Same.
In my opinion, a liberal arts degree is a waste of time, effort and money.
Just my opinion . . . no offense intended to anyone that has a liberal arts degree.
Calling someone's degree a waste of time, effort, and money...and then saying no offense is intended. Classic SPS.
I will absolutely say that my marketing degree from MSU was a total waste of time from an educational perspective. The degree was actually a business and communications degree and neither really apply to what I have done or currently do.
I managed some large accounts for years, managed a team for years, and now manage relationships with vendors and buy. I have been on the selling side, buying side, and managing side of business and what has helped me most is experience and the basic classes that could have been taught at a community college.
Seriously, my most used skills from college are basics from the first 2 years. Basic econ, basic accounting, basic writing, basic psych, basic sociology, etc etc. Take those classes and combine them with 2 years of working in an office and I would have had just as much knowledge and understanding as when I graduated, but with less debt and more money in the bank.
A college degree is still important for many who major in business or something general like that because it shows you can complete a long term task and there is value in knowing that. A company can then take you and teach you how to account manage HVAC, or Copiers and Printers, or Transportation, or Paint, etc etc etc.
If someone is just going for a marketing degree, they are best served going to CC for a couple years and then transferring to a state school. Keep the costs as low as possible because their degree is as generic as it gets.
Someone who graduates with a degree in Religious History could be up to speed in an office setting just as quickly as a marketing major since they would have also taken those basic classes early on.
