Reply With QuoteThat's hard to answer. It all depends on the job market after you graduate and your connections. I've heard of physicists who can't get a job but liberal arts majors eventually holding a corporate position with a fortune 500 company, so it varies. Major in what you enjoy, because many people end up working in a field other than the one they hold a degree in.
Which is the most worthless major/concentration you can take in college?
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02-08-2006, 05:26 PM #1Registered User
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Which is the most worthless major/concentration you can take in college?
By worthless, I mean a degree that will get you nowhere except having new knowledge about the subject that can't really be used for anything productive.
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Gold teeth engineering.
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"A child does not learn to squat from the top down -- in other words, he does not suddenly make a conscious decision one day to squat. Actually, he is squatting one day and makes the conscious decision to stand." - Gray Cook
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02-09-2006, 12:39 AM #5SoCal. Stud ELITE MEMBER
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02-09-2006, 01:08 AM #7the unbanned
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How dare you? Originally Posted by ForemanRules
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I'm talking about just for a bachelors degree....these days a masters degree is needed at least...and even then you will have a huge amount of competition. Originally Posted by MyK
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02-09-2006, 01:18 AM #9the unbanned
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It could be worse, they could get an english lit degree! Originally Posted by ForemanRules
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Yes, any degree like English lit, History ect is worthless if you are not going to teach. Originally Posted by MyK
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Actually, as worthless as they may seem, I believe that any form of education is worthwhile! It’s always people who have no experience in an area of education are always the ones who say that said degree is worthless. Originally Posted by ForemanRules
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I wouldn't call them "worthless," Foreman (and no I didn't major in those two you mentioned). Originally Posted by ForemanRules
People gravitate toward their interests, and it won't be in what they majored in school, usually.Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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I'd say Physics, etc.
Total ownage. Originally Posted by kbm8795
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My first Degree is in English Literature, so I'm speaking from experience. If I had decided to teach then it would be fine but that's not what I wanted to do. It is a great Degree, but in the real world it offers little choices and most of them low paying. Now that I'm older I realize college is only a place to get ready to make money and have many job opportunities......so something in the Medical field is great....any degree they can't outsource is the best choice.. Originally Posted by Mr_Snafu
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Education, teachers are a dime a dozen, unless you have a desire to teach/coach then it is pretty much worthless. If your state is like mine then the school systems are always broke and never have money to hire new teachers. If they do have the money to hire new ones they usually let them go after a couple of years to prevent them from getting tenure. All depends on who you know if they keep you or not, pretty much can be said for most jobs though.
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Originally Posted by ForemanRules
Incorrect. Why would you "at least" need an MBA?
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Most people with great jobs have a MBA....or great conections...A Bachelor's degree in business is a dime a dozen. Originally Posted by I Are Baboon
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02-09-2006, 08:40 AM #18pedal pedal pedal MODERATOR
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God hand asked what degrees will get you nowhere. Saying a business degree will get you nowhere is just plain incorrect. At the very least, it'll get your foot into the corporate world a hell of a lot faster than someone without a business degree, or some lame ass degree like Anthropology or something. I am guessing there are plenty of people on IM with Bachelor degrees in business who are doing quite well for themselves. Originally Posted by ForemanRules
Most people with great jobs have a MBA....or great conections...A Bachelor's degree in business is a dime a dozen.
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I just gave my opinion.....as did you Originally Posted by I Are Baboon
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Fair enough.
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To answer the question though....
Anthopology (as I mentioned)
THEATER
Art History
I have friends with degress in all three. They finished college, then said "Oh fuck, what do I do now!?"
Theater? COME ON!
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You know Indiana Jones? Originally Posted by I Are Baboon
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That's archaeology, not anthopology. The study of artifacts vs the study of humans. Originally Posted by gococksDJS
BTW, yeah, I know Indy. Cool guy.
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Culinary arts. Took that long to realize as soon as you get a degree, the only job you can get is a manager at a food establishment. And you don't make that much bucks.
Only way to make it in the culinary field is making a food establishment of your own. And that is like mondo bucks!
And I haven't gotten my calling card to move out yet!
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Automotive Engineering! - Originally Posted by god hand
(unless you Chinese, going to a Chinese school in China)
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Are you kidding me? Indiana Jones not an expert in studying humans? How do you think he got that little asian kid to follow him around yelling "Hey radie, you carr him Dr. Jones!!", or got Adolf Hitler's autograph? You better check yourself before you wreck yourself. Originally Posted by I Are Baboon
That's archaeology, not anthopology. The study of artifacts vs the study of humans.
BTW, yeah, I know Indy. Cool guy.
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LAS degrees
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well said. i agree and am a perfect example of this. Originally Posted by gococksDJS
Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory. -G. Behn
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What!? Originally Posted by The Monkey Man
Automotive Engineering! -
(unless you Chinese, going to a Chinese school in China)
Are you trying to say that the Chinese will start mass prouducing cars and that they will be better than the US cars?
Originally Posted by ForemanRules;
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