<p>Are there TOO many students pursuing history, poly sci, and IR? I am fascinated by all three, but even with graduate work in the fields, are there really enough jobs for all of the people that have these majors? I am NOT knocking any of these, but I was just curious about this.</p>
<p>Any liberal arts degree is worthwhile. In teaching you how to think, not what to think. People go to law school, medical school, dental school, architecture school with those majors. I am not kidding. And of course PhD work, where they can end up working as a college professor, researcher or government employee, or think tank. Don’t worry about the job market. Major in something you like and are good at, and the rest will fall in place. There is always going to be competition no matter what you do. And its far worse to be in a field you dont like and working than be in one you like and working.</p>
<p>College is not technical school. Its so much more than that. Do your best, excel in your scholarship (work ethic), you will be fine.</p>
<p>If you love it, you will work hard. And if you love it, you’re probably at least somewhat good at it. If you work hard, you will excel. If you excel, it doesn’t matter how many other people are in your field.</p>
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It depends on what you mean by “enough jobs.” If you’re asking if there are enough jobs in academia or the state department to go around, the answer is no.</p>
<p>If you’re asking if it’s possible to get a job (any job) with one of those majors, the answer is yes.</p>
<p>Looks like you have good replies already,</p>
<p>I myself plan to major in: economics and political science or economics and international relations…</p>
<p>Major in what you like, want to learn etc…, more so in line of your dream job. These majors ( listed above) can be applied to many fields, and worthwild if it is what you want to do.</p>
<p>What do you actually learn in International Relations?</p>
<p>S1’s friend just grad. with a poli sci. degree. in May. He got a job as a beer saleman recently.</p>
<p>“It depends on what you mean by “enough jobs.” If you’re asking if there are enough jobs in academia or the state department to go around, the answer is no.”-IBclass 06 haha I should have been more specific, but that was most of the question. I know we could have thousands of IR majors that supplement for graduate studies in Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentristy, but MANY seem to want to work in academia, pursue law school, or work for the government. I just did not see how there were THAT many jobs to go around. lol I understand that one should study their passion, but it definitely is beneficial to round it out with knowledge that could boost prospects for a career.</p>
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This would not be a good example, especially from a random post online. Though there are thousands who pursue a career in their major every year, and it does happen for some they do not. </p>
<p>Just try to persue your goal, dream job, dream field, etc… there are those majoring engineering, and fail to find a job, so don’t let the discouragement of others discourage you. So yeah, go to college and learn what you want, and pursue your dreams.</p>