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Most Overrated/Underrated Degree Subjects?

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Original post by Johnflight
All the haters of economics on this post, I urge you, reconsider. It is a highly challenging and fulfilling degree, which also leads to a good career more often than not. Economics is a science, and whilst I'm one of the first to agree that there are some crazy theories in their, the subject as a whole is really brilliant and gives you incredible skills, as its both a quantitative and qualitative area (one of the few subjects where both these skills are needed and taught).
P.S before anyone starts moaning that economics isn't a science, please take a moment to actually look at what economics is: Economics defines itself as the science of choice and resource allocation.


That's so weird because I urge all the haters of economics to reconsider. It is a highly challenging and fulfilling degree, which also leads to a good career more often than not. Economics is a science, and whilst I'm one of the first to agree that there are some crazy theories in their, the subject as a whole is really brilliant and gives you incredible skills, as its both a quantitative and qualitative area (one of the few subjects where both these skills are needed and taught).
P.S before anyone starts moaning that economics isn't a science, please take a moment to actually look at what economics is: Economics defines itself as the science of choice and resource allocation.
Original post by Johnflight
All the haters of economics on this post, I urge you, reconsider. It is a highly challenging and fulfilling degree, which also leads to a good career more often than not. Economics is a science, and whilst I'm one of the first to agree that there are some crazy theories in their, the subject as a whole is really brilliant and gives you incredible skills, as its both a quantitative and qualitative area (one of the few subjects where both these skills are needed and taught).
P.S before anyone starts moaning that economics isn't a science, please take a moment to actually look at what economics is: Economics defines itself as the science of choice and resource allocation.


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Original post by Lisagurlxx
That's so weird because I urge all the haters of economics to reconsider. It is a highly challenging and fulfilling degree, which also leads to a good career more often than not. Economics is a science, and whilst I'm one of the first to agree that there are some crazy theories in their, the subject as a whole is really brilliant and gives you incredible skills, as its both a quantitative and qualitative area (one of the few subjects where both these skills are needed and taught).
P.S before anyone starts moaning that economics isn't a science, please take a moment to actually look at what economics is: Economics defines itself as the science of choice and resource allocation.


Its the "Dismal science". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dismal_science
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Original post by Incubator
It is over rated. It shouldn't even be a degree in my opinion. You don't need a degree for any of the roles you've stated above. At least with Maths and Chemistry degrees you can actually become a mathematician or a chemist. I've never heard of a sociologist before.


omg :frown: please tell me you're joking
Original post by Don John
In a sense yes. People don't often realise that doctors are basically the mechanics of biology. Biologists are the actual scientists but people trust doctors' advice more than biologists!


lol what?

Clinical practice and knowledge is COMPLETELY different from science. Ignorant post.
Law is overrated as well as medicine and dentistry and any other 'life long dream' profession. Although, I'd say dentistry to a lesser extent than the other two.
Underrated: any creative subject such as, English and the arts that actually require you to use your imagination and not just churn out cold, statistical, facts :tongue:
Original post by Johnflight
Economics defines itself as the science of choice and resource allocation.


Microeconomics, specialising in game theory and decision science, is indeed extremely useful. Look at the amount of game theorists who've been awarded nobel prizes for issues surrounding things like the nuclear arms race (proving mathematically through economics what the best strategy is).

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