What can I do with an International Relations degree?

What kinds of careers do people with an international relations degree go into?

• I hope to get a BA in international relations and to also focus my studies on South and East Asia. I also plan to major in Japanese, as a second major. What kinds of things have you done or could do with an international relations degree? Foreign service officer, business, etc?

• Answer:

  I'm about to get a degree in IR w/ regional expertise in Asia and Latin America; speak 3 languages; minor in Geography and Asian Studies, etc etc etc So far I've applied for such jobs as: Foreign Service Officer (took the exam last month, waiting for results in December), Regional Analyst for the military, Passport Specialist for the State Department, Mission Support Assistant for Homeland Security, and a few others that will take a while to get results from....you know how the government job selection takes like a year! Anyway, point being...it all depends on what you're interested in. If you have regional expertise you should try intelligence work. But there are unlimited options: International Logistics, International Marketing, International Sales, Foreign Affairs Officer, International Trade Specialist, etc. Took me a while to research all that but I hope it helps you somewhat :) You never know, we may end up being colleagues or something one day (lol)