices.