Do you have a Masters degree? What's it in?

[TravellingSpoon]

I am playing my second favourite game this evening (after the Rightmove game) of looking all the different Masters degrees on FindaMasters. Some of them sound so interesting.

Computer Science.

Victorian Studies

[quote Pericombobulations]@JonHammIsMyJamm Yes was a total shit storm. Complications included not being told I was about to have a viva and getting in there and forgetting very basic stuff (I tend to go rabbit in headlights in these situations). Also was with a very abusive boyfriend which made life harder not that I could tell anyone at the time.

I later worked for the university and read all the things I could have done and should have been told about at the time (their rules stated students should be informed of their options) but I wasn't, by that time there wasn't anything that could be done sadly.[/quote]
You poor thing, that really was a shit storm. You must’ve been raging.

I have an MRes in Chinese Studies.

Sociology of Sport

Public Health. Handy...

@Bearsbearsbears40

Public Health. Handy...

At the moment, yes.

@SabrinaThwaite

Geotechnical engineering.

Did you enjoy the study and what career did you do afterwards? It sounds amazing. Sorry for the questions but ds is really interested in this and will hopefully go to uni next year!

Social Work
25 years ago and I'm.still a registered social worker although I'm now in management so not frontline

Coaching and Mentoring
Education

And currently doing an MBA.

I really enjoyed the c&m and was able to related my MA Education to that area. I work in HR.

I have 2:

An MBA (healthcare management)
MSc Public Health

Loved doing both of them. Both completed part time while working full time (and having DD)

International development

Law

Operational research

I used it for a few years but nowadays I’m an accountant so it’s less directly relevant.

Medical Law and Ethics

Career guidance and development
Loved every second!

@HelloDaisy

Geotechnical engineering is the specialist part of civils that covers understanding the mechanics of soils and rocks to enable design of foundations, slope stability, sub surface structures, coastal structures, offshore structures etc. Might get involved with contaminated land / remediation too.

You generally end up working for civils firms or specialist geotechnical companies, and will do plenty of site investigation work to begin with and generally progress to more office based design work.

I ended up working on a mix of industrial and residential projects (business parks, housing developments etc) and lots of road schemes, before moving into more environmental type stuff in a niche industry.

As a female I didn’t find it very compatible with having a family, but this was quite a while ago and I’d hope things have changed. Long hours, lots of being away from home, other careers will be much more lucrative. Glad I did it (I can say “I designed that” for lots of motorway bridges and got to see some really interesting sites that you’d never get access to otherwise) but I don’t miss it.

Just to add, your DS might be as well to do something like civils as a first degree, as that will be a good route to getting CEng which he’d need to progress up the career ladder.

@BikeRunSki might give a perspective too?

Music (research)

@SueEllenMishke

Career guidance and development Loved every second!

Do you work in that field still @SueEllenMishke?

I do.
Actually I now run the course at the uni I studied at!
I worked as a careers adviser for years after completing the course though and got involved in research along the way. It's a wonderful and fascinating subject.

@HelloDaisy - I started ut with a BSc in Geology and Physics, before doing my geotechnical MSc. I followed a very similar to route of site investigation and consultancy as described by @SabrinaThwaite, then jumped ship and went to work for one of our "intelligent" clients. I know use my knowledge of civil and geotechnical engineering to support the constriction/repair of flood embankments (that's the geotechnical bit), and have a wider remit of managing flood defence assets across a particular area. This is away from my area of expertise, but a good grounding in civil engineering is useful and an understanding of environmenta; science and/or geology helps. Its an excellent fit for my education and experience, but has a tendency to be marred by politics.

Environmental policy. Although i think the title was environment, policy and society. I turned down on European transport policy, very bad decision!

Ancient visual and material culture :)

I’m not sure if this has been said, but just to make the distinction between a taught PG master’s degree and a scottish 4 year undergraduate master’s degree. Both are an MA award but are not the same. Our equivalent of a PG degree in Scotland is an MLitt.

In case it wasn’t obvious, I have a MA in modern history and went on to be a historian.