History, political science or economics?

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<p>Career opportunities notwithstanding, I'd pick history in a heartbeat. The course selection for history just looks so much more appealing than either polisci or econ. I haven't tried a polisci class, yet, but will try one next semester. However, I'm planning on double majoring, and since I go to a LAC, the course selection for any major in any given semester is quite small-- The issue is that I have fewer classes left to reach the major requirement for history than I do for the other two. I'm worried that in order to finish my major requirements for poli sci or econ, I'll have to take classes that I might not really enjoy.</p>

<p>Can anyone offer input on this?
On a broader level, would a history degree make me less qualified for business or government jobs than a polisci or econ degree? Keep in mind that if I major in history, I will not take more than 4 classes of each of polisci and econ, so that background knowledge will not be there for certain jobs.</p>

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<p>a double major in poli sci and economics would be a good option and career prospects from what I know are very good</p>

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<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>a history degree will not let you be an economist.</p>

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<p>Your major doesn’t matter as much as how you do in it. I know history majors who have gone into business right out of college, and it has worked just fine. Mostly they go into consulting, and it makes sense since history is very much about questioning everything – you read something, but you know it may be wrong or biased, so you read something else, and eventually you come up with a conclusion which you are tasked with telling the world. I wouldn’t major in something just for job prospects… a 3.9 history major is far more valuable to a company than a 2.9 business major or a 2.9 econ major.</p>