<p>Recently, I’ve been admitted to Cal Poly as a Political Science major. I know that the school is most renowned for its Engineering, Agriculture, and Architecture schools, so I’m admittedly a bit concerned about whether I will still have the same kind of opportunities of hands-on learning in the liberal arts.</p>
<p>So in terms of internships and employment opportunities, is there any hope for a PoliSci major? I hope to be able to network during my time at college and during the summer in order to boost my career in the right direction. I’ve heard good things about the teaching staff and curriculum, but I’m unsure as to whether or not I’ll be going to Law School immediately after my Bachelor’s and hope to have a job to tide me over.</p>
<p>In addition to this, would the prospects be slightly better if I picked up Graphic Communication as a second major or switched my major to it? It’s still in the liberal arts college so I hope it won’t be too much of a bother to switch or pick it up.</p>
<p>There are still plenty of opportunities for a PoliSci major. I heard about some who got internships in Washington D.C. I’ve taken some polisci classes, and they were pretty fun and interesting. It might be difficult to double major with GRC though, since there is not too much overlap in the two curriculums, and neither major has enough electives units to use to do all the classes for another major. However, a GRC minor is very possible with a polisci major, or a GRC major with a law and society or international relations minor is definitely possible. If you switched majors fairly early, you’d probably be fine too. I almost switched to graphic communications. They require you to get at least a B or B+ I think in the intro class, and fill out an agreement before officially changing.</p>
<p>No problem buddy. The hands on thing is extended to every major regardless of it being STEM or not. My son’s freshman English class had him out on the streets of SLO interviewing people for a project. For an introverted engineer it was very challenging. Communications also kicked his butt – all hands on with presentations, speeches, crazy research requirements and not easy by any means.</p>
<p>By the way, if you want to be an attorney, you should take some business classes or even try to minor in business. Cal Poly is just as good at business as it is in engineering. Every lawyer I know must be familiar with business concepts.</p>
<p>@NTKS17: Well that’s a relief. I realized after posting that GRC doesn’t seem to be accepting people as a second major at the moment, according to the website so I’m definitely considering just transferring into it and picking up a PoliSci minor instead.</p>
<p>I’d rather find out if the internship opportunities are better in GRC or PoliSci before switching majors over though.</p>
<p>@OsakaDad: That’s good to hear! It sounds quite exciting really and I was hoping to hear that the liberal arts classes at Cal Poly are just as rigorous as the other classes they offer.</p>
<p>And I also really appreciate the advice. From what I read on the website, it’s not possible to pick up a second major from a different school (such as the School of Business with the current major in the School of Liberal Arts), but is it possible to pick up a minor from a different school? I’ve also heard mentions of double-minoring on CC so I’m rather curious.</p>
<p>yes, it is possible to pick up a minor in a different college from your major. It is also sometimes possible to double minor, if you have enough elective units available. For some minors, it can be a bit difficult competing with people in that major for your classes though.</p>