Scrap "Mickey Mouse" Degrees!

I partly agree but I don't believe there is a such thing as a lower degree.

Firstly, media studies; where do you think your entertainment comes from? I regret not doing Film at university as its always been my passion, instead I took Politics. The reason I took a Politics degree was to learn how the world works, what makes it tick, yet I'll probably never work in that field, or at least I'll never work in party politics.

Secondly, even attending a university no matter the degree will always open doors or at least give a student an idea of what they can do with their life. I took a politics degree but ended up becoming more interested in languages and am now learning German, as a career choice. I finished University last term, I have doors open to me now that I never had before, and the same would be said if I took a degree thats considered a micky mouse degree (some people on here would consider a politics degree a micky mouse degree even though politics is what controls their life and their future education, get that for irony). I will always be able to progress with MAs and PHDs, or will be able to know whats better as a career choice because I opened my mind to the possibilities. I was originally going to become a brick layer, I'm glad I didn't, even if I'm on far less money at the minute.

Apparently Art courses are MM degrees, yet a society is valued not only by economics but by its culture. Fashion degrees are another apparent MM degree, where do you think the clothes half of the idiot students shouting for MM degrees to be scrapped come from?

No such thing as a micky mouse degree.

At least she is benefiting from the degree socially. Maybe when she's got off with the rest of her course she'll move on to pro footballers and become a WAG.
What are you studying out of interest?

Oh i don't know...freedom of speech?

Jus sayin.

And philos is not a Mickey mouse degree, Though the problem is, whoever's doing it (like me) would say that, and that could be regarded as a biased opinion. Whereas whoever doesn't do it doesn't have the experience of it to judge it.

It's most certainly their decision if they, the tax-payer, are funding these so-called degrees. I say it's all fair enough if the final degree, and thus career path, are benefiting the tax-payer who is essentially funding the degree. But, more likely than not, the degree is of no benefit to the ultimate socioeconomic power. So why bother?

im talking about a BSC degree in it and there is no educational requirements but , now days they are looking for people with higher qualificationa than just A-levels .Also, you get pushed through the probationary period a lot quicker

lol, your stupidty and ignorance makes me laugh. I think you are young and that life will teach you soon enough. You don't strike me as very bright at all so don't be too sure you would be getting a place at uni, if things were as you insist.

Stupid, stupid little girl.

Evidence of this?

From a simple Google search, "there is no formal educational requirement", like I said before. As far as I'm concerned, you're talking bull**** - WHERE does it say you get through it faster if you have a degree?



You could easily get into policing without a degree (as the website says).



Either way, it's your fault if you get into debt if you want to do your policing degree. It certainly is not necessary for your career aspirations, so if you want to get into debt, that's your problem. Technically you should not be going to university at all.

Why do you want to get into thousands of debt for?

That's not stupidity or ignorance, there are studies that back up what I've just said.

Also, you know nothing about my level of intelligence. I don't wish to sound arrogant, but I'm actually rather intelligent, a lot of my teachers describe me as a 'model student' and I tend to get good grades.
Thanks for your judgemental comments though, I appreciate it.

Being a "model student" and getting "good grades" does not mean you are intelligent it only means that you conform. However you are obviously very young so perhaps you will grow in intelligence as you get older.

I have career aims which will no doubt end up with me paying a lot in tax so I wouldn't say my degree is of no benefit, others might and I respect their decision, but at the end of the day it is my choice of subject.

How do you have the right to comment on if the degrees are "mickey mouse" or not?

Philosophy is useless, it just teaches people to try and prove a point by confusing people with irregular phrases and words rather than just getting to the damn point.

I thought "Mickey Mouse" degrees were supposedly easy ones. So are there actually people so backward that they consider Philosophy an "easy" subject?