why get a 2nd degree?

is their any reason for getting a 2nd bachelors degree? besides it looks cool both on your wall and your resume?

 

The biggest reason I can see is that a potential job may require a degree in a specific field.

 

The only reason to get a second Bachelors degree would be if you are changing subject area fields....such as originally majoring in History and then deciding to want to study and major in Mathematics (as an example).
IMO, it would be a waste of time, money and effort to get another BA in a parallel subject area.......you are better off, pursuing a Master's degree.
Most can be completed within a 2 year period, @ 30-36 sem. hours. Which is snap compared to getting an initial undergraduate.

To be honest, most employers do not care if one has two undergraduate degrees unless it benefits them entirely. Such as in education, for example. If you have two Bachelors; one in Math and the another in Science.....then you are very marketable....initially. However, most employers will or might question on why you did not pursue a graduate degree. To be honest, in today's society and job market... employers are expecting and almost demanding individuals to have Master's degrees.

So you are interested in getting another degree....... go for a Master's, it will do more good in the long run than an additional Bachelor's.

Hope this makes sense.

Good Luck!

 

Maybe for farts and giggles

 

An important reason to me is a sincere interest during the undergraduate period in two different subjects. My principal bachelor's degree at TESC was a BA in Computer Science, but I was also interested in Business Administration.

Now, a BA at TESC is 120 credits, and considerably fewer than half those credits need be directly related to the area of concentration, so there is a lot of room to take Business Administration courses for free and general education electives (for example, economics and organizational behavior are social sciences). So when I was finished, I had actually learned more about business than about computer science, and wanted to formalize this learning and make it patent - I did this by finishing the second bachelor's degree, which just involved testing out of a few more subjects - no new courses at all.

In some schools, studying two subjects would occur through doing a minor or a double major. But at TESC, there was no mechanism for doing a double major (certainly not between a BA and a BS).

A second bachelor's degree can be a good idea. I've seen people try for master's degrees in a subject they want to advance in, and get destroyed because they're taking classes with people who have solid undergrad backgrounds in the subject. For example, I knew a junior level software engineer who had undergraduate and graduate degrees in an unrelated field, and tried for a master's in computer science. He didn't have the tools to handle all the math or the theory. I'm sure he could have gotten through an undergraduate program in computer science though.

 

I got a second Bachelor in History, because I genuinely believe it would strength my chances for admission into law school. Also I had just graduate with a commission as a 2LT and receive an educational delay. I ended up not going to law school but getting a MPA.

 

2ndLt,

What service you are in, sir? Just curious!!! Also, what is your specialty? As well as why would you go with MPA insteand MBA, or MS/MA in Management? I am steering in the same area, but most people in here recommended me with MPA.


Thanks..

 

Judging by the way Hortonka abbreviated 2nd lieutenant, I'd say Hortonka is [or was] Army.

 

You would be correct sir! I was commisson back in 1985( several years ago) as an Infantry officer. attend IOBC , airborne and then ranger school. I served in the Berlin Brigade 5/502 I had the unique pleasure to witness history with the falling of the berlin wall in 89. got in 1991 as a CPT, and have been in the inactive reserve since my time.

 

I chose the MPA route only because my undergrad was in political science. As stated in my previous post I was thinking about attending law school , If I wasn't working on my PHD in Public Policy and Administration I would have gotten a MBA, MPH. My goal is hospital administration either in the public or private sector. At some point given my career goals I may get my MPH. I have notice many MD's with MPH degrees and not MBA.


My branch was army

 

I have a quick question regarding this topic. I have a friend who has a B.A in Psychology and currently working in the human services field. She wants to go into personnel management/human resources. I advised her that probably a masters degree is more preferable than just getting a 2nd bachelors. Just wanted to know if the advice I gave was accurate.

 

Tell her to join the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org)or, at least, become intimately familiar with thier website before making any decisions about HR programs.

 

As RobbCD notes, she should check out SHRM.org. They may have some advice and educational programs that would apply. I imagine that an undergraduate certificate in HR would be enough to enter personnel management with a psychology degree. I'm sure that an MBA in HR might be very useful but it is probably overkill to enter; one could enter and then let the employer pick up the tab for the masters degree, if they think it is relevant.

Dave

 

Thanks for the reply folks. I like the idea of obtaining a certificate. There's a lot of good certificates in HR related fields out there, many of them covering the basic foundation skills of the HR. I think that's a good way of getting your foot in the door.

 

I've never been in the military. Could you clarify how the way in which one abbreviates Second Lieutenant would tell which branch of the armed forces one was in?

 

rank

2LT

http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/rank4.shtml


If you are a 2nd LT, then you are in the Army, Air Force or Marines, the equivalent rank/title in the Navy is Ensign. Sorry, never paid attention to Coast Guard rank.

 

Coast Guard O-designations are the same as the Navy's.

 

I'm a Coast Guard Reservist. We have the same ranks and titles as the Navy.

 

Simple - It doesn't.

 

Could you then explain PhD2B's comment hereinabove?