PineFarmMom Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I'd go to become a sonogram technician so I could work in pro-life pregnancy crisis centers. I really think I'll pursue this when my dc get older. I'd love to help save lives like that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 The pragmatic me would study to become a nurse practitioner. Raising 4 kids has been a clinical experience in itself. The dreamy side of me would go for a degree in fine art (drawing, painting, theater set design). Depends on whether or not I'd need to make any money at the end of my studies, or if I could just do what I do for the sheer pleasure of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 This is something I've been thinking about lately. When my husband is finished with his degree (in two years), I'll go back to school. I started an accounting degree after I left the Marine Corps, but hated every minute of it. We moved around quite a bit after that (3 duty stations in 3 years) and more kids came along, and returning to school became less important to me. I'd love to major in Art History. In high school I took every art class offered and my electives in college were art related. If I had to pick a marketable option, I think I'd go with Library sciences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalypso Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Classics or Literature or maybe math - just to prove it to myself that I could do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticamethyst Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Photography and Digital Graphics. I love art and the computer so it seems like a nice pair. I tried going a few years ago, have the loans to prove it, but with 4 kids and issues with a narcasistic mother I had to stop. Have been thinking of going back after the summer semester. I have a small photography business that involves infants and bellies, which I love, but feel like a degree would make me better. What a great question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I have a degree in Law Enforcement Administration. I keep contemplating going back for a Masters Forensic Science. But if I were to go back to age 18, would I get a different Bachelors degree? Probably not. I really enjoyed studying Law Enforcement (today it's known as Criminal Justice). However, I WOULD ask more questions and pursue way more job options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in WI Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 History with a Great Books Certificate and a minor in horticulture. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I would major in history. After that is done I'd get a Masters in Education and teach history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I was supposed to take a class this semester but just couldn't swing it with so much going on in my home. I have declared my major as history, but I have no intention of completing the degree. I just really like attending college classes. I like the feel of the classroom full of students, the discussions, the lectures, the reading, and the tests. However, I do not want to take the more serious upper level courses needed for the completion of a degree. I checked into the possibility of auditing a class, but I would have to be a regularly enrolled student before I could add an audit class. I tried an Early Education program but the educational courses were not anything like I had imagined. We spent alot of time learning to be politically correct and how to deal with less than optimal students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I would love to get a D.Min or a Ph.D. in Ed or Marriage and Family Therapy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I would start a master's degree in Forensic Accounting. I do a lot of bankruptcy accounting and I've done some litigation support. They are interesting areas of work and I'd love to expand my options by adding another credential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 In college I was also in forensic anthropology. I wanted to be a Coroner. I also took a lot of English/writing courses. Now, though I still think it would be really cool to be a coroner, I'd be more inclined to do one of the following: Pediatrician Culinary school Teacher (how's that for diversity??) However, if I had my wish, I'd just adopt several more children and start over raising them!! If money weren't an issue, and ds didn't have a drug arrest from 20+ years ago on his record, we probably would've done this already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I've been mulling this over recently. I want to do something interesting, but that would also enable me to get a job. I would love to do forensic anthropology, or take a track that would lead me to Quantico's profiler unit, but going parttime, and starting at 44, I'd be ready to retire before I started a job! So, on a more realistic level, the local community college has an assoc. in Forensic Science. They also offer a BS in Criminal Justice. I've mulled those over, or just getting a BS in Biology. I'd really like to work crime scenes (I know it's not like on TV!), or with the coroner, maybe as a morgue tech? I also don't live in a real high crime city, so that might make jobs a little difficult. That's a good thing, though. Right?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I majored in Political Science (I thought I was going to go to law school). I ended up working as an insurance adjuster, and then in marketing. I think I would study Library Sciences (I think it's a Masters degree, though, isn't it?). But perhaps I would study computer science, or perhaps horticulture or nutrition. Oh, I don't know! But I KNOW it wouldn't be PoliSci again...although I'm very thankful for the education I did receive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.MacGyver Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 So, on a more realistic level, the local community college has an assoc. in Forensic Science. They also offer a BS in Criminal Justice. I've mulled those over, or just getting a BS in Biology. I'd really like to work crime scenes (I know it's not like on TV!), or with the coroner, maybe as a morgue tech? I also don't live in a real high crime city, so that might make jobs a little difficult. That's a good thing, though. Right?! A few years ago, I applied for and was offered a morgue tech job ---- $10/hr:confused::confused::confused: AND you had to be on call almost all of the time. However, the only requirement was a HS diploma - it was all on the job training. Super interesting job, but I think those people deserve a better salary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I'd get a Masters in Central Asian studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I have no idea what I would do with a degree in either though. I don't want to teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Since 90% of my family is - and has traditionally been - in Law or Economy, naturally I felt inclined to everything else :D, and ended up in Italianistics and Comparative Literature. They always thought it was an "easy way out" and that with the capacities I had I should have studied something else. Today, while I still love my fields, I see they somewhat had a point there. If I were going back to school today, I would probably go straight to Law (and then probably some kind of study abroad of international law, which I always found interesting), studying at the same time what I actually majored in. Back then I appreciated my free time too much and did not even want to discuss the option of parallel study of more majors (and I easily could have, since I had excellent grades), but if I could go back, I would definitely study Law in addition to what I actually studied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 The other thing I thought would be interesting is Speech/Language Pathology. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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