HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Are you afraid of ghosts? Do dead people give you the heebie-jeebies? Does the sight of blood make you queasy? If so, these 10 majors and careers might not be a good fit for you. With Halloween right around the corner, we thought it would be fun to highlight some of the creepiest majors and career choices.

Here are the top 10 creepiest college majors and careers:

1. Embalmer

Mortuary Science & Embalming Major

A program that prepares individuals for licensure as embalmers and morticians. Includes instruction in pathogenic microbiology, systematic pathology, thanatochemistry, gross anatomy, clinical mortuary science, embalming, restorative art, applicable laws and regulations, and special services such as cremation and preparations required by specific religious communities.

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2. Phlebotomist

Phlebotomist Major

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and other health care professionals, to draw blood samples from patients using a variety of intrusive procedures. Includes instruction in basic vascular anatomy and physiology, blood physiology, skin puncture techniques, venipuncture, venous specimen collection and handling, safety and sanitation procedures, and applicable standards and regulations.

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3. Grave Digger

Grave Digger
Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials.

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4. Paranormal Investigator

Paranormal Investigator
Why did the ghost cross the road?  To get to the otherside!

Ghosts and Paranormal activity….sound good?  Try this career out to connect with the dead and living!

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5. Slaughterer

Livestock Slaughterer
Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats.

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6. Clown

Clown
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction.

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7. Coroner

Coroner
Direct activities such as autopsies, pathological and toxicological analyses, and inquests relating to the investigation of deaths occurring within a legal jurisdiction to determine cause of death or to fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths.

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8. Taxidermist

Taxidermist
A program that prepares individuals to reproduce life-like three-dimensional representations of living animals for permanent display using elements of the deceased specimen(s) as well as artificial materials, and to manage taxidermy services and businesses.

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9. Pathologist

Experimental Pathology Major
A program that focuses on the scientific study of the expression, initiation, maintenance and progression of tissue injury and disease, including death, and the relationship of pathogenesis to fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms.

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10. Epidemiologist

Epidemiology
Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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