What did you take in school?

[glemay]

Hey guys,

I know that we have thread about what everyone here does for a living, but I am curious to know what everyone here took education wise. Did you go to university or college? What did you take? Are you currently working in a field related to your education?

I figured this would be an interesting topic,

Thanks guys

glemay

[Mike682]

Went to Hofstra University for my B.A in psychology, and then I got my M.A in Experimental Psychology at St. John's University.

[wodom1]

LSU for Beer and Girls 101 - 401 ;)

[Sartori]

Went to Vo-tech for two years after high school for Farm Diesel Mechanics. Everything else I've learned over the years has been self-taught......

[polrbehr]

Nothing. Honest. I don't know how that stuff got in my trunk.

Oh, you mean, like, classes and sh!t?

OK.

Biz Admin. > USC




















No, it's short for University of Suffolk County. ;)

[Shizelbs]

Washington State University - BS in Science, graduate school for my PharmD. Thought about going on for a PhD in pharmacokinetics, but I had had enough at the end of the PharmD program.

[glemay]

Pretty interesting to see what everyone else has taken in school. Shows alot of diversity here in the club. Right now, I am at the University of Windsor in the Engineering Programn. But I am rethinking my decision about engineering. Not quite sure if it's for me.

Keep em coming guys,

glemay

[gidrah]

Mostly acid.

[jmwest1970]

UALR/ASU/UCA each for 2 semesters in Computer Science and then decided I didn't want to be a programmer.

[Ricardo]

Mechanical Engineer; when I graduated, I wanted to do Electronic Eng., but was too lazy; then you get married, kids etc and going back to school is tough.

First 10 years or so my job was related to my education (maintenance and such). After that I got into planning/logistics.

[jdhdiggs]

Uh, lots of school (7 Years total)
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in EE and Civil
BS Economics and Business
MS Mineral Economics
PhD Operations Research / Management Science

All at Colorado School of Mines- Didn't really know what I wanted to do for a career...

[dkg999]

Transportation & Logistics - Iowa State Univ

I then took a temporary job in the direct marketing industry and forgot to leave :rolleyes:

[dagame27]

BA in Economics at Eastern Illinois University w/ an MA to follow in about 3 months!

[venomclan]

Went to Hofstra University for my B.A in psychology, and then I got my M.A in Experimental Psychology at St. John's University.

Cool, I went to Nassau across the street.

A.A. Liberal Arts
B.A. English
4 classes away from B.A. in General Psychology
Extra business classes along the way.

Currently a Marketing Manager in international business. Always get to use something from school.

[beardog03]

I got a Masters in BS !

:D



Or was that a BS in Masters

[shack]

BS in Business Administration University of Tennessee, Major Finance, Minor Computer Science. Banking graduate studies at Vanderbilt and LSU.

[disneyjoe7]

Davies Vocational High School Lincoln, RI
Rhode Island School of Electronics (Full 2 year scholarship)
Johnson and Wales University to complete an A.A. for Electronics Engineering.

Never completed my B.S. Money issue at time more then anything else.

[seo]

BS - Chemical Engineering
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, IN

[schwarcw]

Go seo!

I have a BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh (1976). I took most of the MS courses but never completed a thesis. Family and the job got in the way. I was tired of the university also.

[RuSsMaN]

I thought you meant like acid, weed, pills, etc....

[schwarcw]

I thought you meant like acid, weed, pills, etc....

LOL! What we did in college, stays in college;)

[madmax]

I only went to college because I wanted to be in the bands. Somewhere along the way I completed a BS in Electrical engineering. I like working in that field because I feel like I'm doing a hobby when I'm at it. I don't know if I could do a decent day of real work.
madmax

[Midnite Mick]

I have a Bachelor of Human Ecology from the University of Manitoba - Department of Foods and Nutrition.....It is now in the Faculty of Science which is where it always should have been......hey maybe I can get my degree title changed.

Mike

[zombie boy 2000]

Centre College
(triple major in Anthropology, Sociology, and Philosophy)

And yup, they're all currently being put to use:D

[unc2701]

BSPH in Biostatistics, BS in Math, MS Biostatistics/Epidemiology, got through everything but the dissertation for a PhD, but cash flow was an issue, so I started working and never got around to finishing. Been thinking about it, but at this point it probably wouldn't even give me that much more career opportunities.

[bobman1235]

BS in Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston.

Thanks to their co-op program, I work at the place I co-oped (interned) with.

[PhantomOG]

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering at Cornell.

I also work at the place I co-op'ed with. I do design of next-gen X86 microprocessors. And I enjoy it and have gotten too lazy to go back for more school :(

[Jstas]

Drexel University -- B.S. in Information Systems and Technology. Sometimes referred to as Information Sciences and Technology.

For those that don't know, it's basically all the engineering behind the systems of computers and databases and such that most of you would use at work. If you have a computer there is some IT Professional behind that somewhere making sure it is running and doing what you need it to do all the time.

It's said that IT Professionals are nothing more than help desk monkeys and that couldn't be farther from the truth. An engineer designs a piece of a equipment. The IT Professional designs the systems made up of those pieces of equipment. Same goes for Computer Science guys. They design software and the IT Professional designs a system of different pieces of software to work together. If anyone thinks they can get by without thier IT Professionals, send them home for a week or two and see how much productivity suffers without them.

If you aren't in the industry, it can be difficult to explain. While I do have to do help desk work, that is not my primary job responsibility. I am roughly equivalent to a 3rd level help desk support person so the problem has to be really big or extremely critical to make it to my desk. Otherwise, I am busy engineering command and control systems that get installed on ships.

