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After a year in the Navy, I have finished "A" school and met with a college counselor in the Navy College office. As it turns out, between my previous college credit, and the credits I received for my ascension training, I am one class short of an A.S. in general studies, which I am going to finish post haste.
With that said, I am curious if anyone has any input on what might be a more "useful" baccalaureate degree to earn, once I finish my A.S. I am a submarine Nav ET, but I have been told that it is not necessarily essential to have a degree that is directly related to my rating. I have always had a strong interest in political science and economics; I was thinking about a poli-sci degree with a focus on international relations.
Any thoughts?
With that said, I am curious if anyone has any input on what might be a more "useful" baccalaureate degree to earn, once I finish my A.S. I am a submarine Nav ET, but I have been told that it is not necessarily essential to have a degree that is directly related to my rating. I have always had a strong interest in political science and economics; I was thinking about a poli-sci degree with a focus on international relations.
Any thoughts?
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Make sure to do your research concerning what's in demand. You don't want to get a degree in something like liberal arts, which has no practical application in any job other than to teach liberals arts.
I recommend you use ONET at http://www.onetonline.org/ to do your search. You can search for political science or economics or probably even international relations. This web site will tell you what skills are required for the job, what tasks you can be expected to perform, what the employment trends are for the job, and what you can expect to make doing the job. There's more information you can get from this web site, so these are just a few things you can see.
I recommend you use ONET at http://www.onetonline.org/ to do your search. You can search for political science or economics or probably even international relations. This web site will tell you what skills are required for the job, what tasks you can be expected to perform, what the employment trends are for the job, and what you can expect to make doing the job. There's more information you can get from this web site, so these are just a few things you can see.
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PO1 John Meyer, CPC,PO1 Michael G. ONET is great. Just wanted to add that you may want to bookmark bls.gov. I've used it since I separated and started school. The stats cover a lot, including earnings/geographic areas hiring greatest numbers/etc. It will help you consider specific jobs and good places to look for them. I'd also keep your linkedin and indeed profiles up to date.
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Well that depends on what you want to pursue either for commissioning or for when you separate.
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Poli-sci is an absolutely useless degree. In every way.
Econ, maybe.
International relations? Hell.
What are your career goals. What do you want to do? Yes, you don't need to get a degree in the same field as your rate. But if I were going to get a degree in today's world (I'm finishing an MS right now), I would be looking at the STEM fields, engineering specifically, because you can get a job with those degrees.
Econ, maybe.
International relations? Hell.
What are your career goals. What do you want to do? Yes, you don't need to get a degree in the same field as your rate. But if I were going to get a degree in today's world (I'm finishing an MS right now), I would be looking at the STEM fields, engineering specifically, because you can get a job with those degrees.
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If you are going to teach STEM is the way to go. Most of the teachers out there today did not do a Math and or Science degree as their undergraduate. Therefore there is a great need for "real" math and science teachers and with that degree they will always pick you over a coach.
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