Why major in Communications?

My older sibling majored in communications as an undergraduate. His ultimate goal was to get a job in the field of journalism. As part of the curriculum, all students were required to obtain an internship and he chose to work as a copyeditor for a small paper. Now, at the recommendation of one of his advisers / main professors, he is working as the copyeditor for a much larger newspaper.

Communications is not, however, limited to newspaper journalism. It is good for public relations jobs (particularly with a double major or even minor in business), photo-journalism, video-journalism, to study social networking trends, etc. Since social networking is changing communications so much, it could be an interesting area of study.

~To avoid having to work when one graduates.

I was in a similar situation when I took half way into a double major in Psychology and Philosophy degree. I will never have the burden to look for work in my field so I can live at home until 35. Note I am 36 and I am seeing working at A&W as a Good thing. I love frosted root beer mugs, and Teen Burgers.

It was an introduction to the world of the deaf and a career for my daughter. It also helped bring out her self assurance.

No, seriously, why?

I have a few friends who majored in Communications and they wound up being journalists. Actually, they always wanted to be a journalist and so they chose the Communications school specifically. Two of them became anchors on morning news, and one of those two now has her own cooking show, an online column with a local paper, and she dabbles in some other things.

Several people I knew while in college went into Communications because they didn’t make it into the Business school. They couldn’t get through the math classes to be accepted into the Business degree programs. I don’t know what those students wound up doing in their career.

@JLeslie Wow! It seems they were successful with their degrees.
@muppetish It does seem like an interesting thing to study. I imagine Sociology would play a large part in the study of Communications.

I have often heard that it’s sort of a “cop-out” major, but there are many job postings that say they require a degree in Communications or Journalism.

Hopefully more people will answer :)

@Aesthetic_Mess Yes, the ones who always knew what they wanted were very focused and made it happen. One of them is one of my dearest friends, and I am so in awe of her success. She is incredible. She is very good at making things happen. Persistent and fearless.