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March 8, 2007
Evolving Majors
As technology advances at remarkable speed, of course different areas of study are as well! Recently on FastWeb.com, there was an article titled, “10 majors that didn’t exist 10 years ago.” It is amazing to see the list of majors! It is so interesting because if history was different, would these areas of study even exist…probably not.
For example, how would you like to major in Homeland Security? This major was recently (within the last 6 years) added to the list of majors across the country; Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and George Washington just to name a few. “Georgetown students can take a class on al Qaeda from the former head of the Bin Laden unit of the CIA.” (washingtonpost.com) Can you imagine?!
I have a few friends who would have loved to major in Computer Game Design. More than 150 colleges offer programs and courses in game design which was almost nonexistent a decade ago.
And Just like CSI prompted students to be interested in Forensic Science or Criminal Justice; recent corporate scandals have sparked interest for students to study Forensic Accounting. This sounds kind of interesting! You get to be a ‘money detective’ and investigate suspicious financial mishandlings!
These are only a few examples of the evolving majors across the globe. Check out the article “10 majors that didn’t exist 10 years ago” on FastWeb. It’s very interesting!
Posted by AshleyHoffman at March 8, 2007 10:02 AM