1) Mechanical Engineering.

6/4/2008 9:16:24 PM

2) finished degree

6/4/2008 9:16:45 PM

Indeed. We can do most anything.

And our economy will be very good for us in the future.

6/4/2008 9:17:17 PM

College is overrated in general

I could've came directly from high school and do what I'm doing now

6/4/2008 9:17:38 PM

meh....

as was mentioned in that other thread, your degree is what you make of it
it's just a jumping off point really

[Edited on June 4, 2008 at 9:19 PM. Reason : way to sound like a dumbass EMCE]

6/4/2008 9:17:52 PM

yeah... you really can't export an M.E.

6/4/2008 9:18:17 PM

Quote :

"College is overrated in general I could've came directly from high school and do what I'm doing now"

6/4/2008 9:23:04 PM

the owner of the company i work for didn't graduate high school...

he's lucky as hell though

.. all the engineering degrees are way up there i'm sure

6/4/2008 9:23:16 PM

define useful

6/4/2008 9:28:29 PM

education everywhere in the world is in need of teachers... plus, great benefits! bwahhaha

6/4/2008 9:30:37 PM

it's debatable on whether or not I could have done what I'm doing now without a college education

I mean, I'm sure that I could punch in numbers / read information / report on my findings alright. But I don't think that I would have a fundamental understanding of cognitive functions in order to make advised recommendations

6/4/2008 9:33:16 PM

let's face it. it's either econ or some type of engineering

6/4/2008 9:57:38 PM

Quote :

"College is overrated in general I could've came directly from high school and do what I'm doing now"

There have been people who have made it big without graduating from high school, but it is tougher to do. I also think people who go to college are happier in the end because they took some time to enjoy themselves. The people who have been working since they graduated from high school seem more pissed off later in life. Some of them that I have met always talk about how they wish they had gone to college, or finished college. THey are left wondering if they had what it takes to graduate.

6/4/2008 10:00:57 PM

1) Mechanical Engineering.

1) Nuclear Engineering

every nuclear engineer in my graduating class had no problem at all getting a job

even the 2 retards that amazingly passed NE got jobs

6/4/2008 10:01:56 PM

3)Biology Degree

6/4/2008 10:02:13 PM

omg electrical engineering

everyone needs electricity1

6/4/2008 10:03:37 PM

I think meteorology should be high on the list

- you can't do it (well) without going to school for it
- the job is always in demand
- there are MANY fields to which it can be applied

6/4/2008 10:04:42 PM

I'd put nursing pretty high on the list

6/4/2008 10:06:27 PM

PRT




just kidding. that's not a useful major at all
having a PRT major is like doing 13^th for 4 years

6/4/2008 10:10:39 PM

4) Literature degree

6/4/2008 10:11:52 PM

My list so far (in no particular order):

- Meteorology
- Engineering (as a whole - no specific type)
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Pre-Med/Nursing
- History
- Environmental Health
- Textiles
- Education

6/4/2008 10:17:34 PM

History? So there is a useful CHASS degree. Paging PinkandBlack.

6/4/2008 11:08:35 PM

Hahah. I got history.

Utterly useless unless you intend to teach.

6/4/2008 11:09:31 PM

How is History useful and English isn't?

6/4/2008 11:09:58 PM

education is on that list. If you can't find a job right out of school with a degree in education you've got other issues.

6/4/2008 11:10:39 PM

Meteorology...really?

[Edited on June 4, 2008 at 11:12 PM. Reason : i would go with Agriculture cuz everyone needs food...]

6/4/2008 11:11:54 PM

So your list is basically the lab + calc sciences, health, education, engineering, and history.

Cool deal.

6/4/2008 11:14:04 PM

History really is a bad major unless you plan on teaching. You can't do much wish a BA in history. The good jobs come in when you have a MA in History.

6/4/2008 11:15:36 PM

That's what my friend's doing!

6/4/2008 11:16:26 PM

That's what someone very close to me did too....minus the MA. I think he's wanting to work on it though.

6/4/2008 11:17:16 PM

i totally fail at this game. i majored in poli sci and philosophy (on the non useful list). and now i'm in law school. but i don't want to be a lawyer i just want the degreeeee. i like degrees i want to start a collection.

