Humanities Degree?

[brandnizzle2419]

so this is the last week or so of my first semester of college and i have already given consideration to several majors, but anything that i think i would be happy with seems stupid financially. So today i went in and spoke with an advisor from the business school to see what i would need to do to be a business major. i think i died a little bit when he said that the next two semesters i would have to take 2 math courses, accounting, Stats and econ.

so my question to all of you is if anyone is planning on doing anything interesting with a humanities degree? im pretty good at psychology and english and am enrolled in some of those classes next semester. idk, i guess im just looking for hope for those of us who don't want to sit in a cubicle and crunch numbers their whole life.

[FeynmanWannabe]

Just resign yourself to being perpetually poor.

[brandnizzle2419]

thanks, thats what i needed to hear.

[CstSnow]

Me and my wife are both Human Communication majors so close enough, but I just took the easy road and am going to teach, but she is editing books which is pretty cool.

[Burning Star IV]

I'm taking Human Geography and I love it. The field of Human Geography is so wide, you can pretty much get a job almost anywhere.

[.invisible ink.]

My degree is in Humanities - it's basically the exact same as having a Liberal Arts degree. It's not like you major in Humanities - you major in other things and that's just the designation. It's not that big of a deal. I've been in the finance industry for a long time, that's what I do with my degree (I majored in Education and Environmental Sustainability). Not that many people actually use their degree for what they got it.

[CstSnow]

My degree is in Humanities - it's basically the exact same as having a Liberal Arts degree. It's not like you major in Humanities - you major in other things and that's just the designation. It's not that big of a deal. I've been in the finance industry for a long time, that's what I do with my degree (I majored in Education and Environmental Sustainability). Not that many people actually use their degree for what they got it.

Absolute truth.

[brandnizzle2419]

no yeah i understand that.
i was thinking about doing something like psychology or english
after i posted this thread i went and took an aptitude test at our student success center and it told me my number 1 profession would be a priest/rabbi (i am neither catholic or jewish). but there was also a lot of teaching stuff on there and other kinds of psych stuff like counseling and whatnot.

[F.O.C.U.S.]

as a graduating senior with an English major and Poli Sci minor i'm going to be real and suggest you do some research and some number crunching over break. A lot of advisors will be nice and tell you that you "can do pretty much anything with this degree" this is true, but it's also a pitfall.

think of some things you like to do and think about how you would get there. like a lot of people with my major go to Law school (this is a lot of LSAT studying and $$). i'm not saying commit yourself and sell out. but just be realstic, also do take some fun classes (i took a metal sculpture class and learned to weld and have an awesome but useless 3 foot sculpture)

to be a psychologist know that you need grad school, with any of these majors it helps to get internships and job experience...

(i'm trying not to sound bitter... now i'm off to the "tomorrow i'm fucked thread") good luck!

[speakhandsforme]

thanks, thats what i needed to hear.
An English degree is solid as a base for future educational elaboration. But, trust me, don't major in psychology or sociology. I love sociology and, naturally without studying, walk through all its courses, high school and collegiate...but neither are good choices as far as occupational demand.

ps - Don't worry, you'll have plenty of opportunities and impulses to change your major: you have plenty of time.

[xxemo_kittyxx]

Actually I would think psychology would be a good choice since there's a whole range of career choices that you can take with a psych degree. They all seem similar to one another though but still it's not bad in terms of career prospects. But i think if you really want to do business math shouldn't keep you from doing it. Business doesn't involve that much maths compared to science or engineering.

[speakhandsforme]

No: not to be a dick, but a psych degree is the last thing you want. In theory, it seems like a flexible choice that could branch into several fields but, in reality, it's not. Due to the large amounts of students who earn psych degrees and the limited functional knowledge that comes with the degree, it has become known (as I'm sure you've heard in pop culture, small talk, etc..) the American joke.

[RyanMills]

so this is the last week or so of my first semester of college and i have already given consideration to several majors, but anything that i think i would be happy with seems stupid financially. So today i went in and spoke with an advisor from the business school to see what i would need to do to be a business major. i think i died a little bit when he said that the next two semesters i would have to take 2 math courses, accounting, Stats and econ.

so my question to all of you is if anyone is planning on doing anything interesting with a humanities degree? im pretty good at psychology and english and am enrolled in some of those classes next semester. idk, i guess im just looking for hope for those of us who don't want to sit in a cubicle and crunch numbers their whole life.

Well first of all, Business is not hard, so if you want to go that way (which is extremely boring by the way) then do it. Accounting is a joke, and principles of economics classes are very basic, so I wouldn't be worried.

Just do what you want. If you like psychology, then do it; just understand that you'll need to at least earn a masters to do anything with it.

[percussionguita]

You live in a big city so I would say go for it. You have more career possibilities than if you live in a smaller town or the South, haha.