[jdhdiggs]

John: Have you done any work on the "Louis and Clark" class? We designed the internal guts on that class.

[george daniel]

University of DaNang,, athletic scholarship,,US Army :)

[Jstas]

John: Have you done any work on the "Louis and Clark" class? We designed the internal guts on that class.

I don't think that class was there when I was there. I gradumacated in 2000 and I don't recall hearing about it. I spent most of my time doing database and distributed computing/networking stuff.

[jdhdiggs]

Ok, that'd make sense. The first of the class was launched last May.

[Jstas]

Yeah dude, I've been out of school for almost 7 years. What's the class about if you don't mind me asking?

[TennesseeOutlaw]

I went to the Pensacola Jr. College.. BS in Business Admin.. I currently do not use a bit of my education.. I am still doing what I was to put me through college to begin with.. (Slangin Beer's) Actually I was offered a management position at work, but to be honest with you it would be a huge paycut plus 10x the responsibility and headache..

[PhantomOG]

No offense intended, but reading that defense of the IT industry I couldn't help but imagine Jimmy Fallon playing "Nick Burns: Your Company Computer Guy" from SNL :D

The stereotype is perpetuated everywhere.

[Skynut]

I studied pretengineering.


















Thats the art of pretending to know how to engineer.

[PhantomOG]

I took "Intro to Massage" for my PE credit :D

It was always fun going to class once a week and partnering up with some sorority hottie and getting a message for 30min. and then returning the favor :p

[jdhdiggs]

Yeah dude, I've been out of school for almost 7 years. What's the class about if you don't mind me asking?

High speed logistics support. It's whole purpose is connect carrier battle groups to their support bases and make sure they don't run out of missles/bombs/torpedos/spare parts/gas/food/etc...

[bobman1235]

I took "Intro to Massage" for my PE credit :D

It was always fun going to class once a week and partnering up with some sorority hottie and getting a message for 30min. and then returning the favor :p

I took Yoga for my PE credit. It was also fun watching sorority hotties bending in fun positions for two hours a week. :D

[Jstas]

High speed logistics support. It's whole purpose is connect carrier battle groups to their support bases and make sure they don't run out of missles/bombs/torpedos/spare parts/gas/food/etc...

Ah. I see. I'd tell you more about what we've already done on that at work but, I can't.

[jdhdiggs]

I took Yoga for my PE credit. It was also fun watching sorority hotties bending in fun positions for two hours a week. :D

We had to do a PE101 crap course that introduced different things every week. On week was Tai Chi and another power napping.

John: That's about all I can tell you about the ship as well. We also did a lot of work on the manufacturing of the B-2 Spirit as well, but again, that's about all we can say.

[Jstas]

We had to do a PE101 crap course that introduced different things every week. On week was Tai Chi and another power napping.


Wow! I got lucky then! Pennsylvania didn't require the PE courses for graduation until my Junior year(4th year, Drexel has 5 classes, Freshman, Sophomore, Pre-Junior, Junior and Senior). Drexel didn't care about PE courses and only offered them as electives. Since I was already in my 4th year, PA grandfathered those of us who hadn't taken a single PE course so we didn't have to take 8 courses of PE our Junior and Senior years. I graduated without ever setting foot in a PE waste of time class! WOOHOO!

[Midnite Mick]

I took "Intro to Massage" for my PE credit :D

It was always fun going to class once a week and partnering up with some sorority hottie and getting a message for 30min. and then returning the favor :p

YOU WIN!

[PhantomOG]

YOU WIN!

My freshman year roommate was even more brave and took "Swedish Massage" where they used oils every week. :eek:

But from our conversations it seemed liked the hotter girls were in my class :cool:

[ledhed]

I'm in for a BA in Film. I'll probably focus on producing. It is nice to watch movies for homework :)

[steveinaz]

Mostly pot, but an occasional microdot reared it's ugly head....LOL

[glemay]

Hey guys,

It's great to see how many of you guys have responded to the thread. It's interesting to see what everyone else has taken in school. Thanks for the replies.

gerry

[audiobliss]

This has been pretty interesting to read through. However, none of it has helped me decide what in the world I wanna do. :(

I think I'm pretty much gonna end up taking a TON of classes at this community college before transferring....

[ledhed]

This has been pretty interesting to read through. However, none of it has helped me decide what in the world I wanna do. :(

I think I'm pretty much gonna end up taking a TON of classes at this community college before transferring....

Electronic and Mechanical engineering along with a strong background in physics. Then you can design speakers, amps and such :D

[Sami]

Oulu Institute of Technology, BS in Robotics. Class of '96. Never worked a day directly in that field, chose software engineering instead. I have thought of getting Masters in CS but after 10 years I really don't see the benefits outweighting the negatives.

[POLKOHOLIC]

Im still an undergrad at Pace University - Lubin School of Business...doing my Bachelors in Business Administration majoring in Finance and Economics. Hopefully graduating in Sept 2008. I want to go into investment banking or financial analysis. I hope to become a corporate whore.


BS - Chemical Engineering
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Terre Haute, IN

Thats a nice engineering school...

[mrbigbluelight]

Mostly pot, but an occasional microdot reared it's ugly head....LOL

One can see to the far side of forever through the window pane.


:cool:

[BaggedLancer]

BS in Business Administration with concentration in Entrepreneurship(mostly MIS stuff) and Marketing from Northeastern University in Boston. I'm currently in my last year there working at Procter & Gamble(Gillette) for my last co-op job.

Hoping to have a full time position offer from them this year.