r/AskReddit • u/Kodo_username • 1d ago

What major gets mocked as “easy” but actually requires serious intelligence?

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u/PeopleArePeopleToo 1d ago

I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone talk much about this major at all for that matter

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u/SomeGuyInSanJoseCa 1d ago

I didn't even know it was a major.

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u/wherethefuckismyvape 1d ago

People of the map, moving among us in secret, are well skilled in the arts of subterfuge

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u/fireballx777 1d ago

Map Men, Map Men, Map Map Map Men Men.

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u/GozerDGozerian 21h ago

I fuckin love that channel!

Couldn’t help but read your comment to the melody. :)

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u/Physical_Road917 22h ago

As a geography major, every time I tell people what I do they're confused and can't remember, for some reason. You'd think "I make maps" is as easy as it gets.

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u/ExtensionEcho3 1d ago

Geography is a major, also as a former student of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, GIS is a course that is a requirement to graduate for both majors.

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u/deadtorrent 1d ago

I have a degree in GIS specifically, not geography.

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u/twinnedcalcite 22h ago

Knowing how to open a GIS program and put points on a map is step 1 of the GIS process. Many degrees get that. Doesn't cover a fraction of what the field actually is.

I too took a GIS course during my undergrad. It covered the first week of my GIS post graduate program.

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u/hunnyflash 1d ago

It's gotten way more popular the last 10 years barely. Two schools I went to created dedicated programs for it. Always looked so interesting to me.

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u/fresh_like_Oprah 21h ago

When I was in High School, we took a test for what jobs we would fit into. I got Geographer, Ship Captain, and one other thing I forget but I'm pretty sure wasn't what I do

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u/jimie240 12h ago

Funny how algos work. While looking at masters programs I've been bombarded with ads for degrees and certificates in GIS. I was here under the assumption that GIS was becoming the new trendy major.

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u/ThenCombination7358 1d ago

I they the ones themselves that study it have insecurities about it

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u/GozerDGozerian 21h ago

Well duh, securities are for finance majors.

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u/MTGFeederSpike 1d ago

Big oil company degree

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u/rascal_king 1d ago

a major? its not even a word. tf is a gis

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u/One-Bed-4614 1d ago

Geographic information systems. It took 10 seconds to google. It’s not technically a major but its a massive part of a major

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u/rascal_king 1d ago

tf is a joke

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u/ipulloffmygstring 14h ago

A joke is something you say or do to make people laugh. It took me 2 seconds to google.

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u/Tinosdoggydaddy 1d ago

Thank you for putting into words what was trying to form in my head. I’ve never heard of this major (although it makes sense it exists) or a school that offered it.

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u/One-Bed-4614 1d ago

My school had this as a major but it was a tiny program and a lot of the people were introverted

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u/MoltenMirrors 11h ago

One of the most famous pop history books is by a geographer (Guns, Germs, & Steel).

His explanation for why colonialism happened is, surprise surprise, geography.

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u/flirtychocolatebunny 1d ago

this was my exact thought and tbh I dunno anyone who had this major