Writers, if you went to college what was your major?  

I only was in college for two years before I quit to start a family, but I'll be starting again within a year or so. I'm not planning on changing the course of my studies much at all. I started out as a Psychology major, and I'll keep that up. I really like how much studying psychology has taught me about the inner workings of our minds.

I like to pretend that this has helped me in my stories, as well, by giving me new ideas and a better understanding of what helps create believablility in a character.

I don't see any reason why someone should have to major in English or Journalism (unless they want to be an editor or a journalist..) if they just want to write. Writing is something that can be done no matter what you know.

My major is business office technology.

Well, I've only taken once class that connects to my writing and that was a composition couse I took in college 30+ years ago. I've taken a lot of classes since then but that one has stuck with me the most. I think majoring in Journalism is a wise choice and might be something I look into the next round I decide to go to college - I tend to go a couple semesters then take a few years off and then go again. I've changed my major 4 times in 30 years and still don't have a degree..

I earned a BA in English, but I made sure to take an editing course and an internship that involved writing and editing. I also earned an MFA in writing & poetics just to get my writing going.
Even if you go the journalism route, I highly suggest taking an editing course. It makes your degree more marketable when searching for a job.

Abnormal Criminal Psychology and Application of Law. Two subjects that interested me, and I was planning on an FBI career before I had an accident that left me permanently disabled. So now I write. And my knowledge on criminology and psychology have been a great help to my writing. It's wonderful having such a wide range of information on hand, and my old text books are easy to flip through and refresh myself on.

I write psychological horror.

I graduated with a degree in Political Science. I don't think in order to be a writer you need to be an English major. There are really great writers who has different fields and yet they do write better than English majors. So I guess, it really depends on the talent and ability to write and not the degree or course.

My degree is in Journalism.

Not to burst your bubble, but most people who go to j-school do not wind up working in journalism. I think that only something like 20% go on to be journalists.

However, you will learn research and interview tools; language and story-telling skills; and, you'll walk away with a journalist's ability to learn enough about something new on the fly that you can write about it for others.

It's a great set of skills.

hahaha i'm the writer of our college newspaper. Guess what? My course is plain Bachelor of science in CRIMINOLOGY! Can you believe that? hehehehhe I love writing and I think that i won't allow my course to be a hindrance to do whatever I love to do.

I majored in political science, and unlike most graduates in that major, I actually have had several jobs in that field. I did, however, move to Washington, DC, when I was in grad school. As for writing, I kept thinking that it was a skill that I had, and when I got my job in politics, writing was my key into the job. I took further publishing classes (certificate program) at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and later in life took a mid-career publishing (summer) seminar at Stanford University in California. So it is important to have good writing, editing, and publishing skills if you want to pursue writing. Still, there are many ways to approach it. I think journalism is a good one. Yet even many journalists are specialists, focusing on certain types of information. So if you want to report news, you have to know something about it (background). Of course, getting as many samples of your work (clips) and work experience or internships will help too. Good luck.

I'm not a journalist or an english major. I am a BS Business Administration Majoy in Management graduate. However i love to write. I write my own short stories and comics too.
I love writing what's in my mind.

I believe it is great to have a background about journalism and english to be able to fully express yourself in the right grammar. Mostly i believe it's more of where you PASSION is. If you LOVE to write then by all means do... What matters is you are doing what you like in your career, and that you are not forced to do them.

:P enjoy college! :P