<p>Post-undergraduate plans: Go to law school, then journalism school, and work as foreign affairs correspondent at a news corporations/publications such as BBC or New York Times. </p>
<p>Which one of these majors alone is most useful?
-Political Science
-Philosophy
-Chinese
-East Asian Studies
-English</p>
<p>Which combination is the most useful and looks best on resumes?</p>
<p>1) Political Science/Chinese double major
2) Political Science/East Asian Studies double major
3) Political Science/Philosophy double major (or major/minor)
4) Political Science/International Public Policy double major
5) Political Science/International Relations double major
6) English/Philosophy double major </p>
<p>Which is more useful/looks best on resumes? What is the main difference between the two - Chinese and East Asian Studies. </p>
<p>I'm interested in all of them equally, so I can't say which one I'm more or less interested in. At this point, I just want to decide which one makes more sense/is more practical in the long-run. </p>
<p>What are the job outlooks for these majors? Which is the least useful? What are the pros and cons of each major/major combination?</p>
<p>Going to law school and then journalism school isn’t necessary to do what you want to do. If anything you’d be wasting valuable time and money where it could otherwise be spent in the field building your resume. With a lot of internships, work experience, and participation in anything journalism related during undergrad you can get there without the extra degrees. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what schools you are looking at for undergrad, but assuming East Asian Studies and Chinese each require taking literature courses in the cultures/language, you may want to consider looking into a major like Comparative Literature. Comparative Literature is like an English major, but the literature you study is not limited to literature written by English authors. It’s kind of like a World Literature major, but with Comparative Literature you choose your concentrations like English and Chinese Literature(along with the required Comp. Lit departments courses).</p>
<p>My advise to you is to browse the course catalogs of your prospective school/s and see which department’s courses draw your attention the most. Declare that major, while taking classes in the other departments that interest you. You may realize that although the idea of double majoring in Poly Sci, English, or Philosophy, etc seem interesting, one or more of the majors will take a back burner to the others(for many reasons, including the courses offered, the professors teaching styles, etc).</p>
<p>-In terms of majors that score highest on the LSAT: Philosophy, IR, political Science, English, Chinese (pretty much in that order);
- For your stated goal of international journalism, law school is not very relevant, and, pretty much a waste of time;<br>
-As the previous poster indicated, journalism school might not be necessary for the reasons he stated;
-For your stated goal of international journalism, philosophy is not very relevant;
-if China is your journalism interest, I’d go with East Asian Studies as long as you take more than the minimum required coursework in Chinese (4-5 years if you can including study abroad for at least one year). It would be useful to combine this with a a major in traditional social science discipline, e.g., politics, economics, history, sociology, or an interdisciplinary major, such as IR;
-See my post in this thread for some of the differences between majors in Chinese and East Asian Studies;
-No one starts out at the BBC or NYT; be prepared to pay your dues.</p>