6/4/2008 11:19:22 PM

What can you do with a B.A. in English? What is my life going to be?
Four years of college, and plenty of knowledge
Have earned me this useless degree
I can’t pay the bills yet, ’cause I have no skills yet
The world is a big scary place,
But somehow I can’t shake the feeling I might make
A difference to the human race

6/4/2008 11:28:14 PM

lol you people take design for granted

from architecture to industrial to graphic

all of these things intertwine to make all of the things you list usable and understandable to the common human

[Edited on June 4, 2008 at 11:33 PM. Reason : +]

6/4/2008 11:32:29 PM

dang ya'll

How 'bout that Computer Science representing? Don't like us, GET OFF OUR NET.

6/4/2008 11:32:40 PM

Ok, so Design, Engineering, Lab + Calc Sciences (including Computer), Health, and Education...and sometimes History.

6/4/2008 11:34:25 PM

it's all so interchangeable it's crazy

but instead we're subject to pissing matches

as if we would enjoy our ecosystem without grass

[Edited on June 4, 2008 at 11:37 PM. Reason : hell...do any of you listen to music?]

6/4/2008 11:34:26 PM

Quote :

"My list so far (in no particular order): - Meteorology - Engineering (as a whole - no specific type) - Biology - Chemistry - Physics - Pre-Med/Nursing - History - Environmental Health - Textiles - Education"

So you think History is more usefull than stats/math

[Edited on June 4, 2008 at 11:49 PM. Reason : ]

6/4/2008 11:47:39 PM

I hear Accounting majors are guaranteed a job.

6/4/2008 11:52:40 PM

communication media

6/4/2008 11:56:04 PM

Quote :

"hell...do any of you listen to music?"

Yeah, I think this questions brings up the point that we need to define practicality. What is a useful, in terms of a college degree? Is it the short-term monetary value of income? Is it the long-term value to society?

6/4/2008 11:59:57 PM

MRS

6/5/2008 12:05:33 AM

Skack FTW!

6/5/2008 12:07:16 AM

I gotta say, I've found my biology degree to be fairly versatile. It's also a fast track towards living in other countries too. Because you can work scientific jobs that are needed.

6/5/2008 12:09:37 AM

what the hell is a PRT degree?

6/5/2008 12:27:17 AM

Parks Recreation Tourism

6/5/2008 12:27:50 AM

1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan
6. Dylan
7. Industrial Engineering
8. Dylan
9. Dylan
10. Spitting hot fire

6/5/2008 12:30:29 AM

Any technical field such as engineering or medical really does require a good education and/or degree. Anything else can be BSed. I for one value master and apprentice education over mass education in the form of large colleges or universities. You don't see a lot of one on one education anymore unless it's an art form.

6/5/2008 12:35:03 AM

Quote :

"Along with a declining influence of labor and civil rights organizations, work relations appear to have changed as we begin the new millennium. Forms of labor contracting that provide fewer benefits and security are on the rise. Incomes once again have become more stratified by education and skill levels, making them a much more important issue. Gary Becker's (1964) work on human capital theory has encouraged businessmen and educators to rethink the economics of training and apprenticeship. Conceptualizing training as an investment, theory suggests that enforceable long-term apprenticeships enable employers to increase their investments in the skills of their workers. Binding indentures are rationalized as efficient devices to prevent youths from absconding with the capital employers have invested in them. Armed with this understanding, increasingly policy makers have permitted and encouraged arrangements that look more like older-style employer dominated apprenticeships. Whether this is the beginning of new era for apprenticeship, or merely a return to the prior battles over the abuses of one-sided employer control, only time will tell."

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/jacoby.apprenticeship.us

6/5/2008 12:42:00 AM

i think industrial design must be the most fun. think of something cool, draw it, and let the engineers sort it out while you draw more cool stuff.

i will say it does piss me off when people have no idea how things are made and will also admit that i feel bad for the engineers who have to deal with crappy ID work.

6/5/2008 12:51:20 PM

Geology - especially if you concentrate on tectonics, water resources management, or petroleum production.

6/5/2008 12:55:33 PM