10/15/2004
TBP’S GUIDE TO PICKING A COLLEGE MAJOR
(This post has been sent to go play in Traffic. And I, for one, welcome my new FARK overlords.)
Since college students are a significant portion of TBP’s readership (I think one of my seven readers is in college), and choosing a major is probably the fourth or fifth most important part of the college experience, I thought I’d help some of you along with a guide to what you can expect if you choose to major in certain popular fields of study. After all, you don’t discover what some of these majors are really like until you’re 24 credits into them, and by then it’s too late to turn around. So, to prevent educational disasters like the several I experienced, forthwith, I preventpresent the TBP Guide To Picking A College Major. We’ll go through the academy department by department . . . which is what I did for my first two and a half years of college.
Accounting is a great field for those whose idea of a good time is trying to figure out if the fourth debit on page D41 of the ledger is supposed to be $438.43 or $484.33. Accounting majors alphabetize their gardens and organize their sock drawers based on predicted date of replacement.
Art majors spend four years in near-total isolation preparing for careers at which they will probably never get a chance to succeed. This is why you see art majors and college basketball players hanging out together all the time.
Art history involves four years of looking at slides and going to museums, and forty-five years of working the 3 to 11 shift at Domino’s.
Biology is a good major for those who aspire to be doctors. Biotechnology is a good major for those who aspire to be Dr. Frankenstein.
Business administration would seem to be a good major for those who want high-paying jobs after graduation. After all, the want ads are full of jobs for which a degree in business is required. So remember, if you long for the sort of job that’s so mind-shatteringly boring employers are forced to advertise its availability, major in business.
Chemistry majors have to endure all manner of snickering about the possible illegal uses of their studies. You should only major in chemistry if you have a thick skin or a well-trained goon squad.
Communications majors live in absolute denial of how little money talk-radio hosts and TV reporters actually make.
Computer science used to be a great way to get on board the gravy train. Now it’s a great way to wind up eating Gravy Train.
Economics: There are those who say that religion is despicable because it is nothing more than a bunch of unprovable assertions about that which is ultimately unknowable; furthermore, these assertions are frequently contrary to plainly-evident fact and represent nothing more than a backhanded attempt to rule the world by means of subjugating humanity through the application of ritualistic mumbo-jumbo which means nothing to the non-brainwashed. I didn’t realize economics was a religion until I wrote this paragraph.
Education is a great major for those who have always wanted to be blamed for all of society’s problems, from drug abuse to property taxes. If you’ve got buckets of unwanted self-esteem you just can’t get rid of, hasten thee to the teachers’ college.
Engineering students spend four years in agony, taking brutal math and science classes. Many would-be engineers wash out and wind up in easier fields, like Middle East peace negotiations. But the dirty little secret is that engineering students smile so much at graduation because they know they’ve solved their last differential equations and can spend the rest of their careers just looking things up in handbooks.
English was in danger of dying out as a field of study due to a lack of lunatic interpretations around which to structure doctoral theses. Then along came Jacques Derrida and the twin demons of deconstructionism and semiotics, ensuring that PhD candidates will never lack for thesis material again, since it just might be possible that Julius Caesar is actually about Shakespeare’s deeply-sublimated fetish for root vegetables.
Geography: If you’ve ever thrown a hand full of pocket change on the table and spent three hours staring at the patterns it formed, you may be a budding geographer. Either that, or you just drank a full bottle of cough syrup. Otherwise, geography is a great major for people who think that they may one day be called upon to prove that, in fact, they can find certain parts of their anatomy with two hands and a map.
Geology majors usually find some sort of employment in the oil industry. Sometimes this is great; when the awl bidness is booming, the money flows like . . . well, like oil. But it’s fickle; you might also find yourself unemployed and trying to sell a house in Dalhart, Texas. Either that, or you’ll wind up as Vice-President, and I am not sure which fate sounds worse.
History is based on the idea that, if I know the winning lottery numbers for the past five years, I stand a better chance of picking tonight’s winning numbers.
