<p>Well, I can think of a pretty long list of majors that are leading directly to jobs--accting, business, teaching, engineering, nursing, other medical related areas like therapy etc., agricultural sciences, life sciences, journalism, advertising, pr/communications, hotel mgt., computers, atmospheric science, public admin.</p>
<p>I think CityGal has the right handle on it. If you want to go right into a job with a bachelor's degree, you could do it as an accountant or an engineer. But most careers these days will require a graduate or professional degree, and a leadership position in something like Accounting or Engineering is likely to require an advanced degree. Personally, I can't imagine a more practical undergrad degree than Theatre. Being able to stand and deliver in front of a group, knowing how to read and adjust to you audience, learning about the many different perspectives on the human condition - that's about as good as career preparation gets.</p>
<p>Speaking of theatre (not my field at all, BTW), here's my take on a liberal arts degree. I spoke once to the Theatre Director at a top-level LAC that's in the same town as a top level performing arts conservatory and asked if he ever did any joint projects with the conservatory. He replied that the conservatopry faculty loved to come over and work with his students. Why? Beacuse even though they were less talented in an artistic sense, the faculty could get as much done in one week with them as with their own students in three weeks. The liberal arts students quickly grasp all the nuances of their roles, know how to place them in the context of the appropriate time and place and figure out oall the interrelationships with little additional guidance. Of course, they aren't as good as the conservatory students when it comes to acting, because the latter are specialists.</p>
<p>So I started thinking, what's the best structure for making things work? Pretty obvious - put the specialists into performing their specialties and put the liberal arts majors in charge. The specialists have the technical expertise and the liberal arts leaders have the vision and perspective. If that analogy is accurate, then most Fortune 500 CEOs should be liberal arts grads, not business majors, right? Well what do you know, they are!</p>
<p>I disagree with you! Those majors have a lot of job possibilities, except for a few.</p>
<p>acting-Well, you could be an actor, but what about anything else to do with theater, TV, or movies? Casting director, screenwriter, script supervisor, director, producer, drama coach, probably even English teacher (at a private school), any job that requires a flamboyant personality or the ability to speak in front of a group...the list is infinate. Having a general acting background prepares you for tons of jobs.
business- Are you kidding?!?! There are about a million jobs that could fit with a business degree.
teaching- Obviously any kind of teacher, textbook writer, anything to do with school planning.
journalism- A journalism degree is VERY helpful for most jobs. Writing skills are crucial to a number of fields and good journalists are usually well versed in many areas of study.
advertising, pr/communications- Once again, writing skills can take you far. Not a restrictive degree at all in my opinion. A person with a communications degree has about 10 billion more options open than a person with say, a classics degree or an aeronautics background.
hotel mgt.- anything in hotels, food services, customer service in general would all benefit from a hotel degree.</p>
<p>You're right, though...computers and medical majors are pretty specific. But correct me if I'm wrong, you can't really major in medicine. I thought someone who wanted to be a doctor could major in just about anything (preferably bio or some other science) and then would apply to med school.</p>
<p>Women studies is useless</p>
<p>Essay "men suck" = B+,
Essay "men are stinky mean buffons" = A-
Essay "Women are superior than men in virtually every aspect" = A+</p>
<p>that exists?</p>
<p>LOL It's a major at duke. I might take a class if there are hot girls present (which is a given).</p>
<p>you can't beat classics in its usefulness of uselessness.</p>
<p>i dunno man, what if like the feministish girls are in that class...haha just kidding (or am i?)</p>
<p>Prashant, I resent that. :) </p>
<p>Classics is a very interesting major, but I wouldn't suggest tackling the job market with it as the sole weapon in your arsenal. If you are going into law, it's prefectly fine.</p>
<p>I work with a very accomplished paralegal who has a degree from Dartmouth in classics.</p>
<p>You can add anthropology and history to the list. For most of the "useless" fields, if you continue, employment will be as a teacher for others who want to study the same field.</p>
<p>Most grads don't end up working in their field of study.</p>
<p>LOL not to bum you out, Devil, but I haven't noticed that many hotties in the Women's Studies major. Could be wrong, but that's just my observation!!</p>
<p>I've heard a lot of the girls guys consider to be hot are in hotel management!
And continuing with the sterotypes, aren't most hot guys in business?</p>
<p>most hot guys are in polisci or econ.</p>
<p>(i.e whats what I'm doing)</p>
<p>No, the philosophy department is where it's at. :)</p>
<p>or maybe all the hot guys are in womens studies because they thought all the hot women would be there</p>
<p>edit: or maybe thats just the nerdy guys</p>
<p>Hot women--elem. ed and comm arts.</p>
<p>Math is a great major for law!</p>
<p>And Im sure we all know that the best major in the world is mine: biomedical physics</p>
<p>Carly Fiorina, who was CEO of Hewlett Packard, holds a bachelor's degree in medieval history and philosophy from Stanford University.</p>
<p>Yes but she also destroyed that company...</p>
<p>One of my favorite sites is "Careers in Your Major" at <a href="http://www.careers.ucr.edu/Students/CareerPlanning/MajorSheets/%5B/url%5D">http://www.careers.ucr.edu/Students/CareerPlanning/MajorSheets/</a></p>
<p>For example, here is a list of what you can do with a Psychology degree:
Advertising Copywriter,
Loan Credit Reporter
Affirmative Action Officer<br>
Management Trainee
Assistant Retail Buyer<br>
Manager,
Retail/Industrial
Bank Officer<br>
Marriage, Family, Child Counselor *
Career Counselor *<br>
Mental Health Assistant
Claims Adjuster<br>
Opinion Survey Researcher
Clinical Psychologist *<br>
Professor/Instructor/Teacher *
Community Organization Director<br>
Probation/Parole Officer
Community Relations Officer<br>
Psychometrician *
Criminal Investigator<br>
Public Administrator
Day Care Center Director *<br>
Recreation Worker
Disability Evaluation Trainee<br>
Rehabilitation Counselor *
Educational Psychologist *<br>
Research Assistant
Employment Counselor<br>
Sales Representative
Experimental Psychologist *<br>
School Psychologist/Counselor *
Group Counselor<br>
Social Psychologist *
Health Educator Psychologist *<br>
Social Security Representative
Human Factors Engineer/Engineering<br>
Systems Analyst
Psychologist *<br>
Test Administrator
Human Resource Development Specialist<br>
Test Development Assistant
Industrial Relations Arbitrator<br>
Underwriter
Industrial/Organizational Psychologist *<br>
Urban Planner *
Labor Relations Specialist<br>
Vocational Counselor
Laboratory Assistant<br>
Volunteer Services Director</p>
<p>The ones with asterisks require further education beyond the straight psych undergrad.</p>