BA of general studies?

[justmytwocents]

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@calmom

I shifted from poli sci to an individually-designed major at my undergrad university, back in the 70’s. My reasons were entirely different, mostly to do with the internal politics of the department and lack of flexibility… so I just felt more at home in the umbrella department for the interdisciplinary majors. I never gave it much thought after that – I was much happier with the freedom I had in my individual major, so in the end I think it was a great choice. I also ended up having a great relationship with the prof who was my advisor for the independent major.

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<p>Hear, hear.</p>

<p>What one majors in while earning their bachelor’s degree doesn’t have a lot of influence on their later professional careers in many fields, in my experience. Of course this may be different for engineers, k-12 teachers, accountants, or computer programmers (and the like), but among my circle of friends, I know a neurosurgeon who majored in religion (though abeit a pre-med religion major) - something that always tickles her patients, a lawyer who was a psychology and philosophy double major, a financial analyst who majored in English, a lawyer who majored in math, a newspaper reporter whose degree is in history, and two advertising/PR people - one who studied political science and one who studied economics. None of them are working in the exact field they majored in.</p>

<p>If BGS feels right for you, you should feel free to go for it.</p>