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If you're not in college yet, what do you think you'll major in? If you are in college are have graduated, what was your major?

I plan on majoring in financial economics and eventually earning my doctorate and become a college professor. Yes, that's right. I may be teaching your future children.

I am in graduate school for school counseling. Who cares?

I am in graduate school for school counseling. Who cares?

You probably should or your future will be quite boring. I'm an English major and I'm working towards a minor in Germanic Studies.

Undergrad major: Business

Grad major: Occupational and Adult Education.

I am in graduate school for school counseling. Who cares?
The eyes of all the world are staring at you. They care and little Billy cares too.

Bachlor of Commerce concentraded on Tourism Management

The eyes of all the world are staring at you. They care and little Billy cares too.
1. My eyes are being cast upon my ill-gotten gains at the moment
2. Little Billy is a fat fuck, and apparently doesn't live on this planet
3. No, actually I haven't got a third item. Sorry for wasting your time.

Math. Yes, straight mathematics.

I've got less than a year to decide. I'm think a major in English, with a minor in Theatrical Arts. I might go on to law school after a few years.

Originally I thought I wanted to major in theatre, Sound Design to be specific. Mid-summer before college, I changed to Music Performance/Education. But then I learned that I'd be in school for seven years for my first degree, so I'm thinking of switching to a double-major in Theology and Photography. Ideally, I'd like to take photographs of God....but more likely I'll just end up with a desk job ninety percent of the time :rolleyes:

I'm hoping to major in astrophysics. Past that I hadn't really thought it out much.

We don't have a "majors or minors" system.

yeh i thnk id major in performing arts coz im a crazy crazy jazz kid

yeh i thnk id major in performing arts coz im a crazy crazy jazz kid
Where are you planning on going? And are you doing just jazz performance, or a generalized performance degree? Performance degrees are crazy fucking hard, so I hope to God you're dedicated to your instrument, because if there's even a marginal doubt that you can take all the practice it'll eventually require, you'll do nothing but resent the instrument itself.

Or you'll sabotage your teacher's picnic because you're seething with anger over which part you got in the trio.....fucking....alto flute.....grrrrrr.
But thank God those days are behind me.

Double Major in English/ Government and a minor in Political Science :)

I have an AA in Music, a BA in Film & Digital Media and a graduate cert in Playwrighing. Yeah, broke as hell...

I think I want to be a low or high temperature Physicist.

I'm currently majoring in French. I plan on getting my doctorate and being a professor. Also, I'd like to do a few years of TEFL overseas.

You probably should or your future will be quite boring. I'm an English major and I'm working towards a minor in Germanic Studies and I like penises.
English? What a waste of a life... Just kidding?!

Linguistics, soon on to Law School.

Psychology, haven't yet decided which specific type of psychologist I want to be tho. Clinical probably.

:cool: I am so good! :cool:

Major in English or History, concentration in Creative Writing, minor in East Asian Studies :)

Undergraduate - Mechanical engg. Graduate - Industrial engg (specialised in logistics).

Math or computer science.

Math. Yes, straight mathematics.

Would you please tell me what kind of jobs that are aviable for a mathematican?

I'll study math or teoretically physic, and hope to end up researching something totally unusefull :)

Psychology, molecular physics, forensics, and/or computer science (specifically coding, web design, and program writing... no, I don't have plans to create NS 3 all by myself, why do you ask? *shifty look*) .... and whichever one I choose to major in, I'll be sure to minor in at least one of the others. Unless I decide to go to college/uni in Sweden of course.;)

Undergrad Major in Poli Sci, minor in Espanol..Going to grad school for law :)

Biology major.

MA in International Political History

Major: Aerospace Engineering - Focus: Material and Structural Dynamics
Minor: Computer Science

Plans: Currently working in a startup technology company, plan to be serial entrepeneur (just can't ever spell that right).

I kind of hope that more americans choose to go the science/math/medicine/engineering route because it's these professions that develop things (new economic gains, new technology, advancements) and keep America on the edge. Not to say that other majors are bad, it's just that we need more of these types.

It's been shown that less and less american students are pursuing the science & technology path.... I'm curious as to why..

