| Famous
Philosophy Majors:
Government:
Thomas Jefferson (U.S. President)
Rudy Guiliani (former Mayor of New York
City)
Robert MacNamara (former Secretary of
Defense)
Richard Riorden (Former Mayor of Los Angeles)
Justice David Souter (Supreme Court Justice)
Justice Stephen Breyer
George Stephanopoulos (former White House
Press Secretary).
Business:
Frank Moran (founder of Plante and Moran)
George Soros (financier and philanthropist)
The Arts:
Wes Anderson (director, The Royal Tennenbaums,
Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited)
Pearl S. Buck (Nobel Prize for Literature)
Ethan Coen (filmmaker, O Brother Where
Art Thou, No Country for Old Men)
Umberto Eco (Novelist)
Richard Gere (actor)
Philip Glass (composer)
Bruce Lee (martial artist, actor)
Elmore Leonard (author)
Iris Murdoch (author)
Robert Motherwell (painter)
Barnett Newman (painter)
Marsha Norman (playwright and Pulitzer
Prize winner)
Mary Higgins Clark (author)
Woody Allen (director, actor)
Steve Martin (actor, director, playwright,
and author)
Other:
Phil Jackson (NBA coach)
Aung San Suu Kyi (winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize)
Pope John Paul II
Albert Schweitzer (winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize)
Angela Davis (social activist and political
philosopher)
Mario Savio (civil rights leader)
Juan Williams (NPR host, writer, journalist) |
What
Can I Do with a Philosophy Degree?
Most students ask
this obvious question: What can I do with
a philosophy degree? They are often surprised
when they find out that while many philosophy
majors do become philosophy professors,
a lot of them do not. Instead, they go
on to become prominent members of many
other professions and careers. These include
business, law, politics, journalism, non-profit
organizations, the medical field, the
arts, and many more.
A bachelor’s degree in philosophy
provides excellent preparation for graduate
studies in many areas of the humanities,
law school, and business school. Philosophy
majors have very impressive scores on
standardized tests such as the GMAT (for
MBA), the LSAT (Law School Admission Test),
and the GRE (Graduate Record Examination).
Philosophy majors have the second highest
scores in the GMAT and they score higher
than business majors. They rank second
highest for in the LSAT and they score
the highest in all of the humanities.
Philosophy majors rank first than any
major in the verbal section of the GRE
and fourth in the quantitative section
(below only Mathematics, Chemistry, and
Biology majors).
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| Famous
Religion Majors:
Arts:
Willard Scott (TV personality)
David Duchovny (actor, X Files)
Harrison Ford (actor)
Peter Lynch (director)
Social
Justice:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Elie Wiesel (human rights activist)
John Silber (former president of Boston
University)
Politics:
Pierre Trudeau (former Canadian Prime
Minister)
Rahm Emanuel (Chief of Staff and former
Clinton White House political advisor)
Vaclav Havel (former President of Czechoslovakia)
Jerry Brown (former Governor of California).
Sports:
John Elway (former QB for the Denver Broncos)
Michael McKaskey (owner of the Chicago
Bears)
Aaron Taylor (offensive tackle for the
Green Bay Packers)
Mike Schmidt (former Philadelphia Philly)
Shane Battier (All American, Duke Basketball,
NBA player)
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What
Can I Do with a Religion Degree?
Most students ask this obvious question:
What can I do with a degree in religion?
They are often surprised to find out that
many religion majors do not become members
of the clergy, but go on to become prominent
members of many other professions. Such
professions include, social services,
journalism, public relations, music, health
and welfare organizations. A bachelor’s
degree in religion is great preparation
for law, business school, medicine, or
graduate study in counseling, humanities,
or administration.
For those who
wish to pursue more traditional career
paths with a bachelor’s degree in
religion, such a degree is the ideal preparation
for youth ministries, campus ministry,
adult ministries, theological and medical
missionary outreach, religious education,
religious activities programming, chaplaincy,
and several other related fields. For
those desiring to enter the clergy, an
undergraduate major in religion is the
best training for the seminary. A bachelor’s
degree in religion is also excellent preparation
for graduate studies in religion, which
lead to career opportunities in secondary
and higher education.
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