The 10 Most Worthless College Majors

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Okay, I totally disagree on the film major and communication major.

I do have lots of friends who’s majored in Film, which also equips them with other media related skills that will help them get employed. I do agree this major has significantly less demand than other. Even though you might have to start up by running chores and cleaning out trash bin, a motivated individual would find a way or another to make his way to the top.

And Communication, companies are hiring PRs these days. I don’t see a reason, why a communication graduated would go jobless.

What I can’t stand are the chaff who think the purpose of college is to get a better job. College is supposed to be about enriching and deepening one’s understanding of and interaction with the world. There’s a big movement to make all education — even college — some sort of job-training course; george w’s standardized tests and ‘no child left behind’ are the symptoms of this misuse of education.

They would propose that we we should be institutionalized as if we were automatons to be wound-up and set upon a course. I think Ben Franklin would think the modern perversion of education into a technical institute is a travesty. The ideal of education that men like Franklin and Emerson believed in has been eviscerated from education — except for these “worthless college majors.”

“Worthless” is a matter of perspective. I’ll call your pragmatic, career-driven degree worthless, simply because you lived through the “days of rife” with only a mind to make money.

And yeah, I got a Comp Sci BS along with my Philosophy BA.

Yeah i can imagine that most of these majors are pretty useless, the only thing you can do with them is to turn around, go back to school,and teach them.

history may get you a teaching job…perpetuating the lies that fill our textbooks.

Actually, the music therapy i know is VEEERY different from that description. AND your highly un-knowing mockery is just stupid. the music therapy i know (and that pays for my private school education) is about giving skills, confidence, etc to the mentally retarded or physically handicapped. My mom’s been a music therapist nearly 30 years, and i’m willing to bet she couldn’t make a mix tape to save her life. you’re making a total fool of yourself by making fun of something you clearly know jack shit about. it’s nothing like the dj-esque ‘description’ of it you provide. dumbass

“how many virgins Allah will give me if I blow myself up in an Israeli square”…

awesome man!

Ehh. . .dance majors learn to be all cerebral and anatomical about dance. You learn how to be a good teacher. And. . .get lots of non-pay extra-curricular performance opportunities to supplement our foodservice/bank/dumpster-diving jobs? Oh, I’ve got nothin’.
That said. . .mean! We with useless majors are already insecure enough, and now you have to go and make us think about it and get us all defensive and irritated? Damn.
Seriously though, not all of these jobs are as useless as you think they are. They’re just incredibly specific. Not so much with the flexibility. Oh, well. I guess you’re just having fun.

The point isn’t that people can actually make something of these majors. My friend right now in medical school is a film major so it’s not like you can’t do anything out of these worthless majors. But can you really tell me that the average person is going to be able to run with this major to make a life for himself? And Tres, I can understand you want to enrich yourself in college but you do need to learn a skill set to survive in the modern world too eh? Here’s a thought enrich your knowledge of the world by doing the things you love ALONG with the things that are practical maybe if you get lucky what you love can be practical hence philosophy/poly sci going to law school and so on…

Lol does anyone with a philosophy + law double degree actually make practical use of philosophy in their future career? Sorry no, they practise law instead. Philosophy assists with the logical thinking involved in law, but taking one basic Philosophy paper would do (if you really want to). No need to go as far as an actual philosophy degree. Might as well take something more useful like a commerce + law or science + law where you can actually make use of the other complementary major to law.

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Communications degrees, especially in 2009 is way different than it was years ago. They now incorporate computer graphics, web design and public relations. These positions are in high demand in that field!

I have two BAs, one in communications and another in sociology. And I have a minor in psychology, but I am just going to focus on my BA in comm.

I have to disagree that a communications degree is worthless. I went to a California State University and was required to take classes in mass media, PR, business communications, statistics, etc. Most of my classes were related to business, but from a sociological perspective that teaches students interpersonal communication skills. This is what MANY companies need for sales, marketing, public relations, customer service, etc.

That degree can help someone land a job in many different jobs, including business related fields. It helped me get into human resources so it wasn’t worthless for me!

umm… I majored in public relations (communications) and I can say that your opinion of the major is crap. Not only was this a “high demand” major at my college; they did not accept anyone with a GPA lower than a 4.0. It was hard as hell to get into the program, and even harder to stay.

I got a job immediately after college, and now make six figures.

i think as long as your father is rich,there is no point in studying engineering,business,medicine courses unless you die for it..Because i can not imagine MOZART working for SUBWAY or PLATO in a kebab shop.
Therefore,although i read engineering at the university,my great enthusiasm about philosophy never died.But there is a small distinction.The real world never cares what you want to do,if you want money,study something that provides you money,if you want knowledge and have passion of studying,improving your abilities then you should(must) forget about money and do what you want.
so all the courses that have been done solely for money purposes will not serve you guys in the long term.By the way Philosophy is like an ability such as when you listen comedy you have ability to laugh,or you have got shopping ability(you can easily compare products and get your transaction done at ease),or you can love somebody,you can have a baby..,These things are not directly related to your job but there is something more beyond the money and job…?? UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AND YOURSELF

People become successful because they have the desire to be successful. No matter what you studied in college (or if you even went at all), you will be able to become successful if you market yourself and can work hard. The true deciders of success are hard work, determination and wisdom–and these things cannot be taught in the class room. A college degree should be there to supplement what you already have. That way, it simply means less competition for you no matter what. The sad thing is that–as someone has said already–people really see college as an extended job-training program and not as the enriching experience that it should be, which has led to colleges like Cal-State San Bernardino, which requires you to take idiotic courses like history of Alcohol, which have nothing to do with your course of study in order to get the degree. Not to mention the amount of professors who have no real-world experience yet teach these “required” courses in order for you to get a degree that supposedly signifies intelligence. It has also led to the proliferation of idiots coming into school and artificially inflating their GPA by taking the easiest courses with the “easy graders”–so called professors who give Bs to everyone no matter what. The administration tells me I have to take courses to satisfy my degree with professors I wouldn’t hire to clean my gutters–eliminating all challenge. It is this factor that–among other things– has led to the “dumbing down” of the education system, which means that a college degree has itself become as useless as your high school diploma. It is hard for everyone with a college degree to get a job nowadays. College life is no longer about becoming more aware or more intelligent, but more about making $5,000 more a year or getting a promotion. Sadder still, in order to get a quality education, you have to pay tiptop dollar to go to schools like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, which is simply out of most Americans’ reach.

As for business being a worthless major, think again. Business majors don’t just learn about how to read spreadsheets and powerpoints. A business major is about the science of decision making, information science and the history of business as a whole. I have a degree in Information Technology, but will be getting an MBA in Finance, (might double in IT) and will go to Law school on top of that. I will be successful not because of my paper collection (IE degrees), but because of my work ethic, my dirve and my desire.

You are a god.