BSc in international economics,
MSc in general economics and econometrics
Currently doing a PhD in political economics

I'm majoring in International Business (as part of my dual degree, which is basically like doing two degrees at the same time), and for my post-grad stuff I'm hoping to get some grounding in engineering as well and then focus on international business logistics, particularly in the automobile industry.

BSc in international economics,
MSc in general economics and econometrics
Currently doing a PhD in political economics
:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

Psychology, molecular physics, forensics, and/or computer science

Those are pretty diverse, I must say.

BA in international relations, minor in French, onward to law school.

The path to international relations wasn't exactly a straight one, though. First it was physics (with concentration in astrophysics). Then math. Then economics. Then French. A brief stop in the electrical engineering department. Then I finally settled on IR.

Philosophy.

Well, more precisely I did joint honours in Philosophy and Scholastic Philosophy, and then went on to do an MA in Continental Philosophy. Somehow I managed to complete it all without reading a single word of Kant - funny how modularisation sometimes works out.

started out as psychology, then changed to mathematics, ended up being Internationl Relations (BA that is) with a minor in arabic

havn't gone to grad school yet because, frankly, I have no idea what i'd study

and yeah i managed to graduate in 4 years... by the skin of my teeth...

I'm thinking a double major in Sociology and Poltical Science with a minor in Music.

The I'll go on to grad school for a doctorate in Political Science.

I'm gonna be one poor, poor guy. But it'll be worth it.

Finance with a minor in mathematics. However, it's also possible that I may go for a mathematics major and go in to computer programming as a second option.

BA in international relations, minor in French, onward to law school.

The path to international relations wasn't exactly a straight one, though. First it was physics (with concentration in astrophysics). Then math. Then economics. Then French. A brief stop in the electrical engineering department. Then I finally settled on IR.


sweet, I wasn't the only one rolling dice!!

interesting that you ended up IR too, eh?

My BA was in Secondary Education, English and Computer Education with a minor in Japanese Studies.

My MS was Counseling and Educational Psychology with emphasis in Information Technology in Education.

Eventually my Ph.D. will be in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages or Educational Leadership. Haven't quite decided it yet, still have a year before I apply.

Hmm, maybe a MA in TESOL and then a Ph.D. in Ed Leadership?

biology and physics. NOT biophysics. that stuff is way too intense for me. i wonder how many NS do not do/plan to do/have done any college at all?

Honours Linguistics. Possibly a double honours with Modern Languages, Classics, or History (In that order of prefrence). I plan to be doing a Masters of Middle Eastern Studies in Jordan or Iraq if possible as soon as I'm finished, with my final Doctorate work being in Sumerology.

Yep.. Sumerology.. it exists.. however small.

Oh... and if I get broke, I'll just go teach ESL in someplace like Jordan or another middle eastern country. I have all the requierments.

sweet, I wasn't the only one rolling dice!!

interesting that you ended up IR too, eh?

IR is great. I'd had a passing interest in it all along, so I'd been taking classes that would count towards the major here and there. I declared the major just a tad before the deadline,and still managed to graduate in four years. :) When I make it to law school, I'm either going for a dual degree (JD/maitrise en droit) or also try to get a master's in IR.

How do you like Arabic? I wanted to take it in college, but never had the time.

IR is great. I'd had a passing interest in it all along, so I'd been taking classes that would count towards the major here and there. I declared the major just a tad before the deadline,and still managed to graduate in four years. :) When I make it to law school, I'm either going for a dual degree (JD/maitrise en droit) or also try to get a master's in IR.

How do you like Arabic? I wanted to take it in college, but never had the time.

I was going to continue spanish, but the class I wanted was full and I ended up trying out arabic (best decision I made in college). I loved my first two classes and ended up spending the summer before my senior year abroad in Morocco (which helped with my IR requirements). My only regret is that I didn't start taking it freshman year, I would have spent a year abroad... I can chat a little with the waiters at the Lebanese places in DC which is cool- and they think its great, but I need more work if I ever want to do anything with it. (if I ever go to get a Masters perhaps thats the route to go... we'll see)

I am looking at majoring in Electrical Engineering. I have heard it is hard but I am relatively good at math and have a pretty good math and science background. I would think that electrical engineering would pay well.

Math. Yes, straight mathematics.


Good Choice. :fluffle:

Would you please tell me what kind of jobs that are aviable for a mathematican?

