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Common Degree Programs
Keep in mind that some members of the Morrow Project have multiple degrees, or post-graduate degrees. The main use of this table is for the referee to generate non-player characters. Also note that very few engineering majors end up on Recon teams before 1987 (they're busy building stuff for the Project, or are assigned to Engineering teams).
college bachelor's degrees awarded in the United States 1980, by field
|
field
|
1d100
|
Business (inc. accounting, marketing, operations, real estate)
|
1-22
|
Education
|
23-34
|
Health Professions (inc. nursing, pre-med, pharmacy)
|
35-41
|
Art, Dance, Theater or Performance
|
42-45
|
Psychology
|
46-49
|
Biology or Microbiology
|
50-53
|
English
|
54-56
|
Communications or Journalism
|
57-59
|
Political Science
|
60-62
|
Agriculture or Natural Resources
|
63-65
|
Humanities (inc. literature, linguistics, anthropology, geography)
|
66-67
|
History
|
68-69
|
Sociology
|
70-71
|
Economics
|
72-73
|
Public Administration
|
74-75
|
Computer Science
|
76-77
|
Criminal Justice
|
78-79
|
Foreign Languages
|
80
|
Chemistry
|
81
|
Mathematics or Statistics
|
82
|
Architecture
|
83
|
Philosophy
|
84
|
Theology
|
85
|
Physics
|
86
|
minor programs: Fitness, Consumer Affairs, Library Science, Military Science, Gender Studies, Botany, Zoology, Veterinary Science, Astronomy, etc.
|
87-90
|
Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering
|
91-92
|
Civil or Environmental Engineering
|
93
|
Electrical Engineering, EECS, or Computer Engineering
|
94
|
Chemical, Petroleum, or Process Engineering
|
95
|
Biomedical Engineering
|
96
|
Metallurgical or Materials Engineering
|
97
|
Aerospace or Marine Engineering
|
98
|
other engineering fields: Nuclear, Mining, Engineering Management, etc.
|
99
|
no college degree
|
00
|
The top five college awarding bachelor's degrees in engineering for women are Georgia Tech, MIT, University of Michigan, Purdue, and UI Champaign-Urbana.
Matching Real World to Game Mechanics
These programs represent about 90% of the Project's members. The skill levels represent someone just barely able to pass the exams, residency programs, license tests, etc. required to begin professional practice -- if you don't put any occupational or personal interest points into your degree program skill, you probably graduated at the bottom of your class. Note that the curriculum at the service academies changes a lot between the Sixties and 1989.
Background: in 1984, for every 10 persons with a baccalaureate degree, there were 3 persons with a masters degree, and 1.5 people with a professional (usually J.D.) or doctoral degree. The Project's membership was skewed a bit towards bachelor's degrees, so it's about a 10:2:1 ratio.
To represent a lot of the skills not listed here, the referee will ask for a roll based your character's EDU and degrees possessed. I've decided not to build a complicated system for this; the generic roll is EDU x 5%. The roll is based on the highest level of EDU you reached while in that program (and the difficulty of the task, of course). If you took an undergraduate pre-law program, but then got a doctoral degree in philosophy, you have your full EDU for philosophy stuff, but might be down 4 or 5 points of EDU on law facts. I think it'll be easier to use than it sounds "in print".
The skill levels listed are for persons who attended college after about 1960 ... things like Computer Use are less likely the further back you go.
All college graduates get an academic base skill of one Other Language at 10%, for some modern language, in addition to the base skills shown. Remember, base skills don't add to each other -- use the highest base skill you have among your various academic, background, and Project training packages.
Degree Programs
Agriculture
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Chemistry
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Zoology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Air Force Academy
This is a B.S.-only program, but cadets choose majors which include the assigned skills from the bachelors' program for either biology, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, engineering, history, mathematics, physics, or political science. Note that cadets headed into actual flight status will end up with much higher Pilot skill! Not everyone at the Air Force Academy is going to become a pilot.
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Chemistry
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Computer Use
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Electrical Repair
|
15%
|
--
|
--
|
Electronics
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Fieldcraft
|
15%
|
--
|
--
|
History
|
25%
|
--
|
--
|
Law
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
--
|
--
|
Military Science
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Navigation
|
20%
|
--
|
--
|
Operate Heavy Machinery
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Physics
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Pilot - Fixed Wing
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Biology
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Chemistry
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Pharmacy
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Also represents one type of pre-med program.
Botany
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Botany
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Chemistry
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Fieldcraft
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Business
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Accounting
|
30%
|
40%
|
--
|
Computer Use
|
10%
|
15%
|
--
|
Law
|
15%
|
20%
|
--
|
Mathematics
|
10%
|
15%
|
--
|
doctoral business programs are really not the same skills as a bachelor's degree program;
for our purposes a masters program would cover an MBA degree, as well
Chemistry
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Chemistry
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Other Language: German
|
5%
|
5%
|
10%
|
Pharmacy
|
5%
|
5%
|
10%
|
Communications or Journalism
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Fast Talk
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Own Language
|
80%
|
85%
|
90%
|
Persuade
|
20%
|
30%
|
40%
|
Psychology
|
15%
|
20%
|
25%
|
Computer Science
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Computer Use
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Electrical Repair
|
15%
|
20%
|
20%
|
Electronics
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Dentistry
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Chemistry
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Dentistry
|
--
|
--
|
60%
|
Medicine
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Other Language: Latin
|
--
|
--
|
5%
|
Pharmacy
|
--
|
--
|
20%
|
Surgery
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Also take either the Biology or Chemistry B.S.
