My dream career path is to do humanitarian work abroad and recently I’ve been considering nursing as well (such as working with médecins sans frontières/doctors without borders). I am currently a junior in high school with AP exams that can be used for credit and a schedule that can accommodate taking online college courses during the summer. With all that in mind, do you think it is possible that I could double major in nursing and international relations? I hope that my already existing college credits can help me get out of some Gen Ed classes and keep a manageable schedule. I know it would be a lot of work but hopefully it will pay off when I can find a career that utilizes both majors.
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The big challenge problem is that typically nursing and IR are in separate schools within a university, and it is often difficult to major across two schools.
You may want to do some more investigation as to what an IR degree involves- I know a surprising number of students who signed up for IR without really understanding what is in the degree. You might find that a degree such as this:
is more useful than an IR degree. Getting the nursing degree will qualify you to work with MSF & similar organizations. IMO an IR degree would be less useful than (say) a community health science degree, or even social work degree with carefully chosen coursework.
*3 year degree in the UK
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More likely would be IR and public health.
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