Sunday, October 12, 2008
Four Year Plan
The next four years of my life are still a little up in the air, but I have chosen a path for which I will follow, at least for this essay. As of now, I am a Business/Marketing major, but I see myself switching to advertising in the coming semester. I have found that every time I envision myself doing "business", I see myself unhappy, in a cubical. I cannot be in a profession where this is my environment everyday and I do not really get to use any of my creative ideas. It is for this reason that I plan to switch my major to Advertising. In this major, I have to take 40 units from the JMC, Journal and Mass Communication, and 80 units from outside the JMC. Along with that are some classes that I will have to take for example MCOM 72, MCOM 100, MCOM 101, and MCOM 111. MCOM 111 is very important as it an internship that will become to me my junior year. After completing this class, the class ADV 129 Campaigns becomes available for me to take. Also, within this major, I can take the creative track or the management track. I would take the creative track as it would suit me better and this means that I would take the classes ENGL 71. I have several classes I can take in the Advertising department, but sadly I cannot take all of them as their is not enough time. Actually, as of now, it would be impossible for me to graduate in four years going at the pace I'm going now. Even if I took more units, it cannot be done unless I start taking classes in the summer, as I plan to do if I can. I still have to meet with my advisor about the switch in majors, but at this point, in my mind I am no longer a business major
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Welcome to JMC! The advertising major is really booming, and the business school's loss is our gain.
One of the coolest things about the advertising program is JMC's new student-run Advertising/PR agency. It just started this year -- with real clients. The goal is to give students who've completed the ad campaigns class a chance to get some real agency experience under their belts before they graduate.
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