I'm kind of juggling music, marine biology, and anthropology right now. I'm a senior in high school. I know I can take classes in college and then decide, but I don't want that answer. Because I'm considering a double major in music and one of the other choices, I don't want to waste time on too many exploratory classes. I want to know what I need to take.
First of all, I love science, and social science. I want to contribute to the field of whatever I do. I want to discover or create something important. I want to learn. I want to do something exciting. I want to do something that helps, especially that helps the environment or something big and overall like that.
I'm very very interested in cultures, genetics, languages & linguistics, archaeology, ruins, etc. But I'm also very interested in animals, the ocean, physics, especially DEEP ocean research, and the environment. I hate math, but I am good at it. I like to scuba dive. I know that no matter what I do, I will have to do the other as a hobby because I am so passionate about all three of those things. So I'm wondering, for which area is a degree more essential? Which one could I practice just on my own as a hobby? Which one has more job opportunities? I'm especially wondering, what can I do as an anthropologist? I know what I want to do with marine biology- deep sea/ underwater research and exploration and conservation. I know what I can do with linguistics... and to get a linguistics graduate degree I have to major in anthropology and not marine biology. But I don't know what I can do with anthropology. I really like that anthropology includes both SCIENCE, which I like (physical anthropology, etc.) and social science & language and stuff. I'm very good at languages and am interested in humans and behavior and reading etc.
So what do you guys think? Input, thoughts, etc. I'd prefer it if you didn't just say "anthropology" or "marine biology". Give me something to think about. Give me explanations.
Thank you.
First of all, I love science, and social science. I want to contribute to the field of whatever I do. I want to discover or create something important. I want to learn. I want to do something exciting. I want to do something that helps, especially that helps the environment or something big and overall like that.
I'm very very interested in cultures, genetics, languages & linguistics, archaeology, ruins, etc. But I'm also very interested in animals, the ocean, physics, especially DEEP ocean research, and the environment. I hate math, but I am good at it. I like to scuba dive. I know that no matter what I do, I will have to do the other as a hobby because I am so passionate about all three of those things. So I'm wondering, for which area is a degree more essential? Which one could I practice just on my own as a hobby? Which one has more job opportunities? I'm especially wondering, what can I do as an anthropologist? I know what I want to do with marine biology- deep sea/ underwater research and exploration and conservation. I know what I can do with linguistics... and to get a linguistics graduate degree I have to major in anthropology and not marine biology. But I don't know what I can do with anthropology. I really like that anthropology includes both SCIENCE, which I like (physical anthropology, etc.) and social science & language and stuff. I'm very good at languages and am interested in humans and behavior and reading etc.
So what do you guys think? Input, thoughts, etc. I'd prefer it if you didn't just say "anthropology" or "marine biology". Give me something to think about. Give me explanations.
Thank you.