{"id":3137,"date":"2018-07-31T09:13:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2018-07-31T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:48:32","slug":"how-does-one-go-about-choosing-a-masters-degree-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/07\/31\/how-does-one-go-about-choosing-a-masters-degree-path\/","title":{"rendered":"How does one go about choosing a Master&#8217;s Degree path?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3136\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aw073118-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3136\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aw073118-1-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"How does one go about choosing a Master's Degree path?\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aw073118-1-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/aw073118-1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How does one go about choosing a Master&#8217;s Degree path?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Master&#8217;s Degree is usually a step on the way to a career, or a way to get required credentials for a career already begun, such as teaching high school. So, what you need to do first is figure out a career path, and then find out whether a master&#8217;s degree is required or useful as a career boost. Many workplaces (such as libraries) offer the benefit paying for courses toward a degree, in which case you might want to start working in a field before paying out of pocket. I recommend checking in with BC&#8217;s Career Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-career\">bit.ly\/BC-career<\/a>) if you&#8217;re a BC student or recent graduate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Master&#8217;s Degree is usually a step on the way to a career, or a way to get required credentials for a career already begun, such as teaching high school. So, what you need to do first is figure out a career path, and then find out whether a master&#8217;s degree is required or useful &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/07\/31\/how-does-one-go-about-choosing-a-masters-degree-path\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How does one go about choosing a Master&#8217;s Degree path?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3140,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions\/3140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}