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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Communications is basically a trade school degree. [/b]
Great if you’re an attractive female that wants to earn 18k in PR to fetch coffee.[/quote]

Why would Communications be considered a trade school degree but not English?  Communications majors have to take a lot of English classes and do lots of writing. [/quote]

English is a classic liberal arts humanities major.  [b]Communications is a pre-professional trade degree.[/b][/quote]

Technically speaking Accounting and Engineering are pre-professional trade degrees, but they are respected because they are known to be difficult majors and directly lead to well paying jobs upon graduation. I would argue that the only reason Communications would be viewed in a lesser light than English is because it's a newer degree and English is as you put it, a "classic liberal arts major". But even if it is a classic liberal arts major, so,what?  I still don't see how English does a better job of teaching one how to express themselves and communicate anymore than a Communications degree. And I don't see that the classes are actually any harder. I think it just happens to have tradition on its side. [/quote]

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