What is the most useless major in college!?

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sharkeeper

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Atmospheric science and EE.

It has gotten me nowhere. Now I just go in big circles in the Ocean. This could be the makings for Groundhog Day 2.
 

oboeguy

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Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Communications.

I don't know about other colleges, but if you want basically a guaranteed diploma, this is the major you go with.

 

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
Artists don't need a college degree to create art.

People who want to make money from art need a degree.
 

rh71

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any 'ole 4-year degree is worth a lot more than you think.
 

DougK62

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Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Sadly, I would have to say education.

It's fairly easy to get a job with a primary or seconday education degree - especially if you're willing to move. However, this was what all the stupid people majored in at my school.

 

austin316

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Originally posted by: Actaeon
Interior Design

I highly doubt that. Home remodeling is friggin huge right now.

Also, whoever said IS is dead wrong. Its not too hard to find a good paying job right out of colleg with an IS degree.
 

Queasy

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French? A friend spent almost 9 years in college getting a PHD in French. He didn't make the cut for the FBI and is now managing apartment.
 

cHeeZeFacTory

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most of the athletes major in sociology or communication at my school.

I also know that shaq majored in General Studies or something.
 

Trevelyan

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Ive heard TWO people say EE is a useless major?

Anyone else disagree here? Come on you can make bank w/ an EE degree...
 

miketheidiot

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Originally posted by: Trevelyan
Ive heard TWO people say EE is a useless major?

Anyone else disagree here? Come on you can make bank w/ an EE degree...

it seems like half my friends are EE majors.
 

Ns1

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Originally posted by: Trevelyan
Ive heard TWO people say EE is a useless major?

Anyone else disagree here? Come on you can make bank w/ an EE degree...

i disagree. business majors are a dime a dozen (i'm a biz major, kind of)

engineers/science majors are hard to find, cuz there aren't that many people stupid enough to take that many science classes lol
 

thegimp03

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Philosophy or Liberal Studies...those get my votes. I am taking my first Philosophy class ever as an elective during the last quarter of my senior year, and I would have to say it's the worst class I've ever taken at my school. Read about what people said back in 500 B.C.? C'mon you gotta be kidding me. :)
 

Doboji

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Ballet... if you're in college studying to be a ballerina, you've already missed your chance... you have to already be a ballerina by the time your 17-18.

 

Stark

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any of the "left wing" studiies programs... black studies, native american studies, lesbian, err, women's studies, etc.
 

Caveman

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Originally posted by: So
dance.

My roomie is a philosophy major and it's pretty useless too, although he'd tell you that engineers are akin to dentists (not doing anything new -- his analogy) and philosophy majors are doing 'real' stuff. I just :roll:



Apparenly this person has never heard the saying: scientists discover that which was always there, and engineers create that which never was...