Ok here's the deal I want to major in psychology but I kind of want to do journalism as well. I am thinking of getting my minor in Journalism. What exactly can you do with a minor in Journalism? Does anyone here have a minor in Journalism is so how did you use it?
I'm currently a poli sci major and a journalism minor. My journalism minor has helped me to understand how news media works and also helped me develop my writing style greatly. If I could, I would have taken a 3 way degree, poli sci, english, and journalism all rolled into one.. man, that would be sweet.
And then what? College is merely a series of paths towards different goals. What are your goals and we can help you walk the path. Love, Confucious Your Academic Advisor.
And then graduate school next fall (I got accepted , thanks to those who helped me in the GRE thread) while I work part time for a state rep and a political consulting firm, like i'm doing now.
Thanks! U of H (which is where I'm getting my undergrad, and where I wanted to go anyway) in their masters of American Government program. I applied to UT as well, but their decisions don't come out until the first week of March.. it's going to be a tough decision if I get in both places, but I'm happy already.
Very cool. I was a Poli Sci major and I got accepted to Govt program at SWTSU. I decided not to go as I just needed a break. That break lasted 8 years until I started law school. Between UH and UT, that wouldn't be a tough decision for me since I am so familiar with both campuses.
Yeah, it wouldn't be a tough decision for most people. But I'm pretty attached to this area, the people, and the school. I know a lot of the grad faculty here and I'm very impressed with them, starting over in Austin might just not be something i'm up for. Should I be accepted both places I will go tour UT's Govt grad school and make a decision from there. But my heart is with Houston no doubt.
Im going to Texas State (SWT) in the fall. can anyone tell me what their psy and journalism programs are like?
psych is better for graduate school. however, if you want to do be a sports writer, apparently, it will hurt you if you actually have any knowledge of how journalism works. if journalism is as easy in your school as it is is some, take it as a grade booster. Psych is no cakewalk. (took journalism in college for English credits- BS class, easiest course I took in college)
Djndmrc5, congrats on the college stuff... My girlfrind and I both got our undergrad at A&M, she wanted to go into Law, Teaching, Psychology or Journalism so she got her degree in English(yeah I know weird), but it was the only thing that would let her go into some form of all of them... After she got out she made up her mind that she wanted to go into psychology so now she is getting her Masters at Texas State in school psychology... She may get her Phd after that, but she is still not sure.. Also we are both from Houston and really like A&M, but let me just say I think I like San Marcos better overall as a school and town... Any way, good luck with everything Edit- She really LOVES the program she is in at Texas State, but you got to keep in mind undergrad is gonna be much harder on you in that the profs dont seem to care about students like they do for Grad students... Grad programs in psychology are more hands on rather than read this and have a test over it, the higher you go the more projects and applied learning you get...
pick Chemistry. Seriously, the factors are: what do you like the most, and what could you (realistically) make a living doing? (If the job's totally unrelated to the nature of the degree, well, there you go... pick whatever you want.) Since it looks like you haven't started yet, don't lock yourself into anything. Take the introductory courses in the things you like to see whether or not you really like them once you get there. Otherwise, take things that would count toward all of the degree plans. If you pick a "major" as a freshman, most likely you will just switch later anyway. May as well be undeclared, let yourself think about it, and save yourself the trouble of having to do it later.
I would just add that if you are considering a science, don't let anyone talk you into completing all your core requirements first. I see too many students that have two years left of nothing but math and science because they finished all their core first. For a Liberal Arts major it is not as big a deal, but you still want to have some fluff left in your last year.
Right. If you're considering science or engineering, keep taking math or science. A lot of that has to go in a certain order; besides, you don't want too many of them at once.
I think I've decided on a sports management major with either a physical education (for a potential coaching career) or broadcasting as a minor. The hard part will just be finding a school that offers those and isn't too far away.
