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Majors / Social Sciences, General |
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Introduction |
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The majors community area features a forum, usergroup and reviews — where you can meet and communicate with other MyPlan.com users also interested in this major.
This community area is for Sociology, which is a category of majors that includes "Social Sciences, General". The complete list of specific majors that fall under this general category follows below. |
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Users in this Community Group |
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There
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599 users in this community group. You can see the list of users in this group by clicking on one of the links below. You can also join this group by simply selecting your current status and clicking "Add Me." |
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31 users are currently studying this major. |
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21 users are considering this major. |
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19 users
have studied and/or earned a degree in this major. |
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528 users have hidden memberships. |
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(Hidden users have added this major to their portfolios, but have not indicated a publicly visible status.) |
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Reviews |
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There
are 35 reviews of this major.
The most recent 3 reviews are listed below. You can see more reviews by clicking on "Read all reviews..." at the bottom of this page.
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Write an online review and share your thoughts about this major with others! |
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Write an online review and share your thoughts about this major with others! |
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Anonymous |
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June 07, 2010 |
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Social Sciences, General:
For anyone considering this major, it can get pretty intense sometimes, especially when you have to perform research studies. You have to gather all this raw data and calculate it, write up all the necessary information (how you gathered the data, the raw numbers of what you got, etc).
I would strongly recommend studying this because it actually prepares you well, especially if you are focusing on this as an undergraduate then going to graduate school following. In graduate school, there are just as much research to be done as part of certain classes.
I believe I would not still choose this major because my interests did change but it is still a great major for those interested in learning more about things. The pros of having this degree is that you know a lot about particular areas, but at the same time you are limited which also makes it a con. There are not a lot of fields open at this time for sociology majors, which makes it hard on those with this degree. |
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Write an online review and share your thoughts about this major with others! |
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Anonymous |
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December 10, 2009 |
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Sociology:
My major in undergraduate school was actually Social Work. I wanted to pursue a career in Social Work because of the many problems that those less fortunate (adults and children) around the world were experiencing and wanted to make a difference in the world as it related to those problems. However, after I graduated with my BA degree in hand, it was extremely difficult to get a position in the field of Social Work with just a BA degree. It was almost REQUIRED that I go back to school for my masters. I was very disappointed in that, because I felt that 4 years of college and a mountain of student loans should have accounted for at least a stable job when I graduated and that never did happen. It was a VERY difficult task to find a position in that field with just a BA degree, so, no..I would not recommend someone who was looking for an immediate position out of college to major in Social Work because of this reason. However, it did help me personally to study this major because it gave me more insight into the many problems that people are facing and drove me to want to volunteer a lot of my personal time to helping the homeless. I also substitute teach at an elementary school and have an opportunity there to "talk" to these children when they are hurting, so, I do believe that my field of study helped me in that area. If I had to do it over again, though, I would most likely choose the field of education, because teachers are always needed. It's a field that will always be in high demand as far as employment and it's also very fulfilling. You can also go very far in the field of education with only 2 years of education as a paraprofessional or as a teacher with a 4 year degree. Teachers also get a break on paying back their student loans as well. It's a great field to pursue a career in and very easy to obtain a job and keep a job in the field of education. t's a very good career choice. |
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Interesting Fact |
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The U.S. federal government spends nearly twice as much paying interest on national debt as it does on education. |
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