<p>Not very? What kind of stupid question is that?</p>
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<p>Any major that is not in the schoolâs College of Engineering or Institute of Technology. ;)</p>
<p>âHow useless is ANY foreign language degree?â</p>
<p>lol.
depends on what you plan to use it for. very useful for the gov or international relations if you are fluent/near fluent and literate. and especially if its something really hard like arabic or russian. unless its latin. then you are out of luck.</p>
<p>^You wonât really get fluent from learning at it school anyhow⊠And if you are fluent in the first place, whatâs the point of majoring in it? Might as get another degree and add on the fact you are fluent in it on your resume, making it even more advantageous. Also even if you get half decent at it from learning at it school (like chinese or something), a chinese person is probably going to speak english better than you ever speak chinese. LOL.</p>
<p>Unless you want to become that language teacher/instructor.</p>
<p>My friend is taking film studies just because my film school is famous⊠I donât know why because I donât know what sheâs going t do with that degree + she doesnât really like films. She just transferred after I transferred (shrugs)</p>
<p>Worst major is one that locks you into one career path and gives few options imho, unless youâre 110% sure you know what you want to do and have a plan. Some majors are useless regardless unless you have a higher degree (masters, etc.). I have a few in mind but at risk of offending anyone Iâll keep em to myselfâŠ:p.</p>
<p>Of course if you come from a filthy rich family and will inherit a multi-million dollar business it really doesnât matter what you major in. A few business courses might help though :p.</p>
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<p>Someone could probably gain much more knowledge about a language from one of those intensive immersion schools in a shorter time than spending four years in college.</p>
<p>The most useless college degree is family and consumer sciences. Basically just a college degree if you want to be a homemaker.</p>
<p>Anything except the physical sciences or engineering. Just kidding haha
Your major doesnât determine what youâre going to do for the rest of your life. Itâs how you make the most of it all and take advantage of everything that your school has to offer and the people you communicate with.</p>
<p>Communications (advertising, public relations, broadcasting) are GOOD majors. Communication STUDIES=bad</p>
<p>Worthless degrees? Social work, music, drama (hey I love the stage, but besides training, whatâs a theatre degree going to give you?), fine arts</p>
<p>Journalism/communications majors are not useless majors. In the work force we need people that knows how to communicate, and deliver news and updates for us. In the work force, companies, need to hire people that knows how to communicate. We as human beings, need someone to give us our news and updates. Plus journalism/communications majors can get into fields, like advertisements, news paper reporters, work in businesses, public relations, etc. You can do anything with this major and more. 
I do not deem this as an useless major. Most majorâs are not useless, it depends on your goals and personality. There are some that can be useless. But not a communications/journalism degree.</p>
<p>my Biology degree was useless. it taught me nothing I needed to know in the real world. No one gives a s* about what happens when TGF-beta binding protein being unable to bind to TGF-beta. what the f* are these proteins anyways? TGF-beta binding protein, you serious? if you donât know this, look it up in a book. who will pay you to memorize this garbage?</p>
<p>Chickenboi is spot on. If itâs not physical sciences (chem/physics/math/materials/petroleum geology) or engineering (excluding bio), your degree is worthless. can you be replaced by a 100 dollar book? if the answer is yes, then your degree is worthless.</p>
<p>^^ what???..</p>
<p>quit your b*tchin. No offense, but most of the things we learn are not applied to our professional fields. Just a fact.</p>
<p>@born- social work? Really? Youâve obviously never been around troubled or abusive situations if you think that is useless.</p>
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<p>nope, i have seriously used every single bit of chemistry (instrumental analysis and organic synthesis in particular, as well as general lab calculations) i learned in my job, and even used some physics, but the extent of biology needed was âdonât spill 6M HCl on yourselfâ. this was in pharmaceuticals too so you can imagine how little biology is needed in other chemical sectors like petrochemicals, materials or environment.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on what field of work. For me personally, I plan to eventually do research. Right now, Iâm working with polymers. However, my entire chemical engineering major seems to be based on fluid dynamics and reactor design. So in essence, the stuff I learn in my major are stuff I will probably never use in the real world other than maybe an internship in industry to embellish the resume. </p>
<p>the same thing goes for pre med and law school, Iâm guessing.</p>
<p>wow, that sucks. what chemical engineering classes have you actually used on your job? how is the polymers job? iâm interested in that field, any tips for entry level jobs?</p>
<p>Film is the worst major I agree. I used to want to major in Film to get into a career as a director/cinematographer but itâs not worth it, itâs a waste of time and money. You donât even need to major in film to work in the business. Christopher Nolan, the director of the The Dark Knight and Inception was an English Literature major, and he ended up as a writer/director. Meaning if no one liked his films he would have ended up as a teacher at best. So Film is the worst major because itâs not needed. </p>
<p>Itâs why Iâm going to be a Computer Science major, it gives me more options</p>
<p>And to think people say English majors donât make any money :)</p>
<p>I wouldnât like to say any major is useless. Some of the more commonly listed ones on here, namely the liberal arts majors, help you learn how to write, think critically, and teach an individual a lot about something theyâre interested in. Further, thereâs more to a degree than a major, especially in Liberal Arts, students take many classes outside their major. Itâs not quite fair to say Liberal Arts are worthless because they donât lead immediately to superior job opportunities. </p>
<p>However, there are some majors which seem to exist primarily to give people a very easy path to a degree. </p>
<p>In engineering and sciences, the background knowledge and skills attained are what are necessary. Sure, you might get a Chemical Engineering degree, go be a Chemical Engineer, and not use any specific knowledge you attained in college. However, if whatever company that hired you had hired you 4 years prior as you were graduating high school, you probably couldnât have been productive there.</p>
<p>Art History and Philosophy lol</p>