Economics
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Accounting
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Electrical Engineering
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Computer Use
|
15%
|
20%
|
20%
|
Electrical Repair
|
20%
|
30%
|
40%
|
Electronics
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Physics
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Engineering
This includes programs for mechanical engineering, naval architecture, civil engineering, aeronautical or aerospace engineering, nuclear engineering and many others. Cartography is probably only for civil engineers, though.
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Cartography
|
25%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Chemistry
|
5%
|
10%
|
10%
|
Electrical Repair
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Electronics
|
5%
|
10%
|
10%
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Mechanical Repair
|
25%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Operate Heavy Machinery
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Physics
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
English
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
History
|
20%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Own Language (English)
|
90%
|
95%
|
99%
|
Foreign Language
Remember the Other Language skill available to all college graduates -- that's in addition to the two available from this program. The commonest languages found in the Morrow Project are (in order) Spanish, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Tagalog, Italian, Arabic, Russian and Japanese. Navajo, Nahuatl, Cree and Ojibwe are valued but rare; Latin is more common than those (but not very valued).
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
History
|
20%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Other Language
|
50%
|
60%
|
70%
|
Other Language
|
40%
|
50%
|
60%
|
Forestry
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
5%
|
10%
|
15%
|
Botany
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Cartography
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Fieldcraft
|
15%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Operate Heavy Machinery
|
5%
|
5%
|
10%
|
Geology
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Cartography
|
20%
|
30%
|
40%
|
Chemistry
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Geology
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Operate Heavy Machinery
|
5%
|
5%
|
10%
|
History
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Archaelogy
|
--
|
5%
|
10%
|
History
|
30%
|
50%
|
60%
|
Library Use
|
--
|
--
|
30%
|
Other Language
|
--
|
5%
|
10%
|
Law
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Accounting
|
--
|
--
|
15%
|
History
|
--
|
--
|
25%
|
Law
|
--
|
--
|
40%
|
Library Use
|
--
|
--
|
30%
|
Psychology
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Also take either a bachelors or masters program.
English, Business, Economics, Finance, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Political Science and Psychology are good choices.
Medicine
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Chemistry
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
First Aid
|
--
|
--
|
40%
|
Medicine
|
--
|
--
|
40%
|
Other Language: Latin
|
--
|
--
|
10%
|
Pharmacy
|
--
|
--
|
20%
|
Surgery
|
--
|
--
|
20%
|
Library Use
|
--
|
--
|
30%
|
Also take either a biology or chemistry bachelor's degree.
Meteorology
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Chemistry
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Physics
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Military Academy
West Point offers a B.S.-only program. Note that Ranger School has not been mandatory for Army officers since 1972; West Point graduates who enter the combat arms (infantry, armor, cavalry) have priority slots to enter Ranger training just after graduation, however.
While there are no "majors" at West Point before 1985, and only 8 elective courses, there are "concentrations", most of which mean you took one of the elective courses (and did some other non-course stuff). Concentrations seem to have included English, philosophy, history, a foreign language, political science, and some STEM fields (see the Engineering description). Taking a concentration (which wasn't required) gives a 15% bonus to some base skill.
This set of skills may also be used the ROTC programs at the "senior military colleges": The Citadel, Virginia Tech, VMI, Texas A&M, Norwich, Augusta Military Academy (closed 1984), and The Military College of Georgia (aka North Georgia College).
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Cartography
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Chemistry
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Fieldcraft
|
20%
|
--
|
--
|
History
|
25%
|
--
|
--
|
Indirect Fire Weapon
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Law
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Military Science
|
20%
|
--
|
--
|
Physics
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Psychology
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Direct Fire Weapon
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Naval Academy
Annapolis is a B.S.-only program, but midshipmen choose majors which include the assigned skills from the bachelors' program for either biology, chemistry, electrical engineering, engineering, English, history, mathematics, political science, or physics.
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Astronomy
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Boat/Row
|
15%
|
--
|
--
|
Cartography
|
15%
|
|
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
--
|
--
|
Military Science
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Navigation
|
20%
|
--
|
--
|
Operate Heavy Machinery
|
20%
|
--
|
--
|
Sail
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Signals
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Nursing
This represents an R.N., EMT, or very fully-trained combat medic.
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
First Aid
|
40%
|
--
|
--
|
Medicine
|
20%
|
--
|
--
|
Pharmacy
|
10%
|
--
|
--
|
Surgery
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Biology
|
5%
|
--
|
--
|
Philosophy
Not usually available as a masters degree program.
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
History
|
20%
|
--
|
30%
|
Persuade
|
20%
|
--
|
30%
|
Physics
Emphasis on theoretical and nuclear physics for Project members.
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Computer Use
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Electrical Repair
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Electronics
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Mathematics
|
15%
|
20%
|
20%
|
Physics
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Political Science
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Anthropology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
History
|
20%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Law
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Psychology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Psychology
This is a combination of B.A. and B.S. programs. People with bachelors degrees in psychology often enter "non-therapeutic" fields -- business, advertising, industry, English or foreign language study ...
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Hypnosis
|
--
|
10%
|
15%
|
Medicine
|
5%
|
10%
|
15%
|
Own Language
|
--
|
EDUx6
|
EDUx7
|
Persuade
|
20%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Pharmacy
|
--
|
10%
|
15%
|
Psychology
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
Sociology
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Anthropology
|
20%
|
25%
|
30%
|
History
|
20%
|
25%
|
30%
|
Psychology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Veterinary Medicine
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Medicine
|
--
|
25%
|
30%
|
Pharmacy
|
--
|
10%
|
15%
|
Surgery
|
--
|
10%
|
20%
|
Zoology
|
--
|
10%
|
20%
|
Also take either a biology or chemistry B.S.
Zoology
skill
|
bachelors
|
masters
|
doctorate
|
Biology
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Chemistry
|
10%
|
15%
|
20%
|
Zoology
|
20%
|
40%
|
60%
|
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