What's your major?

[Firestarter 0]

My wife's still in school. She's finishing up in psychology and starting pre-law.

[CanadianChris 0]

Go math majors, whoo!

 

Just one caveat I have for potential math majors: Theoretical math (which you'll venture into after calculus) is a whole 'nother world from applicitave math.

Good advice. And you'll need to be good at both to get a math degree. Theoretical math was always my weakness in school...I took Stochastic Processes in fourth year, and it nearly kept me from graduating. I had to beg my prof to move me up from a 48 to a 51.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

I majored in communications (radio, specifically).

 

So much for that field! Feh. *throws out degree*

 

Heh I kinda know the filling. Tell your story and I'll tell you mine.

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

Go math majors, whoo!

 

Just one caveat I have for potential math majors:  Theoretical math (which you'll venture into after calculus) is a whole 'nother world from applicitave math.

Amen to that.

 

I'm majoring in mathematics, and planning to do grad school in mathematics next.

 

Angelslayer, got any favorite areas or potential grad school research fields? My specialization is in operator C*-algebras, K-theory, and noncommutative geometry.

[teke184 0]

One degree with honors in Management Information Systems and a minor in History here. If I thought I could actually do something with a History degree, I'd have considered it (and some days, I wish I had).

 

 

My job isn't exactly what I thought I'd be doing with an MIS degree, as I'm currently writing code for a software package to customize it for the agency I work for. I create queries and reports to be used by the average user and I also have to fix broken reports/queries/letters/whatever as they're reported by the users. It's interesting some of the time, but the data tech stuff is more up my alley because of my background in assembling and maintaining computers instead of programming them. (I've had programming off and on for about 6 years now, but certain languages were more useful and/or intuitive than others. Visual Basic, which I'm currently using, kicks ass.)

[chaosrage 0]

Working towards a Bachelors of Science in Biblical Languages (ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic).

 

May pursue a Masters in Biblical Archaeology (languages intensive) and move on to doctorate work in that area.

What could you do for a living with that degree? Just wondering.

The easiest would be teach, but that's not what I'm planning to do. I'd like to go overseas and work in archaeology, particularly in ancient near eastern history. Do translation work, and also do some work towards the historicity of the Bible.

Don't look too deep SP. "You may not like what you find."

 

I had to do it.

[Slayer 0]

Go math majors, whoo!

 

Just one caveat I have for potential math majors:  Theoretical math (which you'll venture into after calculus) is a whole 'nother world from applicitave math.

Amen to that.

 

I'm majoring in mathematics, and planning to do grad school in mathematics next.

 

Angelslayer, got any favorite areas or potential grad school research fields? My specialization is in operator C*-algebras, K-theory, and noncommutative geometry.

Considerations:

Analysis (Real or Complex)

Number Theory

Topology

 

Eliminated:

PDEs (or DEs in general)

Numeric Analysis

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Journalism, although I'm considering changing that soon. The more I'm exposed to various facets of it, the less I like it. I love to write, but it's a highly competitive area (as you can probably tell by how many journalims majors are here, alone), the hours are usually pretty crazy, and the income isn't that great. I basically picked it as sort of a safety, instead of just being undecided.

 

I'm interested more in getting into something that involves writing in some fashion (advertising, perhaps), but the "dream" is something in comedy. Dare to dream, eh?

[Guest Cerebus]

My wife's still in school. She's finishing up in psychology and starting pre-law.

Do they have pre-law as a seperate major where she's going or as kind of a "specialization"?

[Firestarter 0]

Nope, it's not a major at GMU. You just take lots of Administration of Justice courses and a professor helps you study for the LSAT.

[godthedog 0]

No offence but some of you took really shitty majors. Marneys was one of the better ones.

no offence, but you're a judgmental little shit.

 

I'm sorry but a Film studies major (for example)is for people who just want to go to uni to get drunk, or are too stupid/lazy to get a proper degree.

you are so right. no one in the history of the world could ever possibly want to major in film studies for the purpose of someday teaching film studies at a college or making films.

 

good thing you didn't talk that kind of shit about philosophy majors, or i would've gotten really pissed.

Edited December 15, 2003 by godthedog

[Guest Cerebus]

Nope, it's not a major at GMU. You just take lots of Administration of Justice courses and a professor helps you study for the LSAT.

Sounds similar to NYU...but I never did it simply b/c I didn't expect to have to go to law school this soon. Oh well.

[Guest SP-1]

Working towards a Bachelors of Science in Biblical Languages (ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic).

 

May pursue a Masters in Biblical Archaeology (languages intensive) and move on to doctorate work in that area.

What could you do for a living with that degree? Just wondering.

The easiest would be teach, but that's not what I'm planning to do. I'd like to go overseas and work in archaeology, particularly in ancient near eastern history. Do translation work, and also do some work towards the historicity of the Bible.

Don't look too deep SP. "You may not like what you find."

 

I had to do it.

Understandable. I left that one wide open.

