Question for college graduates: What did you get your degree in???

[SmileyBoy]

As for me, I haven't gotten my degree quite yet. I'm currently working towards a 5-year Bachelors of Architecture at NDSU. I won't be getting it until 2007 or 2008, because I still have to complete Year 2 of the curriculum next year.

But after all that, I'm probably going to get my Masters Degree in Architecture at the U of Manitoba.

So what did you get your degree in???

[ewagner]

1. Political Science/Public Administration n/t

[Richardo]

11. Me too. 1978 from UCLA...

[ewagner]

14. Did you ever get to use the degree? n/t

[Richardo]

24. HA! No. Graduated right when Property Tax reform passed in California...

...thus eliminating all public sector hiring. So I went straight to the private sector ("They expect RESULTS!" - Ghostbusters).

So I'm in the glamour profession of freight transportation/logistics; which pays better than public sector jobs, but is nowhere near as gratifying (for me anyway).

What about you?

[ewagner]

30. Yes I did

Legislative Aide to a Fla State Senator (shared a Senate suite with Bob Graham...young Fla Senator). Direcotr of Community Development for a small City, later full-time elected Mayor of that City. Then Exec Director of Pub/Private Economic Development Corp., Then City Administrator for a small town in Minnesota....couple of terms as Chairman of Cable TV Franchise committe in my town...

The City Administrator gig burned me out bad. I didn't want to have anything to do with Government anymore.....conservatives on City Councils are @$$holes! Been out for about 12 years or so.

I'm ready to go back now....hoping for something on the state level.

[Richardo]

66. That is uber-cool - congratulations on a meaningful career!

[leftyandproud]

36. pol sci n/t

[amandae]

56. B.A. in Political Science ... working on M.A. in same.

eom

[Maat]

2. Bachelors in Business Administration Finance.

Masters in Psychology, Doctorate in Law (the law degree is not completed yet -- hopefully, in 06/2004!). You will never regret a degree -- I just keep incorporating the knowledge into each new career. Education always pays off -- not necessarily right away -- but in the end it pays off! Keep going! P.S. I was an accounting clerk/accountant for about 10 years, a psychotherapist intern/social-worker for about 10 years, and now, I'm going into Family/Business Law (sort of combining things). Hang in there!

[SmileyBoy]

5. I'm just looking towards being a licensed architect...

...with post-graduate experience. I hope someday in life to start my own firm.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Journalism.

n/t

[democracyindanger]

19. Make that two. nt

[Nikia]

4. BA Biology

It would be a BS at most colleges but they did not award BSs.

[SmileyBoy]

7. A BA in Biology??? What college did you go to???

That's awfully weird.

[Nikia]

26. As I said, they didn't award BSs

It didn't matter if you took all the math and science classes that you were allowed. You still got a BA. The students didn't have problems going to any graduate or medical school with that degree.
I went to Lawrence University.

[democratreformed]

8. BA - Biology with minor in math

I didn't take the physics to get a BS.
I desperately want to go back to get an engineering degree.
Maybe someday.....

[Lisa0825]

59. another Biologist here.... BS

I worked in medical research for 10 years, but got tired of labwork, and changed fields. Now I am an employment counselor, and will be going to graduate school for Cross-Cultural Studies.

[LuminousX]

6. BA in PoliSci/BA in Philosophy

I work tech support now, still waiting for countries to hire me to write their constitutions.

[sir_captain]

9. BA in History

with an emphasis on modern American history

[RoyGBiv]

10. History

And without a teaching certificate, this means I'm the most educated person working at the gas station. :-)

[Lisa]

12. Bachelor of Arts and Science, Geography

Good luck at the U of M, northwest! It's a good school (I knew some people there when I was going for my Planning grad degree in Ontario).

[Bunny]

13. BA in Psychology, minor in Biology

[Peachhead22]

15. Psychology

minor in Business Admin. I know, weird combination.

[tigereye]

28. not anymore it isn't

you need to know how to help people and how to run a business, unfortunately

[Arbustosux]

16. B.A. in Economics & Philosophy, and a J.D.

Even with a degree in economics, I still can't understand what Bush is up to!

[central scrutinizer]

17. math

University of Oregon

[eyesroll]

18. English with teacher certification

My teaching license expired in 2002.
I'm now using one of my extracurriculars -- student newspaper -- in my job (trade-magazine editor).

[Mr_Lefty]

20. BS mechanical engineering & MS in management

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. English Lit/European History double major

Arab studies minor.

[Bonhomme Richard]

22. BS in Business Management.

[fameless]

32. If you don't mind me asking...

What job did you take right after graduation? Do you think it'd be wise to get an MBA upon graduation?

[Bonhomme Richard]

39. I got a sales job................

after graduation in mechanical industrial sales. I thought about going ahead and getting my MBA in mechanical engineering but the truth of the matter is that when you work in sales you are paid according to how much you sell. So I might have been paid more initially but in the long run the sales really determine what you make. Another factor was that I wouldn't learn any more in my specific field by getting an extra degree.
So there you have it. You need to do what best suits your career goals.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. psychology

and lots of classes in sociology and philosophy

[Taverner]

25. BA Political Science, MS Journalism

Which means I'm working in IT :shrug:

[dae]

27. I was going for remedial Freshman English with a Minor in Psychology ,

but I dropped out. Just when I was getting the hang of what a noun was, "a person, place, or, whatchamacallit".

