2006-12-16 03:05:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
a phd is not a qualification for jeopardy.
2006-12-16 03:13:12 · update #1
anyone can learn outside the realm of academics.
2006-12-16 03:13:49 · update #2
A PhD can qualify you to do something that you really want to do for a living. Yes, that should be obvious but I think that a lot of people go through school thinking about school, not life beyond it.
Not everybody with a PhD teaches. Many of them work in research. In my field, history, many of them work for museums or the National Park Service, but just as many work for cultural resource management firms, as I do. In these cases, having a PhD qualifies you for promotions that would otherwise only be available to those with years of experience. I stopped with an MA because its more important to me to do the work than to move into a supervisory role, but I only went to grad school because I could not have gotten this type of job without my MA. (and a lot of experience that I racked up during those years because I looked for opportunities that would help me get a job.)
2006-12-16 03:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by pag2809 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what kind of position you are looking for after graduating. Many positions do not require a PhD, some require MA and others PhD. For exapmle a PhD in engineering will allow you to get a job doing research in a private or public lab or join the faculty somewhere. If your not looking to get one of those 3 though it's probably a waste of time.
2006-12-16 15:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by BUPitt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get a PHD, you also have to have studied other subjects besides just your major. You've learned your own subject, as well as having learned something about other things, too. Then, when all is said and done, you'll be qualified to go on "Jeopardy" and maybe beat Ken Jennings' score..... :)
2006-12-16 11:10:45 · answer #3 · answered by LSF 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People choose to pursue a PhD because:
- they are passionate about a particular field of study and want to contribute original research in that field
- they want to teach at the university level
- they want to study with the most prominent scholars in their field of interest
- they want to work at the highest levels of research in the private sector
2006-12-17 01:24:17 · answer #4 · answered by X 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say so that you have something to show for all the money you borrowed to get it.
2006-12-16 11:15:42 · answer #5 · answered by Ricky J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