What degree do you have?

[Leros]

it got me my first job interview (aka: my career), even if said job didn't have anything to do with what I majored in.

Just curious, what did you major in and what was that first job?

 

[Wreckem]

B.A. Political Science - 6 years(mixture of part time/full time).

If I had to do it over again I would have focused more on school and changed my major to Accounting and did a 5 year BS/MS in Accounting instead of going to law school.

 

[SsupernovaE]

BS Physics, BS Mathematics, minor Astronomy

4 years

Not that hard to do if you have have a knack for math. And all three are so related, it's only a few courses that separates them.

 

[Jeeebus]

Jeeebus, JD

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

BA, Psychology took me 4 years. JD took another three years.

 

[duragezic]

BS Computer Engineering from Michigan Tech

Took 5 years. I went to community college for the first year, and the way course schedules were and with senior design being a fall then spring set of courses, I had to do it in 5!

 

[Unitary]

Ph.D. Mathematics, 10 years total, 5 years for B.S., 5 more for graduate work.

 

[Elias824]

I am working on an econ degree now, after changing majors 3 times now, and dragging around some bad grades this is where I ended up, will end up taking me 6 years. the 6 years includes about 2 for a associates degree.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

BS Anthropology-Zoology & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (that's two majors with too many words ) - 5 years
MS Human Biology - 3 years
MS Anthropology - 2 years
ABD PhD Anthropology - 3 years... One left. Hopefully.

Ph.D. Mathematics, 10 years total, 5 years for B.S., 5 more for graduate work.

Wowsers, very impressive. Dare I ask what your dissertation topic was?

Whoa, there are many educated people here, but how come this education isn't matched by the quality of many posts.

G.E.D. 10 years.
Good enough diploma?

Haha, education =! intelligence =! wisdom =! maturity.

Geological Engineering degree
Masters degree (Paleontology)
Illness prevented me from completing my Ph. D.

What type of paleo did you study?

BS - 4 years
MS - 2 years
ABD on a PhD - 3 years and out

What are you researching?

 

[IronWing]

What are you researching?

Nothing anymore. I left after three years. I was studying the transport of viruses in the vadose zone and groundwater.

 

[caniroc]

B Comm. --Accounting Major

 

[Unitary]

Wowsers, very impressive. Dare I ask what your dissertation topic was?

General area is partial differential equations. More specifically I looked at the existence of shock wave solutions in relativistic gas dynamics.

 

[Imp]

I am working on an econ degree now, after changing majors 3 times now, and dragging around some bad grades this is where I ended up, will end up taking me 6 years. the 6 years includes about 2 for a associates degree.

*Sigh* I want an Econ degree now, but don't want to do another 4 years undergrad and 1 to 2 graduate.

 

[dennilfloss]

What type of paleo did you study?

I'm an ichnologist. My specialty was Cambro-Ordovician invertebrate trails, trackways and burrows, particularly those made by trilobites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichnology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace_fossil

Here are a few of my publications.

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/8iht110pyidw78cvkxflm6typmhgc7pl/

 

[Brainonska511]

BS in Biological Chemistry, BS in Chemistry; 4 years total
--> The first one was 19 classes and the BA in chemistry was 15 classes. The BA completely overlapped with the BS in biochem, so I just took the extra 3 chem classes to get the BS in that as well since my school awarded multiple degrees if the majors was complete and I like how the subjects interrelate.

working towards a PhD in chemistry (specializing in biophysics)

 

[HAL9000]

90°

 

[Farmer]

90°

You're extremely clever.

 

[HAL9000]

You're extremely clever.

I don't know about extremely but.. awww shucks... :$

 

[allthatisman]

B.S. in Business Management, took about 7 years working mostly full time... Also have my Fire Fighter 1... not in any way applicable to what I am doing now, but AWESOME classes nonetheless.

 

[saratoga172]

BA in MIS. Will either be 4.5 or 5 years. School transfer for finances. Lost some credits. I also work full time...about 40-50 hours each week.

 

[silverpig]

BS Astrophysics - 6 years (took almost every single physics and astronomy course offered)

MBA - 2 years

 

[Farmer]

BS Astrophysics - 6 years (took almost every single physics and astronomy course offered)

MBA - 2 years

Awww, MBA after 6 years of physics? How can you stand it?

 

[dennilfloss]

You're extremely clever.

Na. He's just bent.

 

[silverpig]

Awww, MBA after 6 years of physics? How can you stand it?

Working for peanuts around the clock kind of got tiring after a while

 

[futuristicmonkey]

B.Sc.(EE). It's typically a 5 year degree but certain nutcases (such as myself) have done it in 4 years. My convocation is May 31. I went the power systems route and I don't think I could have made a better choice for myself.