<p>My 2 major interests throughout my life have always been animals and global languages/geography/culture/etc. So I can see myself having a career either in wildlife conservation/zoology or international relations.</p>
<p>Which major is more useful?
Biology and/or environmental science or international relations?</p>
<p>I know Biology apparently has terrible career prospects, but international relations seems like a liberal artsy major that might not be too useful either. What do you think?</p>
<p>(I know this is probably the wrong forum to ask on, but there is no generalized forum about college majors)</p>
<p>Have you had any internships or jobs in either of these areas?</p>
<p>Don’t concern yourself with what major is more ‘useful’. Concern yourself with finding something that interests you. </p>
<p>Frankly, I can see jobs that could put the two of these interests together. Aren’t there organizations that look at global wildlife concerns? Check out some of them and see what the background is of the staff.</p>
<p>Visit your college’s career center and talk with an expert about where graduates from your school go with degrees in those areas. Do some informational interviewing with alums who have interesting careers or work for organizations that interest you who have degrees in Bio or IR. Do some internships to test your interests.</p>
<p>No need to decide until you are a junior, so don’t rush yourself. Think of all the majors you haven’t even considered yet that might be of interest - anthropology for example, might combine an interest in science with an interest in other cultures. There really isn’t a lot of benefit to picking your ‘pigeon-hole’ sooner than necessary.</p>