[tigereye]

29. BA in English Lit

Masters in Counseling. I know how to read and write fairly well. So I would say the BA was useful, generally.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

31. Finishing up my BFA, emphasis in graphic design

I have two 2-year degrees in illustration and graphic design and so many credits that I qualify as a senior and I'm two years away from my BFA. I may go for my masters if I feel motivated. Right now, I'm also considering a minor in history or poly/sci.

[Blue-Jay]

33. BA in Music Education, MM in Music Performance

PhD in poking-dead-things-with-a-stick.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. Electronics Engineering

Although the last time I drew a circuit was, yes you guessed it, in college. I did software for my entire professional life.

That said, having done Electronics gave me a way of seeing things in the low level that I don't regret having.

[unblock]

35. undergrad: eecs; master's in computer science.

eecs is electrical engineering and computer sciences. for you young'uns, back in the stone age all things computerish were typically in a single 'eecs' department, or even just an 'ee' department. eventually, 'cs' split out and general now is its own major.

[nini]

37. BS in Computer Science

:-)

[GOPisEvil]

38. B.S. Political Science - Texas A&M University, 1990

Now I'm a state government drone. :D

[Book Lover]

40. BA in English Literature

with emphasis in medieval Arthurian literature and paleography. Never made it into grad school though: I'm not the teaching kind.

[supernova]

41. B.A. English Composition and Rhetoric

minor in English Lit and Education.

1984. UNC-Greensboro.

[rene moon]

42. Media Arts and Mexican-American Studies, 1998

University of Arizona. GO WILDCATS!

[49jim]

43. BS in Psychology/Elementary Education '71

MS in Educational Administration '75. Now retired...I was an elementary school teacher for 9 years..then a school principal 22 years. Our youngest son is in his third year at R.I.T. (Rochester,NY) working on a degree in IT...afraid jobs might be hard to find.

[SOteric]

44. I did my undergraduate work in Stuff, graduate degree in Nonsense.

[Ilsa]

45. BBA -Finance, then grad work

in business, then grad work in Neuroscience. Now I'm a registered nurse. Still have continuing education credits to get until the day I die!

[DemoTex]

46. Industrial & Systems Engineering (Georgia Tech)

.

[BlueJazz]

47. Mine was Physics

Also music.

[pmbryant]

61. Another physics major here (n/t)

[trotsky]

67. B.A. in Physics

A Bachelor of ARTS degree in Physics? Yep, went to a liberal arts college - all they can give out is B.A.s!

[laruemtt]

48. mine's called a regent's degree -

a four-year interdisciplinary degree for those of us who couldn't / wouldn't commit or never figured out what we wanted to be when we grew up!

[smirkymonkey]

49. B.A. Economics, minor in Art History

Masters in Public Health.

[achtung_circus]

50. BA Geography/history

Geography is about how the world is put together and how the parts work, so much more than rivers, peninsulas and plate tectonics. History for how it used to work. As a combination for figuring out the world, and maybe even a place in I recommend it.

Of course, none of my employment has been in the field.

[bobthedrummer]

51. I have a BA in Sociology with a minor in Human Development, I was

in a Social Work program for a year, and I have an AAS in Marketing.
I earned both as a returning adult student- AAS in 1980, BA in 1992.

[BringEmOn]

52. B.A./Education in Physical Education and Social Sciences

[Samurai_Writer]

53. I have two bachelor degrees...

A BS in Hotel-Restaurant Management and a BA in Music Performance & History. Minors in Accounting and Computer Science. I use none of my degrees in my present job as a manager for a technical writing dept. I quit the hotel business 14 years ago to become a technical writer and have done that ever since. Pay and hours are LOTS better.

[tjwash]

54. BS in electrical engineering

[gristy]

64. BS and MS Electrical Engineering here

Glad I'm not entering the job market now...

[cally]

55. BS in Conservation of Natural Resources

with and emphasis in Economics. Do I win for weirdest major? Masters in Public Policy. I did use both of them.

[Catshrink]

57. BA Chemistry.....

Masters in (cough cough) theology.

[Failure]

58. MUSIC THERAPY

[Generic Other]

60. I got a lot of damn credits and very little sense

as my old man would say.

BA in English w/minors in History and Art
MA in English Comp and Rhetoric

[Lydia Leftcoast]

62. B.A. in German and French with a minor in English, 1972

but I've never done anything professionally with them.

[Earth_First]

63. Natural Resources Conservation, Forestry

what do I do now? I am unemployed looking for ANY work...

[sniffa]

65. civiL & environmentaL engineering - bacheLors

coLLege of engineering, umass/amherst

[skippysmom]

68. BA in history

with a minor in Russian language and literature.

MA in history.

MA in museum studies.

Damn, this is a well educated group!

[Vladimir]

69. Bachelors/Masters in Physics

working toward a PhD now.

V

[blondeatlast]

70. Ahem; "in what did you get your degree?" English Education!

:evilgrin:

I promise that is the last time I will correct anyone, unless they make a boo-boo that is unintentionally hilarious. It has happened on the boards before.