Second degree?

Kevin M.

Anyone thought of doing a second Bachelor's degree before? I am considering doing a degree in either English or Science rather than go to Grad school. My business degree gave me a good financial understanding and base but I would rather pursue other interests. And this way I would have a diverse range of skills rather than specialize in one area. You only need 45 upper division credits to do a second degree so it seems like a good option. Anyone else considered this before? What are the pros/cons in your opinion.

noname

Cons -
It'll cost you more time and money.

meesh

yeah i have thought of doing something like that... but i haven't looked too much into it.
i'm more looking into graduate school in the US in the future.

Steven

A good question to ask yourself is what are you trying to achieve with the second degree? Actually, do you even know what you are trying to achieve with your first one?

JudgeJudyJr

I agree with the above posts...only do the second degree if it is directly applicable to a career path or job you have chosen. If not, it is definitely a waste of time and money especially at this stage in the game. On the other hand, going to a specialty school such as Law or Medicine never hurts.

Insatiable

It doesn't seem like such a good idea as an undergraduate. Usually, you'll end up doing something that's fairly similar to your first degree anyway (e.g. English and philosophy or criminology and psychology, etc.), so what's the point? A lot of overlap between disciplines these days, so it just doesn't make sense to me.

Unless of course you're doing a degree in a language, then that's the exception. Otherwise, just get into grad school and specialize.

Kevin M.

But is it better to specialize or diversify?

Steven

It really depends on what you are looking for. For me, I'm in business and I really like doing business because of all the different things related to it; therefore, diversifying (or knowing more things) will be more of an advantage for me. However, if you are wanting to find the cure to cancer, it should be better if you specialize rather than diversify.

But in the end, there is still a certain extent of specializing in anything you do. Just how specialized is the question.

Kevin M.

Thanks man, that makes sense. I talked to a few other people about this too, and I think I might go for an MBA. I know it's more schooling but it really differentiates you from the pack and since I would be keeping focused on business I would increase value by "specializing" in a specific field...plus what if I switch programs and end up in something I don't like. That would suck big time.

Thanks for the responses, now its just about being patient :smile:

Jimmy

Kevin M.;12847 said:

But is it better to specialize or diversify?

i geuss it depends on how much you are "into" what you are studying, nothing sucks more then doing a degree and you have no interest in it in the real world