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I like my BA and my 3 majors. I'd hate to do anything else at uni.

Epignosis wrote: On the gender issues question...there was an option about how men should rule over women, but NO OPTION ABOUT WOMEN RULING OVER MEN.  OMG SEXISM XD!

I didn't notice that.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Ricochet wrote: What is wrong with Music majors?  It's the same type of thing with music and art majors. You typically end up either joining the symphony orchestra, teaching at a college, or something that doesn't particularly lead to a relatively successful position.

I don't quite get what you mean by "relatively succesful position", especially because joining the symphony orchestra or becoming a music teacher can be potential brilliant career options.

Of course, as a pianist, unless I want to play Firebird my entire life, I don't have any business in orchestras, only with them, on stage. Nevertheless, both options are valid.


Edited by Ricochet - March 15 2010 at 17:58

Epignosis wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: gottagetintogetout wrote: Or philosophy majors? Just because you love something doesn't mean it has to be in every part of your life. You fail at alcoholism.

Pretty much. I don't even drink.

Actually, many people go that route.  You get a basket weaving undergraduate degree in order to go to law or medical school.  You can't go to medical school or law school without an undergraduate degree, so many people take the simpler route to get there.

gottagetintogetout wrote: I actually do agree with you on the Music major, and I probably won't be a Philosophy major either.  The thing that I'm most interested in that's also practical is probably technology.

That would be cool. Going in an IT direction leaves you with tons of options, depending on what you end up doing someday.

That's why I went into business. Accounting is pretty much the perfect practical place to me (it's 2nd to what I'd want to do for a career, probably, only to music), and you leave your options open alot with that kind of degree. I can do any sort of Accounting, work in any sort of business. I could even do Accounting for the music industry if I didn't hate the music industry so much.

It also leaves the option open for me to teach or do whatever else as well. That's why going into Education degrees can be dangerous unless you know for sure that's only what you want to do. You can always specialize in an area of knowledge and teach it with the specialization degree.

A Person wrote: gottagetintogetout wrote: I actually do agree with you on the Music major, and I probably won't be a Philosophy major either.  The thing that I'm most interested in that's also practical is probably technology. I am in computer science and I'm taking a philosophy class, it is interesting. I am learning the thinking type stuff and things like that.

Yeah, that can be pretty interesting. Even though I think some general education requirements are stupid, they can be kinda nice and help your knowledge like that.

rushfan4 wrote: Actually, many people go that route.  You get a basket weaving undergraduate degree in order to go to law or medical school.  You can't go to medical school or law school without an undergraduate degree, so many people take the simpler route to get there.

If you're interested in becoming a doctor or a lawyer though, why would you have an undergraduate major in Music?

It seems like wasted time to me. If you love music, that's fine. But if you're not even pursuing that as a possible option for your career, why not just have a Law or Business Law degree?

And don't get me started on the fact that I believe that our public higher-level education systems draw out the number of years and classes we take just so that they can get more funding and erroneously spend it. Unfortunately, I've run into advisors and other people who simply don't give a damn about the career option that a student takes.

I'm a bit cynical when it comes to being in college for an extremely long period of time. Unless you're going to be a brain surgeon, you don't need more than 8 years of higher education.

MovingPictures07 wrote: A Person wrote: gottagetintogetout wrote: I actually do agree with you on the Music major, and I probably won't be a Philosophy major either.  The thing that I'm most interested in that's also practical is probably technology. I am in computer science and I'm taking a philosophy class, it is interesting. I am learning the thinking type stuff and things like that. Yeah, that can be pretty interesting. Even though I think some general education requirements are stupid, they can be kinda nice and help your knowledge like that.

It fulfilled a required credit, and it was a topic of interest to me, so I took it.

harmonium.ro wrote: Thanks guys, so if that's what the Major is, the next question is: can you achieve more than one Major in more disciplines while attending just one Faculty of the University? What you talk somehow implies that.

Yes, you can double or triple major. It just means you have to take more classes (credits) in order to graduate.

I know someone who is double majoring in Psychology and English; and another guy who is double majoring in Finance and Accounting.

You can also have a "minor" which doesn't require quite as many classes as a major, but it's preferred for people who don't want (or can't) to take the larger amount of classes required with a double or triple major.