<p>I'm currently majoring in Communication Studies and I'm very close to completing my Bachelor's Degree. However, I've recently decided that Journalism and Electronic Media would have been a better major choice for me. Instead of switching majors, I'd rather finish my Bachelor's Degree in Communication Studies and then earn a Master's degree in Journalism and Electronic Media. (My University allows this)</p>
<p>My question is, would a potential employer prefer that my Bachelor's Degree be in Journalism and Electronic Media even if I have successfully earned a Master's Degree in Journalism and Electronic Media? Does a Master's Degree trump a Bachelor's Degree and prove that you should theoretically have the same knowledge as someone who earned a Bachelor's Degree in the same major?</p>
<p>Working toward a Master’s degree ensures your mastery and knowledge of the subject at hand; therefore, I don’t think it would matter if you had received your Bachelor’s in Journalism and Electronic Media. Personally, I think it is beneficial to have differing undergraduate and graduate degrees (even though both communication-related) as it gives you a broader knowledge of communication in general.</p>
<p>If you are in the final interview for a job and the other competing applicant has a Bachelors and a Masters in Journalism and Electronic Media, the employer will look at the outside experiences that both of you have obtained in your given field - “Who had the more dynamic, challenging internship?” They will look for the individual who is best equipped for the job and a lot of the time, that will come down to individual experiences partnered with your given area of study.</p>
<p>Each is higher than the one before it and takes more mastery of more specific subjects. A GED is general; an associate’s degree shows general mastery of a typically broad subject; a Bachelor’s degree shows a mastery of a major discipline; a Master’s degree shows an advanced mastery of a major discipline, typically with a narrower focus; a Doctoral degree shows an advanced mastery of a major discipline, with a very narrow focus that has led to original research and, in the case of academia, publication. You can’t get a higher degree without being able to get the lower degree.</p>
<p>Awesome. That’s what I was hoping. It kind of sucks to know that you’re working towards the wrong major but now I feel like it won’t matter at all after I earn a master’s degree in the right major.</p>