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By Diant Wlnocur
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Behind the inevitably suc
cessful computer science
major, the two most hopeful
fields for grads in the 1980s are
architecture and music. Com
pared to other professions, em
ployee demands projected by
both federal statistics and local
representatives for architects
and musicians are impressive
Larry Smith, director of career
planning and placement, at
tributes the selection of these
two fields for outstanding
growth to the "graying of Amer
ica," the phenomenon of the
baby boom generation moving
through society
These citizens are currently
nearing age 35, and are moving
into their own homes and of
fices. a social trend expected to
employ 59 percent more archi
tects over the next 10 years As
the same group reaches later
years, retirement and leisure
time are expected to spawn a
tremendous increase in
demand for professonal enter
tainers. such as musicians, ac
tors and artists
Music majors should have
“no trouble placing as long as
they are willing to go where the
jobs are," says Morrette Rider,
dean of the music school The
school received "six offers for
every graduate last year." he
says.
For the 60 percent of the
school's graduates with a music
education degree, placement
may be easiest. Rider says
"The school age population
will be increasing in a few
years.” he says. Even with cut
backs, most public school sys
tems across the country have
preserved their arts programs.
Rider says, leaving a place for
music teachers to step into as
the demand picks up again
As for performance majors,
Rider says the job prospects are
difficult, “because it depends
on just how good you are. You
have to keep knocking on doors
until something good turns up.“
The construction industry
should soon begin to see a
recovery and upswing, accord
ing to government projections
for growth in the work force.
Although the new percentage of
the work force will not equal that
of service professions or that of
mining and petroleum, at 15
percent above the average ex
pected increase it runs a close
third.
Architects also placed third
among projected growth in
demand for employees, with a
whopping 59 percent increase
Drafters and urban and regional
planners can expect an above
average demand increase of 33
and 29 percent respectively.
Painters and photographers
should expect a below average
rise of 7 and 15 percent, ac
cording to Federal Labor Bu
reau statistics.
The 1980 University Em
ployment survey shows archi
tecture and allied arts
graduates of that year
frequently finding full time em
ployment and just as frequently
finding it highly related to their
field
Architects had the best odds
of each, with 77 percent of the
responding grads currently
holding full time, career-related
employment. Other majors
under the architecture and al
lied arts heading had from 45 to
55 percent full-time em
ployment, and well over 50 per
cent of them in their area of
expertise
The exception was art educa
tion, with most grads employed
full time, but none in the field
they studied and only 33 per
cent closely related.
Music majors also found
themselves finding frequent
full-time employment. Fifty of
the 58 percent who were em
ployed full time said they found
work highly related to their
studies.
Less encouraging were the
responses in both areas with
regards to starting incomes. Of
all 53 architecture school
graduates responding to the
Outlook
for the
’80s
survey, only two were making
above $18,000 in 1981, and the
vast majority were in the $6,000
to $12,000 range. Most music
majors also earned less than
$15,000. But between 10 and 45
percent of architecture
graduates and 50 percent of
music graduates were pursuing
graduate study.
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