Higher Education

Tetsubo · Postby **Tetsubo** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:18

How many forum members have college degrees?

My last form of formal education was High School. I consider myself self educated however.

My wife has a degree in Journalism.

Melendwyr · Postby **Melendwyr** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:20

BA in Cognitive Psychology.

CyberTractor · Postby **CyberTractor** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:21

You coulda just made one thread that asked all the questions you posted. Just saying.

I'm getting a degree in software engineering, but also pursuing one in game design at a later date.

Tetsubo · Postby **Tetsubo** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:27

CyberTractor wrote:You coulda just made one thread that asked all the questions you posted. Just saying.

I'm getting a degree in software engineering, but also pursuing one in game design at a later date.

Well, I didn't necessarily think of all of them at the same time. This one for example popped into my head because my wife is sitting in the kitchen talking to her best friend that has a MFA in Poetry.

Zed Alpha · Postby **Zed Alpha** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:28

I don't have any yet, but I'm going to go to UCF for computer sciences, specializing in logic and programming.

Metcarfre · Postby **Metcarfre** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:31

4th year Biochemistry w00t.

Tetsubo · Postby **Tetsubo** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:32

metcarfre wrote:4th year Biochemistry w00t.

Cool. What do you plan on doing with the degree?

spartanhelmet · Postby **spartanhelmet** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:34

CyberTractor wrote:...but also pursuing one in game design at a later date.

Hmm... seems I'm finding more and more competition nowadays.

....So where do you live, and do you have any serious food allergies?

I'm in my second semester at UWA (WA in Aus, not Washington) in a 3 year CS degree which I'm dutifully lengthening to 4 years with partial-loading. Here's hoping people will read my resume and have heard of this place... it's the biggest in my region, so I'd sure hope so

Metcarfre · Postby **Metcarfre** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:46

Cool. What do you plan on doing with the degree?

Well, same as everyone else, I started out wanting to be a doctor. However that has changed (non-perfect grades FTW) somewhat. Now I'm thinking research, particularly into infectious diseases (AIDS, Hepatitus, etc.). I'm hoping to get a research internship at the end of the school year, and... we'll go from there.
My girlfriend has her BSc in Biology (minor in public health), and wants to be an epidemiologist, so our careers kinda mesh which is sweet.
At some point I would like to do aid work overseas.
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Zed Alpha · Postby **Zed Alpha** » 02 Aug 2008, 16:50

Yeah. I forgot the game design.

I want to do that too.

Y'all'll hear about my wonderful games some day, I swear.

tak197 · Postby **tak197** » 02 Aug 2008, 17:22

Finishing up a BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders, then to 2 years of grad school and one clinical year in Speech Language Pathology, perhaps with a concentration in Dysphagias or Augmentative and Alternative Communications.

Then I get to have 8 letters after my name.

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"MS, CCC-SLP"
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jtaylor · Postby **jtaylor** » 02 Aug 2008, 17:53

I'm planning on being a CISSP and a CCSP. That's nine letters...

Tim · Postby **Tim** » 02 Aug 2008, 18:19

BA in Sociology, minor in Professional Writing.

Starting my MA in Sociology in September.

Wraith · Postby **Wraith** » 02 Aug 2008, 18:24

I have a PHD in kicking your ass.

King Kool · Postby **King Kool** » 02 Aug 2008, 20:20

BFA in Theatre, specializing in direction.

tak197 · Postby **tak197** » 02 Aug 2008, 20:42

proudfoot wrote:BA in Sociology, minor in Professional Writing.

Starting my MA in Sociology in September.

That's cool, though at first glance I thought you had a BA in Scientology. I was a little concerned there.

Tetsubo · Postby **Tetsubo** » 02 Aug 2008, 20:52

tak197 wrote:
proudfoot wrote:BA in Sociology, minor in Professional Writing.

Starting my MA in Sociology in September.

That's cool, though at first glance I thought you had a BA in Scientology. I was a little concerned there.

I think that only Tom Cruise has one of those.

tak197 · Postby **tak197** » 02 Aug 2008, 20:54

Tetsubo wrote:
tak197 wrote:
proudfoot wrote:BA in Sociology, minor in Professional Writing.

Starting my MA in Sociology in September.

That's cool, though at first glance I thought you had a BA in Scientology. I was a little concerned there.

I think that only Tom Cruise has one of those.

No, I'm pretty sure he has a PhD in Phychology from the University in his own head. Besides for him, it's prolly a BS in Scientology, with BS meaning something else.

Wraith · Postby **Wraith** » 02 Aug 2008, 20:54

tak197 wrote:
proudfoot wrote:BA in Sociology, minor in Professional Writing.

Starting my MA in Sociology in September.

That's cool, though at first glance I thought you had a BA in Scientology. I was a little concerned there.

A BA in BS, huh?

korri · Postby **korri** » 02 Aug 2008, 21:05

I'm working on my BS in materials science and engineering, with a minor in photography... and i'm hoping next year to start working toward my phd...

Tim · Postby **Tim** » 02 Aug 2008, 21:16

Isn't it technically called a BSc?

Tetsubo · Postby **Tetsubo** » 02 Aug 2008, 21:16

korri wrote:I'm working on my BS in materials science and engineering, with a minor in photography... and i'm hoping next year to start working toward my phd...

Do you prefer digital or film cameras? My wife has done semi-professional photography as part of a former job as a reporter. She has a decent digital SLR system.

Reading, PA: the town of my birth.

Telaril · Postby **Telaril** » 02 Aug 2008, 21:37

I've got a BS in Psychology. I was a few credits away from a Japan studies double major, and I had already arranged to stay at school an extra year and study abroad at Japan... when the evil head of the international department called me and said
"We've already approved you for the extra year, but you can't spend it abroad!"
"But... Japan Studies... is the reason I'm staying an extra year. I'm not going on one of those crazy 'lawl, I'm gonna live in italy and get credit for it' fun in the sun years abroad, I'm already registered to take courses at a university in Tokyo!"
"Well, you can't do it. If you want an extra year you cannot take it abroad."
"Why? I know the cost ratios, I'll be paying you more than I'd pay them directly."
"You just can't."

No amount of negotiating or arguing would help, and I was worried about losing my opportunity altogether. So I called the college I was applying to in Japan, and they said they could change my application from "year of study" to "kenkyusei" which is an extra year of independent study out of graduation. So I said "Fuck You" to my old college, vowed never to give them a goddam cent of my money, graduated normally with just my Psych degree, and headed to Japan for a year.

And the kicker, after all this, what's my current job?

Game development.

Heh. Now granted, I got my foot in the door due to the near-fluency in Japanese... but now I don't ever use it, and I've forgotten most of it. I can still pick it up again whenever I spend six months or so studying, but I don't have the wherewithal to maintain it.

Sable · Postby **Sable** » 02 Aug 2008, 21:48

I have a nothing in anything.

Well, I guess I have a high school diploma, but that hardly counts.

meisbored · Postby **meisbored** » 02 Aug 2008, 21:53

Sable wrote:I have a nothing in anything.

Well, I guess I have a high school diploma, but that hardly counts.

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