psychology and marketing career?

[Michael G]

I got my BA in psych. There is a branch of psychology called 'consumer psych'. Slivers of that and pieces of social psych address advertising and influence. But those are such small slices of the psychological pie.

Bottom line, in this day and age and this economy, BA psych jobs don't pay for sh*t. I'm living proof. I think for your goals, either a minor in psych (or perhaps just a few courses) should do well to compliment marketing.

Yeah, you'll have to focus your education on classes that may not inspire you as much as the psych classes (let's face it, psych classes are cool), however; on your first day at your advertising job, I hope you'll be tossing a penny into my jar as I sit in tattered clothes on the sidewalk eloquently expressing my thoughts and feelings and suggesting how various personality theorists might interpret them.

That's my suggestion, but be sure to stop by your college's career center to get more information about tomorrow's job market.