# Does anyone here have two degrees? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246 "2009-07-16T18:28:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/41 "2009-07-17T02:47:48Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > BA in something or other, I forget exactly what. Then I added an MD, which made me more marketable. You forgot what your BA was in? Wow, do people usually forget/not care about their undergraduate degree(s) once they get a professional degree/masters/PhD? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/42 "2009-07-17T02:55:04Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > BA in something or other, I forget exactly what. Then I added an MD, which made me more marketable. So marketable it sent you to jail? 😃 Three degrees. If decided to get three more I could see how much I’m separate from myself. An educated out of body experience? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/43 "2009-07-17T04:27:35Z")
BA Psychology, then some grad school, which I didn’t like. Then a BS in Management Information Systems. Did a few job interviews and decided working for someone else would not be secure or satisfying. Total of 316 credit hours. For 25 years I’ve had a lawn, tree & snow removal business. It’s a lot of work for the warmer 6 months, but during the colder 6 months I work an average of 10 hours per week and get a good income for it. Mostly I work on perfecting my hanging-out technique and go skiing. The most valuable class I ever took was Tax Law. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/44 "2009-07-17T04:40:05Z")
I have two. The wife beats me with three, and she’ll have a fourth one in the next couple of years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/45 "2009-07-17T12:13:58Z")
Ph.D., C.Phil., M.A., B.A., A.A . . . sequentially earned, of course 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/46 "2009-07-17T13:35:06Z")
I’ve got six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/47 "2009-07-17T13:48:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I have two. The wife beats me with three, and she’ll have a fourth one in the next couple of years or so. Does she roll them up in little cardboard tubes first for a better impact? ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/48 "2009-07-17T14:19:09Z")
AA in Criminology, BA in Political Science, MA in Sociology, Ph. D. in Sociology. I am in academia. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/49 "2009-07-17T14:20:51Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > So marketable it sent you to jail? 😃 Prison. Not jail. I’m in prison. Get it right. 😉 And yeah, it did work pretty good for marketability. Corrections medicine is a happening field, and frankly it’s a very challenging and rewarding niche. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/50 "2009-07-17T14:22:50Z")
BS Political Science BS Economics I work for a major discount brokerage firm, so I guess I’m using the Econ degree. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/51 "2009-07-17T14:24:32Z")
BA in Musicology MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy Working in financial regulation. The information learned from my degrees has occasionally come in useful. The analytical skills learned, on the other hand, have been critical. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/52 "2009-07-17T14:26:49Z")
> [@Animastryfe](#): > > You forgot what your BA was in? Wow, do people usually forget/not care about their undergraduate degree(s) once they get a professional degree/masters/PhD? My undergrad degree really was pretty irrelevant for anything I did, once I got into med school. Seriously, it is a BA in Natural Sciences, an ‘area’ major, pretty much designed for undergrads who planned to pursue a medical career. A lot of courses in relatively hard-core sciences (physics, molecular bio, organic chem, astrophysics, associated labs, biophysics research) but with more opportunity to take non-science courses. I’m not sure what I’d have done with it if I hadn’t gone to med school. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/53 "2009-07-17T14:33:08Z")
BA in economics and Mandarin Chinese MBA international business Both the econ and the Chinese have come in handy. The MBA more as a checklist (ideal candidate has an MBA) type thing rather than anything I actually learned in the program. ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_de\_Loone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/clare_de_loone/32/3407_2.png) [@Clare\_de\_Loone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_de_Loone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/54 "2009-07-17T14:35:52Z")
BA in French MA in Linguistics Largely unemployed, and feeling downright unemployable. ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/55 "2009-07-17T14:50:44Z")
My daughter got two, three years apart. French and English Lit. Had gone to France and kind of O.D.ed on French, no longer wanted to teach it. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/56 "2009-07-17T15:23:35Z")
BS in Chemical Engineering MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering I’m now working as an environmental engineer. ---
**Author:** ![corvidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@corvidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corvidae)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/57 "2009-07-17T16:37:15Z")
BSc in zoology BSc in nursing Now working as a nurse. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/58 "2009-07-17T19:27:28Z")
**BS in Aerospace Eng** After not being able to find a job after a couple years, went back and got a **BS in Mechincal Eng** for more job oppurtunities. Originally got hired due to the Mech deg, but now I am working in the Aero field. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/59 "2009-07-17T19:48:26Z")
> [@corvidae](#): > > BSc in zoology > BSc in nursing > > Now working as a nurse. A zoo nurse? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246/60 "2009-07-17T19:56:39Z")
BS(N) MS(N) For nursing (for those wondering about the n) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-have-two-degrees/503246.md?page=4)