Your Alternative majors/minors

<p>I know that most people on this forum have an idea of what field or interest they want to major/minor in. However, for those people who have made this concrete decision, what are some of your alternatives if for instance, things didn’t work out with that selection: I.E. The economy remained weak for 30 years rendering a typical business degree not that valuable or technological advances became so extreme that there would be no point getting a computer science degree; or the workload was just too difficult for you to do etc.</p>

<p>What would you do?</p>

<p>I major in Business Administration/an option in Business Law.</p>

<p>And I guess I would consider Criminal Justice or Communications.</p>

<p>I’m majoring in health sciences… the goal is become a physician assistant.</p>

<p>My alternative major would either be entertainment management or stage management. Both are less reliable careers haha</p>

<p>i used to want to be a math/cs major</p>

<p>it didn’t work out so i dropped cs</p>

<p>if math doesn’t work out i want to be a psychologist or a high school teacher. or i could drop out and get certified as a system administrator. these are jobs i’d actually be more passionate about. but i’m better at math than any of those jobs so yea…if math doesn’t work out i don’t know what will</p>

<p>If I suddenly lose my interest in English/Education I could see myself majoring in ceramics and/or basket weaving.</p>

<p>Seriously though, my tertiary area of study is Anthropology. I could almost see it as my major, but needing a PhD in the field to do just about anything kills my ambitions.</p>

<p>Right now, my primary interest is International Relations, but I’m very undecided. My other options have been:</p>

<p>(Human) Geography
Urban Studies
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Political Science
Public Policy
Arabic
Pre-Law track</p>

<p>So basically, I’m headed toward the social sciences. A few other interests of mine have been:</p>

<p>Geology/Earth Science
Environmental Studies</p>

<p>My major right now is actuarial math. I have a lot of free credits, so my minor I have decided to keep open and choose on a whim. My ideas: statistics, urban planning, economics (probably not), or something really random like asian studies.</p>

<p>Right now, I’m going with a major in Communication because it’s so broad. My alternative would be psychology, but psychology is way too popular! =O</p>

<p>I’m plannning on majoring in Anthropology and minoring in chem with a premed track =)</p>

<p>My major at the moment is Political Science/option in Law and Society.</p>

<p>My alternative would be Philosophy, or perhaps Germanic Studies.</p>

<p>i’m majoring in chemistry. (maybe biochemistry, the requirements are basically the same until junior year) and i want to go into medicine :)</p>

<p>I’m majoring in Aerospace Engineering. If it doesn’t work out, I would probably switch into Business Administration, Economics or Math.</p>

<p>I plan to major in international relations and possibly a minor in economics. Though I also debate on political science and possibly a minor in economics. If I have to switch it completely all around, I would do economics major and minor in international relations or political science. Like a poster mention above, basically staying within social sciences besides economics.</p>

<p>I’m majoring in Russian with a minor in middle eastern studies (possibly arabic). At this point in time I am not willing to switch my major anymore since I wont graduate in 4 years if I do which equals an extra year of tuition. So I guess I dont have a back up.</p>

<p>If I go to grad school I will pursue a different field, most likely arabic, however there are only three colleges in the US that offer graduate studies in arabic. =[</p>

<p>I’m a nursing major. </p>

<p>If things don’t work out with that, I’ll probably change to pre-PT or early childhood education.</p>

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<p>True, but usually Arabic is just a language combined with another major, and here are a lot of graduate level Arabic courses. Also… what an awesome opportunity to study abroad.</p>

<p>Right now is Management at Krannert Bus. Alternatives would probably be Marketing/PR</p>

<p>Right now I will be majoring in Biology. Alternative would probably be Economics.</p>

<p>I am majoring in Kinesiology Pre-Health Professions. Right now it’s too late to turn back, but Psychology is my alternative if all goes to hell next year when taking chemistry and anatomy & physiology.</p>

<p>Originally, I was an occupational therapy major, but I just transferred into mechanical engineering. If that doesn’t work out, I’ll try comp sci. If that doesn’t work out, I think I’m going to drop out, and become a truck driver. </p>

<p>How do you choose what you want to do with the rest of your life if you could do pretty much anything if you put your mind to it?</p>

<p>Planning on chemical engineering/mathematics, but if everything fails then:
Environmental Science
Latin
Education</p>