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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well to start, international relations is social science not humanities. But as to your bigger question – certainly don’t choose nursing or accounting if those aren’t things that she wants to do. A social science major doesn’t set you up for a job straight out of undergrad where you’re building on the same content, but can be a great way to develop writing, critical thinking et cetera types of skills that are useful in many different sectors. [b]I was an IR major many years ago, went into education R&D for a while, went back to school later on for nursing [/b]and I’m glad to have had both professional chapters in my life. I have definitely never had an “international relations job“ but I didn’t really expect to. [/quote]
[b]LOL.. you just told her to do what OP's DD said she should maybe do... go into a health field.[/b]

One develops critical thinking skills in most majors.

Honestly, I think IR majors probably need a masters in something else.  If she got an MBA,speaks spanish and has a background in IR, she could go into consulting.[/quote]

Ha ha, not at all. Healthcare was a second career in my 30s. I was actually making great money in education research and development but decided I want to change gears and do something more people focused. But the takeaway is that my undergraduate degree Was a social science foundation (like Poli sci, or Econ, or sociology) that essentially meant I was a generalist when I went out into the working world. In that sense I think social science majors are fairly interchangeable. Some people go into business, some going to grad school, some going to finance, but you’re not going to learn how to do your future job from an IR major.

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