Mathematics majors find employment as teachers, statisticians, actuaries, and stadium gatekeepers.
Philosophy is the biggest scam in academia. I ought to know; it was my undergrad major. In philosophy, you don’t have to be right; you just have to sound like you’re not wrong.
Political science appeals to three basic types of people: Pre-law students (insert punchline here), persons interested in foreign service (while we do have diplomatic missions in Paris, Fiji, and the Bahamas, bear in mind that we also have people in Gdansk, Ouagadougou, and Ulaan Bator), and persons who are actually interested in politics. The latter are guaranteed perpetual employment, since the only thing more difficult to explain than the ridiculous, self-contradictory behavior of politicians is the ridiculous, self-contradictory behavior of voters.
Public administration students spend four years in college doing the college-student thing, then two more years in in grad school. At the end of this, they get a government desk job. Why everybody doesn’t major in public administration, I’ll never know.
Sociology majors study complicated problems without any feasible solutions. It’s a great major if you one day expect to be named head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Social work is the major to pick if college football is more your speed.
Hopefully, this will help out those of you who are uncertain about the future path of your life. Just remember, though, that ultimately, you can’t put a price on the value of a well-rounded education.
OK, actually, you can. How does $400 a month for the next 30 years sound?
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What, no Physics?!!!
Comment by Dave Landhuis — 10/15/2004 @ 11:56 pm
You forgot psychology. Easily the most popular major in American institutions today, it equips you to say, “Thank you for calling XYZ. How may I help you today?”
If you want to spend over $100,000 to get paid little more than minimum wage to serve the people who you mocked in college, please, major in psychology.
Comment by Retailwhore — 10/16/2004 @ 12:27 am
I’m a Chemical Engineer with a minor in Administration…
And LOL, Retailwhore, what’s your major?
Comment by rolandog — 10/16/2004 @ 3:37 am
I majored in animal psychology for a laugh.. i can now tell if my rabbit is about to rip my eyes out or not, and can also tell when the cat has shredded my best shirt when i walk in the door, saving the whole suprise-when-you-walk-into-the-closet thing i used to have.
By the way, I’m now a web developer. Go figure.
Comment by notmuchhappenin — 10/16/2004 @ 4:12 am
The trick here is to ignore this advice and just get some esoteric art degree. You’ll be the dark and mysterious stranger to every company, yet you can apply your knowledge to everyday situations.
“Darkest Africa? Not enough color. They need a better layout.”
“Nazi Germany? Bad kerning, too many serifs.”
“Corporate accountability? Let’s talk about compositions here. There’s too much channel static in this piece, and we need to liven it up here. Let’s try to work with the negative space.”
Comment by Clamwacker — 10/16/2004 @ 4:38 am
Don’t forget Socio-Cultural Anthropology, a field were the experts spend their time showing that everything the field has ever done is now useless because:
A. Most people do it themselves now.
B. It’s a stupid waste of time.
C. It’s a stupid waster of time most people do themselves now.
No wonder we can’t find employement outside of the fast food industry!
Comment by Hungry Donner — 10/16/2004 @ 4:46 am
You’re stoooooopid. Good luck.
Comment by James — 10/16/2004 @ 5:01 am
I’m a film major, friends. The biggest scam of all scam majors.
Anyone think they got a worse one?
/sigh…
Comment by TheBlake — 10/16/2004 @ 5:03 am
You forgot Information Technology.
“Learn about random computer stuff that you already knew for 4 years, maybe concentrate in a video game course, then graduate with a BS degree that’ll get you into any job you want because it signifies the fact that you can fix the boss’s computer.”
Comment by DaveKap — 10/16/2004 @ 5:07 am
I majored in Mass Comm at a small, private, liberal arts college. After struggling through dead-end jobs, I jumped on the IT bandwagon for five years. Now I’m getting a masters in business online. Can someone please send me some rope? Some gasoline and a match would suffice, too.
