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The '''worst college majors''' are fields of study that leave the student with relatively few job opportunities and often a distorted or ultra-[[liberal]] view of the world. Students incur an average debt in excess of $25,000 for attending college, and these college majors can leave such students without the ability to pay off their loans, which are typically not dischargeable in bankruptcy. | The '''worst college majors''' are fields of study that leave the student with relatively few job opportunities and often a distorted or ultra-[[liberal]] view of the world. Students incur an average debt in excess of $25,000 for attending college, and these college majors can leave such students without the ability to pay off their loans, which are typically not dischargeable in bankruptcy. | ||
− | Adding insult to injury, many public colleges have begun charging students more if they decline one of the Worst College Majors, and study something of value instead.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-24/differential-tuition-increase-major/54513940/1</ref> | + | Adding insult to injury, many public colleges have begun charging students more if they decline one of the Worst College Majors, and study something of value instead.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-24/differential-tuition-increase-major/54513940/1</ref> Incidentally, a study by ''USA Today'' and the non-profit Education Sector showed that 514 colleges are more likely to produce defaults in student loans than graduates.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/03/514-Colleges-Have-Higher-Default-Rates-Than-Graduation-Rates</ref> |
In addition, college matters less and less to employers. The number of degree-less hires is trending way up at [[Google]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1& In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal, NYTimes, June 19, 2913]</ref> President of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Many liberal-arts graduates, even from the best schools, aren’t getting jobs in part because they didn’t learn much in school.”<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/02/10/sorry-left-and-right-no-job-requires-a-college-degree/ Sorry Left AND Right, No Job Requires A College Degree, Forbes.com, February 10, 2013]</ref> | In addition, college matters less and less to employers. The number of degree-less hires is trending way up at [[Google]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1& In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal, NYTimes, June 19, 2913]</ref> President of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Many liberal-arts graduates, even from the best schools, aren’t getting jobs in part because they didn’t learn much in school.”<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2013/02/10/sorry-left-and-right-no-job-requires-a-college-degree/ Sorry Left AND Right, No Job Requires A College Degree, Forbes.com, February 10, 2013]</ref> | ||
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+ | # Comedic Arts <ref>[http://www.hngn.com/articles/102255/20150619/emerson-college-boston-offer-comedy-major-2016.htm Emerson College in Boston to Offer Comedy Major in 2016]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:11, January 9, 2016
The worst college majors are fields of study that leave the student with relatively few job opportunities and often a distorted or ultra-liberal view of the world. Students incur an average debt in excess of $25,000 for attending college, and these college majors can leave such students without the ability to pay off their loans, which are typically not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Adding insult to injury, many public colleges have begun charging students more if they decline one of the Worst College Majors, and study something of value instead.[1] Incidentally, a study by USA Today and the non-profit Education Sector showed that 514 colleges are more likely to produce defaults in student loans than graduates.[2]
In addition, college matters less and less to employers. The number of degree-less hires is trending way up at Google.[3] President of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Many liberal-arts graduates, even from the best schools, aren’t getting jobs in part because they didn’t learn much in school.”[4]
Contents
Undergraduate majors
- Liberal Arts[5]
- History[5]
- Business Administration/Management[6]
- Women's studies[7]
- Secularism[8][9][10] See also: Views on atheists
- LGBT studies[11][12]
- Black studies
- Hispanic studies
- Film/Video[13][5]
- Puppetry
- English Literature/Literary Criticism[5]
- Music/Art Therapy[13][7]
- Dance[13][7]
- Interior Design
- Art History[14][7]
- Sequential Art[15]
- Golf Management – University of Birmingham / Florida Gulf Coast University
- Biology[6]
- Journalism [16]
- Psychology[13][6]
- Fashion Design
- Drama/Theater[13][6]
- Horticulture[14]
- Human Resources
- Photography[14][5]
- Video Game Design
- Forestry/Range Management/Wildlife Management
- Environmental Studies
- Leisure Studies[7]
- Fine Arts[17][5]
- Anthropology/Archeology[5]
- Sociology
- History of Music
- Climatology
- Comparative Religion
- Gaming Management[18]
- Creative Writing
- Ethnic Studies
- Paralegal studies/prelaw
- Philosophy[19][5]
- Theology & Religious Vocations[13][5]
- United States History[13]
- Islamic Studies [20]
- Social Work[14]
- Culinary Arts[14]
- Child and Family Studies[14]
- Biblical Studies[14]
- Music[14][5]
- Animal Science[14]
- Exercise Science[14]
- Physical Fitness/Education[5][7]
