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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Off the top of my head, I can think of multiple schools that offer 4+1 MBA programs (right after undergrad!!). Then, there’s stand-alone majors offered at many schools like criminology, cybersecurity, criminal justice, entrepreneurship, pharmacology, and insurance.

Go back to the basics, people. [/quote]

I think you're in the extreme minority on this -- many of those you named are extremely valuable to have, both in terms of income and importance to the country.  [/quote]

[b]OP here. I consider liberal arts degrees in subjects like history, English, psychology, mathematics , biology etc to be useful.[/b] [/quote]

Yeah, fine -- but you said those others you named are "useless."  I consider that pretty ill-informed. [/quote]

Well, my cousin's son had a psych degree and ended up working as a phlebotomist at a plasma donation site for several years. But then he went back to school got some undergrad pharmacology studies in, and did grad school to become a pharmacist--or is it pharmacologist with a grad degree?? I would imagine that degrees like cyber security probably combine CS requirements with specific other coursework.

One thing that surprises me is how many people with online degrees from for profit outfits get legit jobs (those who, of course, finish the training). My son is seeing a psychologist through his healthcare provider network. I looked her up and her degree is from, I think it was called Argosy University, an online university that went under within the last couple of years. I looked into it further and the APA worked to help students nearing graduation find ways to complete degree and clinical training requirements. And I'm glad I kept my mouth shut when my nephew went for an accounting degree through Rasmussen, another online university--he's now a Microsoft accountant and doing very well. There's a part of me that wants to sneer at those for profit places but apparently they have some legitimacy. (And of course a century or more ago business courses were done through for-profit schools rather than traditional universities, my grandfather did that) [/quote]

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