Comment by Scott Edwards — 10/16/2004 @ 7:37 am
So what do I take if I want to be a consultant? Maybe I could become a computer consultant, get paid loads of money for god knows what, make them buy me state of the art computer equipment to play Quake on, and then leave as soon as they expect something less vague for an answer, taking the computer with me…
Comment by Sheilanagig — 10/16/2004 @ 8:53 am
I’ve been in and out of college since 1985. I’ve had everything from a .52 GPA at community college to a 3.85 GPA at a private art school. I’ve majored in Architecture, Art, Geography, Liberal Studies, Nursing, Russian language studies, Information Technology, and Aircraft Mechanics (trade school). I’ve yet to get a BA, but I do have over 220 credit hours and multiple certificates (LPN, EMT, A&P, A+). College is cool. As long as you’re taking 6 hours in one semester a year, you can defer your loan payments. I won’t even bore you with what I’ve used school loan payments for.
Comment by Gilmoure — 10/16/2004 @ 9:27 am
Gilmoure:
You, sir (sir?), are my hero.
Comment by Mark Hasty — 10/16/2004 @ 9:31 am
As an English major, I welcome your assessment of the scam we have going for us! Kudos!
Comment by James — 10/16/2004 @ 10:20 am
Journalism: you spend four years learning about correct comma and apostrophe placement and dream of your grand job as a tv anchor only to end up writing obituaries for eight dollars an obituary. My double major was in Psychology- something that basically makes you think everything is wrong with you. I went back to school for Early Childhood Education.
Comment by Dina — 10/16/2004 @ 10:23 am
I joint majored in Contemporary Studies and French, I once wrote a paper on the colour blue
Comment by klaqwer — 10/16/2004 @ 10:47 am
My majors are psychology and theatre.
Heh. Heh. Heh.
Comment by Dani — 10/16/2004 @ 10:48 am
Senior in Computer Engineering here…with a cognate in IT Specialization (new program at MSU)…I have realized over the last 3.5 years that this major does not apply totally to what I will be doing someday (hopefully….IT Manager). However, due to the fact the Telecomm majors don’t get as many job offers from the bigger companies as do the Computer Engineers do, I’ve stuck with it and have repeatedly kicked myself in the ass for it…many, many times over. The statement about Engineering majors is so accurate, it hurts.
Comment by cthulu mythos — 10/16/2004 @ 11:12 am
I’m an American Studies major.
Just TRY and beat that.
Minors in Communications and Music. Headed for Music Composition grad school because my major is useless.
Comment by J-I — 10/16/2004 @ 11:28 am
Music is one of the hardest majors on a college campus. 19 credits a semester, at least 3 hours of practicng your instrument a day. a few hours of piano practice a week, and learning other instruments. It blows.
Comment by commonGiGA — 10/16/2004 @ 11:29 am
But what about music? Utterly useless degree, I’m just majoring for the free music lessons (saves me $2000/year at a $30,000/year liberal arts college). My other major? Creative writing. Ha. I am so going to be unemployed (although I’m thinking about switching my second major to two minors in polisci and journalism).
Comment by Megan — 10/16/2004 @ 11:32 am
rolandog
I’m a final year high school student who is thinking of getting into chemical engineering. Just curious if you could provide any info about your field, the university degree, etc.
Comment by laser7500 — 10/16/2004 @ 11:47 am
If you study hard and make good grades at business administration you may be able to get an assistant manager job at Burger King.
Comment by pokeyhawn — 10/16/2004 @ 11:47 am
The Communications major is so true. I know, because I am one.
Comment by Greencap — 10/16/2004 @ 11:53 am
I’m a Double Physics and Astrophysics Major. Nothing says, “No Life” much better then that.
Comment by Goku_Mizuno — 10/16/2004 @ 11:58 am
If English is dying, they surely don’t know it (or did not know it). Most of them hate Derrida. I should know, I’m a phd student in English. It’s crazy! They all choose theories of crit. like they are fads and you HAVE to choose just one!
