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Temple Prof. Weighs in on Best Majors and Salaries

by KYW's Michelle Durham

CareerBuilder.com published a survey of the top 10 most popular majors and what salaries they pay.

The list published in alphabetical order starts with biology with biochemists making almost $39,000 a year to start; business administration and management starting at $57,000 then communications, which encompasses broadcasting and journalism -- two of the most popular majors at Temple University.

Assistant Dean of Administration for the school of Communications and Theater, Sandy Kyrish, says while most students want to work for a mass media outlet this is one degree that doesn't limit them, if they don't get a job in one:

"The great thing about a communications degree is it's the form then you can apply it to what ever content is of interest to you."
Communications salaries start just over $30,000. Also on the list are criminal justice, computer science, education, nursing, political science and psychology.

Website Created to Link Students with Career Resources

As part of an initiative from Career Development Services, current Temple University students now have access to a brand new means of engaging with career development resources. The new site, known as Owlnetwork, is an online job posting website for Temple students including a new Career Center providing access to a number of resources including:

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  Career Library
  Virtual Career Center
  Career Coaching
  Career Assessment/Decision-Making Instruments
  Full range of Career-Related Workshops
  Career Expo / Part-Time Job Fair
  On Campus Recruiting/Interviewing  
  Students can find out about Internships & Externships
  Video Taped Mock Interviews

A link to the new site can be found here.

TURF-CreWS

The Temple University Research Forum and Creative Works Symposium (TURF-CreWS) is held every semester to highlight student projects across the university. The School of Communications and Theater hosts its portion of the symposium in the lower-level of the Student Center Annex where students from across the departments within SCT present their past and current research and creative projects. The Communications Program strongly encourages all students to submit work from their previous and current semesters' courses. For more information, click here.