- Commercial Art/Graphic Design[5]
- Criminal Justice[6]
- Economics (without a numerate bias)[6]
- Latin[7]
- Communications[7]
- Comedic Arts [21]
Graduate programs
- Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology[22]
- Computer Engineering[22]
- Fine Arts[22]
- Law (from a low-ranked school)[22]
- PR, Advertising & Mass-Media[22]
(please add to the list)
Courses
- U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness. - Arizona State University [23]
- The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender, and Media. - Skidmore College [24]
- Politicizing Beyoncé: Rutgers University class from the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. [25]
- Contemporary American Culture: The Fifty Shades Trilogy - American University [26]
- The Colbert Report: American Satire Writing Seminar - Boston University [27]
- Understanding Obama - Harvard Law School [28]
- Revolutionary Marxism - Portland State University [29]
- Why Occupy Wall Street? The History and Politics of Debt and Finance - New York University [30]
- Occupy the Field: Global Finance, Inequality, Social Movement - Columbia University [31]
- Football Culture
- Queer Musicology – UCLA
- The Science of Harry Potter – Frostburg University [32]
- Native American Feminism - University of Michigan
- Cyber Feminism - Cornell University
- Feminist New Black Man - Occidental College [33]
- Philosophy and Star Trek – Georgetown University in Washington [34]
- The Sociology of Hip-Hop: The Odyssey of Jay-Z – Georgetown University [35]
- Emotional Literacy[36]
- Media Genres, the study of zombies - University of Baltimore [37]
- The Science of Superheroes - UC Irvine [38]
- Field Equipment Operation (tractor driving) - UC Davis
- Hip Hop: The Politics of Culture - UC San Diego
- History of Surfing - UC Santa Barbara
- Labor Studies - UM Saint Louis & UM Kansas City [39]
- Arguing with Judge Judy - UC Berkeley
- Self-Esteem - Cal State Fresno
- Gaga for Lady Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity- University of Virginia-Charlottesville[40]
- Pilot Brewery (brewmaster) - UC Davis
- Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence - UC Berkeley
- Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources - Texas Tech University [41]
- Introduction to social networking
- The Mythology of Harry Potter-UCLA
- History of Weaving-UC Berkeley
- The Simpsons and the American Family-Hampshire College
- From DNA to Homosapiens - MCLA
- Getting dressed-Princeton University [42]
Workshops
- Yale hosts a workshop on the acceptance of bestiality, incest and prostitution. [43]
- Brown University workshop "The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure." [44]
- University of Tennessee sponsors six-day event called 'Sex Week' [45]
- New York University sponsors Strap-On Play, Sex Toys 101, and Oral Sex Tips, part of the bigger event called “Babeland: Queer Student Night with NYU LGBTQ Student Center. [46]
- Marquette University, Brown University and Columbia University to host Femsex workshop. Topics include orgasms, masturbation, sex, kink and explicit coloring books. [47]
- Hamilton College in New York and University of Minnesota host Orgasm workshop for female undergrad students. [48]
- University Of Arizona is to hold the Condom Olympics, students to be involved in a condom-wrapped egg toss, condom art, and a condom scavenger hunt. [49]
See also
External Links
- 5 graduate degrees that don't pay off
- Unemployment rates and earnings for college majors - Georgetown University report - 2012
- What's It Worth? The Economic Value of College Majors - Comprehensive report at Georgetown University website
- Best and Worst College Majors
- Top 10 Useless College Degrees & Classes
- College majors with lowest unemployment
References
- ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-24/differential-tuition-increase-major/54513940/1
- ↑ http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/03/514-Colleges-Have-Higher-Default-Rates-Than-Graduation-Rates
- ↑ In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal, NYTimes, June 19, 2913
- ↑ Sorry Left AND Right, No Job Requires A College Degree, Forbes.com, February 10, 2013
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 [1] Yahoo Finance, June 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 [2] Yahoo Finance, June 2013
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 [3] College Crunch, December 2008
- ↑ Pitzer College in California Adds Major in Secularism
- ↑ In their book Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, which was published in 2014, authors Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes wrote: "Atheism as a subject of social science has also generally been ignored in comparison with the scholarly work on religion" (see page 41 of their book). Social Scientists are often generally reluctant to study atheists and it is considered not a great thing to have on your resume for future employment as far as graduate students (see: Why is Psychology Silent When it Comes to Atheism? - Dr. Melanie Brewster - Skepticon 7, Published on Nov 27, 2014). According to the atheist Dr. Melanie Brewster, "Good peer-reviewed psychology journals are kind of hesitant to take studies on atheism."[4] Hunsberger was the first social scientists to do a fairly intensive look at atheists and a book on his study was published in 2006.[5] One of the great ironies of this state of affairs is that the very well-known psychiatrist Sigmund Freud was an atheist (much of his work is now considered pseudoscience).[6] See also: Sigmund Freud's view of religion).
