obscure and/or totally random majors

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

I actually know some one who got a PhD! In Rhetoric!

But, she has an awesome career in ----- politics!!

Keep looking kiddo! There are tons of topics out there that people don't think of as being something you can major in. The college where I teach has a major in Television! And Video Games. Why? Because these are both highly technical areas these days that are very specialized and require an oddly broad array of people to make the field run, so majors take many different things to make them successful.

AI and Robotics majors are huge! I have seen a Medical school subspecialty in robotic surgery. You can either work on doing surgery with robotic equipment or learn how to design, build and repair it......

I personally recommend taking a wide array of classes early on - the majority of college students change their major at least once. And make sure to intern!! It will give you a chance to see if you really like the day to day work environment of that field. Good Luck!

 

[ShrekDawg]

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that makes sense, i should look further into them

and cherri, lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have WHAT in my yard? :

I actually know some one who got a PhD! In Rhetoric!

But, she has an awesome career in ----- politics!!

Keep looking kiddo! There are tons of topics out there that people don't think of as being something you can major in. The college where I teach has a major in Television! And Video Games. Why? Because these are both highly technical areas these days that are very specialized and require an oddly broad array of people to make the field run, so majors take many different things to make them successful.

AI and Robotics majors are huge! I have seen a Medical school subspecialty in robotic surgery. You can either work on doing surgery with robotic equipment or learn how to design, build and repair it......

I personally recommend taking a wide array of classes early on - the majority of college students change their major at least once. And make sure to intern!! It will give you a chance to see if you really like the day to day work environment of that field. Good Luck!

thank you for your help. this makes sense, i guess people want video games (and tv and stuff) so someone has to make them, i think ive actually seen ads for that kind of stuff (art schools, video game design, etc you know like for Devry and stuff) and actually thought that one was kind of cool. Also that actually makes sense about robotics majors being big, i was thinking more for FBI and stuff but wasn't even thinking about robotics being used in medicine and whatnot, that actually makes alot more sense (rather than just FBI and stuff) now that you mention it, i hadnt even thought of that, it actually makes much more sense. Also I will be sure to intern and so do you think i should take a bunch of different classes at first because i think i am pretty sure of what i want to do or at least what it involves (i love animals and like kids so i want to do something involving either of those but i think ive found some pretty good schools for what i want to do), but maybe i should make a back up plan just in case... if you want to you can pm me and I'll tell you more of what i want to do/show you the schools or i can refer to another post (i actually could do that on here) but pm me if you want more info (on my plans and stuff) for two reasons, 1. because its a lot to post on here and 2. because im not supposed to say or refer to my age again on here (in the forum) and could get a 2 week suspension from here if i do because i mentioned my age before and just received a message that it was removed, i had to send a message of compliance and it had to be acknowedged before i could post again (done) and if i did it again i could be suspended. I don't want to risk it so pm me if you want...

again thank you.

*edited for spelling​

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Hey! I took two YEARS of ancient Greek! It came in very handy during a required religion class with an instructor who taught his particular denomination's beliefs rather than the actual text of the New Testament, which is what he was supposed to be teaching. I planned on 5 semesters of Greek, but bailed out of the last as it would have killed me (probably literally). For reasons competely unknown to all logical reasoning, 5 semesters of Greek placed you out of any general math credit. If I could have managed that 5th semester, I would have graduated college without ANY math, AND with a science degree! Alas, I ended up taking a math class that I could have passed in 3rd grade (I kid you not).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I can tell that you have never built a robot or ai system.

No doubt thinking Asimov (at best) or Lost in Space or Jetson's rather than manufacturing. I won't even speculate about AI misconceptions.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

KDOGG..., the more I read your posts, the more obvious your youth becomes. It is awesome that you are looking at the types of degrees and classes that are offered. Throughout your high school years and during your first two years in college take as wide an array of classes as you can to learn both what you are good at and what you enjoy. There may be things that you enjoy, but would make a better hobby than full time endeavor, and things at which you are very capable, but uninterested. What you want to find are the areas that give you the best of both. Almost all college degrees require a number of electives in specific areas--take full advantage of these opportunities to explore your interests.

 

[booker81]

For randomness - I have a degree in Molecular Biotechnology. Loved my classes, ended up working for a food safety lab, then for the State in an organic environmental testing lab.

Now however, I process annuities for a huge insurance company, and am working on my Series licenses - learning about the stock market, investing and retirement. There just weren't lab jobs out there after I re-entered the workforce after having my daughter and staying home for a year.

There is a lot more to a skill set than a degree - my ability to work with pathogenic bacteria doesn't have anything to do with my current job, but the problem solving skills and decision making make me a good employee whether in a laboratory or in a cubicle. Typing, phone and other communication skills are valuable in either environment.

I do miss making E. coli Christmas trees in EMB agar though. Neat stuff.