Higher Education

Post by **marurun** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:18 pm

w00t! Another library student! I have a BA in International Studies and I'm currently in a dual masters program at Kent State getting an MLIS and an MS in Information Architecture & Knowledge Managements.

Post by **nateup2** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:58 pm

Tuscaloosa... yeah, my cousin went there. Its real fratty (all greek). Good luck with grad school, though.

Im a Senior at Purdue in Fort Wayne, studying Management and Psychology.

Post by **D.D.D.** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:23 pm

A ton of various computer certifications (I was an IT guy for about 8 years), an AA, and a BA. I don't plan to go for a masters unless the job I'm at offers schooling money to get one.

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:03 am

Bachelor and Associate Diploma in music
Masters in Music from USC in Los Angeles
PhD in Music from UBC in Vancouver

I said it before, I love school!

Post by **marurun** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:20 am

Well, that certainly provides some insight into your username :)

Post by **racketboy** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:54 am

marurun wrote:Well, that certainly provides some insight into your username

lol

Post by **Scooter** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:09 pm

I got my BS in Communications with a major in journalism and minor in Political Science in 1989. I've never had an interest in going beyond that degreewise. I get all the education I can via work, however. Around work I can stick the following alphabet soup behind my name: ACS, ALMI, ASA, ARA (which mean nothing at all outside my industry!).

Enjoy grad school!

Post by **ott0bot** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:23 pm

I'm still working on my Associates in Audio Production. I don't have time to take more than 2 classes each semester, and I didn't go back until i was 25.....so yeah grad school is probaby not going to happen anytime soon.

good luck!

Post by **Ack** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:31 pm

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

An MLIS degree is a Master's in Library and Information Studies. So I'm basically going to school to become a librarian. I'm kinda nervous about going, as I'm going to have to move and figure out how to pay for it all, but as Fast mentioned, I'm following in my mother's footsteps. My mother's been working in libraries before I was born, is an accomplished children's librarian, and is the current president of the Alabama Library Association. I've grown up visiting libraries, I read lots of books, worked in the university's academic library, worked in a bookstore...you get the idea. I don't know if I'll go find a job and work after I finish, or see about getting a Ph.D. I absolutely love studying history and literature, so maybe I'll go back for another degree in either subject. I've got the test scores for it, but let's see how I feel after two more years of school.

By the way, Marurun, glad to hear I'm not alone. I gotta ask, how difficult would you say the program at Kent State is? I don't know how tough this is going to be so I'm kinda wondering about it...

Fri May 16, 2008 1:42 am

I have a BA in Psychology... and will have a BA in Political Science after this quarter. Damn... how useless!