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Contact Rosario Fernandes +1 (905) 858-0871 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Cornel DaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I therefore suggest that, if you had even a limited >grounding or inkling into the subjects you seem >snidely to deride ("history and social science >majors"), you would think more clearly and might >not have made your overly simplistic commonsense >statement---smileys or no smileys! > The derisive attitude towards other people's vocations is a troubling phenomenon, which invariably stems from a lack of knowledge or a gross misunderstanding of the subject at hand. Lest such derision and the associated assertions produce a distorted picture of the educational qualifications sought by the modern workplace, let me provide a listing of the 12 most popular disciplines in which bachelor's degrees are being granted by U.S. universities today. In fact, Social Sciences and History constitute the second most popular discipline in the U.S. after Business. The list of popular majors in descending order is as follows (from data obtained from the U.S. Department of Education): DISCIPLINES (Percent of total degrees granted) 1. Business (21.95%) 2. Social sciences and history (10.74%) 3. Education (7.59%) 4. Psychology (5.86%) 5. Visual and performing arts (5.51%) 6. Health professions and related clinical sciences (5.28%) 7. Communication, journalism, and related programs (5.07%) 8. Engineering (4.54%) 9. Biological and biomedical sciences (4.39%) 10. Computer and information sciences (4.25%) 11. English language and literature/letters (3.85%) 12. Liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities (3.00%) It is important to note that Engineering is a regular undergraduate college major in all universities that offer it in the U.S., just like English, Economics, Physics, and so on. There are no separate admission procedures and criteria for admission to Engineering colleges. Indeed, even technical universities such as Caltech and MIT offer degrees in Humanities and Social Sciences. One chooses one's major, whether it is Electrical Engineering or French or Religious Studies in the 2nd or 3rd year of college. Only Law and Medicine have separate admission procedures and criteria because they are postgraduate programs. Cheers, Santosh