<p>Can a person major in Political science and History and become a reporter or an international correspondent for a news channel like CNN?
A couple of my top choice colleges like Harvard and Gerogetown don’t offer communications as a major so can I major in something a little off-track and become what i want to become?</p>
<p>You don’t need to be a journalism or communication major to work in the industry - you need to be creative, talented, and to have drive. If you go to Harvard and major in government and do some work for publications, then I’m sure you’d be just fine for getting a career as a reporter. Journalistic experience is very important.</p>
<p>Communications is not commonly offered as a major at super elite schools, though it’s a common major at non-super elite schools. (Notable exceptions: Northwestern and Cornell). It’s generally not seen to be as challenging as a poly sci or a history major is.</p>
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<p>Sure, why not? Anderson Cooper studied poli-sci and IR at Yale. </p>
<p>As kk19131 alluded to, it doesn’t really matter what you study in college. Lou Dobbs did economics at Harvard. Soledad O’Brien did English and American Studies at Harvard (and in fact, didn’t even graduate before she embarked on her career; she withdrew from Harvard and became a highly successful journalist before returning to Harvard to complete her degree in 2000). Wolf Blitzer studied history at SUNY-Buffalo and got an MA in IR at Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>certainly, as the earlier posters have pointed out. A lot of people are a bit puzzled by this, because colleges have 2 types of majors. The first are vocational – think nursing, engineering, etc. The 2nd are liberal-arts majors that don’t provide training for a specific career. The key to getting a good start in a career with one of these majors is what you do in addition to your coursework.</p>
<p>If you simply major in Poli Sci or History and then start trying to find a job in journalism after graduation, good luck! On the other hand if you write for the school paper, get summer jobs and internships in the field, etc. you’ll be a good candidate.</p>