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Philosophy is a degree that is often taken by people going into Law. So my guess is that a lot of the Philosophy income is from lawyers. International Relatio
by mwbrooks 18y ago
Philosophy is a degree that is often taken by people going into Law. So my guess is that a lot of the Philosophy income is from lawyers.
International Relations (noted in the article) also sounds like a degree that would be popular for pre-law.
My guess.
- Zev 18y agoFWIW, I'm currently double majoring in Computer Science and International Relations. As far as i can tell, a majority of the students who plan on going into law stick with Political Science as their major instead of going IR. Skimming the required courses for the prelaw program my college offers, the requirements for that are much more aligned with what's needed for a polsci degree then an IR degree. Theres only two classes from prelaw that overlaps with the IR requirements and one of em's not even being offered anymore. Also, the polsci half of the department offers scholarships aimed at prelaw students specifically. (Technically Political Science and International Relations are the same department here, though they have pretty different requirements and different people in charge of the programs) To generalize the courses, polsci is more "American political science meets history meets business with a dash of criminal justice" while IR is more "Global political science meets history with dash of anthro".