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BY JEROME R. STOCKFISCH
Published: May 4, 2013
TAMPA - The first graduates at the University of South Florida received their diplomas and headed out into the turbulent world of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and the space race.
USF students were overwhelmingly education majors in 1963, destined for the teaching ranks. Flash forward to the go-go 1980s, and they studied business. With the new millennium — and hot new television shows such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “NCIS” — criminal justice sneaked onto the list of most popular majors.
Today, the nation’s focus on the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – is reflected in the most popular degrees bestowed at USF. As society changed over the decades, so did USF and the most popular fields of study for its students.
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BY JEROME R. STOCKFISCH
Published: May 4, 2013
TAMPA - The first graduates at the University of South Florida received their diplomas and headed out into the turbulent world of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and the space race.
USF students were overwhelmingly education majors in 1963, destined for the teaching ranks. Flash forward to the go-go 1980s, and they studied business. With the new millennium — and hot new television shows such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “NCIS” — criminal justice sneaked onto the list of most popular majors.
Today, the nation’s focus on the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – is reflected in the most popular degrees bestowed at USF. As society changed over the decades, so did USF and the most popular fields of study for its students.
Read More....
