<p>I heard HOD is pretty well paid?
what exactly can/do people do with an HOD major? grad school choices after?</p>
<p>bump for any 'dores/HODers who can answer that ^?</p>
<p>human resources, management, anything requiring interpersonal interactions</p>
<p>thanks. that sounds pretty good actually. I heard rumors that it's pretty well paid for some reason - true? I'd hate to make money-making sound like a huge factor but.. well.. it is. :)</p>
<p>grad school options: nursing, med school, law school, grad school for HOD (offered at many universities now)</p>
<p>it pays well if you are good at it; HR isn't something that everyone wants to do, but many people become consultants for companies as well</p>
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<p>Agreed.</p>
<p>I am a molecular biology major, with a chemistry minor. There are numerous skills an HOD major needs - and I don’t have. They include coloring pictures, fingerpainting, cutting straight lines, and partying/drinking from Tuesday to Saturday.</p>
<p>Actually, there are schools of thought that believe those who cannot color inside the lines or cut straight lines have problems! Give it a rest … it takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. You do your part & let everyone else do theirs. Someday you may realize the value of different skill sets to the greater community.</p>
<p>My wife is a HOD Grad and she is making great money with Philips Electronics Medical Division. She has been able to move up the chain of command quickly because of want she learned thru HOD. Communicating and learning how corporations work are just as important quality as intelligence if used properly. So it may be a joke to some but it is quite valuable to others. It is like anything else, it depends on how you use your god given talents.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt’s HOD is now #1 in the country.
For those of you who snicker at and scorn this program, some of their grads have graduated from some top medical schools and been accepted to some top flight residency programs and have done cutting edge research with publications in major medical journals.
Be careful who you laugh at!</p>
<p>While everyone is impressed that Waffle Iron is doing well in Vandy’s great molecular bio realms…not everyone has his specialized talents, and not everyone belongs in hard sciences. You can generally figure out if you belong in hard science after a year or so at Vandy, and hundreds will create different pathways for themselves. Perhaps it is true that a sector of students who seem to have more time on their hands are in HOD but like all sterotypes, there is some reality and plenty of unfairness. </p>
<p>The number one status was awarded to Peabody’s graduate programs.</p>
<p>HOD students may be growing up to teach, direct schools, run businesses in a rapidly changing economy or manage our health care industries. Some Peabody grads are in business but many are highly dedicated people in lower paying public service work, just as some of our doctors from Vandy med are busy doing public service careers in medicine.</p>
<p>I have a friend at Peabody now getting a Masters in Education Policy who has spent her entire life reporting in major newspapers about the many ways our public schools are failing or helping our children to learn. She has supervised teams of education reporters at many of our country’s biggest newspapers for years. She is always amazed at the caliber of research and publishing going on at Peabody, to say nothing of the good Peabody students are doing in our nation’s schools when they graduate.</p>
<p>Anyone interested in the crisis in the United States in Education or Health Care would be proud to get a degree from Peabody. These two arenas will greatly impact the fate of our nation and the next generation. The proximity to Schools of Medicine and Law only add to the program, including adding to the real world experiences of HOD students. Peabody has been training leaders in Public Policy in Education and Health Care for generations. My sister is an award winning teacher and she would give a lot for the opportunity to pursue her vocation further at Peabody. Peabody students are busy interning all over Nashville in schools and social service agences and in for profit and non profit enterprises and HOD students are one reason that Nashville and Vanderbilt have such a close and supportive relationship. </p>
<p>Shout out to Peabody’s grad programs and their the first time ever ranking about the same missions at Stanford, Hopkins, Harvard, Columbia and UCLA. </p>
<p>Rank 1 Vanderbilt University (Peabody)
Nashville, TN
100<br>
Rank 2 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
96<br>
Rank 3 Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY
95<br>
Rank 4 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
94<br>
Rank 5 University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
93<br>
Rank 6 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
91<br>
Rank 7 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
86<br>
Rank 7 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
86<br>
Rank 7 University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
86<br>
Rank 7 University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX
86<br>
Rank 7 University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI
86</p>
<p>i just got accepted into peabody as an HOD major (i am a transfer student for this fall) and i have a few questions and would be deeply appreciative if anyone had great answers:</p>
<p>1) i know that vandy doesnt have an undergrad business school so i was wondering what people usually major in if they are interested in going into business (or am i better off not going to vanderbilt if i want to pursue business?)</p>
<p>2) are there limitations as an HOD major in peabody? for example if i wanted to go pre-med, or go into business, or psychology, are those attainable options while being in the peabody school? I’ve been talking to one of my friends who’s in A&S at vanderbilt and he was telling me about the HOD major and how i could go into any of these fields, he also mentioned that HOD has the highest job placement and starting salaries and will open many doors for me to get into a good grad school but i wasnt sure if he was just exaggerating </p>
<p>3) lastly, lastly, let’s say i decide i want to go into a different college at vanderbilt, for example arts and sciences, would that be possible to transfer into another college within the university as a transfer student? can transfer students transfer internally?</p>
<p>i know that was a lot but i just want to make sure i make the right decision by going to vanderbilt. i am currently enrolled at boston university and i know vanderbilt is definitely a big step up, but i just want to make sure i will be able to attain a career that i am interested in. would i be better off staying at BU if i am seriously considering business?</p>
<p>any answers that anyone has would be sincerely appreciated</p>
<p>Mandy, I am also I transfer this fall. I was a finance and management major, but will be majoring in Econ and minoring in Managerial Studies. That seems to be what most “business” people at Vandy do. With managerial studies you can concentrate in corporate strategy (thats what Im doing), financial economics(which is badically finance) or leadership&organization (similar to HOD).
Also, most of the big banks and consulting firms recruit from Vandy.</p>
<p>From what I understand, external transfer CAN transfer to a different college internally.</p>
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<p>Typically they do either Economic or Engineering or HOD + Managerial Studies Minor</p>
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<p>[Article</a> - Employment Statistics - Vanderbilt Career Center](<a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/employers/getArticle.php?article=92]Article”>http://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/employers/getArticle.php?article=92)</p>
<p>Avg. Salary…
Econ – ~52
HOD – ~46</p>
<p>See the thing about HOD is that it’s not very quantitative and most employers, especially in business, want students with quantitative backgrounds. This helps explain why Econ, Engineering, Science and Math majors make more than HOD majors. (*Of course I can’t control for differing career interests, which also factors into the difference in salary.)</p>
<p>Basically, if you’re going to do HOD, I’d recommend adding a few quantitative classes to help show employers that you can handle the math. In general, I’d also recommend visiting the career center early on to try to figure out how you can make yourself more desirable to employers.</p>