<p>Would economics be good? How about English or psycology or business? What would be most marketable In the world of pr and advertising?</p>
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<p>I am going to tell you what my own kids ignored; they are fine, but given the explosion of advertising in the science and medical field, a science minor would probably be extremely marketable…</p>
<p>What do you like to do? If you can answer that question, you have the answer to your post. I can say that econ would be great to pair with a PR degree but if you hate econ, it’s pointless to study that. Are you a sports fanatic? How about a sports management second major? The above suggestion about science is great, if you like the sciences. Personally I would discourage my children from going into PR but if you are passionate about that field you can make it work.</p>
<p>Business and marketing would be good since you’re likely to work for a corporation. Journalism would be great to hone your writing skills - crucial in PR.</p>
<p>The most important thing a PR person can do is write and write succinctly. Strategic communications is their life blood. Personally, I would look into digital media or computer science. Think ahead.</p>
<p>Cross-posted with Katliamom</p>
<p>Business, marketing and PR go together well. PR is a subset of marketing in most companies…excellent business writing skills are required. I would stay away from advertising…</p>
<p>CS would be highly marketable. Tech start ups; established tech companies; VC’s; private equity- all need communications people who actually understand the digital explosion from the inside out.</p>
<p>Why major in public relations at all? Major in a discipline you are interested in- you will have the same PR coordinator or Media Relations associate job as anyone else who starts out in the field. But instead of adding a second major, why not just DO that second major and do well in it?</p>
<p>I would be doing strat comm in the journalism school at Syracuse. It’s a top communication school and I wouldn’t necessarily be doing pr. I could be doing something like advertising. Would computer science be the best supplement? And would it involve a ton of math? Also would Econ be the next best supplement</p>
<p>How about something focusing on design? So much of PR and any writing job will involve internet work: Websites, blogs, etc.</p>
<p>So how would a graphic design/strategic communications major be? Would I be marketable with that?</p>
<p>The Newman School at Syracuse is an awesome program. Very competitive and a lot of kids who don’t get in there hope to transfer in because the share a core thru arts and sciences. While some programs are based more in Engineering and web design, overall, quite few comprehensive Journalism/Communications programs now have at least one track with digital media, inclusive of design.</p>
<p>My D is a Communications major with her concentration in Public Relations. Her minor is Graphic Design and she will probably have at least 10 hours above the requirement there along with a full-time paid graphic design internship that she didn’t seek credit for last summer. GD is really her passion but she didn’t want to be a fine arts major. Tried to encourage her to double minor with marketing but the first marketing professor really turned her off. Hoping having PR & GD will mean more opportunities. So far with internships this has proven to be true. She has another paid internship (can work up to 40 hours if she desires) lined up this summer that is a combination of marketing, public relations, and graphic design. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>I think a graphic design/strat comm major would be easiest to do. So this would be marketable? I want to work in the communications/advertising field so would gd be the best option as a double major?</p>
<p>Do you want to be on the “creative” end or the “business” end of the field?</p>
<p>Probably the business</p>
<p>CS if you are good at it.</p>
<p>How about Arabic?</p>
<p>I am just going to say one thing about “easy” vs “hard” - it seems to me that whenever my kids take anything because they think it’s going to be easier, they end up doing worse. They become bored, apathetic etc. If you’re going to do this for a living, it’s best to start out loving what you do, not getting by with the easiest. Truth is, if you do anything just to get it done, it definitely shouldn’t be something in which you hope to spend 25 years or more doing. You know?</p>
<p>graphic design + pr/communications = branding</p>
<p>i.e., marketing/strategizing for businesses. In this difficult economy, a lot of these businesses have truly struggled, so corporate/multinational-level branding might be the way to go. It’s pretty fun work :)</p>
<p>So would graphic design with advertising actually be more practical??</p>