I’ve heard of a college which offers a major in studying
Beyonce, the singer. I believe it’s a social degree focused on culture, or lack thereof in American society.
I cringe whenever I hear a college student say that they are majoring in journalism. A couple of things: Media is dead, and... We are all journalists now, including everyone on Free Republic.
15 Real Majors in College (Puppet Arts, Bicycle Design and Fabrication)
https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/weird-college-majors/
Auctioneering, Bagpipe Studies, Jazz Studies and Floral Management....
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/fun-majors
The girls were in one of the following:
- psychology (at least 1/2 the graduating class)
- political science
- sociology
- liberal arts
- pharmacy
- English (and history)
- some accounting / finance
- maybe 2 math
That was decades ago, when you could get a variety of jobs that were not related to your college degree / major. Computers were in demand, and their potential had a lot of companies hoppin’ - somewhat like the current AI craze.
Seven years later, there were more girls in computer science - Chinese girls, that is. The oriental kids would descend upon the Computer Science bldg. after midnight, because the IBM punch card machines were available, and there was no line at the jobs desk.
After midnight, when I also went to the bldg., because the place was otherwise jammed from 6:00 AM to 00:00 AM every day.
BTW, everywhere in the old punch card and jobs desk days, there was some kind of John Kerry -looking dictator running that desk. All “customers” were sub-human unworthies. No helpful advice was ever given.
$25.00 per 30 minutes processing time. For more time, you begged for a chance to spend $25.00 more.
Something like that.
When I started college, I asked a high-school friend who was a year older and already attending the place, “What class should I take to meet the best looking girls?” He said, “Art history.” He was right. Thirty years ago at least, Art History was the scholastic discipline of choice of the rich, beautiful sorority girl. So, yeah, it’s unsurprising that major has a high unemployment rate, but I also question how seriously those rich, beautiful sorority girl are actually seeking jobs.
worst degrees for finding a job:
[fill in the blank] Studies ...
When you have more degree titles than job titles it’s going to be a problem.
Another issue is the “must have” courses that have nothing to do with the degree you’re getting.
What about my degree in Medieval Plumbing?
My son is an aerospace engineer. Actually an Astronautical Engineer, which is a sub-specialty. He’s very well employed but is currently seeking a different job. They are correct that it’s limited to a few regions, but it’s very highly compensated. I’ve been told that it doesn’t take much in extra classes to get a mechanical or electrical engineering degree if they decide to branch out.
Women’s Studies
In case anyone has a question about what are the top degrees for getting a job:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/majors-in-demand
The top ten college majors:
1. Nursing
2. Culinary Arts
3. Computer Science
4. Business Administration
5. Mechanical Engineering
6. Psychology
7. Biology
8. Finance
9. Marketing
10. Environmental Science
Higher education shouldn’t be just vocational training. As Everett Dean Martin wrote in 1926, “Education is emancipation from herd opinion, self-mastery, capacity for self-criticism, suspended judgment, and urbanity.”
Although they are now widely panned as worthless majors, Liberal Arts, History, and even Art History can contribute to molding a student into an urbane, wise and independent thinker—provided they are well-taught. A student majoring in Liberal Arts at a good college should become familiar with the Great Books of Western civilization. History should make the student aware of where he came from, and Art History should give him knowledge of the great works of art and why they are great. A student who succeeds in these fields will have a good background for his chosen profession and for the pursuit of happiness in life.
Hard to believe my niece, born in 1971, got her diploma in Zoology, in the 1990s. She immediately found work in the Animal pharmaceuticals and has been gainfully employed ever since. Making excellent money at that!
When you consider her mom was born in poverty on the High Plains in 1952. All us kids worked our way out of such poverty.
College is all about networking.
My daughter was an Art major. She worked at the Smithsonian and now she is a Budget Director for a company in CA.
I got a liberal arts degree (BA, Musicology). I thoroughly enjoy the knowledge I gained, but it would have been basically a ticket to graduate school. After struggling for a few years I took a career counseling course and learned that musicians make good programmers, so I went into IT. Eventually got an MBA in the field.
I don’t understand why physics isn’t hiring, plus I think Americans need more English teachers. People have forgotten punctuation and spelling. Other than what autocorrect tells them.