If you have an interest in helping people through nontraditional healing methods, you might consider pursuing aromatherapy. Aromatherapists use oils from plants with healing properties to improve the health of clients. In a degree program, various disciplines such as chemistry, physiology and taxonomy are studied. Programs can also include education in the business and regulatory environment of these medicinal products. Though there are certificate programs, baccalaureate degree programs are offered. Other fields related to aromatherapy are botany, massage therapy and nutrition.
If you want to pursue a career helping families cope with work, financial and life issues, then a degree in the wide-ranging field family and consumer sciences may be for you. Degree programs include education in human development, family studies and child care as well as more financial and consumer-related issues such as consumer economics and personal finance. Careers related to family and consumer science studies include social workers, personal financial advisers and teachers.
A love of horses can be turned into a genuine career with a degree in equestrian studies. Students learn about the anatomy, physiology and care of horses as well as business-related activities. Small business opportunities related to horses include stables, riding schools and breeding. Equestrian studies are for people who want daily, hands-on involvement with horses. Other degrees related to horses are zoology, veterinary studies and farm management.
If you love the environment and want to work in protecting and saving animal species, a career as a wildlife technician may be for you. Students in wildlife technology get hands-on field study, visiting remote locations to get experience in animal habitats. Animals are observed and sometimes tagged in order to track movements and observe feeding, sleeping and mating habits all in order to understand how they can be protected. Related degree programs include conservation, environmental science, forestry and biological sciences.