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Hospitality. Sciences. Other Programs. Interdisciplinary Studies. Legal & Paralegal. Massage and Wellness. Human Services. Engineering. Communication & Mass Media. Beauty and Cosmetology. Aviation. Trade & Vocational. Arts, Design & Fashion. Liberal Arts. Social Sciences. The question that is being debated since a long time now is “What is social science and why social science studies?” No prominent characterization has been derived at for such a dynamic and varied range of academic streams. A user friendly definition or meaning to the term Social science can be “The knowledge or learning about the ways and means of people influencing the everyday life of our society comprising of families, communities and workplaces is Social science” .This modern society draws, in fact attracts you towards some basics; answers to which we have been seeking since centuries. Social science tries to give an insight to the most persuasive and debatable queries including appropriate way to communicate, meaning of places, our rights as citizens, fascination in crime, factors which shape one’s identity and many more.

Different approaches including Statistics, Questionnaires, surveys and interviews are used for varied range of subjects in social science. Nursing. Median annual wages for nurses or nursing salaries have evolved from a mere $40,000 in 2002 to nearly $66,000 in 2012, bringing this profession in the list of best jobs of 2013. Starting Salaries...depend on entry to nursing education and online nursing rankings as well; because they put across how well you studied. $35,000 for RNs - Registered Nurse $17,000 for LVNs - Licensed Vocational Nurse $60,000 for APNs - Advanced Practice Nurse Patient’s medical condition including observation – interview and examination is being assessed by a nurse.

Post assessment, the nurses are supposed to analyze the situation while generating a diagnosis. There are various types of nurses – each varies from each other in terms of job description – education required – required clinical experience and professional status as well. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) Registered Nurse (RN) Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) Health Care & Medical Services. Health care careers not only give chance to help people but also to perform interested technical task and may earn good amount of salary.

The healthcare industry might offer good job opportunities for healthcare graduates. Salary differs on the healthcare position you are holding, for example, an associate degree in healthcare might allow you to earn from $12 to $40 per hour or even more than that for an initial or entry-level position. Factors such as health care degree you earned, experience in related field effects in salary. Campus based or online healthcare bachelor's degree programs may allow you to earn a minimum annual salary ranging from $60,000 to $1, 00,000. Salary range for every position in healthcare is different. It depends on profession, qualification as well as experience you gained. Salary of an X-ray technician may be $54,340 per year, while that of Registered Nurses may be $64,690 per year; while wages in profession of Surgical Technology may be $39,920 per year.

Culinary Arts. Salaries of culinary arts career will fluctuate greatly depending on the ample number of factors such as Geographic location, type of restaurant, culinary education and work experience. For instance a chef working at some restaurant in California might earn more money than a chef working at some restaurant in New York. Salary structure for various positions within the culinary arts degree is as mentioned below: [Source : U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, Edition 2012-13 of Outlook Handbook for Occupational] Food industry requires three distinct kinds of employees to work are chefs, cooks and food service managers.

Job role of culinary chef is professional as well as passionate. Cooks and food preparation workers will be responsible for daily food preparation at the restaurant or facility. Food service managers handle day-to-day activity in cafeteria, restaurant and other cooking workplace. The food industry is booming. Few of the categories of jobs that can be offered are as follows: Education. Salary structure for various positions within the education field is as mentioned below: [Source:Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Edition 2012-13 of Outlook Handbook for Occupational] The duties of preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers, high school teachers, post secondary teachers and special education teachers are as follows: Preschool teachers are responsible for preparing kids of 3 to 5 years for kindergarten. They educate preschool kids the way they can understand.Kindergarten and elementary teachers teach students basics of math, science, social studies and reading.

They make basic concepts clear and teach how to apply them. Early childhood education will help to develop and improve a child’s social and intellectual skills. I can work in following institutions: I can choose following types of jobs: Education degrees include graduate education degrees as well as under graduate education degrees: Duration: It takes from 3 to 8 years. Criminal Justice. The median annual wage for the below careers in May 2010 was as below: Jobs such as investigating crimes, handling service calls, arresting the accused, Patrol Officers, Detectives, Criminologists, forensic experts, Lawyers, magistrates and so on. These jobs are mainly with Sheriff’s offices and Local Police department or with federal agencies including federal bureau of investigations (FBI) and U.S. Marshal’s office. Certain careers in this field demand technical knowledge; for instance the equipments used in the forensic lab are very composite.

Few findings about criminal justice careers and salaries prove vast opportunities as corrections officers, patrol officers, Detectives and Criminologists prevail as these are the first point of contact at any given crime scenes. An individual needs to decide on to the benefits from a private college or a public institution; which justifies the extra cost incurred. At least 1 but less than 2 years - Associates in criminal justice. Business. The pay scale is unique for each post. Business majors by salary are as listed below: [Source: Salary details is considered from the Bureau of Labor Statistics] Job description for every designation varies.

Role and responsibility differs from the position. The description for a few of the designation is as follows: Operations manager handles activities like human resources, public relations, logistics and much more. Those who study in marketing work in the area of marketing while those who earn a score in human resources works as a HRM.

A business and Finance career option might be in demand. Few of the categories of occupations are as follows: Types of industries taken for an employment: The High Paying Degrees in business might be doctorate. DOCTORAL or PhD in Business MASTER’S degree in business/MBA BACHELOR’S degree programs in business ASSOCIATE’S degree in business As per BLS report, expected employment growth for demanding careers in business is as shown below in a tabular form: