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Football players earning degrees in December 2012

Daaah said:
Ok. I did stretch that. But why would they be worthless majors?
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Listen, a CU diploma is awesome. That's a great thing to have, but I think it goes without saying that someting like "ethnic studies" is almost without value in the real world.
 
I know people who have been successful with all manner of degrees, and I know people who have failed with all manner of degrees.
 
Walter White said:
You think that a degree in ethnic studies carries weight in the world outside the bizzaro land of academia? Really?
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Sure. First of all, the 'bizzarro world of academia' is still the real world. Also, I don't know much about ethnic studies, but I imagine it would be applicable in fields like foreign service, teaching, law, social work, etc....
 
My gf with her sociology degree from Regis I'm sure makes more than most people on this site.
 
dio said:
I have a sociology degree and I'm dong just fine in the corporate world.
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:nod: I think a lot of employers just want to see that you can stick with something. A bachelor degree is somewhat proof that you are willing to do some work. Now there are specialty jobs where you have to have a degree in that field but that isn't most jobs.
 
Daaah said:
Sure. First of all, the 'bizzarro world of academia' is still the real world. Also, I don't know much about ethnic studies, but I imagine it would be applicable in fields like foreign service, teaching, law, social work, etc....
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I think you are imagining wrong.
 
I have a history degree from CU and a finance degree from UMd. The history degree was more rigorous than the finance program imo. However, the finance degree opened up the job market for me. I think marketing an ethnic studies or sociology degree for that first job is more challenging, particularly as more employers fail to understand the well rounded education that a liberal arts degree provides. However, the degree is far from worthless and employers are usually pleasantly surprised when liberal arts graduates are given a chance.
 
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