If that is what you want to do with your life, why do they have to be high paying.
Research scientists don't get high paying jobs, but the world still needs scientists. You don't have to go to school for 12 years in sports business either.
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If that is what you want to do with your life, why do they have to be high paying.
Research scientists don't get high paying jobs, but the world still needs scientists. You don't have to go to school for 12 years in sports business either.
Because people don't generally stick with low level jobs. Research science is a pretty poor comparison to a discipline which is full of essentially minimum wage weed out jobs and doesn't stand as it's own field within the business spectrum.
You guys are beautiful!!! So now the argument is boxed into a very small niche area so your boy's narrative survives. Sports as a business has many many directions someone can go. So there ya go pal. We're all correct. I agree with the poster that sees opportunity for Pitt to expand their curriculum.
How much do you think a BS in biology or neuroscience makes out of college for a research/lab tech position? Starting salary at Pitt for a research specialist II (1-2 years experience with a BS) is under $21K, a research specialist III (2-3 years of experience with a BS) is than $24K a year. That is more than a 40 hour a week job too.
How far do you think you advance without a PhD in research science?
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Pitt, and all other schools, is mandated to provide the appropriate facilities and equipment for the ACC Network. Part of the Network operating procedures is using student trainees and interns to help produce the content. This is happening whether the curriculum is changed or not. This will enhance opportunities primarily in the communications department, but certainly makes sense to consider other opportunities to leverage the unique opportunities the network will provide.
Exactly, because (essentially) no one goes into that without the intent to pursue a PhD. That is not even remotely similar to the people "studying" and graduating from "sports business" programs. That is why it is a very bad comparison, although the starting "salaries" are very comparable to the crap jobs in "sports business" that essentially have 0 requirements, let alone clear preference for "Sports Business" over Marketing or Statistics or Finance or General Business or even just Communications. For a business school that is already mediocre, adding a very niche concentration without a huge base of employment or a clear partnership/benefactor driving it would likely not allow the program to succeed like it has at schools who have had those things propping them up.
Yes, some do go into undergrad biology majors with no intent to pursue a PhD. Most undergrads have no idea what research fields demand. Some go on to a masters which does little for you beyond a bachelors. Many more decide not to pursue a PhD or drop out of a PhD program before completion. Some finish their PhD and then get out of the field when they see how hard and long the road still is ahead of them, others drop out of the field during their post-doc years.
It is actually similar in a lot of ways. The notion of being a research scientist is attractive to many people but there aren't enough positions for people that go into the field. Starting positions are extremely low paying and it takes years and years of sacrifice at low pay to get anywhere. The more you train, the more niche you get.
I don't know whether Pitt Business should add a Sports Management program or not, but it is certainly worth thinking about for them if opportunities for training are enhanced thanks to the ACC Network. Salary isn't the end all and be all of a career. Otherwise, there'd be no University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work.
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Jesus! The University of Pittsburgh nor any University is a damn trade school! An undergrad education is about expanding your mind!
You need a job?
Plastics!
Suffering insomnia last night, I watched a decent portion of the Pitt vs. YSU replay on my Roku. I thought it was pretty well done.
http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3056487
http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3056487
