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thanks for your posts! i won't say that anyone has asked me anything about my major since college, especially since i am an entrepreneur. my resume doesn't serve a purpose at this time in my life. still, it's a question that has been sitting in the back of my mind for years. i most certainly would not want to call myself a political theorist if i am not entitled to it. but if i am, i would like to know. i think that's perfectly reasonable.
i attended a large university, and no one talked about what a bachelor's means in terms of these things. i can't imagine i'm the only one who wonders about this question. if a title does not exist, i think it should. i think something defining should come out of that hard work other than an abbreviation that, like chuck said, no one uses anywhere.
i understand the value of a graduate education. my parents have 3 master's degrees and a Ph.D. - each. i grew up without a doubt in my mind that i would earn a Ph.D., but as i explained in an earlier post, i am too busy with my career. i'm only 28. i can still do it. but why would i leave my money to (maybe) make money one day? i know that none of our clients has ever asked about my scholastic background, and there is no such thing as a Ph.D. in visual arts. i would be extremely happy as an architect, a professor, a designer...but i am a working designer! i will tell you (and i'm sure you already know this) that being in possession of a Ph.D. does not guarantee you cash in hand. i have an English friend here with a Ph.D. in chemistry. he quit his job as a chemistry professor to work as a bartender in an Irish pub because it pays more.
it's true that one has to attend graduate school to become a professor, or law school to become a lawyer and so on. but your nephew has to start somewhere, and i doubt that most of his competition is coming out of america's drama departments. i studied political theory because it was my passion, which i saw as philosophy applied to a specific problem. graduate schools are attracted to diverse liberal arts backgrounds.
anyway, political theory is not a field that requires licensing to practice. i would love to know if anyone has a definite answer to this little mystery.
it's true that one has to attend graduate school to become a professor, or law school to become a lawyer and so on. but your nephew has to start somewhere, and i doubt that most of his competition is coming out of america's drama departments. i studied political theory because it was my passion, which i saw as philosophy applied to a specific problem. graduate schools are attracted to diverse liberal arts backgrounds. anyway, political theory is not a field that requires licensing to practice. i would love to know if anyone has a definite answer to this little mystery.
Trust me, I don't know about your major but I do know about undergrad degrees and getting into law school.
I have a bachelor's and a master's. Once I began using them with the proper certifications, I had "titles"--teacher and counselor. Without the certifications, the degrees might have gotten me a job at a company or non-profit, at which place I would have gotten a workplace title. For instance, I am Outreach/Volunteer Coordinator plus Senior Cataloger at a public library, but neither degree gives me those titles.
As far as getting into law school? At the moment anything outside the usual. Also depends on the law school. Some schools actually will provide you with student percentages concerning undergrad degrees.
I was an English major and had no trouble being accepted - but I would now. Also know a biology major who had no problems being accepted. Probably something in the fine arts category wouldn't go very far.
i mean more like "political theorist" or something. not the abbreviation. let's say something that could technically work in a byline. it explicitly covers what i studied.
judy, i have tried to understand the last part of your post, but it can be read in a couple of ways. what did you mean by "Probably something in the fine arts category wouldn't go very far."?
i mean more like "political theorist" or something. not the abbreviation. let's say something that could technically work in a byline. it explicitly covers what i studied.
judy, i have tried to understand the last part of your post, but it can be read in a couple of ways. what did you mean by "Probably something in the fine arts category wouldn't go very far."?
Fine Arts majors are not going to find it easy to get into Law School.
You can give yourself any title you want. Since 1985, I've helped people job hunt and have also helped with workplace problems, so have called myself a job coach. No one ever challenged me. If you are a political theorist, call yourself that. If you can talk the talk and walk the walk, you are a political theorist.
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