Academics: What’s the Sexiest Field of Study
July 30th, 2008What’s the sexiest area of study in your esteem?
For me, these are at or near the top:
- Geology
- Niche history, like medieval European or Icelandic or pre-Spanish Mesoamerica, local history
- Art History
- Literature
- Anything that allows you to do ground-breaking and obscure academic research that might lead to the cure for cancer.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
CS didn’t make it in your top 5?
What about all the medical professions?
July 30th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Metallurgy. Also topology. And paleobotany.
July 31st, 2008 at 12:01 am
Mike was over tonight and expressed part of what I was trying to get at: anything that takes you into the field. You know. Pith helmets and the like. As my art history professor always said: “Travel broadens.” And academics of certain stripes are often some of the best-traveled folks out there.