About university degrees?

Question

What jobs do university degrees such as pollitical science, history of art and english literature quallify a person for?

If you are going to get a degree why not get one that is of some use in the real world EG one of the sciences

Answer 1

Fast food outlets.

Answer 2

Almost anything, and nothing in specific.

A traditional liberal arts degree should foster a love of learning, self reflection, and CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS!

If you are ever in a position where companies need people to "Think Outside the Box", then the company has probably only hired business students, and does not have enough liberal arts trained employees.

Political science is about studying structures of power, source analyzation, and shaping public perception. Art History involves design, critical analyzation, and research. English Literature focuses on clear communication, written analyzation. The problem with liberal arts degrees is that the recipient often fails to understand the skills that they have obtained, and do not adequately market these skills.

Answer 3

Well, I know for a fact that people that majored in liberal arts get hired in careers leading up to the middle class, because one of my friends who majored in English ended up managing at apartments and making like 40K (and this is in Lubbock, TX where wages are WAY low)!
If you want to play it safe, major or minor in business. It may be an extra year or two, but then you will be among the most hireable non-engineering batchelor degree holders out there! And get an internship or two... employers like that.
And if that all fails, take the LSAT for law school or a few science classes and go to med school! (believe it or not, at Texas Tech med school, the most popular degree admitted was history majors that supplemented themselves with science).

Answer 4

No degree will guarantee you a job but any reasonable pass should get you an interview.
Any degree, particularly at a respected university, will help with almost any job for which you apply.
The attainment of the degree is far more important than the subject matter in most cases.
Go for the job(s) that you really want and show enthusiasm on application. The interview is very important but to get that far you need expert advice on your CV and all other aspects of your application. Write neatly and give a good impression. Very good luck - although luck is a relatively minor aspect. Have confidence!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

An old girlfriend of mine had a degree in art history. She then went on for a master's in arts administration and got a job with the National Endowment for the Arts. Last I heard, she was the curator for a corporate art collection.

I know lots of people with degrees in English Literature who are doing quite well in business. Why wouldn't an employer want to hire someone who writes well, thinks critically and can express himself clearly.

Most people whom I know with degrees in political science work for the govrnment or went to law school.

Many "practical" degrees teach cookie-cutter solutions to problems, but do not teach students to solve unusual problems. Most liberal arts degrees take the opposite approach.

Answer 7

Nothing whatsoever! And I'm a politics graduate.
But that isn't to say you shouldn't do one.
When I started by course the lecturer told us the course would qualify us to do "everything and nothing", meaning that whilst it would not qualify you to do any specific job, it would provide you with a range of transferable skills that employers would find valuable e.g. research skills, written presentation skills, arguing a point, working independently and in teams etc.
Most graduate level jobs (about 2 out of 3 I think) do not specify a particulat degree subject. They ask for a First or a 2/1 grade, but the subject is irrelevant. So, if you are unsure about your career goal, go with whatever you feel you will enjoy studying for the next 2 or 3 years.
That said, if you do want to find out what previous years' students have gone on to do, you can contact universities and ask them for their destination figures for a specific course. (All universities have to attempt to follow up students 6 months after they have left).
You can obtain general information about graduate destinations for various types of degrees at www.prospects.ac.uk ("What Do Graduates Do?" is under the "Careers Advice" section).

Answer 8

They generally do not qualify you for anything specific, however you can use most degrees to get on graduate schemes for a variety of different companies.

Answer 9

As the old joke goes....
A Economics student asks "how much does it cost?"
An Engineering student asks "how does it work?"
A Chemistry student asks "what is it made from?"
and a Art History student asks "would you like fries with that?"

Seriously, the as long as you are going to a decent red brick uni and you get a 2:1, you will find you be able to get onto a good graduate scheme after you finish.

Answer 10

absolutely anything managerial wise - they the sort of airy fairy subjects that the management classes are full of