 

It's actually surprising what's out there if you start looking.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I'm going to university next year, but I don't know what to expect. I'm still undecided, but the fact that I've never really been challenged all that much is what's intimidating me right now. I'm bracing myself for a steep dropoff as far as grades are concerned. I didn't even get into the social aspect of Uni.

 

My two choices right now are Chemical Engineering (Most other types bore me) and Human Biology:Health and Disease. I'd *really* like to go into Human Biology, get my B.Sc and go to Med School, but it's at U of T, a school where apparently their Undergrad Science program is more difficult than most Ivy League schools in the US. Of course, I'd never live with myself if I pussied out and never took the chance. If I get through it with the high average recommended, I can get through anything. If not, I drop out and work at McDonalds. Engineering would be so much easier, but that's not where my passion lies, so fuck it.

[welshjerichomark 0]

No offence but some of you took really shitty majors. Marneys was one of the better ones.

no offence, but you're a judgmental little shit.

 

I'm sorry but a Film studies major (for example)is for people who just want to go to uni to get drunk, or are too stupid/lazy to get a proper degree.

you are so right. no one in the history of the world could ever possibly want to major in film studies for the purpose of someday teaching film studies at a college or making films.

 

good thing you didn't talk that kind of shit about philosophy majors, or i would've gotten really pissed.

Oh shut up you arsey little twat. If your studying for a film studies degree in Shitville College its no skin off my nose. I'm just making a point.

 

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

 

As as for teaching Film Studies, you are so right, my community college is literally crying out for more Film Studies teachers to cope with the massive demand. Um yeah whatever.

 

If you end up directing the latest big money blockbuster on the back of your film studies major, i'll hold up my hands and admit you were right. Until then, i'll have my opinion and you are entitled to yours.

[Firestarter 0]

Oh shut up you arsey little twat. If your studying for a film studies degree in Shitville College its no skin off my nose.

I just wanted to say that "arsey little twat" made me laugh.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

I've got a BSc(Hons) in Palaeobiology And Evolution. I win the clever!

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Working towards a Bachelors of Science in Biblical Languages (ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic).

 

May pursue a Masters in Biblical Archaeology (languages intensive) and move on to doctorate work in that area.

What could you do for a living with that degree? Just wondering.

The easiest would be teach, but that's not what I'm planning to do. I'd like to go overseas and work in archaeology, particularly in ancient near eastern history. Do translation work, and also do some work towards the historicity of the Bible.

Don't look too deep SP. "You may not like what you find."

 

I had to do it.

Understandable. I left that one wide open.

 

It's actually surprising what's out there if you start looking.

When my Old Lady got laid off from her last job she applied to Jesus School. She's penniless, had to sell her house and now wants us to become a "closer-knit family" even though I was brought up as a latch-key kid. But it's OK -- she has Jesus.

 

And people wonder why I don't give two shits about my family...

[Guest stardust]

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

I would say it depends upon the job they're both applying for and their previous job experience, plus their resume and cover letter and their personal appearance. For example, if they're applying for a job in retail, odds are they'll both get it. If they're applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, the film studies major would get it, I would think, since film studies is generally considered to be a more creative field than math. However, if they're applying for a job that requires following the rules and high levels of intense concentration on hard to solve problems, I'm guessing the math major would probably get that job. But odds are a math or physics major wouldn't be applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, and a film studies major probably wouldn't be applying for a job that stifles their creativity.

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

I would say it depends upon the job they're both applying for and their previous job experience, plus their resume and cover letter and their personal appearance. For example, if they're applying for a job in retail, odds are they'll both get it. If they're applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, the film studies major would get it, I would think, since film studies is generally considered to be a more creative field than math. However, if they're applying for a job that requires following the rules and high levels of intense concentration on hard to solve problems, I'm guessing the math major would probably get that job. But odds are a math or physics major wouldn't be applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, and a film studies major probably wouldn't be applying for a job that stifles their creativity.

Now, if you actually realised how real mathematics works, you'd know how incredibly stupid that sounds. Good mathematicians are among the most creative people you will ever find.

[godthedog 0]

Oh shut up you arsey little twat. If your studying for a film studies degree in Shitville College its no skin off my nose. I'm just making a point.

 

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

the "point" you were making in the first post was that film studies is a major for lazy, stupid drunks, not that there's less demand for film studies majors than math majors. the former has nothing to do with the latter; you apparently realized that your opinion of film studies majors doesn't really hold up in an argument (seeing as how it has no basis in reality), and changed the subject to make it appear that you were still right.

 

i'd address the "job interview" point, but instead i'll thank stardust:

 

"thank you, stardust."

As as for teaching Film Studies, you are so right, my community college is literally crying out for more Film Studies teachers to cope with the massive demand. Um yeah whatever.

i know quite a few people making a comfortable living off of it. various colleges are adding film studies to their curriculum, and nobody i know is dropping it. so, since the job slots appear to be opening up more quickly than they're closing, i'll have as good a chance as any of getting in the field.