I'll study math or teoretically physic, and hope to end up researching something totally unusefull :)

Well, mostly you can teach more math, or you can go into some computer or engineering related field. There aren't many jobs for purely theoretical math, merely because it's purely theoretical. The more theoretical ones are still generally designing things for computers, or designing things for engineers.

hmm, my major/minor will probably be either law, physics, or music. I dunno, I like all three equally, even though they have practically no relation at all. But I got a while to decide.

"Would you please tell me what kind of jobs that are aviable for a mathematican?

I'll study math or teoretically physic, and hope to end up researching something totally unusefull"

My dad is a mathematician, he's a professor right now, but some of his colleges have worked at the NSA. they hire the most mathematicians than any other job. Probably other code-breaking type stuff would hire a mathematician too.

hmm, my major/minor will probably be either law, physics, or music. I dunno, I like all three equally, even though they have practically no relation at all. But I got a while to decide.
I would suggest that you pick the most practical one as your major and maybe have the other ones as hobbies. I know law can pay well but it takes about 7 years in America to get a law degree(undergrad + law school). Physics can be just an undergrad degree and it can pay relatively well, it pays better if you go into engineering or engineering physics or something. I don't know quite as much about music, I have a friend that wants to go into that field and he thinks he could get paid well because he is good, I don't really know though.

Right now, I'm majoring in Political Science, and had planned to go on to law school.

But that's going to change as soon as I get back from spring break. I had a little epiphany, and am going to change to Materials Engineering.

I plan to transfer to the University of Florida for my junior year, and change my major there to Aerospace Engineering.

If you're not in college yet, what do you think you'll major in? If you are in college are have graduated, what was your major?

I plan on majoring in financial economics and eventually earning my doctorate and become a college professor. Yes, that's right. I may be teaching your future children.
in the UK you don't really 'major' in the same way - you just pick one subject and run with it. its stupid and has already been commented on in this thread no doubt.

however, when i was at uni i 'majored' in BScEcon Hons economics (comprising econometrics, contemporary economic issues, macroeconomics, microeconomics, industrial society and economic history) and then (BScEcon Hons) politics in my second year (comprising a bunch of shit i've forgotten already). then i dropped out realising academia was a big load of toss (plus the whole stoner depression shit)

I'm in physics.

I have considered grad school, but doubt I could get in, if I did however, I'd just go for a masters. Otherwise, I think I'm off to teacher's college.

Criminal Justice, was thinking about taking a secondary empahsis in Psychology, Philosophy, or Education.

Well, mostly you can teach more math, or you can go into some computer or engineering related field. There aren't many jobs for purely theoretical math, merely because it's purely theoretical. The more theoretical ones are still generally designing things for computers, or designing things for engineers.


Thank you! I'm pretty confused over what I should choose... I love math, but I would not like to end op designing stuff of comercial interrest... (you know, my love is based on finding new relations, learning new stuff, not appling already known stuff...)

Im also very interrested in physic, and think I will have a bigger chance for finding some researcher-like job here...

Graduating in three months with a double major in Biology and Environmental Science.

Vetalia, what other courses woudl you suggest for someone interested in financial economics and monetary theory?

I think I want to be a low or high temperature Physicist.
You could be a room temperature physicist, that would solve it.

Modern History single.

Basically goes from the fall of the Western Empire right through, you choose from various modules each semester, each covering a different aspect and time period.

Law for this year, BSc Honours Economics as of next year.

I am going to college when my hubby is done (he should finish next summer if nothing goes wrong) I haven't picked out a major yet, but I have been pressured by just about everyone I know to go into some type of early childhood development thingy. I don't know though. I may take the easy way out and go for my CPA or do what I have always wanted to do and go to nursing school, they are in demand here so it would be the smart thing to do.

No one studying anything that contributes to our high standard of living?

I'm in chemical engineering. The exception here is, that in Finland, there's no "Bachelor" degree in engineering. You can only have a 6-year university degree, or none. (There are some 3-year community college degrees, though, but they don't count as they're not university degrees.) So, even after three years, I still don't have a major, much less a minor. I've done general studies for all the time. The major is going to be organic chemistry, and I'm not sure about the minor.

