Why do people get a degree in something with low prospects...

And then complain when they can't find work?

You're spending thousands a year (9000 from here on out), dont choose something just because you "think its fun". If you like underwater basket weaving, then do underwater basket weaving in your spare time, don't get a degree in it and then wonder why no employer needs an underwater basket weaver.

Gonna get negged to hell for this, but its completely true - most people who do a non specific degree will eventually end up working in something completely different to that degree anyway, so why not study something with a lot more direction/focus which will set you up financially and then follow your other passions in your own time?

People no longer seem to go to uni to set up a future for themselves, they just do it because everyone's doing it and its expected

An equally valid question is why does somebody create an account on tsr just to post a controversial question that will most likely end up creating an argument. Happens far to frequently.

Why can't people do a degree in something that interests them? What would be the point of doing a degree in a subject that you were completely uninterested in just to get a job in a field that they'd probably dislike?

I agree with you to some extent, with these people who take up the silly degrees (e.g. Communications, Media and Society). I think they do it because they want to do the social side of university rather than the academic side of it. If they were seriously considering their future career prospects, they would pick a more specific degree I think with a plan of where they want to go... I know many arts degrees offer transferrable skills, English in comparison to Communications offers more direction and English graduates know the range of jobs they can enter, whether it be civil service, publishing, marketing etc. Communications is unbelievably vague.

Media on it's own is alright though as that's a bit more specific. Film studies however...

Or maybe they really are interested in communications, media and society from an academic point of view?

i agree, everyone should just do a maths degree.

See, this is what is wrong with this countries. There are too many liberals with views such as "if people want to study X degree, let them study it" even if it is a mickey mouse degree. This is why our education system is a joke and South Korea, Japan and the USA are ahead of us. University should be a place which causes students to discover and understand the causes of things, whether it be art based or science based. Understanding why people text to each other and send emails does not take 3 years to study. If communications is a degree, there will be degrees in the future such as social networking studies.

Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering (and all its fields), Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Law, Economics, History, Architecture, and more ive probably missed



Holy **** this.

Yeah its nice to say everyone just do whatever they love... But this is the real world, where people who "study" such things honestly have no skills or knowledge which they can contribute to the working world...

University was meant to be a place where people study something challenging, far beyond the scope of school, which would greatly increase their chances of landing a secure, respected and well paying job.

Now with all these ridiculous degrees, its kind of turned into an excuse to spend 3 years getting pissed off your head before reality sets it. Getting a uni degree should be difficult, not something literally anyone can do with minimal effort

What's your degree in, then?

University was meant to be a place where people study something challenging, far beyond the scope of school, which would greatly increase their chances of landing a secure, respected and well paying job.

Uni is there to highly increase your job prospects. If youre gonna end up working in a bar, or a retail store, skip the uni and go straight into it.

See, this is what is wrong with this countries. There are too many liberals with views such as "if people want to study X degree, let them study it" even if it is a mickey mouse degree. This is why our education system is a joke and South Korea, Japan and the USA are ahead of us. University should be a place which causes students to discover and understand the causes of things, whether it be art based or science based. Understanding why people text to each other and send emails does not take 3 years to study. If communications is a degree, there will be degrees in the future such as social networking studies.

If you were that motivated by money you would know you don't "pay" 9000 or any other set amount of money for your degree...

And then complain when they can't find work?

You're spending thousands a year (9000 from here on out), dont choose something just because you "think its fun". If you like underwater basket weaving, then do underwater basket weaving in your spare time, don't get a degree in it and then wonder why no employer needs an underwater basket weaver.

Gonna get negged to hell for this, but its completely true - most people who do a non specific degree will eventually end up working in something completely different to that degree anyway, so why not study something with a lot more direction/focus which will set you up financially and then follow your other passions in your own time?

People no longer seem to go to uni to set up a future for themselves, they just do it because everyone's doing it and its expected

Interesting you say this, I'm pretty sure university was originally created with the intention of both expanding human knowledge (Through research) and to make knowledge available to those capable and willing to expand their mind.

Better job prospects was just a side effect I think.

If you were that motivated by money you would know you don't "pay" 9000 or any other set amount of money for your degree...

See, this is what is wrong with this countries. There are too many liberals with views such as "if people want to study X degree, let them study it" even if it is a mickey mouse degree. This is why our education system is a joke and South Korea, Japan and the USA are ahead of us. University should be a place which causes students to discover and understand the causes of things, whether it be art based or science based. Understanding why people text to each other and send emails does not take 3 years to study. If communications is a degree, there will be degrees in the future such as social networking studies.