<p>I love music and I currently go to community college as an environmental science major and I plan on transferring to a UC. However, I want to help the environment as a career. Is it possible that I can become an environmental scientist as a music major? Because I am thinking about switching majors from environmental science to music.</p>
<p>Oh and what colleges have good environmental science programs? I hear UCD and UCSD does.</p>
<p>Since you want a career as an environmental scientist, your best bet is to stick with environmental science and use your music as a safety valve on the side. These two majors are both demanding and not very compatible.</p>
<p>If it includes “soft skills” (such as communication) in the job title, any major can get it. If it includes “hard skills” (such as biochemistry and other science) only a hard skills major can get that job. (in general).</p>
<p>As a corporate recruiter, I’m going to say that if you are going for a very specific career like that, you should focus on that as your major. You need to think about who your competition now and in the future will be… people w/environmental degrees.</p>
<p>Explicitly speaking, not universally. For all practical purposes though, yes. If one wants to be a physicist, it requires the years of training provided by a degree in physics. If one wants to be an environmental scientist, it requires the years of training provided by a degree in environmental science. </p>
<p>There are a lot of jobs out there that don’t require a directly related degree. But do work within a given field, it is a nearly universal requirement. </p>