What is the most useless major in college!?

[Anubis]

Policy Studies

its a major for those that cant hack Poly Sci

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

That's very ideallistic of you. There are plenty of people who go through college and don't learn any of that.

i majored in computer science. it was useless to me.

many people who major in the "useless majors" that you mentioned (ethnic studies, african-american studies, or any other "minority studies") end up getting very good jobs abroad and using their degrees to that advantage.

elaborate how it was 'useless to you'

 

[dug777]

arts

 

[Anubis]

what the hell do all of you have against art majors

without art this world would be a pretty drab boring place, lets see, music - GONE - paintings - GONE - photography - GONE, fashion - GONE, might as well give up on color as well

sh!t we might as well go love in the dark ages

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Anubis
what the hell do all of you have against art majors

without art this world would be a pretty drab boring place, lets see, music - GONE - paintings - GONE - photography - GONE, fashion - GONE, might as well give up on color as well

sh!t we might as well go love in the dark ages

like the people sho contributed to those significantly had arts degrees :laugh:

 

[gigapet]

at my school it was communications. all the dumb kids were comm majors.

 

[Sheepathon]

huh, no one said sociology yet

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

That's very ideallistic of you. There are plenty of people who go through college and don't learn any of that.

i majored in computer science. it was useless to me.

many people who major in the "useless majors" that you mentioned (ethnic studies, african-american studies, or any other "minority studies") end up getting very good jobs abroad and using their degrees to that advantage.

elaborate how it was 'useless to you'

useless to me as in i have no interest in pursuing the theoretical aspects of computer science. furthermore, the programming aspect of the major was awful -- the foundation upon which i learned OOP was horrible at best -- they even fired the professor (and this is an ivy league university we're talking about).

my former classmates are either stuck in grad school (indefinitely) or at 8am-8pm programming jobs, which leaves little leeway for a social life.

to each his own, i guess. to me, computer science was not the ideal major. however, i majored in it because i thought it would be ideal to get a well-rounded education relating to computer studies, and the few times i felt challenged were somewhat fulfilling.

looking back on it, though, it really did nothing for me.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

That's very ideallistic of you. There are plenty of people who go through college and don't learn any of that.

i majored in computer science. it was useless to me.

many people who major in the "useless majors" that you mentioned (ethnic studies, african-american studies, or any other "minority studies") end up getting very good jobs abroad and using their degrees to that advantage.

elaborate how it was 'useless to you'

useless to me as in i have no interest in pursuing the theoretical aspects of computer science. furthermore, the programming aspect of the major was awful -- the foundation upon which i learned OOP was horrible at best -- they even fired the professor (and this is an ivy league university we're talking about).

my former classmates are either stuck in grad school (indefinitely) or at 8am-8pm programming jobs, which leaves little leeway for a social life.

to each his own, i guess. to me, computer science was not the ideal major. however, i majored in it because i thought it would be ideal to get a well-rounded education relating to computer studies, and the few times i felt challenged were somewhat fulfilling.

looking back on it, though, it really did nothing for me.

then that's your fault for choosing a major you didn't like =P

 

[Pepsei]

to be honest, a degree is more useful than not having one when you have no other exp. while seeking a job.

however, if by useless you mean hard to find a job in your field of study. There are tons of them. such as Geology, Human Sexuality... plus many others that you guys listed already.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

That's very ideallistic of you. There are plenty of people who go through college and don't learn any of that.

i majored in computer science. it was useless to me.

many people who major in the "useless majors" that you mentioned (ethnic studies, african-american studies, or any other "minority studies") end up getting very good jobs abroad and using their degrees to that advantage.

elaborate how it was 'useless to you'

useless to me as in i have no interest in pursuing the theoretical aspects of computer science. furthermore, the programming aspect of the major was awful -- the foundation upon which i learned OOP was horrible at best -- they even fired the professor (and this is an ivy league university we're talking about).

my former classmates are either stuck in grad school (indefinitely) or at 8am-8pm programming jobs, which leaves little leeway for a social life.

to each his own, i guess. to me, computer science was not the ideal major. however, i majored in it because i thought it would be ideal to get a well-rounded education relating to computer studies, and the few times i felt challenged were somewhat fulfilling.

looking back on it, though, it really did nothing for me.

So then you're agreeing with me and saying that many people go through college and get nothing out of it, and that you are one of those people?

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

That's very ideallistic of you. There are plenty of people who go through college and don't learn any of that.

i majored in computer science. it was useless to me.

many people who major in the "useless majors" that you mentioned (ethnic studies, african-american studies, or any other "minority studies") end up getting very good jobs abroad and using their degrees to that advantage.

elaborate how it was 'useless to you'

useless to me as in i have no interest in pursuing the theoretical aspects of computer science. furthermore, the programming aspect of the major was awful -- the foundation upon which i learned OOP was horrible at best -- they even fired the professor (and this is an ivy league university we're talking about).

my former classmates are either stuck in grad school (indefinitely) or at 8am-8pm programming jobs, which leaves little leeway for a social life.

to each his own, i guess. to me, computer science was not the ideal major. however, i majored in it because i thought it would be ideal to get a well-rounded education relating to computer studies, and the few times i felt challenged were somewhat fulfilling.

looking back on it, though, it really did nothing for me.

