generally speaking, what is a good major?

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: ndee
You can make a nice career with EVERY major IMO.

Can? Sure.

If I were investing a fortune in a college education, I would try to pick a major that would be more likely to give me a return on my investment.

Consider engineering, business. IT and CS are overcrowded. Avoid liberal arts like the plague, unless you are set on going to graduate school, and the BA is a means to an end.

Best of luck,

DA, B.A., J.D.

 

[Moonbeam]

You're welcome, Feathers. I considered keeping it private but felt it was important enough to share with the general public. Their ignorance is a major concern of mine both, corporal and spiritual.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw Picking a career based solely on income without regard to interest or aptitude is a good way to insure a life of drudgery.

Ding. Winnar. WHat good is a major that ensures good pay on graduation if you hate the classes and the subject material? Looking further ahead, what good is a job that you don't enjoy, or even detest, even if it makes you money? Find something that you WANT to do and ENJOY doing, and that is what you should major in.

Something that offers a plethora of opportunities. Something broad that does not pidgeon-hole you into one career.

Trust me - my BA in History and Spanish has not been all that and a bad of chips. Of course, I went to law school afterwards, so my degree was more of a means to an end. I just needed a bachelor's degree... any would do.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
Picking a career based solely on income without regard to interest or aptitude is a good way to insure a life of drudgery.

Yes and no. I know some people that chose majors that they enjoyed and were interested in, but now they are miserable because they are basically usless in any real world applicantion and can't find jobs and are stuck doing bitch work for crap pay. You loved your degree, but you hate your job and can't afford to do or buy anything.

sounds like they didn't think about a career at all, let alone pick one. btw if they liked it so much (and were presumably good at it), why didnt' they go into grad school?

 

[everman]

You should do something you enjoy doing. Do you really want to be spending the rest of your life doing things you really don't like? And generally people are better at things they like to do.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: Gage8
computer science all the way

My professor stated this: cause of the economy, out of 40 CS majors in classroom probably only 2 will be actually coders. He stated cause of the economy and down sizing a lot of projects are out source to India. He states their average salary is 24k per year compared what to some of the pay of American developer which is about 50k per year and up.

My C# instructor is only part time instructor for UCI, lots of Cal States and does consulting work on the side. He work with some of the India's programmers when he went there for a project. They work up to 18 hrs per day and live and breath coding. You need this kind of dedication to survive. He stated to me that you need to find a niche in CS to find a stable job, he stated DBA, Project Management but not a straight coder.


The only field where some of my friends went to and find jobs immediatley was medicine. They told me it was brutal trip to get there though.

 

[lastig21]

I would definitely try to pick a major with something you enjoy. I think a Business major is a good choice. Business will always be around, and you can tailor the degree to things you enjoy. I chose MIS because I like dealing with IT. You could also get into Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, HR, etc. My friends and I that just graduated had some offers for sales, investment consulting, and recruiting. I don't know if the economy always needs those careers filled, but they were the majority of our offers.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
You're welcome, Feathers. I considered keeping it private but felt it was important enough to share with the general public. Their ignorance is a major concern of mine both, corporal and spiritual.

I feel like such a rank amateur.

 

[Moonbeam]

I feel like such a rank amateur.
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I thought you were 1st class.






Rank amateur is terrific and definitely rates a promotion.

 

[Bignate603]

Most engineering tends to give stable jobs, and while they aren't the most plentiful right now they are out there. There is always a demand for engineers and for someone to say that the major is overcrowded doesn't really understand the job market for them. They're not being snapped up like a few years ago but they ARE finding jobs (barring BS's in something like Bio-medical engineering where you can't do much without a higher degree most of the time)

 

[Vette73]

Well don't go by what is hot now, look how many IS and CS people are out there now without a job.

Do something you like and look it up and see what the level of jobs is supposed to be in 3-6 years.


I just Grad. with a BS in Business MNGT. and a 2nd Con. in IS, and I can't fond a job. Mind you my GPA was lower than 3.3, but a lot of places don't even look at GPA and I still can't get a job as I don't know anybody, etc...

 

[ryzmah]

Pick what you like.

With that said, Chemical Eng. has demand and good pay and a math major who focuses on actuarial science can get a great paying job without needing a graduate degree.

 

[classy]

Medical Field or Legal field

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

I just Grad. with a BS in Business MNGT. and a 2nd Con. in IS, and I can't fond a job. Mind you my GPA was lower than 3.3, but a lot of places don't even look at GPA and I still can't get a job as I don't know anybody, etc...

Well, let's see, I can't understand what you exactly graduated with and that second sentance really needs to be cut up a bit. Maybe that's why you haven't fond a job.



I'm just messing with you, I'm sure you put a bit more time into checking stuff when you apply for something then when you're typing to a bunch of geeks.

 

[styelers]

Nursing, Lawyer, Physical Therapist, Doctor

 

[psianime]

Anything science related will make you good money.

-psianime

 

Basket weaving.

 

[snik]

Pharmacy. Why? Because it's my major

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: SammySon
Basket weaving.

under-water basket weaving

 

[snik]

Originally posted by: classy
Medical Field or Legal field

Can you have both? Like studying how to produce crack? Wouldn't be legal though

 

[Darien]

Whatever is the field you like and enjoy working in.

 

[bonk102]

accounting pays very very well but you have to study your a%% off

 

[Sid59]

BS in Procrastination

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: fritolays
something that will offer lots of jobs after graduation, good pay, etc...

MBA in finance from a big name school and possibly medicine....