<p>After being in a Physical Therapist’s office after injuring my knee, I immediately knew that I would want to help people recover from injuries, and help athletes get back on their feet. Athletic Training was a calling to me, and I am really interested in sport psychology, and the effects of sports on the brain. However, I am also very math/business minded. I enjoy looking at stock trends, and tracking what happens with the world’s money. I am also very intrigued with the history of the recent economic recession in 2009, and would love to be able to help prevent these downfalls from occurring again, leading to an economics major. Can you do a double major in these two disciplines? I know they are extremely different, but analytical skills learned from economics could greatly enhance what I would learn as an athletic training major, so I was wondering if this was possible at all. Thanks for any responses.</p>
<p>Looking over a few athletic training programs, it seems to me it would be very difficult to get a second major. In the curricula I looked at there is very little room for electives. Also, if that is the route you want to take, to progress in your career, you want to consider graduate studies in physical therapy, exercise physiology, or sports psychology.</p>
<p>If athletic training is the route you want to take, I would suggest you look at economics as your hobby and take as many elective courses in that subject as you can. Rehabilitating athletes and the economy concurrently are not compatible callings.</p>