then that's your fault for choosing a major you didn't like =P

probably, but as i said, i did want to have the well-rounded computer education and wanted to be challenged.

i think i'd have enjoyed it a lot more had i had professors that were genuinely interested in teaching and not in a paycheck.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

That's very ideallistic of you. There are plenty of people who go through college and don't learn any of that.

i majored in computer science. it was useless to me.

many people who major in the "useless majors" that you mentioned (ethnic studies, african-american studies, or any other "minority studies") end up getting very good jobs abroad and using their degrees to that advantage.

elaborate how it was 'useless to you'

useless to me as in i have no interest in pursuing the theoretical aspects of computer science. furthermore, the programming aspect of the major was awful -- the foundation upon which i learned OOP was horrible at best -- they even fired the professor (and this is an ivy league university we're talking about).

my former classmates are either stuck in grad school (indefinitely) or at 8am-8pm programming jobs, which leaves little leeway for a social life.

to each his own, i guess. to me, computer science was not the ideal major. however, i majored in it because i thought it would be ideal to get a well-rounded education relating to computer studies, and the few times i felt challenged were somewhat fulfilling.

looking back on it, though, it really did nothing for me.

So then you're agreeing with me and saying that many people go through college and get nothing out of it, and that you are one of those people?

perhaps i got nothing out of it (and as a computer science major, i guess i am a true exception to the rule), but in response to the majors you specifically mentioned (ethnic studies, etc.), i pointed out that there are plenty of jobs that people can find that utilize what they have learned. a large percentage of people majoring in ethnic studies intend to go abroad after college anyway.

 

[edro]

I wouldn't say any type of learning is useless. The one that would be the most difficult to get a well paying job, straight from school, without experience would probably be communications or philosophy. Your schooling is only as good as you make it and how you use it after you are done. It really pisses me off when people say philosophy is "useless". (I'm not a philosophy major)

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: tami
perhaps i got nothing out of it (and as a computer science major, i guess i am a true exception to the rule), but in response to the majors you specifically mentioned (ethnic studies, etc.), i pointed out that there are plenty of jobs that people can find that utilize what they have learned. a large percentage of people majoring in ethnic studies intend to go abroad after college anyway.

Ok, that would have made more sense then if you had quoted my post that was actually about ethnic studies and related majors, rather than one about the college experience in general.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: tami
perhaps i got nothing out of it (and as a computer science major, i guess i am a true exception to the rule), but in response to the majors you specifically mentioned (ethnic studies, etc.), i pointed out that there are plenty of jobs that people can find that utilize what they have learned. a large percentage of people majoring in ethnic studies intend to go abroad after college anyway.

Ok, that would have made more sense then if you had quoted my post that was actually about ethnic studies and related majors, rather than one about the college experience in general.

oops, i thought i did, but i got the wrong post -- sorry for the confusion.

(i'm sick and am up early because it hurts to sleep. guess i'm a little confused this morning too.)

 

[Siddhartha]

"Useless" in terms of finding a relevant job after graduation?

Where I work they only hire people with four or five majors from mostly Ivy schools.

 

[StageLeft]

philosophy, sociology, anthropology...actually art is the least useful. The others are least you can semi bend into something of meaning, if you can bullsh*t enough.

"Useless" in terms of finding a relevant job after graduation?

Where I work they only hire people with four or five majors from mostly Ivy schools.

Where I work they don't hire anybody with less than 12 PHds from harvard or yale or oxford ONLY.

 

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by: venk
COunter Strike. I can't believe how many unemplyed CS majors there are today.

Agreed.

 

[beer]

HOW DID THIS THREAD get to this many posts without someone putting 'kinesiology?' Worst...major....ever

 

[smc13]

Originally posted by: Turnpike
Alot of you should get off your high horses. There is no 'useless' major. If there's anything any of you learned in college it's that what you learned in college isn't whats important, it's all about learning how to learn. Most of the details and facts you forget in a few months, but you learned new ways of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research anything you don't know. You take these skills you learned into the working world. Everyone knows it's experience and networking that gets you jobs and not the title of your degree, and these are two thigns that college can also give you.

Oh nonsense, There are some studies that have no real thinking to them so you don't learn this wonderful new way of thinking, incorporating ideas, and being able to research. Communications comes to mind. Maybe you need to do some more of this research before forming an opinion.

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: Ready
I'd go with philosophy

Nope they actually teach you to THINK in philosophy (not that it will help you get a job, mind you). The most useless major on the planet has to be communications.

Dave

 

[smc13]

Originally posted by: Anubis
what the hell do all of you have against art majors

without art this world would be a pretty drab boring place, lets see, music - GONE - paintings - GONE - photography - GONE, fashion - GONE, might as well give up on color as well

sh!t we might as well go love in the dark ages

Give me a break. Like you need to go to college to learn how to be a rock star or a painter. Color? Any five year old with a set of crayolas can show you color. Why do you need to go to college for it?

 

[zerocool1]

Communications

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: Apathetic

Originally posted by: Ready
I'd go with philosophy

Nope they actually teach you to THINK in philosophy (not that it will help you get a job, mind you). The most useless major on the planet has to be communications.

Dave

I don't really consider that "thinking" More like drifting off into LaLa land.