<p>Hello, I'm currently attending a Community College with a 3.5 gpa ( undecided major ) and planning to transfer in the fall. My question is basically, i want to go into the political science major and than most likely go to law school after. But i'm scared that law school might now be for me, and if that's so i feel as if a Political Science major is worthless in trying to find a job. So im asking if anyone could give me an alternative to the political science major that i could take that i might have actually job opportunities in? i.e mass communiticaon major, etc. Thank in advance!</p>
<p>You can major in anything and still apply to law school. So, if that’s your concern, choose a major that will likely get you a job and have the law school option.</p>
<p>*So im asking if anyone could give me an alternative to the political science major that i could take that i might have actually job opportunities in? i.e mass communiticaon major, etc. *</p>
<p>That’s hard for us to do based on such limited info about you. What subjects do you do well in? Science? math? what?</p>
<p>Mass Communication isn’t going to do you much better…lol. </p>
<p>The best majors that will help you to get a job and are still fields somewhat related to poli-sci are mathematics or economics. </p>
<p>You can major in anything and go to law school. But please BE warned, if you read around, you will learn that there is an oversupply of lawyers and there will continue to be one for the next ten years. Keep that in mind when you are considering law schol.</p>
<p>Well i can really do well in anything, but the things im interested in is politics for the most part. But again the problem is i do want a job after im done with school, i mean should i just really suck it up and do a major i really aren’t interested in? I can see myself regretting that for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>Go ahead and major in political science then, if that is your passion. Make sure to actively seek out internships and participate meaningfully in EC’s that are related to your major. If you can do this, you will be fine, not to mention happy.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t major in something that you don’t like. If you don’t like it, chances are you won’t be good at it. And that is never a good thing. </p>
<p>If you like political science, do look into econ/math/statistics, because a lot of the topics in those areas are intertwined with political science. You can also minor in political science.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, but there is really no good major alternative to political science that has job opportunities? i really dont want to regret my life after college haha</p>
<p>I don’t understand what you’re saying about political science having no job opportunities. PoliSci, provided you get a good background in writing and critical thinking, can be just as relevant a major as English, History, Philosophy, Logic, etc. Which is to say you can have lots of job opportunities, if you don’t tie yourself down to the idea that you need to do something directly related to what you major in (i.e. even if you major in English, you don’t have to be an author). There’s plenty of companies who would love to have someone who has a background in political thought. Learning to think and learn is the reasoning behind most LACs: they’re not pre-professional schools, they’re schools of academic exploration.</p>
<p>Major in philosophy and minor in linguistics and become jobless like me.</p>
<p>How about Econ or International Relations? IR = pol sci with lots of econ thrown in and a focus on foreign policy and Econ is directly applicable to the Politics field and a really marketable degree. You could always double major in politics and econ too.</p>
<p>but honestly, what chsowlflax said is so true. Pol sci is just as relevant as English, Psych, or whatever. Most jobs don’t require a specific degree, they want people with all kinds of skillsets.</p>
<p>Have you thought about Legal Studies, Pre-law, or Paralegal Studies? It won’t really help you with law school but paralegals can find jobs in lots of different places. If you’re really concerned about getting a job, you can always consider engineering or accounting. They are like Political Science since you can study them in college too and obtain a degree. </p>
<p>If you’re not a fan of math or science, you can look at majors like Philosophy, which tend to do very well on the LSAT that you use to get into law school. </p>
<p>If you want to get a different perspective, you can take a major like African American Studies, Women Studies, Asian Studies, etc. that have enormous job prospects on many different dimensions and levels depending on your interests and capabilities.</p>
<p>Pre-law is probably one of the worst majors in existence, even for people planning to go to law school. It won’t get him any job after graduation, and law schools don’t even like it.</p>
<p>^^^Don’t you major in poly sci?</p>
<p>I do. What’s your point? Pre-law is not poli sci.</p>
<p>I second international relations. It’s going to be extremely important in the next few decades.</p>
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<p>I didn’t really have a point. I mis-read and thought you said poly sci was one of the worst majors in existence. Sorry, never mind. I wasn’t even aware that people majored in pre-law; the most I’ve heard of was a pre-law concentration.</p>
<p>Law schools don’t really care what your major is, don’t worry about that part. Figure out what it is you enjoy now and major in that. It’s more important (for a career as well as grad school) that you do well in whatever major you choose.</p>
<p>“I didn’t really have a point. I mis-read and thought you said poly sci was one of the worst majors in existence. Sorry, never mind. I wasn’t even aware that people majored in pre-law; the most I’ve heard of was a pre-law concentration.”</p>
<p>I think at my school concentrations and majors may be the same thing. I don’t think we have a pre-law major but they do exist in many places. My understanding is that law schools are kind of miffed that undergrad institutions think they know what constitutes a good pre-law program, it’s sort of presumptuous, you know? They say to major in whatever you want, but to hone your writing and critical thinking skills as much as possible. </p>
<p>Poli sci is kind of an iffy major when it has to stand alone with no JD or PhD. I liked it because the skills I got studying it would be applicable anywhere, and ANY career I could get involving politics would make me happy. It also left me the option to change careers as many times as I want within the field that I love without having to get reeducated. I do intend to go to law school, but am putting things into place in case I don’t. I’m trying to set it up so I can come back and get a teaching certificate if need be, I’ll like that. I get put into some job listings database thing for the DNC from my internship, that may turn up some fun opportunities, or I could just climb the ranks within my internship. It’s not going to be easy and I am never going to be rich, even if I do go to law school (given my intended field of study), but poli sci is what I love and what I am good at. I can’t imagine studying anything else.</p>
<p>That said, if I didn’t have dyscalculia and if I didn’t eat up all my college time with transferring, I’d have liked to double major in econ. Those are useful skills, and I suck at econ and you really can’t suck at econ in politics. I am also interested in psychology, and womens studies. We have an organizational studies major here that sounds RIGHT up my alley, if my dyscalculia weren’t a hindrance I would honestly be torn between organizational studies and poli sci.</p>
<p>Pre-law isn’t so bad as long as they don’t make you take any classes. Basically, what I was talking about is pre-law advising for students who want to get advice on how to make their undergraduate work count when applying to law school. If law school isn’t a set-in-stone goal for you, then the other majors I mentioned might be good if you want to work as a legal assistant, paralegal etc. without becoming a lawyer.</p>
<p>I’ve heard the job market for paralegals is even worse than it is for lawyers, might be worth checking into.</p>