- ↑ Global atheism/agnosticism is declining and the trend of desecularization is expected to continue in the 21st century. Professor Eric Kaufmann told a secular audience in Australia: "The trends that are happening worldwide inevitably in an age of globalization are going to affect us."[7] In the Western World and the world as a whole interest in internet atheism is declining.
- ↑ http://www.yale.edu/lgbts/
- ↑ http://www.lgbts.umd.edu/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 What's It Worth? Georgetown University, July 2011
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 [8] Kiplinger, May 2015
- ↑ http://www.scad.edu/sequential-art/index.cfm
- ↑ http://www.foxbusiness.com/slideshow/personal-finance/2010/06/28/worst-fields-graduates/#slide=4
- ↑ http://www.artcareer.net/faqs/job-market-outlook-for-artists-and-designers/
- ↑ 10 Worst College Majors for Employment
- ↑ [9]
- ↑ http://colleges.collegetoolkit.com/colleges/browse/majors/byid/islamic_studies/38.0205.aspx
- ↑ Emerson College in Boston to Offer Comedy Major in 2016
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 5 Graduate Degrees That Don't Pay Off Bankrate.com
- ↑ White professor teaches 'problem of whiteness' course at Arizona State
- ↑ Your kid’s new college course: ‘The Sociology of Miley Cyrus’ DailyCaller.com, March 27, 2014
- ↑ Higher Education: Rutgers University Offers Class on Beyonce, Jammie Wearing Fools, Jan 31, 2014
- ↑ UNIVERSITY TO OFFER COURSE STUDYING 'FIFTY SHADES OF GREY' TRILOGY, Breitbart, December 29, 2012
- ↑ Class Credit for Colbert College Course, Huffington Post, January 18, 2011
- ↑ http://www.theblaze.com/stories/harvard-law-offering-understanding-obama-course-taught-by-obama-mentor/
- ↑ http://www.theblaze.com/stories/portland-state-university-offering-revolutionary-marxism-course-and-wait-until-you-see-the-syllabus/
- ↑ N.Y.U. To Offer Classes On Occupy Wall Street, Weasel Zippers, December 9, 2011
- ↑ Columbia University to Offer ‘Occupy 101′ Course, January 2, 2012
- ↑ CBS News: Harry Potter Goes To College: Professor Uses Boy Wizard To Explores Links Between Magic, Science, by Bootie Cosgrove-Mather, Sept. 26, 2003 [10] ...Frostburg State President Catherine R. Gira said she isn't worried that some may view a Harry Potter class as trivial. "Irrespective of the specific title of the course, the 'magic' in the fiction is being analyzed by applying concepts of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. This honors course creatively packages scientific principles in a contemporary way that will interest today's students," Gira said.
- ↑ Jason Mattera At CPAC, YouTube
- ↑ Georgetown University Course Listing
- ↑ Jay-Z's street rhymes a Georgetown college course
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1076368/Schools-councils-waste-300-000-useless-emotional-literacy-course-faraway-island-sun.html
- ↑ College Course Preps Pupils for Zombie Apocalypse, AOL News, September 9, 2010
- ↑ The Top 8 California Schools that Are, Like, Totally Wasting Your Money, NewsRealBlog, November 14, 2010
- ↑ Video: College Course Teaches Violent Union Tactics, The Hot Joints, April 25, 2011
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/10/lady-gaga-college-class_n_712540.html
- ↑ Texas Tech University Course Listing
- ↑ http://www.universitynavigator.com/university-blog/most-ridiculous-courses-you-can-opt-for.html
- ↑ Yale hosts workshop teaching sensitivity to bestiality, CampusReform.org march 5, 2013
- ↑ Brown University to teach male students how to attain ‘prostate pleasure’
- ↑ University of Tennessee Uses Student Fees to Host Lesbian Bondage Expert
- ↑ [http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=5019 NYU offers ‘Strap-On Play,’ ‘Sex Toys 101’ workshops for LGBTQ students, CampusReform.com, August 27, 2013]
- ↑ Catholic college to host controversial 'Femsex' workshop with 'C--t Coloring' and 'pleasure point' CampusReform.com, September 10, 2013
- ↑ College to host orgasm workshop for female undergrads, CampusReform.com, September 25, 2013
- ↑ Meanwhile, University Of Arizona Plans ‘Condom Olympics’, IJReview.com, February 15, 2014