Got any bachelor degree ideas?

plumbob

plumbob

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Well I've got 8 yrs left in the military, need to start working on a bachelors. I've got 2 associates, not really sure what I want to go for. What would be a good degree program that would help me when I retire, land a job that keeps me outside, doing something to do with hunting or something. I had thought about a criminal justice degree, become a game warden, but have squashed that idea. Any suggestions?
 
Wildlife biology?

You might consider going for a graduate degree, the horizons become much broader (and the money too).

Large animal veterinary/zoo medicine would be fascinating.
 
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...land a job that keeps me outside...



How about Geology.
Take 1 or 2 courses, see how you like it.
Alot of outdoor types study geology.
Good mix of indoor/outdoors work.
You don't want to be forced to work outside when your'e 55.
Can be a difficult major. Science & math intensive.( It's not "rocks for jocks")


Oil industry -Biggest employer of geologists, Masters degree preferred, concentration in Physics for more money, bigger companies, relatively steady work. Decent money.

Mining Industry- Bachelors degree OK, Work in remote areas or developed mine sites usually not near cities. Jobs don't last long. Mines open and shut down.Exploration projects are often short lived. Often overseas assignment. Tough business to be in but most interesting to me. Jobs come and go depending on mineral prices.

Engineering/Civil/Geotechnical/Environmental- Masters Degree preferred, work is usually near metropolitan areas. Work on bridges, tunnels, large construction projects.

Government- Not to many jobs here. Some in transportaion departments, or oil & gas, experience or advanced degree usually needed. I don't know about the money.

Good luck.

PC
 
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Surveyor, Civil engineering /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif.



Bingo! There you go.....surveyor....outside, in rural ares you can get to some pretty neat places. Not mention the opportunity get permission or scout out some really good predator/varmint property. Great thought Arcorey /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif.
 
I service the telephone system for a local surveying firm, they have all kinds of neat toys. They have nice ATV's with a rigged boat swivel seat in the rear and front racks for all their equipment /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif. They have nice hand held GPS units, and nice 4 wheel drive trucks with utility trailers to haul it all /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif. Plus you're looking through a spotting scope all day /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. It's probably alot more work than that, but it does look neat and they get to go all kinds of places.
 
Hey Plumbob, I never have believed in mixing work and pleasure unless of course I was to be in charge of quality control in a bordello. I was in construction for many years, then got a degree in civil engineering and stayed in construction working a lot of the time outdoors. What is incredible, I have found a lot of really dumb people that pay me much more than I am worth. There are a lot of good programs in construction management across the country and a degree from anyone of those programs is a guarantee of good job potential.

Good luck!
 
I would throw a second to the side of surveying. A million years ago (1990) I took a sememster off while I was in college to make enough money to continue to go to college, if you know what I mean. I was in engineering so I got a job with a land management company that did everything from surveying to timber management. I really enjoyed the work and my boss loved the fact that he had a rod man that could do all the paperwork when we got back to the office.

A good buddy of mine has a part time surveying company and I help him out from time to time. The money goes into my hunting fund and I still enjoy being outdoors doing it.
 
Engineering pays the best but the course work is a real killer. I have three fraternity brothers who were all in engineering (2 mechanical, 1 electrical). You couldn't find them from Monday morning to Friday afternoon but they sure liked to make up for the time lost. The 2 mech engineers work for Kawasaki on ATVs and all three make great money.
 
supermag,
My degree is in Chemical Engineering and I've been out of college a little over fifteen years now. I still remember all the studying well. Not fondly, but I do remember it well.
 
Take a day or two off, go down to Job Service (or whatever it is called there) and take their battery of tests. There would be no point in getting half way to a degree in a field and then finding out that there was something about it you didn't like (or have a medical condition pop up that means you can't do that type of work anymore). Have a fall back position.
 
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