Graduate School?

[APhi Sailorgirl]

Just started my second semester of grad school this week. Loving every minute of my program so far.

Adpiucf, I am one of those students who went straight from undergrad to grad. I graduated in May with a BA in Comm Studies. Whoopie, that's about as basic a degree as you can get. So now I'm completing an MA in Integrated Marketing Comm since I want to go into marketing (hopefully for the US Mint or Homeland security). For me, it is going to be a lot easier for me to get a job AFTER graduation from my MA program that with just a BA, b/c this program is giving me the projects and internships in marketing that employers are looking for.

I can now tell an employer that one of my group projects is being used in real life. Another may be as well, and that's just from my first semester. I would never have been able to say that after undergrad. It didn't prepare me for my field.

On an additional note, I am contemplating getting my PhD in comm in about two years. I am currently looking at Univ. of MD, anyone know anything about the program? It appears you don't have to have a lot of research per se for the program.