Minors Augmenting Advertising Major? Even worth the time?

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<p>After realizing graphic design is rather impractical for steady employment, I've set my sights on an advertising major. I also realize this isn't much more practical... I'm looking for minors(should they even be worth the effort) to augment this.</p>

<p>I plan to Major in Advertising with a focus or design. I'm thought that graphic design, information technology, marketing, and or East Asian studies minors may be beneficial. Informational technology would give me more knowledge of the various scripting languages to manage online ads/websites, and marketing would teach me a bit of the overarching category of my major(maybe landing me a job within a marketing department if I cannot secure one in advertising). I want to focus on designing adds so I'm definitely going to at least minor or graphic design. Also, I speak Korean and Japanese from my parents on either side so becoming completely fluent in either may increase my employ-ability. In the best case scenario I would be working for a company linked to or located in East Asia. I'm not looking to take all of these minors(hopefully). I'm also not opposed to going to college for an extra year or two to finish this schooling, but I'll definitely be looking at schools in California to avoid out of state tuition.</p>

<p>So I questions are: Are my supposed benefits from the minors valid? Are there other courses/reasons that are more beneficial? Are taking these minors even worth the extra course load? Am I better of Double Majoring in one if I'm going to be in school for an extended amount of time anyway?</p>

<p>I'll be a junior in high school next year; however, I like to ponder my decisions thoroughly(and very slowly) and I want to begin early in picking the schooling I'll be aiming for!</p>

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<p>I’m responding to this because my D is a college junior majoring in Advertising with two minors, she is in the “creative track” part of advertising, I work in sales & marketing, and my late father was an ad exec. </p>

<p>That being said…
a) it’s great that you are thinking about this already as you prepare to apply to schools
b) put effort into clarifying what your short and long term goals are in life, THEN look for a school and major/minors that will get you there
c) realize that advertising/MKTG is all about communication - whatever you major in, working on your communication skills will be key if you enter that field. </p>

<p>Your OP struck me more as an “I’m going to throw a bunch of ideas out there but I’m not sure what I want.” This is WAY okay at this point, just make sure you pick a school that offers a wide variety of options if you enter school not entirely clear on your career goals so you will have choices without need to transfer as your goals come into focus. </p>

<p>Don’t worry, D didn’t settle on what she wanted until she was almost done with soph yr. Enjoy the process, keep your options open. D changed majors once and minors twice, yet is still going to grad in four years. </p>

<p>Hope this helps.</p>

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<p>to the OP and to add to what bm said:</p>

<p>the best advertising and comm programs in the country are in accredited programs which require a minor or a second major…so you’re thinking in the right direction…</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’m still tossing ideas around, but you advice helps!</p>