bobsnider

I'm a senior nearing the end of my high school career and I'm still not sure exactly what I want to major in. I've been interested in film for the longest while and am accepted at Desales University as a TV/Film major. After looking at post graduate career options, however, I've been starting to wonder if I really want to spend my life working my butt off sitting in front of a computer cutting up television commercials for mitsubishi (or selling anything for that matter as there are much more jobs in advertising than their are in in traditional movie making).

I'm still into film but I also want to keep my options open. Specifically my other main interest is in anthropology and to a lesser extent, history. I could double major in film and History, but Desales doesn't offer a major in Anthropology. They have a deal with lehigh university and I could take some classes there, but it would be difficult (with regulations) to convince them to let me to do an entire second major there.

I've learned that in anthropology, undergraduate courses are not as important and real career options open up only after graduate school, so my real question is whether I could major in history (with maybe a minor in anthropology) and then be able to apply to grad school later in life if I wanted to. If someday I decide that I want to pursue anthropology more intensely, how much would it set me back not to have a full undergraduate degree?

Thanks in advance for any responses, sorry for such a long winded post.

kelseyg

Look up graduate programs for anthropology and see exactly what they require - it would be weird if a graduate program didn't require an anthro major, but I could be wrong.

Student35

It's not usually required for graduate school admissions that you major in that subject in undergrad, but it's very common. Some go to grad school in the field they minored in, and some neither major or minor in it but studied a related field in undergrad. Those who do chose a whole new subject for grad school will probably have some catching up to do or will require more time.

bobsnider

Thanks for the responses! I checked out the web pages of a bunch of Grad school anthropology departments and a few of them noted that it wasn't unnecessary to major in anthropology. Of course, a few of them did require some undergraduate work so I suppose that I won't be able to attend those schools, but I still feel a lot better knowing that I'm not locked into an educational track right from the start.
Thanks again,