Comment by Chip — 10/16/2004 @ 11:58 am
I got a BS in Comp. Sciences, finished in August … and got a job offer out of every single interview I’ve had … GPA is 2.68 hehehe …. just make them believe you know what you are talking about and ask for what you want … DaveKap … WORD !!!!
Comment by Carlos_Enrique — 10/16/2004 @ 12:01 pm
Any biochemists or aspiring biochemists here?
I am looking into a degree in biochemical engineering and want to know if it’s worth the time
Comment by Dean — 10/16/2004 @ 12:22 pm
Computer Science / IT major.
You mean other people know I’m stuck eating Gravy Train?
Gotta run, the boss’s computer is down.
Comment by morpheus — 10/16/2004 @ 12:24 pm
Laser7500,
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
Comment by xti — 10/16/2004 @ 12:29 pm
Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Comment by jamison — 10/16/2004 @ 1:37 pm
Psychology is a good major until your to old to hit on on the pretty female nurses and elementary edjucation broads.
If your gay you can be sure 2 of the 3 guys in your classes are gay with emotional baggage. If u like hot broads, being the only guy in the class, and like to stare at burn victims for your first 10 years in the real world psychology is for you
Comment by Dave s — 10/16/2004 @ 1:49 pm
I’m triple majoring in Accounting, Statistics, and Actuarial Science. I’m going to become a neurotic, anal retentive version of “no life.”
…help me…
Comment by katy — 10/16/2004 @ 1:56 pm
I am a double major in Japanese and linguistics.
Ask me what I’m going to do when I graduate.
Comment by julie — 10/16/2004 @ 3:36 pm
Majored in Chemsitry and everyone I knew I high school kept asking me to make them drugs. The chemistry section is so damn true.
Comment by djwherritt — 10/16/2004 @ 3:56 pm
I’m a Physics major contemplating a double in math (since that only adds two classes to what I have to take for physics). I got certified as a CPhT (certified pharmacy technician) and work in the bulk room filling caps with powders. I’m trying to launch my comics into a profitable endevor.
I have no idea why I’m going to school.
Comment by Uschi — 10/16/2004 @ 4:24 pm
go for the sciences if you know math. If you don’t know math, learn. If you can’t learn math, be pretty.
Comment by anon — 10/16/2004 @ 4:44 pm
Alright, time to stop the Chem bashing right here, right now. If you are thinking about Chem E or Biochem E…well it is a LOT of math, let me repeat that a L O T of math. If you’re really interested in chemistry, just go into chemistry, even if you think you will make less money it’s still worth it, I pull in good money right now for my work in chemistry and I’m only a Junior in college. And honestly, anyone who thinks you spend your time making pot and crack doesn’t realize that chemicals are the reason they are probably alive at all. For all you aspiring majors, feel free to email me any questions
Comment by G-ray — 10/16/2004 @ 4:51 pm
It is Communication. There is no “s”.
And it is for those of us that are preparing for NO job but a better way to ask our parents for money. Thank you, interpersonal communication and conflict management courses!
Comment by Nikki — 10/16/2004 @ 4:56 pm
I’m a ChE. I enjoyed what I’m doing so far. Lots of math, but less matricies! Kudos to the crowd in ASPEN tech making our lives better by writing a simulation program that does everything!
It’s not A LOT of math. Just take up to differential equations, and you’re done. 1 statistics class too, just to make sure you can analyze data.
Comment by aralemomdadok — 10/16/2004 @ 5:14 pm
Man you called it. Sucks to know the truth, doesn’t it?
MMMMmmm.. I love my gravy train. So does my dog, surprisingly.
Comment by Trapped-in-CH @ FARK — 10/16/2004 @ 5:29 pm
I’ve got you all beat. I’m majoring in Sport Management!
