Nursing or history major?

highland_poppy
Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:52:17 +0000

You have a ton of options.

I agree with physiotherapy. It’s often a popular choice with sports orientated people who want a job in the industry, might not be able to be a professional player but have an interest in science, partiularly anatomy. You could be physio for a dance company or specialise in dance injuries working in New York.

Another health related career would be podiatry- foot and lower limb medicine including surgery- requires grad school and pre-podiatry requirements but you could do any major for your undergraduate.

Nutrition, too.

Other interesting areas high school students don’t tend to know about so much are OT- problem solving often little things that make such a difference in a person’s life.

Hospital based social work. Would med school even be an option?

Off the wall idea would be shoe making/ footwear design. There’s a specialist college in the UK part of London’s University of the Arts which is famous for shoe design. Might give you an insight into a similar major in the States:

[BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear: Product Design and Innovation - University of Arts London](http://www.arts.ac.uk/fashion/courses/undergraduate/ba-cordwainers-footwear/)

How about an academic career in the History of Dance/ Theatre? This would fit with either a double major or a dance minor.

Remember also that nursing can be studied at grad school for new entrants. So, in theory and subject to having the correct pre-req classes, you could do your history/dance major and then move onto nursing. This would be a longer and more expensive way of doing things but might be right for you.

One caveat- you found anthropology uninteresting. The college experience of history is very different to high school or just reading lots of books on an era you enjoy. There is lots and lots of theory- on interpretation, evidence, political, ethical, issues. Not very much day dreaming about travelling back in time (17th Century London for me, via the 1880s…)

Regardless of becoming a health professional, teacher, dancer or academic- having a healthy interest in other pursuits will keep you mentally and physically well to perform better and enjoy your work.