HEyHEY
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:10 AM
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Anyone here ever done a degree in a field they know back and front? |
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I have what you yanks call an associate degree in Journalism. With that, I've gotten fairly far, farther than most of the people who taught my course. But, I need a degree or it's gonna bite my ass in the future. I've been wanting to go get one for about two years. And think I may be able to pull it off. But, I was looking at the required courses for the Journalism undergrad degree in Vancouver and I could do most of it in my sleep. So, I'm wondering if it's worth it. The only reason I'm looking at a bachelor in journalism is because with my associate degree I can do it in two years. Any advice?
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:14 AM
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1. Two years? They'll fly by before you know it. It can only be a good |
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experience. Higher education is where its at. After you get your bachelors, go get a masters.
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:16 AM
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2. That's why I wanna go for this degree |
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If I'm gonna spend four years in school.... may as well get a degree and a masters instead of just and undergrad. But, I don't know that I wanna take two years off for school. I'm already basically where I want to be with my career anyway.
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:17 AM
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3. I have a BS in Radio-TV-Film... |
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DEFINITELY worth it. Worked five years in the industry.
I now have an MA in Mass Comm. and am looking toward a doctorate.
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:21 AM
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4. Get another bachelor's |
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I think you'd be better off getting your bachelor's in a field related to what you like to cover (such as a business degree, if you want to write about business). It'd probably take longer, but help you more. I wish that's what I had done.
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Thu Sep-07-06 01:16 AM
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5. And that's advice I get often |
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So I think it's sound. But I still think, if I wanna go to school for four years... why not get the journalism degree and maybe later on get a masters in something else?
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Thu Sep-07-06 04:27 AM
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6. if you get the undergrad in journalism |
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definately do something else for the graduate degree as i can see no logical reason to get both in journalism (my undergrad is in journalism, no graduate school yet). IMHO it does not make you a better writer/editor/whatever, so get something in the area you really want to write about
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Thu Sep-07-06 04:38 AM
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7. I got a BS in Cultural Anthropology, and basically, knew it back and... |
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...forth. To me, it just freed me to study other things while I was in college. I lived in the library, and read all types of topics of interest. Now, as for actually making a living with my degree, that's a different topic.
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