<p>Whew, ok. So, I am a sophomore student who is utterly overwhelmed with picking a major. I am not really sure what I want to do after college, which is making this harder. I feel like I am wasting time while everyone else is figuring out what they want to do with their lives...</p>
<p>Anyhoo: I love learning languages, studying cultures and societies, history, and how we interact with each other. Those interests have led me to International Studies. However, after I took my macroeconomics class I began doubting my major choice. You see, I absolutely HATED economics. My major requires 2 economic courses, 2 political science courses, some history, language, etc. I am perfectly fine with everything BUT political science and economics. I read through the course catalog for PS and nothing appealed to me.</p>
<p>I then decided to try Sociology, which kind of relates to my interests, and then just minoring in a language. I liked Soc101, however, I found the subject to be rather quantitative, which I don't really like. Is that how the entire major is focused?</p>
<p>So here is my dilemma: I figure an IS major would lead me on a career path to working in international nonprofits or something of the sort (which sounds interesting to me), but I absolutely hate taking economics and political science! I don't really want to study IS on the governmental level (things about laws, treaties, etc) but on a societal level (does that make sense?). </p>
<p>"I love learning languages, studying cultures and societies, history, and how we interact with each other."
"I don't really want to study IS on the governmental level (things about laws, treaties, etc) but on a societal level (does that make sense?)."</p>
<p>I don't think International Studies/Relations is right for you if you don't like economics and political science. I don't know much about Sociology, but that, as you said, can be a bit 'quantitative' for your tastes.</p>
<p>"Area" studies, like Asian studies or Africana studies, might not suit you either because they'll also focus on politics and economics.</p>
<p>Could you try double majoring in two foreign languages? Once you learn the language up to like an intermediate level, the higher level courses you'll take will be on history/culture/society.</p>
<p>Have you thought about philosophy? Or linguistics? You can learn more about these two majors on collegeboard's profiles on them (like what are some sample courses, what to expect to do).</p>
<p>Or consider transferring to a school that offers what you like?</p>
<p>How about anthropology? It's the study of past and present cultures, and sort-of combines history, archeology and sociology, but it's less quantitative than sociology.</p>
<p>Sociology is not entirely quantitative (you have to take usually one statistics course). Stick with the International Studies major (2 economics courses is not bad, I'm glad I took it even though I didn't like them myself.) Try to get the minor in Anthropology too.</p>