Decisions, Decisions

In my second blog post, I would like to address the variety of focuses that a communications major could choose from, including journalism, broadcasting, television, video editing, and many more options that all full under the banner of communications. To many students, this would seem to be an opportunity to learn about as many different aspects of the communications field as possible before choosing a focus. To me, it is an exercise in futility to pretend that I know what I want to do after graduating. Each communications class I have taken in the last two semesters has a possible career attached to it; journalism, public relations, marketing, design in advertising, etc. I guess what it is going to come down to is my skill set, which I’m not so sure won’t change by the time I’m ready to graduate. I find that writing is my greatest strength, but a focus such as journalism could limit my creativity and constrain me to eventually writing about a very specific subject. From what I have read, somewhere along the lines of 80% of college graduates wind up finding work in a field unrelated to their major. This idea is very unsettling to me, as I really can’t imagine what I would be doing if I did somehow find a suitable career outside of the broad communications field. Regardless, the further I get into my major, the more I am considering double majoring to “get the best of both worlds,” in my own way. Hopefully, the answer will come to me in the coming fall semester.