Comment by Kathy — 10/16/2004 @ 5:31 pm
I’m a senior Biochemistry Major. Minor in chemistry. It’s not so bad. If you have an intuitive feel for it, the classes are pretty easy. The calculus isn’t so terrible, it’s mostly easy partial derivitives.
I think the median salary for a biochem PhD is something like $80k/yr. Of course, by then you’re 35 years old.
Comment by Ian — 10/16/2004 @ 6:23 pm
Digital Multimedia here. << bet your college doesnt have it!! (some do).
(specialties are web development and 3d animation).
Comment by Eric — 10/16/2004 @ 8:47 pm
what about Architecture????
Comment by B — 10/16/2004 @ 8:51 pm
College Humor.
The Bemusement Park » TBP’S GUIDE TO PICKING A COLLEGE MAJOR Yuk. I really relate to this, although he’s a…
Trackback by The Captain's (B)log — 10/16/2004 @ 11:44 pm
I’m a math and physics major intending to go to grad school in math…what’s your advice for me?
Comment by James — 10/16/2004 @ 11:46 pm
okay, do you think my kids ages 6 and under will need a college degree? Because I majored in History with a MS in Ed. and well, you can imagine how much money I get to save for their “college”…thinking about going to Beauty School…
Comment by Jill — 10/16/2004 @ 11:50 pm
95% of college students come to school with badass, impressive majors that require lots of math and science. Mid september they realize they suck at pretty much everything and become Communication, Accounting, Psychology, English, Education, History, Music, Poly Sci, and the list goes on with deadend jobless Majors.
Comment by jerkass — 10/17/2004 @ 12:10 am
My school has 30000 students and I am 1 of about 30 math majors. It is amazing how many people can have no discernable, applicable skill and still feel intellectually superior.
Comment by yikes — 10/17/2004 @ 12:22 am
Advice from an art major: unless you fancy a chance to explore the exciting fields of retail, food services and/or temporary employment, choose another major and learn to paint in your spare time.
Comment by Christopher — 10/17/2004 @ 12:33 am
Comment by chris — 10/17/2004 @ 1:14 am
I just felt the urge to point out to jamison, that in the event you were being serious. The Germans didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor. That was the Japs. Double Major in Philosophy & Political Science. You need BS? I got plenty.
Comment by pip — 10/17/2004 @ 3:36 am
It doesn’t matter so much of WHAT you know as it does WHO you know to get that high paying job. And when did the Germans ever bomb pearl harbor?
Comment by CURE13 — 10/17/2004 @ 3:37 am
electrical engineering. hardest major
Comment by qwerty — 10/17/2004 @ 4:26 am
I was a pre-med major and STILL ended up eating Gravy Train via the IT bandwagon. A rope and gasoline would only be a moderate improvement…
Comment by beach — 10/17/2004 @ 8:54 am
Engineering. Feel great about yourself in college. Maybe get a job in a flooded market. Turn thirty and be downsized. Work bitterly at McDonalds untill you die. (by an angry engineer)
Comment by yesman — 10/17/2004 @ 9:41 am
I’m an economics major. The great thing about being an economics major is that most people don’t know we’re just making most of it up. Also, its called a science.
Comment by Kevin — 10/17/2004 @ 10:05 am
artificial intelligence.. just like Computer Science but with a bit more algorithmic stuff and a bit less kernel hacking. But prepare to be answering questions about robots for the rest of your life. At least when you’re an accountant people with no clue about your profession don’t coo “ooooh, that is SO interesting” when they hear about it.
Comment by Wouter — 10/17/2004 @ 10:17 am
I majored in Womens Studies… yeah, go get’em tiger!
Comment by Steve Austin — 10/17/2004 @ 11:41 am
kevin: economics is a science alright.. “the dismal science”
Comment by arebelspy — 10/17/2004 @ 12:21 pm
Dead right ’bout the Art majors.
BFA in Sculpture and now paint with my ass.
My closest …friends…they…played college basketball.
