Which college majors should you never apply for?
This is just my opinion, so this shouldn’t be taken as advice. As a person pursuing a STEM major.. ya know something that I can use to contribute to the advancement of society I have a particular bias against the following.PhilosophyWhat the hell are you going to do with this? It is certainly an interesting topic, but as a major.. Well let’s just say you will never be working directly in your field unless you become a professor.Gender and Women’s StudiesThis major is just full of political lies and lacking in any real substance as an area of study. It is a useless degree and there are no right or wrong answers because your opinion matters in this degree, not facts or data. You also won’t get a job with this degree. I have no respect for people who waste their time with something as frivolous and idealistic as this bullshit. This is literally insulting to what an education means.10 Reasons not to major in Women's StudiesArtUnless you are literally exceptional in this field you won’t be paying back your college debt any time soon. Artistic talent is not learned, you are born with it or you are not.CommunicationsLiterally just read some fucking books instead of wasting your time and money on this degree.TheatreAgain, where are you going to work? Most actors in Hollywood started young and have connections soooo…. good luck with flipping burgers or working in an office cubical the rest of your life.There are many more, but these are the ones at the top of my head as of now.
What should i pursue for my major?
I want to be a lawyer that works in international law and would love to work for the UN. So not all colleges have the major legal studies but all of my top choices have international studies as a major, so I ma wondering should I makor in international studies or do a double major in philosophy and international studies? I am really interested in learning how to speak french and would love to study abroad and that is why international studies appeals to me but i am not sure that it will be enough for me to get into law school. I was originally thinking political science as a major but i am in AP government right now and I am honestly a little bored, I thought AP US history was A LOT more interesting!! I have also been intrested in business as well so i don't know what are your thoughts? should i double major? i think one of my schools allows a minor in international studies? now to sure though because that would be awesome. Thanks for your responses! oh and the colleges that I am applying to are Indiana University(just go accepted today! :), Ohio Stae, Penn Sate, UCLA, UC Davis, UCSD, UCSB, SDSU, and some other schools but they are my backups. thanks again for your responses!!
What should my college major be if I am wanting to get into designing artificial intelligence?
AI is a pretty broad field. Which one are you talking about? There's perception (e.g., computer vision, speech recognition, object recognition), there's Machine Learning (e.g., anything that would require making a decision), there's planning (e.g., motion planning), there's Natural Language Processing (e.g., information retrieval, machine translation), and so on. Oh, by the way, all those fields overlap quite a bit.Then there's the subfield you want to be in. Are you into robotics? Video games? Search? All of these has a natural bias in the sorts of things that you should study. If you're in ML, you'll want a strong foundation in statistical analysis and linear algebra. In NLP, you might want that, plus a strong foundation in linguistics.Then of course, there's the type of thing you aim to do. Are you a theorist? Are you implementing algorithms? Are you just an engineer? This will affect what you should study.[math]\vec{S} = \frac{1}{N} \sum^N_{n=1} \vec{x}_n \vec{x}^T_n[/math]One thing's for sure, you'll need a lot of math; math is the language of AI. If you don't like math, this is a bad field for you. I cannot stress this enough. The above is actually incredibly tame: it's literally just a covariance matrix, which is usually used for things like PCA. Not all fields use linear algebra as much as ML (which is my field), but you will need to be comfortable with it in general.You will need a strong foundation in theoretical CS. I'm not talking about an in-depth knowledge of quantum computing or complexity classes, I'm talking mostly about data structures like trees and hash tables. This goes both for theoretical AI and for engineering-based AI. It is inevitable that you will need to deal with CS at this level, and not having a good knowledge of it will probably be bad for you.You might need to be really strong in implementation-oriented CS. This will depend on your field. NLP, for example, requires a robust programming component, because your goal is really to process language automatically. In ML it is entirely plausible that you get away with much less coding, especially if you're mostly theoretical.BOTTOM LINE: don't worry so much about majors, just spend time learning what you need to learn. If you do that, you'll be fine.
What colleges can i go to to major in beerology?
My dad says there's a school in oregon for beerology (the study of beer). I can't find anything on it though. Could anyone provide me with any information?
Is real estate a college major?
You are wise in pursuing a college degree, although it probably isn't necessary to become a realtor. Real Estate, is not considered a major--at least in respectable, 4-year institutions. You learn the basics by getting your real estate license and probably shadowing an established realtor for 6 months to a year. I'd major in Business. In addition, be sure your electives include communications classes, negotiation techniques, anything giving you people skills. If the real estate thing doesn't pan out, you'll have a strong business degree which can be used in multiple arenas.
Music Industry People: Help with college majors?
So I really want to work in the music industry, as pretty much anything, and I know that the best way to start is by doing internships with record labels. I know that most record labels don't really care what your college major is, unless you do things like media law and legal stuff there, but I'm wondering what to do with myself while in college. I'm getting a BA in Communication Studies (concentration in mass media) and I'm minoring in Entrepreneurship to give me some basic business skills. I need a second major and I was wondering what you would recommend to me? I'm really looking for some people who already work within the music industry to lend me some advice. Really my best option for a second major as far as time is concerned is to do another liberal arts degree. From the following which would you suggest and why: Anthropology Biology Chemistry Communication Studies Criminal Justice and Criminology English Geography & Earth Sciences Global, International & Area Studies History Languages & Culture Studies Mathematics & Statistics Philosophy Physics & Optical Science Political Science & Public Administration Psychology Religious Studies Sociology
What do I major in college if I am a multipotentialite?
Please don't limit yourself with a label. No matter how many different fields interest you, you can always get a degree in ONE of them. It's not being interested in ANYthing that would be a problem. So look at the classes you've got already, and see which majors would take the least amount of time to complete. You might want to get the assistance of your faculty adviser for this. Then look at the careers in which you are interested. Cross out the ones that either don't require a degree, or have a very small chance of earning a living at (due to poor pay and/or too few jobs, which would include most of the art and illustration fields). Then compare the lists, and hopefully one of the potential majors will map up with an aspiration, and that is what you should pursue - for now. Get your degree. Pursue your career. If you hate it, then you might be able to switch to another career that doesn't require a specialized education; otherwise, you can always go back to school. Offhand, I'd say: 1. Forget nursing for the moment; it's too restrictive for you as an undergrad, plus it's relatively easy to get a post-bacc BSN once you have a bachelor's degree in another field. 2. A degree in advertising and graphic design would satisfy your interests in business and art, and you'd be relatively employable. 3. Take the medical school prerequisite classes no matter what your major is. You can take the MCAT and apply to medical school with any major (when I was in undergrad, one of my calculus TAs was a medical student that had been a dance major).