<p><em>speechless</em> thanks man</p>
<p>And for Political Science:</p>
<p>Administrative Officer
International Relations
Advertising<br>
Journalist
Bank Officer<br>
Lawyer *
City Planner *<br>
Lobbyist
Claims Adjuster<br>
Management Trainee
Community Development<br>
Market Research
Congressional Staff Member *<br>
Personnel Analyst
Consumer Affairs<br>
Political Scientist *
Criminal Justice<br>
Probation Officer
Economic Development<br>
Professor/Instructor/Teacher *
Elected Public Official<br>
Public Administration
Foreign Affairs<br>
Public Information Officer *
Foreign Service Officer<br>
Public Relations
Intelligence Analyst</p>
<p>i like the idea that undergrad should be more for self-discovery and exploration than finding a rigid class schedule meant for a specific career. Am i right?
Holla</p>
<p>Sure, if you can afford that luxury.</p>
<p>now you've thoroughly CONFUSED me. elaborate please</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm sure someone who is paying $40,000 a year to attend college wants to be a Parole Officer! LMAO</p>
<p>I hate to be a joykill, but the timing of applying for summer jobs i often times critical... did you apply in June/July? If so, try applying earlier next year...</p>
<p>Back on topic, I'd say a theater major is pretty useless ;-). Either that or film/cinema studies (which is what I'm going for...)</p>
<p>i started applying in may. its just that i can't put down much prior experience because i'm 16! i can't put down that i babysat or something for my job. But I did put my leadership positions down from school. the container store liked me and put me up for a 2nd interview. then I never heard from them again.</p>
<p>This is my theory: If you're having trouble finding jobs, simply go to a bigger city.</p>
<p>womens studies</p>
<p>sociology; second womens studies; and environment.</p>
<p>not saying its not important to study gender discrimination and the objectification of women, but I think putting it under a concentration of history is more appropriate. Otherwise, it's like pulling Linear Algebra out of Mathematics and calling it a major. A major has to indicate and have a wide enough spread of rigorous training so that people who major in whatever can use the skills they acquire and later on go more in depth in their research and scholarship in more narrow fields of interest pertaining to that major.</p>
<p>Another issue I take is the amount of fluff that students get away with doing these majors. I mean, my friend in another school told me that he wanted to major in environment but got turned away when he found out that one of the senior did her thesis on where to find eco-friendly food on campus! Such utter rubbish. Fluff, fluff, fluff. The things people will do just to run away from the rigor a college education is supposed to entail.</p>
<p>"Such utter rubbish."</p>
<p>How do you know it's rubbish? Have you read her thesis, or are you just making a snap judgment based on hearsay and assumption?</p>
<p>"The rigor a college education is supposed to entail" would suggest that you need to do a lot more research on the subject before making such assertions.</p>
<p>HAHAHA. Read my post again: a senior thesis about ecological-friendly food on campus.</p>
<p>I guess it's useful, in the sense of helping people make healthier eating choices on campus. But as a senior thesis? HAHAHAHA. Oh man, I can't believe you even think that is defensible.</p>
<p>'do a lot more research on the subject before making such assertions'. On the subject of? Food on campus? Dude, her thesis is on WHERE to find ecological friendly food on campus. Not on the implications of pesticides on the environment, or a cost-benefits analysis of GMO foods used in helping stave off an imminent food crisis. Your question, sir, blithely ignores the issue I'm taking with is the aim and scope of her thesis, and not with the usefulness of the subject. What I know is her aim of her thesis. I comment based on what I know. If you think that qualifies as a thesis, well then we have to disagree. But it's rubbish. Not everything can qualify as a thesis.</p>
<p>This thread misses the point. Yes, some majors don't translate into a distinct career path. However, when combined with coursework, projects and internships/experience, they can be valuable assets. </p>
<p>One of the more common majors listed in this thread is women's studies. Combine that with say...sociology --> women's shelters, government administration. Combine that with marketing --> niche marketing to women. Combine that with political science --> divorce law. Furthermore, it could balance out an academic career and improve the odds at grad/law school admissions. Certainly a history major with a minor/concentration/double major in women's studies will have a deeper appreciation of an historical era due to multiple methods of understanding and evaluating events.</p>
<p>is there men's studies?</p>
<p>"Dude, her thesis is on WHERE to find ecological friendly food on campus."</p>
<p>Right. So, what's wrong with that?</p>
<p>It's pretty clear that you don't understand what a thesis or a dissertation is. Nobody does theses on "the implications of pesticides on the environment." That's an English comp essay topic or something. It's far too broad a question to even consider writing a thesis on. Theses and dissertations are in-depth, hyper-specific investigations of an extremely narrow scope.</p>
<p>If she did in-depth research as to the food choices available on campus, studying the comparative environmental impacts of the different providers based on supply sources, cooking methods, waste stream management, etc. - then, that sounds like a perfectly logical senior thesis investigation to me.</p>
<p>Go into an academic library and look up masters' theses and doctoral dissertations. You'll find titles like "Yaachox' Bluff: An Examination of a Rock Art Site in Interior Alaska and Local Oral History" or "A Geohydrologic Analysis Of An Upland-Bedrock Aquifer System: Applications To Interior Alaska." (Actual masters' theses from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.)</p>
<p>Or, to use my father's doctoral dissertation in paleontology at UC Berkeley, "Mammalian paleontology and stratigraphy of the early to middle tertiary Sespe and Titus canyon formations, southern California."</p>
<p>Women's studies FTW</p>
<p>Silverzc, "Women's Studies" is now called "Gender Studies" at many places. They didn't change the curriculum, but just changed the name to appease men who were (rightfully) angered that their sex was being ignored.</p>
<p>I'm actually taking a class on images of Jewish masculinity, and it is tremendously interesting. Not practical, but we do learn a lot about Jewish history and culture.</p>
<p>men's studies----->HIStory</p>
<p>^Women's candies: HERshey's.</p>