 

If you end up directing the latest big money blockbuster on the back of your film studies major, i'll hold up my hands and admit you were right. Until then, i'll have my opinion and you are entitled to yours.

except i'll be able to back up my opinion with actual reasons, and you won't. your first point was based on some pretty biased and narrow-minded perceptions, so you changed to another point that was based on some slightly different biased and narrow-minded perceptions.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Most people who have math as their major are some of the most incredibly boring people I've ever met in my life, but I would venture to say that yes, many of them that you hear about or come across yourself are actually very creative people. Math just bores the shit out of me.

 

Oh shut up you arsey little twat. If your studying for a film studies degree in Shitville College its no skin off my nose. I'm just making a point.

 

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

 

As as for teaching Film Studies, you are so right, my community college is literally crying out for more Film Studies teachers to cope with the massive demand. Um yeah whatever.

 

If you end up directing the latest big money blockbuster on the back of your film studies major, i'll hold up my hands and admit you were right. Until then, i'll have my opinion and you are entitled to yours.

 

Ho ho ho!!! I don't know what Dames has been putting in the TSM water cooler lately, but with the likes of the normally reserved Zack Malibu and welsh going off the handle in hilarious fashion, I'm lovin' it. Keep up the good work guys, and Dames, don't ease up on that funny water.

[Ripper 0]

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

I would say it depends upon the job they're both applying for and their previous job experience, plus their resume and cover letter and their personal appearance. For example, if they're applying for a job in retail, odds are they'll both get it. If they're applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, the film studies major would get it, I would think, since film studies is generally considered to be a more creative field than math. However, if they're applying for a job that requires following the rules and high levels of intense concentration on hard to solve problems, I'm guessing the math major would probably get that job. But odds are a math or physics major wouldn't be applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, and a film studies major probably wouldn't be applying for a job that stifles their creativity.

Now, if you actually realised how real mathematics works, you'd know how incredibly stupid that sounds. Good mathematicians are among the most creative people you will ever find.

It doesn't sound stupid at all. The combination creative and analytical thinking is very rare actually.

[Guest stardust]

Say two people have an interview, both good kids, same grades etc etc one has a Film Studies Major, and the other Maths or Physics. Who is going to get the job 9 times out of ten?

I would say it depends upon the job they're both applying for and their previous job experience, plus their resume and cover letter and their personal appearance. For example, if they're applying for a job in retail, odds are they'll both get it. If they're applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, the film studies major would get it, I would think, since film studies is generally considered to be a more creative field than math. However, if they're applying for a job that requires following the rules and high levels of intense concentration on hard to solve problems, I'm guessing the math major would probably get that job. But odds are a math or physics major wouldn't be applying for a job that requires a high level of creativity, and a film studies major probably wouldn't be applying for a job that stifles their creativity.

Now, if you actually realised how real mathematics works, you'd know how incredibly stupid that sounds. Good mathematicians are among the most creative people you will ever find.

I'm a highly creative person and see no creativity in mathematics whatsoever. All I see are useless letters that mean absolutely nothing to me. That being said, I would say that most people in the "creative" or "liberal" arts look at math the same way, thus I would think that most hiring managers in a field that requires high levels of creativity would think of a math major as not being very creative. It's about perception, and you're the first person I've ever heard say that mathematicians are highly creative people. I'm not saying they're not, but the general perception is that they sit around all day contemplating a + b = c. And when it comes down to it, the interviewer's perception of the person being interviewed and applying for the job is going to affect who gets the job and who doesn't. That perception might be wrong, but it is going to have an effect.

 

That being said, I find math to be incredibly boring. I really don't give a damn what the fuck X and Y equal and it's a struggle for me to even do the work since it does bore me so much. Maybe mathematicians are creative people, but I think it might be a different kind of creativity, or require a different way of seeing things, since most artists I know hate math and since most math lovers I know don't have an artistically creative bone in their body.

[Ripper 0]

I always found the creativity that mathematic types display is a pretty paint by number, formula type form of creativity. It is still creative none the less, but kinda...I just don't know how to explain it.

 

I am one of those people who can understand and comprehend complex mathematics and I am extremely creative...I just hate math.

[Spicy McHaggis 0]

the "point" you were making in the first post was that film studies is a major for lazy, stupid drunks...

Despite their level of creativity and earnestness in taking the major, most film studies majors are lazy, stupid drunks. And once they get their big hit movie... with proper investing they can live the rest of their lives as the lazy, stupid drunks that got them into the major and career in the first place.

[Guest Cerebus]

For the love of God, can't we even have a simple "What's your major?" thread without a fucking flame war?

[welshjerichomark 0]

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[welshjerichomark 0]

the "point" you were making in the first post was that film studies is a major for lazy, stupid drunks, not that there's less demand for film studies majors than math majors.  the former has nothing to do with the latter; you apparently realized that your opinion of film studies majors doesn't really hold up in an argument (seeing as how it has no basis in reality), and changed the subject to make it appear that you were still right.

I think my dear that the point of my posts were clear. At least they were to everyone else reading. Maybe you're a bit slow with these things, being a Film Studies major and all. Don't worry, its not your fault.

 

Recap: Film studies is bollocks. That is all.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

That is all.

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