Writer's Block: School Ties

[seawasp]

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Which one?

I started in engineering, and eventually got an Associate's in Mathematics and Science. I've used that in a lot of places -- math is very useful and knowing something about the sciences, ditto.

I then went into Psychology, and got a Bachelor of Arts (why it wasn't science, I don't know -- they CALLED it a science) in Psychology (with a focus on perceptual psych). That's been useful in a number of areas.

Finally I got a Master's of Science in Information Science, which I've certainly used in multiple areas.

So yes, I used them all for my career, even if (A) I didn't really HAVE a career until recently, and (B) none of them were EXACTLY what the career called for.

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[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

Bachelor of Science is for the "hard" sciences like physics, chemistry and biology. "Soft" sciences like psychology and anthropology are typically categorized as liberal arts studies.

[niall-shapero.livejournal.com]

My B.A. was a double in Mathematics and Computer Science. I went on to get an MA in Math, but ended up using the Comp. Sci. more - although the math training didn't HURT me, by a long shot. And I've been in software engineering ever since (over thirty-five years).

What REALLY helped me was the "polish" put on my "learning how to learn" while at UCBerkeley. THAT has helped me all along (and would have helped me regardless of what field I ended up in).