I am trying to organize a “Career Counseling” forum at my university this coming Fall. The focus is to give International Students awareness about the different fields of study and hopefully at least an idea of an alternative career, other than computer/engineering fields. I know of a few promising non-traditional fields where students can explore their potential & I would like you all to add to the list. If you are in or are pursing any of the following please feel free to share your experience.
Accountants, CPAs
Nursing
Physician Assistants.
Physicists.
Forestry (Agricultural studies)
Psychologists.
If you are in any of the above careers (or any other non-traditional field) please add a few words about the hardships of this line of work & the plus points. The basic information can include the nature of work, minimum degree required, kind of businesses that hire people with such degrees, starting salary & promotion prospects.
p.s: By non-triditional, I mean non-triditional to international students & more importantly Desis.
i think for pakistanis some solid [as in not purely artsy or literary and something that will be useful and directly marketable worldwide] yet useful [as in they can utilise these degrees in pakistan and contribute to pak’s welfare] yet non traditional [not CS or EE or medicine] are:
bio engineering
petroleum engineering
international relations / international policy
economics
organizational behavior
management
urban studies
education
health research and policy
public policy
feminist studies
communications [focus on journalism n film making]
some of these which r easy majors can be a 2nd major for the students with something else as the primary major too…
hmm…the list above might be biased b/c of my opinions…but i think these r some good fields…
if i go to grad school it will prolly be in one of the above fields…except: not in international relations or econ or urban studies or public policy tho coz thats too dry for me..not petroleum engineering either coz that doesnt interest me too much either…bio engineering sounds cool coz my first love in academics has always been biology :love: sigh but never took bio in college coz had to take all these computer science classes for my major …but dont wanna do engineering in grad school…so not bio eng either…
so one of the remaining ones prolly from that list is what then i’ll do for grad school if i ever went to it. ..
or maybe i’ll just follow my heart and just study biology :love: somehow if they admit me into the bio masters with only high school AP bio background sigh
sigh…sometimes i think i shud have just given in to my heart n just majored in biology…
forestry btw ahmadjee is a great field for pakistanis to study u r right...and hmcq bhai u r right more desis shud go into civil n environmental engineering as well....
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*Originally posted by irem: *
forestry btw ahmadjee is a great field for pakistanis to study u r right...and hmcq bhai u r right more desis shud go into civil n environmental engineering as well....
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I am not sure about the more part. there are plenty of Civil engineers already.
One of the least popular fields in engineering is Materials Science and Engineering which is concerned with the design, fabrication, and testing of engineering materials. This can be collaborated with Electrical Engineering curriculum for a specialized degree in semiconductor materials and material used in electonic and optoelectronic devices.
other fields of study:
Dentistry
Architehture and Urban Design
Earth and Space Sciences
hmmm in our uni civil n environmental r one area..its called CEE...civil and environmental engineering...thats what i was referring to :)
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I know Irem, I was just saying that there are enough people in the field already especially since it is a rather mature field and with very limited growth prespectives at least in the US. There is more growth in this field in Eastern Europe and other developing/transitional areas where money is been spent on new projects. Most of the work done by CEE people in the states tends to be regulatory or upkeep work rather then new work.
Fields like Transportation Planning, and Airport/Aviation Planning have good potential in the US job market.
Urban Planning or City and Regional Planning students can end up getting majors in Transportation Planning and with few more courses about airports and aviation they can have majors in Airport Planning as well.
Regular undergraduates and graduates in Urban Planning can get jobs in local and state governments, Public Administration/ Public Policy areas, and in Urban research institutes.
coz had to take all these computer science classes for my major