Comment by Stan — 10/17/2004 @ 2:30 pm
Biology major in college… I turned down a job in NewZealand then quit a job paying 28k/year with 3 weeks of holidays and 4 weeks vacation time and 15 days of sick leave a year… just to make 17k/year as a grad student.
Comment by Ash — 10/17/2004 @ 2:50 pm
I been at University since 1994. I got a BA, two post-grad diplomas, and I’m A-B-D on my MSc (All-but-dissertation). All I really wanna be when I grow up is a firefighter.
Comment by -=Jizzlobber=- — 10/17/2004 @ 3:50 pm
This is why I didn’t go to college. I make $45 an hour, go to work only when I feel like it (which means summers on the river!) and choose who I want to work with. I help small business owners learn to run their businesses.
Comment by Precious Kitten — 10/17/2004 @ 4:57 pm
Only got to the third grade. Caught up with my old man, and they kicked us both out.
Comment by Simon — 10/17/2004 @ 7:50 pm
You forgot my major!! I went to school for 4 years to be a nurse…yes…a nurse. Know what nursing is good for? Getting dates with guys who think that “Nursing” is synonymous with “Porn Star.” Best dern 100k dating service I ever joined.
Great paying job tho…
Comment by KitttyCol — 10/17/2004 @ 8:49 pm
I got my BA in Architecture because I didn’t want to take the Art Major route (for fear of it being useless) and I was good at math. Found out that prospective architects actually know nothing about aesthetics, how to draw well, and that most go into the field solely to act superior to everyone else, “oh yes, I’m an ARCHITECT”, or because they’ll make a lot of money. Architects actually don’t make much money until you’re really old and even then it’s actually pretty rare. Never went to grad school because I didn’t want to spend the next ten years basically interning below someone else in a firm and never getting a chance to design. Also, you only have a chance to succeed in this field if you’re a white male.
Right now I work for a land development firm as their accountant. Thinking of leaving so I can do something with my minor, Spanish. At least that will kill my soul a little less.
Oh yes, and I thought that once I graduated from college that those idiots I had in my classes would be few and far between… but I was wrong. Boy was I wrong.
Comment by Alison — 10/17/2004 @ 9:40 pm
I can’t believe you forgot about food and nutrition in business because soo many people major in it!!
Or at least dietitics–neways I will probably end up in counseling.
Comment by Brittny — 10/18/2004 @ 1:18 am
I got a BS in nursing, and it assures you of a job almost anywhere you want to live. There is a desparate shortage of nurses nationwide and the pay is good. You can be a traveling nurse if you want to see the sights. You can work at the bedside, if you like, and it has many specialties like ICU, hemodialysis, oncology, OB, and pediatrics. You can work in a clinic for all day positions, or education, research, writing for journals, administration in hospitals, or do home health care. The variety is endless. And with a BS you if you get burned out in one field, it isn’t too hard to get into another field. It’s easy to get parttime work if you want a flexible schedule. Men are welcome in the job and tend to climb the career ladder quicker, too.
Comment by erdolphin — 10/18/2004 @ 10:35 am
Actually, there was an article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune not long ago about how there’s a nurse glut in Minnesota.
Comment by Mark Hasty — 10/18/2004 @ 11:05 am
Alison, your experience with architecture is not universal, and your comment that only white males succeed in it is way off base. I say this as the husband of a female architect who has run her own firm for the past sixteen years. We’re not rich by any stretch, but it’s a decent living.
Comment by G — 10/18/2004 @ 11:06 am
G-
I am glad to hear that my experience has not been the same for everyone. Where do you live?
I went to the University of Minnesota - and I’m not joking - they make you take a class your first/second year about the societal issues in the architecture field, and basically tell you that you’ll never make it if you aren’t a white male. This weeds out all the unambitious types, and keeps the stereotype alive, at least here.
I haven’t talked to one female in my business who hasn’t had an extremely difficult time, but then again that’s probably just a truth in the whole world and not directly my field.