"Organic" has been used for all kinds of crap, but organic chemistry in practice is the synthesis of complex molecules, usually from scratch. Drugs are particularly important ones. I heard from the professor that the price of ibuprofene is about 20 cents per kilogram. Go to a pharmacy, and it's 20 cents per 400 milligrams...

i wonder how many NS do not do/plan to do/have done any college at all?

I was wondering the same thing... But then again, maybe people who have not done a degree do not enter a thread called "What's your major".

*thinking about starting a poll that asks about people's level of education... thinking... thinking...dismissing, because I can't be bothered and it probably has been done before*

Also, I agree with the non-Americans (such as myself) on the thread that talking about majors and stuff is rather ethnocentric (in other words: Many, many countries do not have a major-minor system (about which I am really happy))

My major is game design.

Double major in Politics and International Studies. I graduate this year.

What's my major?
Disaster.


Oh, you mena while I was at Uni.
Let's see...Pysch, Philosophy, Maths, Comp Sci and Marketing in my degrees (either as majors or minors) and exercise physiology in my postgrad diploma. And maths in my teaching dip.

I've got less than a year to decide. I'm think a major in English, with a minor in Theatrical Arts.
hmm...English and Theatrical Arts.
Reminds me of a joke:
How do you get an arts graduate off your front porch?

Pay him for the pizza.



No offense, btw.;)

Math. I'll either end up being a professor, or I've been thinking about cryptography, which would be fun.


And while we're telling jokes, what's the only positive thing about being an economics major?

You know why you're in the unemployment line. :p

Math. I'll either end up being a professor, or I've been thinking about cryptography, which would be fun.


And while we're telling jokes, what's the only positive thing about being an economics major?

You know why you're in the unemployment line. :p


Same thing I intend on doing. Assuming they don't bring out the quantum computer and quantum cryptography too soon. In which case I'd just have to teach.

i'm currently studying computer systems engineering double degreed with maths and computer science, where i'm majoring in computer science and i'm thinking of doing honours in my maths and computer science degree.
all this at adelaide university in south australia

No one studying anything that contributes to our high standard of living?
Some would argue that a business degree would be aiming in that direction...

I did an honours Bachelor degree with a double-major in political science and psychology, and right now I'm doing a Master's in political science.

No one studying anything that contributes to our high standard of living?
Some would argue that a business degree would be aiming in that direction...
You could say so. But it's management, and I think management is a support tier, not an operation tier of an organization. Management belongs to the same class as maintenance, security, etc.; something that actually doesn't produce anything, but is necessary nevertheless.

(I'm not trying to be snooty, since probably I'll be management myself eventually.)

I will be majoring in Religous Education, with my intent to be a children's minister.

You could say so. But it's management, and I think management is a support tier, not an operation tier of an organization. Management belongs to the same class as maintenance, security, etc.; something that actually doesn't produce anything, but is necessary nevertheless.

(I'm not trying to be snooty, since probably I'll be management myself eventually.)

OK, but what would you call "something productive"? Obviously, it isnt business, economics, mathematics, physics, arts, languages, music, psychology, because these have all been mentioned several times. We are sort of running out of fields, if none of these contribute to society...

Unless, of course, by "something productive", you mean bricklaying, or cheesemaking... Well, I have news for you: people dont major in bricklaying or cheesemaking! :p

I'll be majoring in Deaf studies, not minoring in anything though, well except panicking

if none of these contribute to society...
Perhaps I should've repeated this in the post: contribute to the standard of living. Not society. We usually drive a car without a second thought, but someone has to refine the gasoline to run it, and so on.

Unless, of course, by "something productive", you mean bricklaying, or cheesemaking... Well, I have news for you: people dont major in bricklaying or cheesemaking! :p
I'm sorry, but they do, sort of. Modern, industrial-volume cheesemaking is complex bioprocess technology. And so on.

I'm sorry, but they do, sort of. Modern, industrial-volume cheesemaking is complex bioprocess technology. And so on.

I know... I know... (I am Dutch: I know about cheese...;) ). But in that case, we have already had a few people. There have been some engineering graduates and some physics graduates. These could well be involved in the sort of jobs that you would call "productive".

I should note, btw, that I actually agree where you are coming from. There have not been that many "standard-of-living"-improving graduates. But the exceptions would be the engineering and the educational ones, for example (and to be honest: I actually think that my own field of Political (and Development) Economics is wellfare improving... At least, I intend it to be)