Double Major or no?

College Majors
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<p>I am a current health science major and I'm not sure what type of health profession I want o pursue but right now I'm interested by public health, health policy, health management, health education, dietetics, and environmental health, and exercise science. As you can see, I'm all over the place but I'm not worried about that because I'm only a first year and will have plenty of time to decide.</p>

<p>My question is, should I consider a double major, because I can just fit one in if I take the minimum amount of courses (17) to get my degree in health science? </p>

<p>I see the benefit of having a second major in that I am also learning more in depth about a subject of interest to me and can show this interest with a degree. However since I am so undecided about a health career, I want to explore as many as I can, and having a double major would take up classes I could use to help myself decide what career I want to pursue within health professions.</p>

<p>Sticking to a single major in health sciences will benefit me because, not having a second major, I have more free classes to take health science elective and decide my career but then I still have courses to pursue a wide variety of subjects. With a single major, I can also further my understanding of the Spanish language, which is beneficial for health professions.</p>

<p>I guess my question is, what is best?</p>

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<p>What major would you choose for your second major? This plays a large factor in the decision. Right now, I would keep the single major and maybe minor in Spanish. Or you could just keep doing it outside of school. However, that second major might be helpful depending on the subject. What is it?</p>

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<p>The second major would be public policy because courses within the health science major satisfy requirements for public policy (public health, global health, biostatistics, etc.)</p>

<p>So I actually worked out my schedule where I can do both majors while taking two years (four semesters) of Spanish language. I just need to take five courses instead of four for two semesters, but of course my plans can change for the future.</p>