(unwanted) journalism degree

Graduate School
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Next year, I will finish a 4-year journalism undergraduate degree at a Spanish university. These past years spent at journalism school have been the most wasteful and intelectually sterile of my life. There was very little writing going on, no school paper run by students, a lot of rote learning, and no freedom when choosing which classes to take (not to mention a lack of selection in the admissions process that results in a class where half the people are not capable of understanding a midly complex article). I don't usually say this so as to not sound arrogant, but I need you guys to understand the situation. </p>

<p>So, basically, despite the fact that I had as strong a secondary education as you can get, my college years have been a complete bore academically speaking. I really want to go to graduate school (abroad, of course) because I have many interests that I want to pursue, but 2 more years of journalism school are the last thing I want. Taking into account that most people get a liberal arts degree and then go on to j-school for the "technical aspects", would it be extremely weird if I did things the other way around? That is, go to journalism school and then get a humanities/political science master's degree?</p>

<p>Thank you for your time.</p>

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<p>I'd imagine that either way you would make a marketable candidate - although since you had an unfavorable j-school education - would not going to get an MA in it (if that's even possible) hurt you? (I don't really know anything about j-school so forgive me if my question isn't relevant)</p>

<p>If you think about it though, a degree in journalism coupled with say, a photography degree or even something else in the humanities like english, history, poli sci, would all help your overall career, imo.</p>