1. Fine Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and Archeology
11. Music
12. History
Or you could just name this list “everything I am interested in”
damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, DAMNIT, damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit
this is literally EVERY SINGLE THING I AM INTERESTED IN DOING, with the exception of 5, 10 (which, what…even is that?) and 13
Bullshit.
I want to know what their parameters for ‘useless’ are. Because BULLSHIT. These are all majors that will teach you How to Think rather than How to Do Accounting (or similar). And that may not (probably not) get you a guaranteed job in your field, but it sure as shit makes you a better person. All of these majors involve thinking critically, writing well, and exercising a modicum of empathy for other human beings, which I think is WAY more useful than making loads of cash for some bank or investor.
I mean, except the Hospitality and maybe the Commercial Art ones. Hospitality management is totally useless and I don’t even know what “Commercial” art means.
Yes, thanks. This. The article itself is a joke, really. It just lists off unemployment and average salary numbers. That’s it. No further analysis or consideration. And honestly, even the worst unemployment percentages weren’t much worse than, you know, THE WHOLE COUNTRY at the moment. I mean, I joke about my degrees being various shades of useless (and the fact that I haven’t found a full time job yet is sort of depressing). But really, I wouldn’t trade my ability to think critically and imagine others complexly for anything, especially not the possibility of an amazing salary doing something that would probably have me driving off a bridge inside a year.
2, 4, 7, 12: 500 REPRESENT!
… I sort of kid. You guys are right. (Ugh, and I feel like I’m losing my ability to think critically and empathize. Some kind of artist I am. But then - there’s the difference between ‘commercial’ art and ‘fine’ art - the former teaches you about compromise and translating corporate jargon into a visual medium, which might actually be more useful in the ‘real world,’ if we’re looking at employment statistics and using one’s degree in the workplace. And yet I’m dealing more with data than with graphics, anyway, so — idk.)
The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)
