Odd, I put down my sociology degree every time I apply for a tech writing job.
I explain to the potential employeor/ gig master that the degree training helps me to understand people and relationships within organizations. Of course a boatload of industry IT certifications, two associate (technical) degrees and having been published for over 15 years do add to the mix.
Sometimes I tell people with “junk” degrees to put the degree information under “hobbies”
Tells them you took the time and trouble to go thru the 4 (or more) years of the education game, but are not expecting the degree to be part of the pay discussion - at least at the beginning.
A college grad should be Literate, numerate and posses social skills with a personal bearing that indicate you are worth the effort to hire.
But that’s just me and my fancy schmancy NY college degree - as always, YMMV.
LOL...put the African and Womyn Studies degrees under “Hobbies”! That’s great.
I read a book during that college level sociology course called “Walden II”. I fell for it hook, line and sinker, and I was a real conservative (have been since about the age of ten...:)
But I bought into it, and thought about it for a long time. “Wow, that’s the way to run things...”
Sheesh. What an idiot I was.
That is one of the reasons I try, somewhere in some part of my brain, not to be too hard on some college kids. They are, as Rush puts it, “brains full of mush” in a lot of cases. I was out of the Navy and pretty worldly, and I fell into it, embarrassing to say. But there you have it.