Anonymous wrote:OP, I would say there are no majors that necessarily make one seem sophisticated. Rather, one may exhibit various traits and/or had experiences that make one seem sophisticated. Examples might be:

*Someone become a master sommelier
* One who has travelled widely outside the U.S.
*A person who speaks multiple languages
*Etc.

OMG no

OP, I would say there are no majors that necessarily make one seem sophisticated. Rather, one may exhibit various traits and/or had experiences that make one seem sophisticated. Examples might be:

*Someone become a master sommelier
* One who has travelled widely outside the U.S.
*A person who speaks multiple languages
*Etc.

Anonymous wrote:There is no shortage of smart people with non-STEM majors who are in top management and lucrative consulting positions because they have analytical skills snd vision their STEM employees doesn't.

Those are usually business or econ majors

Physics at MIT or CalTech

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Anonymous wrote:Art History, yes. It is erudite. Because it deals with something that is not functional or necessary. A hobby pursued on the part of those with leisure time and surplus cash.

Sure, the 35,000+ archivists, curators, and museum professionals in this country might disagree.

PP has revealed their own lack of sophistication, since apparently they do not frequent the many exceptional museums in DC, NYC etc. Or realize they are in fact staffed by many professionals with art/art history degrees.

There is no shortage of smart people with non-STEM majors who are in top management and lucrative consulting positions because they have analytical skills snd vision their STEM employees doesn't.

Art, history, languages, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, economics, journalism, international relations etc, if person actually studied and has depth and knowledge which she/he can express in clear words.

International Relations

Anonymous wrote:Art History, yes. It is erudite. Because it deals with something that is not functional or necessary. A hobby pursued on the part of those with leisure time and surplus cash.

Sure, the 35,000+ archivists, curators, and museum professionals in this country might disagree.

Anonymous wrote:Puppetry

https://admissions.wvu.edu/academics/majors/puppetry

+1000
(I actually know a puppeteer with the Jim Henson studio who makes quite a nice living and has such a fun time at their job.)

None of them, because kids don't really learn shit in 4 years. Half the classes they take are just random electives and even the major courses are often lacking in any kind of continuity or comprehensiveness. At least in humanities.

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Anonymous wrote:Economics.

I disagree with the other posters on philosophy and art history. I hear someone studied philosophy and think that's dumb. They must not have a future life/career plan and so are unsophisticated. I've read the major philosophers too and have a law degree. I'm just not impressed with "common knowledge of sophisticated people" majors, like philosophy and art history. Smart people have a foundation in those areas regardless of study/major.

Don't expect too much from an ambulance chaser.

Don't expect too much from someone who thinks everyone with a law degree is an ambulance chaser. Why do people make dumb comments like this? Not the pp by the way.

NP and another lawyer. The PP wasn’t asserting all lawyers are ambulance chaser. PP was asserting that any attorney who uses his law degree as a reason for us to trust his analysis that philosophy majors must not have career planning skills must be an ambulance chaser. You proved PP’s point that not all lawyers are educated. Many are, but many are not.

I’m yet another lawyer, but I’ll say nothing else: your reading of this post should have stopped with the “l” word, unless you’re not sophisticated.

Anonymous wrote:This is a question that George Costanza would ask.

Best answer ever.

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Anonymous wrote:STEM and med degrees are utilitarian, difficult to get for sure, but they do not scream sophisticated... the opposite actually.

You are probably confused them with plumbing or auto mechanic

Right, “you are probably confused them”. There’s sophistication for you.

Ah, the mark of the unsophisticated - correcting grammar/spelling! Sophisticated people have the life experience to realize that not everyone speaks English as a first language, people have learning disabilities, etc. and thus avoid such call-outs. It is OK to ask for clarification if the speaker/writer's meaning is unclear, but correcting someone's grammar (unless you are a teacher/editor/etc. where that is your job!) is definitely not behavior of the sophisticated!

Architecture and urban planning