Major/Degree - Page 3

gphi2k · #31 03-02-2001, 11:39 AM

Hi there,
I have am almost done my honours (doing it really really slowly now that i graduated with my B.A.) with a major in Criminology and a double minor in sociology and history. I have NO CLUE what I want to do with the degree. Maybe law. I might go into teaching. I'm one of those clueless graduates supposedly characterized by our generation

Leslie

KappaGirl2 · #32 03-02-2001, 06:27 PM

Hey everyone!
I'm majoring in Sociology (loving every second of it!), with a possible minor in philosophy or dance. I think I'm going to be going to grad school as well, but that won't be for awhile, since I'm still only a sophomore!

Erin

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Alumnus who cares · #33 03-02-2001, 07:09 PM

Whoa--all these sociology majors! I didn't know there were so many of us on this board. Hopefully you all will plan ahead better than I did.

Counting down...less than 3 months until I finish my M.B.A.! Finally a degree that I can do something with!

Siobhan · #34 03-02-2001, 08:42 PM

In 2 months time I'll be holding that BA in my hand:
Major: History (US and European)
Minor: Political Science (Canadian and European).

Lil_G · #35 03-02-2001, 09:22 PM

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Originally posted by KappaGirl2:
Hey everyone!
I'm majoring in Sociology (loving every second of it!), with a possible minor in philosophy or dance. I think I'm going to be going to grad school as well, but that won't be for awhile, since I'm still only a sophomore!

Erin

You actually like sociology (the disclipline of flipping burgers as I call it)? Man, i hate this #hit, having to take a whole course on weber is terrible. I haven't had one single soc course yet that i've liked, in fact everyone I know who takes it hates it as well. My criminology courses are better, but I don't know what kind of job I can get with either. I'll probably end up going into one of those programs that teach something specialized in computers exclusively for university grads with useless degrees.

pbear19 · #36 03-03-2001, 12:06 AM

My two majors are Economics and German. I don't think I've ever failed to get a strange look when I tell someone that!

I also have a minor in Spanish.

Two months to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

Billy Optimist · #37 03-03-2001, 02:10 AM

Ich kann Deutsch auch sprechen!!!!!!!!

Hootie · #38 03-03-2001, 05:29 PM

Major in Journalism with a sequense in Public Relations

Minor in Communication

Hootie

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Lil_G · #39 03-03-2001, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by Alumnus who cares:
Lil_G, I got a kick out of your comments, since I went through the same deal 5-6 years ago. I actually thought some of the classical stuff (Weber, Marx, Durkheim) was kind of interesting, if not terribly practical in the real world. I also took a criminology course my junior year, and was very disappointed. It sounded really cool when I signed up for it, but they somehow found a way to make it dull and boring by using lots of statistical crap.

And while I didn't end up flipping burgers after I graduated, I took an entry-level job with a bank (not much higher on the old totem pole). In fact, one time a manager at the bank where I worked asked me what I was doing working in a bank after I got a sociology degree, and I said, "It's either this or McDonald's." Maybe that wasn't the smartest thing to say.

Things end up working out though. My advice is: you're still young, and you have plenty of time to decide what you really want to do, and go back to school for that. That's what I'm doing now by getting my MBA.

Maybe it was just the prof that I had that made my Weber and Durkheim classes so boring. Other classes such as the quantitative/qualitative research ones, and the anthropology courses (learning about the pygmies and the barabaig) have been better and maintain an actual use in the workplace.

Yeah i'll probably go into another field of education after i graduate. It just seemed that everyone I had class with didn't know what they would be doing after they graduated (even some honours students). A soc degree mixed with a business degree or something in computers could really be beneficial, get the best of both worlds.

Recent Alumna · #40 03-03-2001, 09:08 PM

Graduating in May with a BA in Political Science... my minor is Sociology. I'm looking to be a counselor (caseworker) for the Department of Corrections... or I'll go back to be teacher certified.

Alumnus who cares · #41 03-04-2001, 01:42 AM

Lil_G, I got a kick out of your comments, since I went through the same deal 5-6 years ago. I actually thought some of the classical stuff (Weber, Marx, Durkheim) was kind of interesting, if not terribly practical in the real world. I also took a criminology course my junior year, and was very disappointed. It sounded really cool when I signed up for it, but they somehow found a way to make it dull and boring by using lots of statistical crap.

And while I didn't end up flipping burgers after I graduated, I took an entry-level job with a bank (not much higher on the old totem pole). In fact, one time a manager at the bank where I worked asked me what I was doing working in a bank after I got a sociology degree, and I said, "It's either this or McDonald's." Maybe that wasn't the smartest thing to say.

Things end up working out though. My advice is: you're still young, and you have plenty of time to decide what you really want to do, and go back to school for that. That's what I'm doing now by getting my MBA.

Taykimson · #42 03-11-2001, 12:18 AM

BS Chemical Engineering

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TxTechChiO · #43 03-12-2001, 01:52 AM

Hey bucutieo2....my "neighbor"

I am majoring in Interior Design with a Minor in Art/Art History. I am graduating next May. I should have graduated about 2 years ago....long story short..... I was one semester away from being an RN and decided that it just wasn't for me. Yea, my parents were THRILLED. But now I am only two semesters away from a completed degree!! And my dream is to be a wedding planner.

MarvyG · #44 03-12-2001, 03:19 AM

Psychology w/ a minor in Chemistry. Thinking about double minoring in business though but haven't decided yet.

bucutie02 · #45 03-12-2001, 11:18 AM

Hey TxTechChiO.... a wedding planner sounds like fun!! I think i would enjoy being one as well!! I love everything with weddings- i even bought one of those Bride magazines a long time ago. I dont know why though- i wasnt engaged or anything. I am STILL not- but i guess im waiting for mr. right!!