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[quote=Anonymous]I entered as a undecided liberal arts/business dual major and graduated as an economics major in 1990.  I actually looked longingly at Medieval Studies but it was clear there were barely any jobs.  And the discipline was in a rut.  Plus I would have had to acquire two dead languages in grad school and only had Modern French under my belt.

I still like to attend museums and read news about medieval studies findings.  New developments since I was in college, including DNA analysis for a variety of purposes, have created far more interesting avenues to research than were available when I was an undergrad.  The internet has also made it possible to research obscure subjects that I could not easily research during the late 1990s even with a gigantic university library at my disposal.  If I could choose again now, I'd be far more tempted but I'm also happy with my business career.

When complaining about the prevalence of economics majors, it's worth considering that at a lot of schools one's major isn't even 50% of the credits taken.  I think my econ degree was about 30% of my credits.  I took lots of variety.[/quote]

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