Question about studying communications/advertising

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>hello CCers. I'm a prospective student at Columbia -- I applied and I haven't gotten my decision yet but I go to boarding school and I'm currently at home so it could be sitting in my mailbox at school waiting for me.</p>

<p>what I was wondering is if Columbia has some sort of communications/advertising program for undergrads? I found that in their school of continuing education they offer these classes: Strategic</a> Communications : Masters Degree : Masters Program : Graduate Program : Graduate Degree Columbia University : Continuing Education</p>

<p>which is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for, BUT I don't think I'd be able to take them since I'm applying to CC not CE???</p>

<p>btw, I'm looking to major in East Asian Languages and Literature (studying Korean) but what I really want to do is do some sort of advertising stuff over in Korea (the homeland!), hence me wanting to take these classes/double-major in Strategic Communications w/ a concentration in Advertising...
if anyone could help me out that would be awesome. as you can see, I'm pretty confused, but please... be gentle.</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>First off, it’s GS for General Studies, not CE for continuing education. If you talk to any Columbia student (CC/SEAS/GS/etc) they would look at you funny for saying CE…unless you meant civil or comp eng.</p>

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<p>We don’t offer a communications/advertising major. Go to a school that has a football team the administration doesn’t want failing out. (No offense to the comms/ad majors who may be reading…but it’s true)</p>

<p>That being said, what you major in, especially for that kind of job, probably isn’t that important as long as it’s tangentially related. Maybe psych or film or something along those lines would be ok? That kind of stuff is more about connections I think than anything else though people are welcome to disagree with me.</p>

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<p>^ okay, thanks. that is what I was looking for~</p>