Impress me. What things do you have an educational degree in and what type of degrees are they?
I’ve always wanted and dreamed of getting a degree, but I don’t think I’d be able to do it.
Impress me. What things do you have an educational degree in and what type of degrees are they?
I’ve always wanted and dreamed of getting a degree, but I don’t think I’d be able to do it.
I have two degrees. The first was a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English, but with enough Maths units that I had the choice at the end of my second year of going on to major in Maths. The second, which I did as a part-time student is a Bachelor of Commerce degree, which I did to get as many Legal Studies units as I could – but I didn’t mind doing Accounting 101 and Economics 101 as part of the degree.
Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics, with a minor in Computer Science. I’m now in my 50s and keep toying with the idea of going for a Masters, but I doubt I’ll do it.
Degrees are overrated, IMO.
I’m in engineering, and work with many people who have degrees in engineering. But most are not engineers. I can only assume they got the degree because, “it’s a field that pays well.”
My technician does not have an engineering degree. But he’s an engineer.
(And to answer the OP, I have a BSEE and MSEE.)
I got an Associate degree in Data Processing in 1988 at age 34, which got me started in my programming career. I received a Bachelor of Science in Management in 2007, which made my mother happy.
I have a Bachelor of Arts, and a Bachelor of Laws, both from Canadian universities.
My law school now grants J.D. degrees, and I’ve been informed that I can trade in my LL.B. for a J.D., if I wish. No, I’ll stick with my LL.B. As it is, I’ve got five letters after my name, instead of four.
I have Bachelor of Arts degrees in both History and Geography. I have a Master of Arts in Public Administration. I am a graduate of the Army Staff College.
I have a BS in business and an MBA. I also have an MS in elementary ed, I’m certified K-6th grade.
BA in history (I was originally a biology major, then I was majoring in German…and it turned out that History was the one I could finish in 4 years, plus I enjoyed it, so that’s where I ended up).
I also have an MS in Information Science (the program, as with many like it, was formerly known as library science, and I often refer to it as a library degree. I only pull out the MS in IS phrasing occasionally.)
Oh, I have a professional qualification as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. It is only a four-week course, but it is my working license.
I’m going to violate the OP by not impressing him, or anyone else, but what the heck. I have a BA in English Lit, an MBA, and a stack of industry certifications. I work in information security and I teach a couple of security courses at a university. I try to get my students to call me by my first name, but most of them still insist on calling me “Professor”, which makes me feel incredibly weird.
B.S. in Physics and Astronomy. I used it a bit in the Navy (related to nuclear engineering), but in my present job (Navy civilian logistics) I don’t really use it at all. It does help me in my writing, though, since my stories are often related to space travel.
I have an AB* and MS in Physics. I “took a year off” of my PhD program to do a one-year joint research project with my graduate adviser and a Silicon Valley company, but as a paid employee of the company, not a student. Once I got into private industry, I didn’t looked back and it never made sense to go back to being an impoverished student.
*Can’t help it-- my undergrad school gave us ABs, not BAs.
I didn’t know you were a physics guy, but glad to hear that. Did you go to the Naval Academy? I was never in the military, but I grew up as Navy kid and feel like I “lived the life” to a certain extent.
I have a Master of Science equivalent in Telematics (the intersection between telecommunications and computer science, just before the distinction stopped existing), and an additional teaching qualification for people with a degree.
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.
I went to LSU for undergrad, and very shortly after Officer Candidate School to get commissioned. Then Navy Nuclear Power and prototype schools (probably equivalent to a Masters in a very specific kind of engineering) in Charleston, SC, then submarine school in Groton, CT, and I stayed in Groton to join the crew of a submarine for 4 years. Then my 5 years was up and I chose not to re-up.
What a coinky-dink - mine too. I don’t usually even bother to try and explain it to anyone but a fellow alum at this point.
BA in History with a minor I guess you’d call it in pre-med.
BA in History.
Check it. Two history degrees. Which explains why I worked in pharmaceutical research for several years and then spent almost 20 more in computer security.
Idle - if there’s something you’re interested in, you don’t commit to a degree. Just sign up for an online class (something you can do remotely) from a local college and give it a try. If you like the subject matter, you can see what you want to do after that. I know a lot of people who have done some experimenting this way before finding the right fit. Even folks who went back to school and got degrees in their 50s, 60s, 70s. I am sure it’s something that you can do, if you find the right thing.
I am not sure it’s something that you have to do, if that makes sense. Higher ed isn’t the be-all, end-all (note those history degrees that I enjoyed yet somehow never really paid my bills - whole 'other talk). If you’re interested in exploring it, there are ways to get your toes wet without jumping all the way in. You can even sign up for a class and, not that I ever have done this :eek:, drop the class if it doesn’t work out.
Ingeniero Superior IQS, especialidad Orgánica (bachelor’s in ChemE by the reckoning of the time; bachelor’s in ChemE and master’s in Organic Chemistry by current definitions).
MS in Quantum Chemistry.
Máster en Prevención de Riesgos Laborables (especialidad Higiene). Master in Health and Safety, focus on Hygiene (i.e. on the prevention of chemical and medical risks). Long-distance.
Graduate Diploma in Computer-Assisted Translation.
Master in Project Management. From last year. Online.
One of my uncles collected Masters and PhDs; he was a very fast worker and a lot of his work was “wait until you need to hurry up”, so he used that time to take Yet Another Course.
BS, MS, PhD in mathematics.
I have a BA in journalism and an MBA.