Are Arts/Humanities degrees useless?

I think STEM degree jobs are more specific, because you can't become a doctor or a biochemist researcher without a specific degree. While jobs don't really require a liberal arts degree or a sociology degree. I agree that it is how you apply and use your degrees but I just believe that most arts degrees will not take you as far as most aren't really an important requirement for most jobs.

Stem degrees aren't more vocational. Vocational degrees are more vocational. There are only a few properly vocational degrees: medicine, nursing, law, architecture, perhaps one or two more I've forgotten. Only some of these vocational subjects are stem.

The main thing is to study what you enjoy and what aligns best with your career goals. If you have no desire to become a scientist (which requires more than an undergraduate degree but a PhD), then studying stem just for 'better job prospects' is pointless.

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I'm not saying STEM degrees are more vocational, I just said that most STEM jobs do require a STEM degree. I realise you need more than a degree for certain jobs but all I'm saying is that I believe STEM degrees give you more of a specific career path while it is more vague in what career you could have when you do an arts degree.

I'm not saying STEM degrees are more vocational, I just said that most STEM jobs do require a STEM degree. I realise you need more than a degree for certain jobs but all I'm saying is that I believe STEM degrees give you more of a specific career path while it is more vague in what career you could have when you do an arts degree.

The world of work is not as straightforward as History degree= historian or music degree= musician. You're thinking in a very limited way.

Yeah I understand but what more can you get from a music degree? You don't need a degree to be a musician. I'm just saying if you don't require a certain degree for a specifc career path than what is the point except in showing dedication and transferable skills for employers? I'm not saying doing a history degree means you have to be a historian, I'm saying that a history degree isn't a requirement for most jobs like most arts degrees except a historian, so what's the point in doing it? I mean if you like the subject then why not but its years of studying for a degree that won't be an absolute necessity for most jobs.

Answered your own question.

Haha I guess, I mean if you're passionate about you should do it. But just my personal opinion, I don't see how the more unique arts degrees like liberal arts degree or philosophy degrees can help you as much.

I mean it works both ways, what will physics or biology or chemistry help you with if you're not planning on going into a STEM-oriented career?

But if you're planning on doing a STEM degree than usually there is a STEM careef that would require the certain degree. But if you're planning to do anthropology or philosophy, there aren't many careers that require these degrees. I don't think are many careers for certain arts degrees but you can always apply the degrees to any job. I always wondered what people got out of doing a philosophy or a liberal arts degree?

You realise that most science graduates don't continue their subject at work. They end up in business roles, teaching etc. the same as arts graduates. A stem career would require multiple degrees, yes, but in terms of graduate destinations, people who become professional scientists are a minority. There aren't that many careers requiring physics degrees either. Your thinking is quite narrow minded and rigid here.

You've answered the last question numerous times already - they get to study something they enjoy and are passionate about which can open doors to other unrelated careers. Why study something you don't like if there's something you know you'd prefer?

Of course I know that doing a STEM degree doesn't guarantee you a STEM related career. All I'm saying, most of arts/humanities degrees aren't required specifically compared to stem degrees which are needed for stem related careers ( I know physics like you mentioned and there are other exceptions). To be a journalist, you don't even need to have an English degree. Just because I'm saying there's more of clear path for STEM degree students does not mean I believe that everyone will get jobs.

I know people mostly choose their majors on what they're passionate about, but all I am asking are how are less common degrees such as liberal arts degrees or anthropology degrees useful? I I know that you can pick up transferable skills which could help someone be a teacher or gain a buisness role like you said but that's a given in every degree. But do some arts degrees really open up many doors? I was thinking that liberal arts degrees and sociology degrees weren't as respected or taken seriously especially by older people. To be honest what even is a liberal arts degree (no offence)? I thought there was a preconception that more of the obscure arts/humanities students ended up as baristas or waiters. I don't know if its true though.

It's what you do with your degree that matters to most employers. Not the subject

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Oh thats cool, I didn't realise that the subject wasn't as much of huge importance as an importance as I thought. But I still don't see how just a photography degree or a liberal arts degree would make an employer want to hire them if the job was unrelated to the degree.

Oh thats cool, I didn't realise that the subject wasn't as much of huge importance as an importance as I thought. But I still don't see how just a photography degree or a liberal arts degree would make an employer want to hire them if the job was unrelated to the degree.

Can you give me examples?

But normally if you do a STEM degree, it is because it is a requirement for a specific job.

I thought STEM degrees were very specific in what career pathways it would open.