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12-02-2009, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: ATX
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ask a liberal arts student anything.
Yep, so my future employment options are pretty damn limited...
but no worries, because i think i enjoy school a little more than most and hell, maybe i'll be little more well rounded by the end of all this. I think its important to jump through the hoops to earn respect and credibility from others. I study philosophy and i'm a business minor. here in my 4th year of school at UT austin. i'll be done in 3 semesters.
ask away!
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12-03-2009, 01:29 PM
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#2
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Vermont
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Have fun in the business field. That's what I've got to say.
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12-03-2009, 01:47 PM
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Resident Agnostic
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I hope you're not saying that your future options are limited because you're getting a philosophy degree and not because you're getting a liberal arts education...
It depends on the field you're going into, but it seems that businesses prefer their CEO's and presidents to have liberal arts educations as opposed to technical educations. If you want to be a peon, go ahead and go to a state school or technical school.
Last edited by Crede777 : 12-03-2009 at 01:50 PM.
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12-03-2009, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Omicron Persei 8
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Who/what are you taking, and who/what have you taken for your philosophy classes?
(I'm a junior at UT:A in philosophy; relevant to interests and whatnot.)
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12-03-2009, 03:43 PM
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Half man...Half amazing
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: PA
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So, what were you thinking when you decided to pick a ******* major?
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12-03-2009, 03:50 PM
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Like a BAWS
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My school is liberal education. It's kinda annoying, you have to take all sorts of random classes unrelated to your major, including a "thematic sequence" that is essentially a minor in something comepletly offtopic. But usually those classes are lay-up A's compared to the usual chem e classes I take so I don't mind it too much
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12-03-2009, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: ATX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gatyr
Who/what are you taking, and who/what have you taken for your philosophy classes?
(I'm a junior at UT:A in philosophy; relevant to interests and whatnot.)
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i'm finishing up this semester with Krecz who teaches business ethics and Hankinson for early modern philosophy with Descartes, Hume, and Berkeley.
I've also had Bonevac's intro class... he was a badass. and I took another course my sophomore year that i can't remember the name of.
take Krecz if you get the chance... he's an interesting man with a lot to say.
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12-03-2009, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: ATX
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Originally Posted by Bad Arse Pirate
So, what were you thinking when you decided to pick a ******* major?
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oh that's right, because the foundations of human knowledge and understanding is complete bull****.
ignorance is bliss though, so keep at it yo
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12-03-2009, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Los Altos, CA
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Originally Posted by Gaps
oh that's right, because the foundations of human knowledge and understanding is complete bull****.
ignorance is bliss though, so keep at it yo
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lol you could figure that out on wikipedia. i've gone to a few philosophy seminars, it's like being surrounded by useless people.
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12-03-2009, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: ATX
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Originally Posted by dot.nation
lol you could figure that out on wikipedia. i've gone to a few philosophy seminars, it's like being surrounded by useless people.
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what does that have to do with anything?
i was an electrical engineering student my freshmen year. some of the most dull, socially retarded people i ever met.
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12-04-2009, 02:25 AM
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Resident Agnostic
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Originally Posted by dot.nation
lol you could figure that out on wikipedia. i've gone to a few philosophy seminars, it's like being surrounded by useless people.
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Philosophy teaches more than how to be a philosopher. It teaches critical thinking, logic, and problem solving.
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12-04-2009, 02:48 AM
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Half man...Half amazing
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: PA
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I didn't mean it was bull****, I said it was a ******* major. As in, what can this degree be used for? Are there any well paying jobs (50k out of school) that look at Liberal Art majors?
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12-04-2009, 03:03 AM
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The Cake is a Lie!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oklahoma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad Arse Pirate
I didn't mean it was bull****, I said it was a ******* major. As in, what can this degree be used for? Are there any well paying jobs (50k out of school) that look at Liberal Art majors?
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In areas where political science is classified as a liberal arts major, there are certainly high paying jobs out there... Kind of... A significant amount of lawyers use PS as their undergraduate.
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12-04-2009, 03:06 AM
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2romo4u
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad Arse Pirate
I didn't mean it was bull****, I said it was a ******* major. As in, what can this degree be used for? Are there any well paying jobs (50k out of school) that look at Liberal Art majors?
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While I know a lot of people pick dumb/easy majors for the hell of it, some of us truly enjoy what we do and don't really care about the pay.
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12-04-2009, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Texas
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Does ATX deserve the knob-slobbing that everyone gives it?
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12-04-2009, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: ATX
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it's a diverse and progressive city. a lot to do here socially.
texas is one of the richest states (if not the richest) in the union and Austin is in the center of it all.
college city with an absurd amount of hot ladies.
that being said. i dig it.
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12-04-2009, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Wilmington Nor*Car
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I attent UNCW, which is a liberal arts school in north carolina. The one thing that I've noticed about the university in general is that it follows a lot of the ideals of the Italian Renaissance and Humanist movements. I, as many others, have to take a lot of courses that are unrelated to my business major, but as a whole they've all helped me look at the world in a different way, become a little more down to earth and aware of things and have overall opened my mind to a lot of diversity.
Philosophy at first seems dumb but it all depends on how you look at the class and use it for yourself (self interpretation, a great ideal). Although my philosophy professor lectures until new year's and is never wrong about anything, his class has been very beneficial to me as a person this semester.
just my 2 cents.
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12-04-2009, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Omicron Persei 8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rho
In areas where political science is classified as a liberal arts major, there are certainly high paying jobs out there... Kind of... A significant amount of lawyers use PS as their undergraduate.
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Eh. A lot of people go that route, but those people are typically the lawyers coming from state schools, working for the government/small firms making $60,000. PS isn't a very good major for law school.
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Originally Posted by Bad Arse Pirate
I didn't mean it was bull****, I said it was a ******* major. As in, what can this degree be used for? Are there any well paying jobs (50k out of school) that look at Liberal Art majors?
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And this is one of the concerns that have been expressed about higher education in its current state: that it's more of a white-collar trade school than an institution of academia.
But to answer your question, no, there are no liberal arts majors that regularly place a graduate in high paying jobs. Maybe economics does, but meh.
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12-04-2009, 07:35 PM
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My BA degree will be just about worthless unless I go to law school... other than that I could be a cop or a paralegal...
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12-04-2009, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Omicron Persei 8
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Originally Posted by corporationpaintball
My BA degree will be just about worthless unless I go to law school.
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That's the plan for me, and why I chose philosophy instead of something "useful" or easy. I'm counting on philosophy to help me with my LSAT scores.
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"Originally posted by $h@key J0nEZ: Don't try and change the subject to racism. I eat at the Mexican restaurant all the time."
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12-04-2009, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Gatyr
That's the plan for me, and why I chose philosophy instead of something "useful" or easy. I'm counting on philosophy to help me with my LSAT scores.
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I'm a legal studies and pre-law double major and a political science and CJ double minor... I can't wait to take the LSATs...
Where are you thinking of going to law school?
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