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DeereClone

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College Majors That Are Useless - Yahoo! Education

4 of the top 5 useless majors are areas of study that Iowa State is fairly well known for.

I think the agriculture one is very far off. That is one of the hottest job markets and has been for a few years. I can't speak for design or horticulture and what that degree is like, but it seems that degrees in Ag are very valuable.

Thoughts?

Edit: maybe my Ag degree is bad, seeing as I didn't spell useless right the first try :pbiggrin:
 
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I'm not an Ag guy, but it seems like there is a future there. Now as far as fashion and theater, I can't imagine trying to crack that job market.
 
As a recruiter for manufacturer and distributors of crop inputs this is laughable. Ag is THE strongest sector of the whole US economy. Given world population growth and life stlye changes in developing countries AG will be strong for a long, long time.
 
In the immortal words or Judge Smails, "Well, the world needs ditch diggers too!"

Seriously though, not everyone looks for the "job" when choosing a career or an area of study. Some people do it because it's what they are intersted in. You could make a case that Journalism could be the next one on that list. With social media everywhere now and supposed journalists not checking facts or backing anything up with any kind of references, but instead interjecting their opinion into everything, does anyone pay for "real" journalists any more?
 
It seems like the writer of the article assumes everyone who gets an Ag degree will just be doing grunt work for some big operation.

When in all reality some of the most lucrative, high dollar corporations are Ag-based, and are run by people with Ag degrees.
 
English, Literature, Art History, Sociology, etc. All virtually worthless in the real world. If you get these degrees, expect to work at Starbucks, wear hipster glasses and occupy wall street. Also, complain that your starting salary isn't over $50,000 (more like $24,000).
 
Clonefan94 said:
In the immortal words or Judge Smails, "Well, the world needs ditch diggers too!"

Seriously though, not everyone looks for the "job" when choosing a career or an area of study. Some people do it because it's what they are intersted in. You could make a case that Journalism could be the next one on that list. With social media everywhere now and supposed journalists not checking facts or backing anything up with any kind of references, but instead interjecting their opinion into everything, does anyone pay for "real" journalists any more?
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Its a pretty poor investment to spend thousands on a degree in something you're just 'interested in' if its not going to get you any sort of job.
 
The_Architect said:
English, Literature, Art History, Sociology, etc. All virtually worthless in the real world. If you get these degrees, expect to work at Starbucks, wear hipster glasses and occupy wall street. Also, complain that your starting salary isn't over $50,000 (more like $24,000).
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All of these degrees are quite valuable. Even in this "real world" you speak of. Will you be able to get a job in one of these areas? Probably not. But it seems we're using a pretty narrow definition of the word "value" here.
 
+ Art History

+ General Studies

+ Women's Studies / African-American Studies

+ Communications

+ Film

+ Sociology


And a few of these degrees, we shove many D1 athletes in these curriculums and pretend they are on a career path / graduating path, only to have them realize the unfortunate fate of reentering college in their late 20's to get a degree society values.
 
The_Architect said:
English, Literature, Art History, Sociology, etc. All virtually worthless in the real world. If you get these degrees, expect to work at Starbucks, wear hipster glasses and occupy wall street. Also, complain that your starting salary isn't over $50,000 (more like $24,000).
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Well, I think English is or used to be a good background for law, but then you can argue that there are too many lawyers these days. I know some folks who have done very well for themselves teaching English as a foreign language. They make more than a decent salary and get to travel internationally. Of course, they sometimes teach in cultural environments that, shall we say, are challenging. But, hey, it is an adventure.
 
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