I think I'm going to change my major.

[lightningandsnow]

I got into a specialized university program, Public Affairs and Policy Management, because it would be practical and I figured I would somewhat like it.

However, I find it really boring. I love university otherwise, but the courses that are actually the core ones of that program will be the death of me.

So, after this year, I'm thinking of studying this:

Women's studies with minors in history and aboriginal studies (what you would probably call Native American studies)

Thoughts? It just sounds so much more "me" than what I'm studying now!

[Pharlo]

1. I don't know if you're undergrad or graduate level,

but, I would keep in mind the potential job market after school. If you're at the undergrad level, I'd keep the Public Affairs and Policy Management as a minor - at least. Preferably, keep it as a major and minor in women's studies, minors in history or aboriginal studies.

If, however, you're PhD bound, go for the latter and good luck.

[lightningandsnow]

4. I'm an undergrad.

But the PAPM program doesn't leave room for any minors, really, sadly.

I see your point....but I do have a plan! I plan to do a community college program after - Assaulted Women's and Children's Counselor and Advocate. If I do my degree in women's studies, I can do that program in 1 year instead of 2.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Keep the major you have an minor in something fun. You don't want to go

job hunting with a Women's Studies degree.

[lightningandsnow]

3. I can't really minor in anything with the major I'm in.

You get three electives over the course of 4 years. It sucks. :(

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. why not major in anthropology and minor in the aboriginal studies?

or Major in the History with the aboriginal minor.

[Moondog]

6. One of the sad realities of undergraduate life

is that nearly anything that is going to make you employable after you graduate is going to be tedious. An equally sad corollary is that nearly anything that will actually be interesting to you will, after you graduate, only qualify you to be a counterperson at Mickey Ds, or a greeter at WalMart. But it was ever thus. Think of it as one of those immutables of life.

Instead of being called an institution of higher learning, university should be called an institution of intellectual gratification delay. Just my opinion.

[Taitertots]

7. Underwater basket weaving

Do you want a job when you get out of college?

[Turbineguy]

8. Over the years I have changed my views on education.

It's not for "getting a job", it's for walking around in the world and understanding what you see.

I've known a music major who became a psychiatrist and zoology majors who became engineers. Among others.

If you do university in order to get a job, you are doing it backwards because it's harder to get an education while you are working.

[Taitertots]

11. I don't want something designed by a zoology major

They don't have the proper knowledge base to know what they are doing. Almost none of the classes are the same.

I guess the music major could have taken psychology classes, because the requirements are so small. Did this person go to Graduate school or what? Otherwise they must be woefully under qualified for their job.

[Turbineguy]

14. I'm just telling you.

That's all.

Everybody got more school time before switching.

[Danger Mouse]

9. I majored in sociology but ended up getting into teaching.

Sociology was interesting, but it would've made more sense for me to do education in the first place. It's up to you, but I suggest you stick with something that will help you get into the field you eventually want to work in.

[Captain Hilts]

10. Are you at U of T?

If you are really thinking of Women's Studies, go into English.

It just looks better on a resume and prepares you better for Graduate Record Exams.

[NJmaverick]

12. What sort of jobs could you get with such a degree? Is it just a stepping stone to higher degrees?

[old mark]

13. You are Canadian, IIRC - Is there a good field in social services

using the Women's Study degree?
FWIW, I wanted to major in addiction studies, and found it was nearly worthless - I majored in social work, minored in art and sociology, but that was in the US.

Education here has become just another business.

mark

[lightningandsnow]

18. I plan on doing a program at George Brown College after...

Assaulted Women's and Children's Counselor and Advocate.

If I do my degree in women's studies, I can finish it in one year instead of two. :)

[old mark]

20. You are thinking ahead more than I ever did at your age -

I have found that if you do what you like and feel is important, the rest will fall into place.

Mark:hi:

[NNadir]

15. Would there be something wrong with say, chemistry?

No boredom there.

[Monk06]

16. I talked to a young women today who is a certified welder. She and her husband

earned $700,000 dollars combined last year. He's
an electrician. My shoulda done sense tells me
I shoulda done became a welder instead of getting
my masters.

[ThomCat]

17. Women's Studies is great, but there are damned few jobs

you can get with that degree. I definitely suggest at least getting a minor in Women's studies. I recommend this to almost everyone, women and men.

But find a professional degree program you like for your major. You will have a much better chance at a well-paying career that way.

[Generic Brad]

19. I recommend studying what interests you the most

College is not vocational school. You are getting a degree, not training for a job. Learn how to learn and love what you are doing and the rest will follow.

My career has nothing to do with what I went to school for. But I never would have been able to advance or get a foothold in my career without my degrees.