Hey all!
This is my first post, so a little background. I graduated with a BA in Clinical Psychology in 2007 from a small liberal arts college. I had originally majored in Computer science and Clinical psychology. My parents were (and still are) very ill, so I never got any real financial help. This led to me working numerous jobs through college - usually 2-3 at a time along with being a full time student. The computer science major had to get dropped because I simply didn't have the time to dedicate to the lab while balancing my workload out of school.
However, I have no real use for my psych degree. Its purpose is to show that I can finish college, basically. Its gotten me in the door at a few places, but mostly my experience has carried me. All through college I worked in IT, my last job started me in IT and led me towards engineering. Now I'm working at a fortune 500 company as an engineer. I think I found what I'd like to do. However, other than technical certifications my hands are tied because of not having at LEAST the computer science degree.
I would love to go for a master's degree, specifically in electrical engineering, however all programs that I've found require me to have a BS in Engineering or Physics. I don't have either. I have a BA in psych.
So, I'm left with the option of going to school part time after work to get a BS in Electrical Engineering, or not going anywhere since I don't think there's really any hybrid masters that would allow me to leverage my psych degree.
Can anyone give me some advice on how to proceed? Everyone says that a second Bachelor's degree is a waste of time, and under most conditions I would agree. My employer does have tuition reimbursement, but I don't know how well universities that are local cater to people who work full time and swing back for a 2nd bachelors. Or is there a line of graduate study I'm completely missing?