Comment by alison — 10/18/2004 @ 1:12 pm
Finance: Spent four and a half years memorizing formulas designed to evaluate the financial strengths and weaknesses of mega-corporations. Graduated and learned that Hewlett-Packard makes a $50 calculator that does the same thing my $50,000 finance degree does. Neither stops Enron-type disasters.
Comment by Matt — 10/18/2004 @ 2:39 pm
pip-
That line was from the movie “Animal House.” “Don’t stop him, he’s on a roll.”
Comment by Rigel — 10/18/2004 @ 5:08 pm
Hey, Reverend Hasty,
Congrats on getting a link in Fark. Too bad you’re happiness will only last a few days until Penn State beats the snot out of Iowa. Ha ha ha ha.
Comment by Carl Banks — 10/18/2004 @ 9:27 pm
moo
Comment by el cow — 10/18/2004 @ 9:44 pm
Who said Electrical Engineering is hard??!! You got nothing on Aerospace Engineering, especially when combined with Physics as a second major.
Comment by Bob — 10/18/2004 @ 11:48 pm
“when the going gets tough . . .”
Comment by bluto — 10/19/2004 @ 12:06 pm
“. . .”
Comment by bluto — 10/19/2004 @ 12:09 pm
“. . . .”
Comment by bluto — 10/19/2004 @ 12:09 pm
“. . . the tough get going! who’s with me?”
Comment by bluto — 10/19/2004 @ 12:10 pm
Comment by R_joelle — 10/20/2004 @ 1:43 am
I did liberal arts with a secondary study in photocopying.
Comment by casu_consulto — 10/20/2004 @ 1:52 am
Hey, laser7500, sorry for taking so long in answering back. Didn’t read your post ’till today.
Well, I’m actually in 7th semester (of 9 semesters). Although it’s a hard major, it is really rewarding. But you should only dare enter the realm of Chemical Engineering if you master Math and Physics (Chemistry as in Organic Chemistry is not necessarily needed… you’ll see that almost all reactions will be modeled as aA + bB –> cC + dD).
But where I’m studying I did have to learn a LOT of organic chemistry (which mainly tests your memory skills, not your thinking skills).
Nevertheless, I’ve heard from trustworthy sources that Chemical Engineering is one of those fields in which you might end up doing many different things: reactor design, distillation columns design… heck, you might end up as a great cook if you master the termodynamic behavior of chicken. LOL.
Well, if you need more information, feel fre to contact me. http://rolandog.blogspot.com
Comment by rolandog — 11/5/2004 @ 3:23 am
i’m a senior in high schoolad am doing the whole college app thing but i’m not sure what major to go into- i’m currently in all AP classes (though not necessarily liking math or physics) but i love art and english, and am interested in biology
does anyone have any suggestions or info? anything would help at this point! Thanks!!
Comment by Tangello — 11/11/2004 @ 3:43 pm
Tangello- Flush those liberal art dreams down the toilet unless you like eating from a dumpster. If you have the balls try for pre-med. Although, most people suck to much and fail out there second semester of premed and end up in the academic hell of communications or business. So my advice to you is start liking math and science, or get ready for a life of wearing your name on your shirt.
Comment by cago — 11/12/2004 @ 5:33 am
I’m about to graduate with an associates in general studies. Anyone care to enlighten me with job opportunities with this “degree”?
Comment by crystal — 12/6/2004 @ 9:22 pm
If only people who liked are were good at math and science had the good jobs there would be no good kind people left!! There would only be boring people left talking about how their day was!
Comment by Brittny — 12/14/2004 @ 7:41 pm
what? Your comment makes no sense what so ever. Not only is it illegiable, it comepletly disproves the thing (i think) your trying to say because you sound like a complete moron. Suck a peg leg.
Comment by justin — 12/15/2004 @ 6:20 pm
Wow Justin, insults are much better if you can actually spell. Maybe you should consult a dictionary before you call someone a moron. Change my diaper.
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Comment by Mark Hasty — 12/20/2004 @ 6:31 pm