Hello /r/AskHistorians, as the title states I am in my first semester of college, and though I have already registered for my next semester of classes, I am in need of some advice. The college I am currently attending is a local community college, and I am planning to get my associate's degree before I transfer to East Carolina University (which is the most viable university for me financially). After much thought, I decided that I would like to pursue a PhD after I have finished my Bachelor's. This stems from a long love for history, among other things (I even started college with 12 hours of history out of the way thanks to the two A.P. courses that were offered at my high school). My issue, however, lies with the best course to get to graduate school. East Carolina University offers two choices for undergraduate degrees in history, these being the B.A. in History and the B.S. in History, Secondary Education. While I understand that the B.A. is the best choice, as it does have a foreign language requirement, which is needed for graduate school, and it allows me to take more history courses. My issue however lies with my (perhaps irrational) fear that I may not be accepted to a PhD program (and more specifically the program at UNC-CH) and that I will need to find a job immediately after I graduate. This is where the B.S. in History Education comes into play. If I were to get the B.S. in History Education, I would (arguably) be able to get a job quicker to pay off any loans I may have from ECU. The issue of course is that I would need to take education courses, which prevents me from taking a foreign language, or majoring in a specific historical field. I would appreciate any advice in this matter, and I can provide any more information from my research as well as my current course plan if that will be helpful. I would like to thank everyone that replies to this thread in advance, as I have been lurking for sometime and I have seen how kind everyone is.