<p>in the government (state or federal), would it be smart to try to double major in Environmental Studies and Political Science? What kind of schools would best help me achieve this goal? Would it necessarily be best to be in Washington D.C./NYC, or is that not necessary?</p>
<p>The major doesn’t matter as much as the skills and experience you acquire. I have a student who works for me as a research analyst during the school year. He’s an econ/math major, and he interned last summer with NOAA in D.C. and will again this summer with NOAA in California. The combination of statistics knowledge, analytical capability, and interest in the content area were what landed him the internship. </p>
<p>I also don’t think that the location of the school matters terribly; we’re in Memphis, not D.C. or NYC. </p>
<p>What major you choose would I think really depend on what kind of work you want to do. “An environmental job” is pretty broad. Do you want to be out in the field (environmental studies, engineering)? Do you want to be in a lab (biology, chemistry)? Do you want to analyze large data sets (math, economics, computer science)? Do you want to analyze and help make policy (history, political science)? Do you want to understand or influence behavior (psychology, economics)? Do you want to be an activist (sociology, political science)? Do you want to work with indigenous people (anthropology)?</p>
<p>Either policy or activism. Thank you so much for the suggestions!</p>