The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)

[Pirian]

fuck i hate college. would love to do some artsy poopsy degree but i cannot shake the underlying sense that i need to be frugal/make enough money to support my folk's retirement.
that being said, for a person who hasn't done real math in like 6 years and has a shit resume: accounting or information systems?

http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp

Best site to see what the potential income of your degree will get you

Everything you need to know about the average incomes of people with only a bachelors in each field

[Sevilla]

lots of mad ITT

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[Mazmaz]

Why would anyone be mad about a dumb list made up by a bunch of tabloid reporters?

[LittleSlurpee]

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I know this may sound pompous and asinine, but we don't need a culture that is churning out the amount of artists that it currently is. What we need are more engineers and scientists that keep us at the forefront of new technology. We need a culture that values and fosters creativity in our children because that is what leads engineers and scientists that come up with new inventions and ideas, but if we don't inspire them to become engineers and scientists then we end up with a population full of graphic designers. Now before you go off on me, yes, I love art and believe that it holds a very very valuable place in our society, but we certainly don't need the magnitude that seem to want to be JUST artists (and this is reflected in the abysmal average wage)

Sure. I agree. But since I can already make money doing art I think I'll keep it as my end game.

But those of you who make abstract art.. Yeah.. Bugger off and find a real job!

[Denchi]

YEAH BECAUSE MAKING A LARGE INCOME IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT AMIRITE?

[Ddz]

Surprised Computer Science didn't end up on the success list in that article posted on page 1.

[Tonko]

They're just mad about the poor life choices.

[Greatguardian]

The actual Georgetown study that those numbers are pulled from: http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi...al.update1.pdf .

Don't know why this is news, though. Anyone dumb enough to go into one of those fields expecting to make good money is going to need that fall back to planet Earth.

[Deadgye]

brb changing my major from Computer Engineering to Petroleum Engineering.

[Fairy-Killer]

brb changing my major from Computer Engineering to Petroleum Engineering.

Stay with the dark side and just sell your soul to an oil company. They paid the most at $34/hr for comp sci/engineering interns here at A&M.

[Celeste]

List should be renamed "Majors Where If You Hit It Big You Will Be A Rich Motherfucker, If You Don't You Will Live In A Box".

Haha, I like that. I was an English major. Opted out of that and pursuing a degree in engineering. To contribute to society or some shit(pay for my booze/MMO subscription).

[Kipling]

#12-er reporting in. Feels good man.

Edit: Consequently, all of my friends are science majors so I am used to this kind of joking. Only my GF is an english major which even comes close to mine. Not sure why kids get mad if you consciously made the decision for your major.

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For example, if you're trying to be a concept artist the most important thing you need is a great portfolio of your art. That's it. They don't care if you a degree or not. Just as long as you can do the art work.

Unless you apply for a job in a different country, in which case you need a piece of paper telling people you're good at something to get a visa. In most cases you're actually better off staying at home and doing online workshops than going to college or uni for art.
Religious studies should be #1 on that list, but Fine Art and Art History are very close contenders.

[Kipling]

Also, most of the Phil/Poli Sci majors I know go into law school. I don't think many people realize that you can go to law school with any major.

[Apelila]

Religious studies should be #1 on that list, but Fine Art and Art History are very close contenders.

I dunno, I've never seen a poor preacher around here.

[Jem]

I did both English and Economics at university, neither have ever been particularly useful. I think the extent of which I have used them is to impress management in emails and the such.

Put it this way, I work as a Design Engineer and would be in the exact same position if I had not bothered with university at all. I may have actually been better off if I had not gone as I delayed opportunities at work until I finished my studies.

[warc]

What exactly is the difference between the latter and a civil engineer?

Civil engineering encompasses all city infrastructure. Architecture encompasses making buildings look pretty. and for some reason, architects make way more, and have way more power on the job. Architects do learn some basic building structure, but mostly they rely on a Civil Engineer to do calculations (this is only referring to pure architects, not an Engineer-Architect).

Here's some flowcharts for curriculum at my school for both majors.

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[Day]

someone please point out the mad in this thread that keeps getting called

[Tajin]

someone please point out the mad in this thread that keeps getting called

U mad clearly. They on the other hand are dumb.

[Draylo]

Theater degree's are so useless lol, I just shake my head when I hear people going for that. As if you need it to become an actor, I'm sure all the young actors all went through college.