<p>Although it's a long way into the future I plan on majoring in Economics with a minor in International Affairs. I think it would be really fun to be involved in some sort of global business. I wanted to know if this is a good Major/Minor combo? If not, what would you suggest? Is a higher degree needed for a job in the field? And anything else you feel pertains to the subject? Thanks</p>
<p>A PhD would be nice. Think petroleum, chemicals, government (State Dept, etc). I recommend a foreign language (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, for example) and the FSU overseas program.</p>
<p>How about economics and chemistry? Think Dow Chemical, Shell, Mobil, Chevron. These combinations are very attractive to international companies and government.</p>
<p>One thing to keep in mind is that [Economics</a> is a Limited-Access major at FSU](<a href=“http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/econ.html]Economics”>http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/econ.html), meaning that you may have a difficult time getting formally admitted to the major. The good news is that International Affairs has [a</a> lot of course options for majors/minors to pick from](<a href=“http://www.coss.fsu.edu/inaprog/content/undergraduate-course-list]a”>http://www.coss.fsu.edu/inaprog/content/undergraduate-course-list). </p>
<p>If you’re wanting to do something with an international business, I’d bet that an MBA or similar would be beneficial, but I’m really not sure. An undergrad Economics major and then an MBA would probably work well together. </p>
<p>I think the big question is what do you want to do in that multinational business? For petroleum/energy companies, they have people in many different fields. There’s so many possible positions in most international companies anymore that I’m not sure there’s one “right” way to go, honestly.</p>
<p>@parent2noles
Is the “FSU overseas program” the same thing as studying abroad?</p>
<p>@Pasbal
What minor would you suggest to go along with the Econ major?</p>
<p>Right now the minors that make the most sense to me are a language, International Affairs, or Business. The Chemistry is something I hadn’t thought about before but I see your point.</p>
<p>Yes - See: [International</a> Programs | Home](<a href=“http://international.fsu.edu/]International”>http://international.fsu.edu/) to start.</p>
<p>Combinations make candidates unusual and highly desirable. ;)</p>
<p>Economics with a SAS certificate (equivalent to a minor in statistics).</p>
<p>SAS certificate will require you to take STA2122 (Intro to Applied Statistics), STA3024 (SAS Programming and Data Analysis)… then 3 other SAS classes. You should take Analysis of Variance, Time Series, and Applied Regression.</p>
<p>I might be biased, but the economics / statistics combination is a winning one:</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> SAS Certificate](<a href=“http://sas.stat.fsu.edu/sas-ug.html]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate SAS Certificate)</p>
<p>I’d really like to travel for work so I’m leaning towards a double major in International Affairs and something within the business field. What would best accompany IA for a double major?</p>
<p>Petroleum engineer?</p>
<p>I would think that something like Finance or Economics, if that appeals to you would probably be beneficial. I like Matt’s idea of possibly getting that statistics certificate, as statisticians can make a pretty penny, but you have to like stats to want to do that. </p>
<p>I’m not really of the mindset that a business degree is really all that beneficial. It seems like business is what everyone majors in- sometimes with good reason, sometimes not really. I think that Finance or Economics or something, a specialty sort of within the business field would be more beneficial.</p>
<p>Of course, it’s going to depend on what you want. It might be a good idea to focus first on International Affairs and then throughout your first semester (or two), talk with your advisor(s) about what second major would be a good idea.</p>
<p>If you’re particularly inclined (and can do it feasibly), you could also do two degrees (two majors, two minors) at the same time. If you’ll start with a number of the gen ed class requirements fulfilled that could be a way to have an International Affairs degree and a degree in something else. </p>
<p>I ended up doing the dual degree track (instead of double majoring) for a number of reasons, although neither degree was in anything that you’re looking at. Just be aware that the dual degree option requires about 150 credit hours to complete (instead of 120 for one Bachelors degree), so you’d probably need/want to enter with at least 30 credits.</p>