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Choosing a College Major: Public Relations

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Maybe you’ve always wanted to be a celebrity assistant. You’ve had a knack for writing? Or you were made for marketing or awed by advertising? Love business and working with people? Well perhaps the Public Relations field is the right field for you when pursuing a college major. college search

Although PR is actually fairly new as far as being an established, academic field, there’s a plethora and variety of opportunity in the PR world. Use CampusCompare’s college major search to look up schools with good public relations programs. Personally, I’d suggest checking out the USC page! For another Public relations resource, check out the PRChannel blog, and pay close attention to their “Advice For The PR Grad” weeklong special this week. They have tons of valuable advice for a young budding PR professional like yourself!

POSTED BY Chit Chat with Brit IN Admissions Process, college majors
02.03.09
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Dear Babs: College Theatre and Drama Programs

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Dear Babs,

I want to be an actor on Broadway or in Hollywood one day, so I’m looking at college theatre and drama programs. It seems like there are a lot of good schools in New York and California, but I’m not sure if I’m ready to make a huge move like that yet. Any advice?

Signed,
I Wanna Be Famous

Dear Famous,

New York and California are certainly where many film and theatre people live and work. And sure, there are definitely excellent undergraduate programs in theatre and film in these cities; Wagner College, New York University, USC, and UCLA to name just a few.

However, don’t believe for one second that NYC and Hollywood are the only options you have when looking for theatre and drama programs. There are many schools throughout the country with excellent programs that will prepare you well, regardless of their location.

Don’t believe me? I contacted the folks at some schools outside of NY and La-La Land and here’s what they had to say:

From Linda Essig, director of the School of Theatre and Film in the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University : “I usually advise students to follow their passion. But for many students, NY or LA are mythological rather than real places. There are excellent, professionally oriented programs in theatre and/or film throughout the country.  Students should look at who is on the faculty and what their professional activities are on a national and international level.”

From Chris Roberts, Chair of the Dept. of Film, Video, and Theatre at Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College):  “We encourage our students to work on the films that come right here to Maryland, and also to intern at the local stations in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. We also have many students employed at Discovery Communications in Silver Spring. There are over 50 theatres in the Baltimore/Washington,DC area, and we encourage our students to take advantage of those opportunities as well. All of our full time faculty are actively working in the field which gives our students plenty of networking opportunities.”

Ha! Take that, NY and LA!

Check this blog next week when Babs gives more tips on film and theatre programs! As always, feel free to e-mail her questions about your college search.

POSTED BY BarbaraBlogger IN Applications, Dear Babs, college majors
10.10.08
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List of Careers

Friday, June 27th, 2008

There are so many careers out there, it is hard to know where to start. While there are just way too many to list here, we’ll give you some general categories to bounce ideas off of and what you need to study to realize your career goals.

  1. Artistic careers: These can range from sculpture and painting to dance and jewellery making. But they can also be poet, novelist or film maker—just about anything that lets you be creative. If you’re a dreamer and a free spirit, these arty careers might just be your thing. To make the dream in reality, you might consider a liberal arts college, a fine arts,  communications or English major.
  2.  Medical careers: From neural surgeon to dentist to dermatologist to medical research, there are all kinds of different medical careers out there. You’ll want to take a major in biology or physiology and inquire about premed.
  3. Cooking and culinary careers: We all know that food is the way to a person’s heart. So this career choice lets you combine your work and your pleasure. You are probably going to have to attend a career college if this is your appetite.
  4. Banking and finance careers: If you love money, numbers and figures then bank on a banking or finance career.  Cash in with a major in finances, banking or accounting.
  5. Business and accounting careers:  If you want to own your own enterprise, work in business or play with numbers, a business or accounting career just might work. You’ll probably want to go the route of majoring in marketing, business administration or accounting.
  6. Legal and law-related careers: If you love to argue and debate then maybe a lawyer would make your mouth water. You might want to study pre-law but you could even do a more well-rounded liberal arts education or humanities.
  7. Technical and engineering careers: This can mean anything from computers to planes, trains, automobiles, nano technology etc. You can go for a bachelor of engineering or even computer science.
  8. Musical careers: If you’ve always dreamt of becoming a rock star…unfortunately there is no school of rock. But you could study music composition or general performance music.
  9. Teaching careers: We all know one or two teachers that really inspired us. You might want to return the favor—not to mention if you become a teacher, you get summers off. Go for a major in the department of education.

There are tons of other careers out there, you can become a nurse, a psychologist a fligh attendant…the sky is really the limit. Check out a college course catalogue to get more ideas.

Here are two interesting resources with a comprehensive list of careers: http://www.careerplanner.com/ListOfCareers.cfm
http://www.bls.gov/k12/azlist.htm

POSTED BY Reisa Resource IN college majors
06.27.08
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