What was your undergraduate major? Did you enjoy it? Does it relate to what you do now?
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Anonymous
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Eons ago, I graduated with Business Administration - Marketing and Management degree. Hated it. All of it. So dull. Accounting and Finance classes - pffft. Not for me at all. I wasn't sure what to major in and just knew I needed a job after college, so I gravitated to our top-ranked business program.
There were so many interesting things to study in my Big Ten University.. English, History, Speech Pathology, and more. I am going to encourage my daughter to study something that interests her and maybe combine it with a useful minor. I'm sure grad school will be in her future. I'm a librarian now! Just curious what others have to say. |
Anonymous
| History and psychology. Total waste of time. my children are both going into computer science and technology majors. |
Anonymous
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My BA is in social work (with a slant towards international issues - I had to petition for access to the graduate level courses in order to get to the SW issues I was actually interested in) with a minor in African studies. I went on to get a masters in econ. I know work in int'l development, mostly on economic growth in Africa.
So, yes I greatly enjoyed it and it relates to what I do now. |
Anonymous
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computer science and math (two degrees)
I've always loved STEM, though, so not a hard choice for me. I am lucky that I preferred something (relatively) practical to say, art history, so this wasn't due to foresight on my part per se at all. I enjoyed them and do use them now although not directly -- I am an academic in an unrelated field. math I don't use most of but it teaches you to think logically in the most clear way possible and that skill I use all the time -- a fantastic thing. |
Anonymous
My sentiments (bolded) exactly. |
Anonymous
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I was an Environmental Studies and Geography major. I did enjoy it. But I was lost after graduation. I eventually became a social studies teacher. I found a position in a TERRIBLE school district.
Now I'm a SAHD. |
Anonymous
| BA english. Have used my degree in my career since before graduating and ever after (25 yrs) |
Anonymous
| Criminal Justice major. Now, a surgical Physician Assistant. First love history. Some day....... |
Anonymous
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Art History.
Not in the Slightest, but it helps me make small talk at parties. |
Anonymous
| BS in Engineering. Now a GS-15 fed. Not doing engineering work... Just pushing papers around. Sigh... But pay is good. |
Anonymous
I know two people who majored in art history back in the day. They both (male and female) are doing quite well in their major and are the lucky ones. |
Anonymous
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Accounting undergrad. Finance MBA. Finance Phd.
After graduation I worked for the Big 10. After my MBA, I went to the consulting side of the now Big 8. Now I work for a Fortune 500 supporting the finance systems and I teach on the side. I work from home full time and have super flexibility and am paid pretty well for sitting at home in my shorts and t shirt. |
Anonymous
Same here. What we do for love and money. 
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Anonymous
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Poli Sci.
Yes, my life's work. |
Anonymous
| Accounting. I did like it. I didn't like working in the Big 5, but I liked corporate accounting. I like tax too. I'm a CPA, but I SAH now. I'd like to go back when my kids are in school all day. |