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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
I think a lot of people with liberal arts degrees aren't really working in their field, exactly, but maybe that's not the same. I mean, no one needs me to do deconstructionist analysis of Jane Austen (I was an English major), and, well, none of my philosophy major friends are working as professional philosophers.
I do know people who swapped careers by getting an advanced degree (nurses getting MBAs, psych majors going into law). I would be curious to see too how people manage to make a total swap, though, esp. when their initial field is one that does have jobs in it!
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Boy that sounds familiar
! My education:
Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Instrumental music, percussion specialty)
Master of Library and Information Science, Specialty in Young Adult and Children's Services
Even though there are music teacher jobs available, I was born to be a librarian. I was able to go to library school as a trained music teacher because only about 2 or 3 schools around the country have undergrad LIS programs: Pitt, Illinois, and some I can't remember. You can't be a librarian without a Master's, so a lot of people with a desire to become librarians and a desire NOT to go to UIUC or Pitt take undergrad majors in English, history, art/art history (for those who want to work in museums), or other humanities. I was unique in my library school class, being the only one with a BM. Library science is different that way, it doesn't have any prerequisites or tests except for the GRE, which I bombed and I still got into a top school anyway.