College Majors/Minors

[Exquisite5]

major: Biological Systems Engineering
track: bioprocess

Lemme explain, as an engineer there are many things that one can do with a degree. Specifically, as a bioengineer the field is very diverse, to help students narrow their course sequence TAMU offers three bioengineer tracks: bioprocess, food engineering, and environmental/water. As a bioengineer/bioprocess track I am being prepared to take a job in a major biotech corporation. For instance, I can work either for the government of major produce firm genetically engineeirng bionic pesticides, growth hormones etc...or I could work for the CIA making/decoding biological weapons. If anyone has seen the "why biotech commercial" in which they discuss engineering "golden corn", i.e. corn infused with beta caratene, to send to sub-Saharan African to combat blindness that is my major! I could also work in pharmaceuticals.

In fact, I interned last summer with Schering pharmaceuticals...read Claritin and Nasonex.

Anyway, I have bigger dreams and only chose an engineering major because I love math and science and that was where the scholarships were and in my house grad/professional school is not an option....So, I am taking the LSAT in October and hopefully will be enrolling in law school in the fall of 2003. I want to get a JD/MPH and eventually affect public policy in health care.

Whew!

Soror Sweetest Diva, we should talk about law school inTX, etc...

[CodeBlue_R3]

What is/was your college major(s)?
Sport Medicine and Fitness Education (finished-premed already)

What is/was your college minor(s)?
Spanish and Psychology

FOR THE GRADUATES/WORKING FOLKS:
What are you doing now professionally?
with my premed I was an EMT for a bit, but constant late night calls and early morning school wasn't getting it so now I'm doing everyday work.

How did your major(s)/minor(s) prepare you to do your job?
Highly because I would be in some deep do-do if it didn't, don't even think about malpractice.

What internships did you do to get ready for your profession?
Athletic training, hospital clinicals, community service, american league pro sports, shadowing, etc

FOR THE CURRENT STUDENTS
What do you plan to do with your major?
Start my own practice

What internships have you pursued to better prepare yourself for the working world? other than those mentioned above I will be working with (well I won't say which team yet) but I do have ends with two professional football teams and one arena football team as well as a chance to be a pro choreographer in cali.

In addition to all this I also want to some day be a wife (coming soon as I finish school, if we can hold off that long) and a mommy (in about 5 years-gotta get the funds and career right) and way down the line a grandma.

[lovele1978]

Major: Health Care Management
Minor: Business Administration


Currently I am working at a hospital as a Financial Analyst/ Special Projects Coordinatior. My major was really a good balance between health and business courses, which is really helpful. I am currently in graduate school to get my masters degree in Health Administration. I am not sure what I want to do in the long run since the health care arena is so broad (ie. insurance, non-profit, private practices, etc.).

I also did two interships during my junior and senior year, which I found to be valuable experience. Of course the semester after I graduated they started a new intership program for my major where you work 32 to 40 hours a week (you can also be paid, not much of course) for an entire semester and earn 12 credits. I wish they had started that program sooner.

[lavvy]

COLLEGE: CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
MAJOR: JOUNALISM
MINOR: STILL THINKING

[mariek]

this is for the person who wrote that she was going into a business selling fragrances and cosmetics. I am interested in finding out more about this. Also I know of legit business opportunities.

[Lady2000]

Hello All!!!!

Major: Hospitality Management
Minors: Tourism, Hotels, foodservice, and leadership and supervision


Future plans: Immediately following graduation I plan on working in either a convention center, contracted food services, or for a major restaurant chain as a manager. I also plan on attending culinary arts school right after college. Further down the road I would love to own and operate my own restaurant and meeting planning companies. FUN, FUN, FUN

Internships: Last summer I interned for a contracted food service company where I dealt with the ins and outs of cooking. I have also interned at a meeting planning company and had the opportunity to be apart of a conference that is in the United States once every 15 years, which was very cool. I'm currently working in the Twin cities for another contracted food servcie company as a management level intern.


Well thats my plan and I'm stickin' to it!!!!!

[14dst01]

SCHOOL: Hampton University (class of '99)
MAJOR: Mass Media Arts with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism
MINOR: none, Hampton didn't let us have minors but unofficially it was Political Science.

Current occupation: Network Coordinator, ESPN, Inc.

How did my major help me: Well, I'm working in television now and have been since I graduated so I can't complain.

