Is a 2-year degree in math worth anything?

[Wendell_Wagner]

Stranger on a Train writes:

> As others have noted, even a BS or BA in mathematics basically qualifies you to
> teach on the high school level.

E-mail me and I can talk with anyone here about jobs as a mathematician.

[GiantRat]

… and back to the OP…

If I were interviewing someone, the AS or AA would be somewhat important. It’s a demonstration that you’re actually interested in, well, something. Not just an idiot looking for a job.

I say go for it. And don’t let dopers having petty arguments dissuade you.

[arseNal]

I find it depressing that the OP feels that after having earned a 2-year degree with a couple semesters of c++, a programming job in an office building would be beneath him.

[dracoi]

@arseNal

I find it depressing that the OP feels that after having earned a 2-year degree with a couple semesters of c++, a programming job in an office building would be beneath him.

The OP was looking for something “more interesting” which isn’t necessary the same as saying the position is “beneath him.” I’m an accountant. I love accounting. But there are plenty of people who feel that my job would be boring, tedious and only preferable to mucking out sewers.

[Fear_Itself]

@ThelmaLou

I didn’t say you couldn’t get trained for a job. But it’s not a college degree. It didn’t start being referred to as an Associate’s Degree until very recently.

Define recently. I got my Associates degree in 1974.

[Snnipe_70E]

@Fear_Itself

Define recently. I got my Associates degree in 1974.

Got mine in 1968

[Kyla]

@Wendell_Wagner

OldGuy writes:

> Did you get it or did it appear on your transcript? Only the latter matters if it has
> damning information.

We got the narrative evaluation. We could choose to share it with others (say, a grad school we were applying to) if we wished, but it didn’t appear on our transcript. In any case, as I said, we received S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) grades for our courses. Courses in which one received a U simply didn’t appear on our transcripts. Incidentally, New College students do very well at getting into grad schools. New College ranks third (as a percentage of graduates) at getting Fulbright fellowships, for instance:

New College of Florida - Wikipedia

Like sven, I did my undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, and the evaluations are included in our transcripts. My official transcript is about 35 pages long - and it’s a little short, since I studied abroad for a year and got letter grades during that year.

FWIW, I went to grad school at the University of Michigan, and in my opinion, the grades I received there are bullshit compared to my undergraduate evals, which actually give you an idea of what I accomplished in my courses.

[BigT]

Officially, to work the job my sister currently has, she needs an associates degree. It seems to be taking the place of the high school diploma requirements in certain fields.

My sister is a tech at a psychological clinic. She got around the requirements because they had a part time opening during the summer without the requirement, and she was so good they overlooked her lack of degree (although they are encouraging her to complete it by allowing her to do online schoolwork when she is not busy doing something else.)

[Snickers]

@Spud

Ok, that was mean.

Says the guy who has an AOL email address.