Earth Science or Anthropology Major

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Hello, I have narrowed down my degree choices to a major in either Anthropology or Earth/Environmental Science. Could you tell me more about both, especially if you got a degree in one or the other and life after.

I wanted to know if they are well rounded majors and what you could do with each after school.

I would prefer a career that works both in and outdoors, where I could incorporate my photography, and something that I am good at is research. I don’t want to sit in an office all day, I get antsy having to sit all the time. Research is one of my stroner abilities. Unfortunately I can’t go near any of the life/physcial sciences. Would take me too long and there are too many prerequisites

Also if so, I would prefer maybe to double major if there is something similar to that major, to further the question.

I talked to an advisor and said that I should do the earth/environmental science degree for wanting to working indoors/outdoors and with the environment.

Earth/Environmental Science- https://www.unlv.edu/degree/bs-earth-environmental-science
Geology- https://www.unlv.edu/degree/bs-geology

Also I was wondering, which sort of jobs can one except with a Earth/Environmental Science degree. Thanks. I would also be able to minor in geography/geology too.

mod note - edited together 5 very similar threads. - juillet

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There’s a field called human geography that lies right at the intersection of the earth/environmental sciences and the social sciences (like anthropology). It’s the study of how human activity affects the earth’s surface and environment.

If you say that you can’t go near the life or physical sciences, why would you link to earth/environmental sciences or geology? Both of those involve life and/or physical sciences.

Most majors don’t lead directly to specific careers. An environmental sciences major could very well end up working inside 100% of the time, if she took a role at a policy institute at a private company or something - or if she took a job not directly related to environmental sciences, which happens all the time. An anthropology major could end up working outside a good deal of the time, depending on what she does and what field she goes into (even within anthropology or archaeology).

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I meant I could do between an earth science degree, geology, or environmental science, just can’t go near chem or bio.