I’m in college and have taken a nutrition class and a criminology class and I have enjoyed both. I am considering both for a major but I can’t decide because they are so different. I have always loved nutrition, I took many foods classes in high school. But criminology and forensic science has also been something that has caught my interest. And whatever, I do decide to major in, I want to get my master’s in so it would be harder to switch careers later on. I just don’t want to be a few years into my career and wish I had chosen something different.
What year are you? When do you have to declare a major? Unless you have to declare a major by the end of December, then I don’t see an urgent rush. Try taking the next classes up in the sequences for both nutrition and forensics. Use the career center and alumni network to find people from your university in both professions and ask them for their thoughts on the professions and the possibility of shadowing them for a day (or more). Reach out through your connections to see if there are any dieticians/criminologists in your home town (or wherever you’ll be for the winter break) to see if you can shadow or interview them. Also, where do you want to live once you’re out of school? Urban or rural? Certain parts of the country? Is one job easier to find where you’re wanting to live?
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Are you a first year? and when do you have to declare a major?
You have taken just one class in each subject?
Have you looked at the list of course requirements for each major?
My guess is that you are trying to force a decision faster than you need to, with not enough information. Looking at all the classes you would have to take might help clarify your thoughts. Talk to your advisor and the career office for other perspectives.
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There’s double majors. Minors. Interdisciplinary. You can pursue both, get an internship in an area and decide later…and back off of one to a minor.
Maybe work in nutrition within the criminal justice system etc.
Many kids change majors after declaring. Many have jobs in fields not related to their major.
As for going to a masters, not everyone gets a degree in their undergrad field.
Good luck.
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Not necessarily.
Many masters programs will not require that you had majored in the subject - they might just have pre-requisite courses you must have taken.
Some of these entry requirements can then be fulfilled during a summer semester, or you could keep an eye on both masters and be conscious about taking upper-level courses in both subject areas, even if only one was your “initial” major.
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Yup, you could major in chemistry which gives you a great grounding in the science of what you’ll need for either field.
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