hello
I have been reading (and rereading) discussions on dual major vs double minors (arguably intensive vs broad studies).
Currently I am in a position where I am funded for enough coursework to either get a double major or two minors
I have a bachelors of science in Environment, Economy, Development, and Sustainability with a community development specialization as my major focus
I am slotted up to get a Geographic Information Science minor and work mostly in undergraduate research that spans both of my major and minor focus in a very rewarding sense.
As far as future goals, well I don't know. I am very indecisive and my end goal is to eventually work for myself down the line in either consulting or my own business.
I want another internship next summer and will graduate the fall after, and I need to have a adaptable degree with set skills given that I don't have a set plan. I have been looking at either adding a humanitarian engineering minor or a geography second major, which would be turning my current minor into a major. The goal of getting a humanitarian engineering minor would be to compliment my experience working along side other engineers and potentially building some personal engineering skills. The goal of the second major would be to go into full detail and practice with software development and coding to really specialize in a practical skill that compliments my current major (the specialization would be spacial analysis). I also like the idea of being able to take remote jobs with more computer based work if I decide to do so.
As far as future employers or grad school, the second major may open more doors for me across disciplines while I see the two minors making me seem more well rounded for sustainability or resiliency based jobs. The second major may look better for grad school
Of course I am merely an undergraduate with the nose in the books and limited experience, so I don.t know what other peoples experiences are with this. I am merely drawing conclusions based on my limited knowledge.
From what I hear GIS and geography majors alone don't lead to a plethora of job availability unless you have some good experience with it. however, by no means will an engineering minor make employers see you as an engineer, so the edge may be dampened unless you are working in an engineering based study. I have heard that GIS is better as a minor than a focus, hence while my second major is focused in spacial analysis, where I use GIS software development and coding classes as the core.
I am more passionate about the spatial analysis, but at the same time I don't want to dump all my effort into a second major that doesn't make sense.
all majors and minors are from bachelors of science programs. The spatial analysis and humanitarian engineering programs are both STEM. Last i heard my schools geography department is ranked 5th in the nation, but I have not confirmed that myself, but that may sweeten my degree a little more
Of course there is a huge probability that I am overthinking this whole thing, which if I am then I would like to know.
So, maybe I need a little guidance beyond advisers and students of the different majors, which brought me here. Sorry for a repeated topic, it just seems that I couldn't find many examples of similar degree paths and goals as me in the whole dual v two minor topic.
Thank you for the help.
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