Journalism is easy, and have a defined course. Go for it, although it didn't fare well in CE-2009 compared to Sociology, but its evergreen.
May sound the imposition of my opinion or my subjects, but I would say US History is very safe subject among histories. Consider that as well, its not so tough as it seems to you. Two small books with selected questions do the job for everyone. I will tell you its handling later to save your time if you became interested. It took me 10 days, but I studied alot. Its a matter of 2 weeks.