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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Low Brow:

Home Economics Education
Recreation and Leisure Services
[b]Psychology [/b]
Interior Design
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I would disagree with Psychology.  Low-brow doesn't simply mean "easy major" but more one that is a "newer major" that is not regarded as academic in nature.  While Psychology is not difficult, it is definitely viewed as an academic discipline, and has been around as a major for a long time and is offered at the most prestigious universities. [/quote]

[b]Psych is higher-brow than the others in that list but social sciences are generally not highbrow. Cognitive Science and Biology are both higher-brow than Psychology.[/b] [/quote]

Again, I'm not sure I would agree with this.  I think some people are mixing up difficult for high brow.  High brow is something that a kid from an old money New England family might major in, and the traditional liberal arts definitely fit that bill, even though they are easier than many "low-brow" degrees such as nursing.  Generally speaking, if it is offered as an undergrad degree at Harvard it fits the bill as high-brow (except for media studies, that one's a weird anomaly) [/quote]

This reminds me of the line (I think it was from the Preppy Handbook) that carpentry is an acceptable profession, but you must have a PhD in Philosophy.  [/quote]

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