What internships did I have? 4!!!! Yes, I had 4 internsips during my undergrad years. (WVEC-TV in Norfolk, CLTV in Chicago, NASA Langley Reseach Center, Hampton and the National Association of Television Programming Executive Convention in New Orleans)
I can't stress the importance of internships for those wanting to go into this business. Also, get involved and join professional organizations geared towards your major!!!

www.nabj.org
National Association of Black Journalists

This year's NABJ convention will be in Milwaukee, unfortunately this will be the first one in 5 year's that I will miss. Gotta go to Hotlanta for my first Delta convention!!!!

Hope this helps someone, any questions, pm me!!!

[Trice26]

School: Hampton University (ONYX 4 Class of '99)
Major: Business Management
Minor: We couldn't have one

Internships: I did Finance work at the US Dept of H.U.D.

Currently: I am an Assistant Manager at a Bank

Future Plans: Currently I am not completely satisfied with my current job because I need something more challenging. Also, I had plans to go into the legal field. Now (almost 3 years later) I am working towards my ultimate goal of becoming a coporate lawyer (it combines my love for law and business)

[1913CrimsonQT]

School?
Louisiana State University

What is your college major(s)?
Information Systems & Decision Sciences

What is your college minor(s)?
African American Studies
E-Marketing

What do you plan to do with your major?
I'm into web design, and eventually I want to work in the web design field (I'm currently starting a web design company as an undergraduate). However, after I receive my degree, I plan on attending law school because I also have aspirations of become a lawyer in the technology field. After law school, I plan to practice law and own a web design company on the side.

What internships have you pursued to better prepare yourself for the working world?
I haven't had any internships, but I plan to apply for an internship for next summer. Right now I'm doing research work for a Dr. in my field during the summer and fall semesters. He is also helping me with my web design company plans.

[DSTilmatic_1913]

What is/was your college major(s)ECONOMICS

What is/was your college minor(s)?N/A

What are you doing now professionally? accounting specialist for Conning Asset Management Co in Downtown St. Louis

How did your major(s)/minor(s) prepare you to do your job?
Economics involves a lot of computation as does my current job. In addition, economics also helped me improve my problem solving capabilities.

What internships did you do to get ready for your profession?I was an INROADS intern for three years at my current place of employment. As an intern, I was exposed to some of the tasks that I am now responsible for.

Future Plans: To obtain my M.B.A. and sit for the CFA exam.

[Lovealious]

What is/was your college major(s)
My college major was Computer Science.

What is/was your college minor(s)?

I could have had a minor in Math, but I was lazy and didn't take that one last math class that I needed.


What are you doing now professionally?

Currently I am a programmer/analyst at UBS|PaineWebber in New Jersey (I am blessed to have a job, but I can't stand this place, hence the highlighting of PAINE). I am also trying to start my own web & graphic desgin business.


How did your major(s)/minor(s) prepare you to do your job?

Studying the concepts of object oriented programming, database management, and learning various programming languages in college gave me the skills to easily learn and work with the languages I use at work today. In my first two months I was able to pick up perl scripting. I don't use the languages I learned in school at work but I try to keep my skills up by doing things on my own at home.



What internships did you do to get ready for your profession?

To get a job in the computer industry I took various internships in order to figure out what it was that I liked to do and what I didn't like to do. I worked in the college computer lab as an tech, got promoted to a help desk associate where I interacted with more faculty than students (proved to be a great benefit when trying to register and get transcripts quickly!! ). As a lab tech I got to instruct and assist in continuing ed classes for basic computer skills. I also interned at a start-up web site (that was the greatest!) where I learned a lot about web site development.


Future Plans: Start grad school in Septemer 2002, pursing a Master's in Comp. Sci. in hopes of becoming a college professor.

[Enforcer00]

Major: Chemistry
Minor: Math

Occupation: I am an analyst in an environmental lab so I'm definetely working in my major.

I had an internship in a lab my Sophomore year and that definetely helped me to see what is was like in the real world.

Future Plans: Finish up my Bachelor's degree (taking a year off) and eventually down the line get my Doctorate in some form of Chemistry.

[ykimber]

My Major is Political Science/Criminal Justice
My Minors are Pre Law and Business Administration

After I graduate I am going to go to Law school!

[Red Inferno]

My Major is Speech Pathology & Audiology
I plan to work in an elemetary school to help children with communication disorders. My major has an on-campus clinic where as an undergrad you must complete one quarter in the clinic working with a client.

[lil_sunshine]

Major: Urban Legal Studies
Minor: English

I plan to attend law school in about year or so. I wanna be either an entertainment lawyer or corporate lawyer.