What did you go to college for?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:08 pm

Hey,
I thought it would be neat if we shared what we are (or have) gone to college for. What majors you hold or what major you're in progress with.. etc... I'll start ;p

I want a major in 3D Animation & Visual Effects and I will be starting my progress on this beginning in fall of 2008. I was thinking of getting a secondary education in Photography... but I don't think I have enough money to do all that lol

ner0 · Post by **ner0** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:05 am

I'm not sure what a major is, being from the other side of the pond..

Though at college I studied for 2 years for my qualification in "Information & Communications Technology"

unfortunately, the course only reaffirmed things I already knew, if I were to consider University in the future, it'd be for some kind of business course, maybe business & advertising/marketing.

Vercz · Post by **Vercz** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:09 am

next year my course (hopefully) will be "Bachelor of Information Technology (IT Security)" <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

Post by **Shydragonchic** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:42 am

Erm...which time?
I seem to be a professional student.
Carpentry, Psychiatric nursing(minor in crisis intervention and relationship councelling), Teacher's aide/Special needs aide, Library assistant, Pharmacy technician.

Now I'm getting my PhD. in Bear Training....err teehee oops

Post by **Marko** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:22 am

Finished my first year of Graphic Design at uni.
2 more years to go. *sigh*

Post by **Jim** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:59 am

First two years was just "general education" at the local community college, undeclared major but the credits would have transfered anywhere so I could start as a junior at a 4 year school...now I'm going for Computer Network systems, after which I hope to do Information Systems Security <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... iggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />

Electrix · Post by **Electrix** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:24 am

[quote name=\'Marko\' post=\'42395\' date=\'Dec 22 2007, 02:22 PM\']Finished my first year of Graphic Design at uni.
2 more years to go. *sigh*[/quote]

^ teehee, finished that course.

I went to University (assume that's your equiv. of College) for Bachelor of Arts (Maj. Graphic Design, Min. Photographic Design)

wheeeeeee.

Post by **Tami** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:55 am

First time around - Criminology on the forensics side of the industry along with English Literature & Modern History.

Second time around - Journalism, Creative Writing & Media Relations along with Ancient History (it was great for the research credits in the Journalism part).

Apart from that, I never stop learning nor researching things. If you stop learning, you stop living. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... igwink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />

Post by **Tibs** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:55 am

Well I have a Bachelor in Elektromechanic design and a Master in Elektromechanical engineering.

Everyone else had 1 I wanted 2 :$

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:13 pm

did an AVCE ( double ) in health and social care, but most of my skills come from self taught, which is a kind of education <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:42 am

I'm in my 3rd (omg I've been going to school that long?) year of College. My major is "information systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS)" which can also be called IT (information technology), MIS(management information systems), IS(information systems), MIT(management information technology), and about 10 other things. My major does several things:

1) It's in the college of business, so you learn tons of buisness skills, and awesome tools that a person could use for everyday things in your life from management of people, to your money, and what a T chart is and why it's useful.

2) Allows you to go into \Internal Auditing of IT. << cool job. Basically you go into an organization and analyse their systems and processes. Then you tell them, ok you are losing efficency in these areas, and need to do soemthing about it. They tell you which they would like to change. You go back to the office, redesign those parts of their process and automate it as much as possible. Then you tell someone to build this, it has to do ...whatever.... and you have this much time to do it in with this budget. That person (a project manager) turns around and does it. You go back into the organization with the new process and software to make it work, and send a team in to train the people how to use it. <<< pretty cool job lol

3) You can go into Security.... self explainitory and boring lol

4) You can go into hardware, and help desk type jobs <<BOO YUK GROSS!!!!

5) You can go into ecommerce business and run websites, build them, market them, manage, and any and everything else. <<< this is what I do. PLUS I do the internal Audit for the company I work for now.

Right now.... I actually do some security work, some hardware and troubleshoot, and I use my business skills everyday, but mostly I market and manage a site, and then I redesign processes quite a bit. Plus I'm a consaultant for all IT investments, and implimenations.