Can't they just go in general humanities? Manny, good thing you don't have my life (in regards to research papers, since that is my life and will be for the rest of it...and - gasp - I enjoy it).
BSE with concentrations in finance & accounting and a minor in philosophy. btw. aside from engineering/business degrees (more vocational stuff) do most people have professions that is related to their undergraduate degrees? i find increasingly that this is not the case.
I did not use my first degree at all. That's why I'm going back to school.. I want to get a degree in something I will use and will hopefully make a very successful career out of.
I have a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations. Basically, I can bust up unions (um... or help them) and out-negotiate you (or offer arbitration). Also, I can be your company's Catbert (evil HR director from Dilbert) or write a scathing case study of your company's organizational behavior and structure. I'm also essentially an economics and statistics major (3 1/2 years of classes to show for it), but, unfortunately, I don't really count that because I suck miserably at all forms of math. Am I using this degree right now in any way, shape, or form? Nope.
Well, that's where I voted since it was closest, but I don't think of it as being in the Humanities. My college has a very traditional approach and they broke the disciplines down to 4 divisions: Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities. And they were like the 4 halls in Harry Potter -- I wouldn't say that calling me Slytherin was close enough.
