Is there anyone who is familiar with this major group, speciafically general studies? so far, i will probably go to community college and earn my associates degree, and depending on my situation at that time, transfer to a university and earn a bachelors degree im just curious whether general studies is a viable major, and what kind of jobs are available? i appreciate any help
general studies don't get you much. Lots of people who start as general studies end up switching half way through college. If you are going to a jr college first general studies is cool cause you can get all your basic classes out of the way. Maybe by that time you will have decided that you like something enough to make it your major.
i am also considering a philosophy or religious studies major sadly, not many colleges in my area offer it that is, the colleges i can afford, or get into
in my school (KU...univ. of Kansas), liberal arts is just a school with like a dozen majors to choose from. But they are the "general studies" majors like psych, soc(my major), journalism, communication, etc.
lol, jacod, KU is were my gf is going even though that is irrelevant im just asking whether you guys would reccomend general studies, as i am undecided, and questioning the whole career thing
thats really a question you are best suitable to answer. It takes a long time to figure out what you want to do. Are you good at helping people with emotional issues? Then do some psych....are you a business man and want to sell people stuff? Do business....do you want to learn and study society? then do sociology, etc. You have to ask yourself what you personally are good at, or what career best suits you. Then start off undecided (probly the best thing to do) and after a year or two you can start focusing more on an individual career. Besides, the first year of college is all mandatory stuff that all freshman have to take anyways (atleast at most places), and you cant really dive deep into your "chosen" career until your 2nd-4th year of college. So being undecided now is totally fine, probly a good thing
Liberal arts is probaby the best degree for many people.This is because most employers are only looking for a sheepskin.Plus, for higher education, its one of the most highly regarded fields of study.Not only that, but you actually learn something valuable in cultural and humanistic terms.Go for it ( Me: liberal arts , Humanities, 1988 the University of Texas..{read TAXES})!!
i don't think most colleges even offer a general studies major, except as a transitional thing until you pick your actual course of study. it would make sense though, since lots of people end up in jobs completely unrelated to their major
I do believe that most employers just want to see that you've gotten a degree. The fact that you've made it through College tells them that you are a reasonably intelligent individual who should be able to learn the skills necessary for the job on offer. However, this does not describe all professions and careers. I would still recommend that you think about what you are going to be doing the rest of your life, because you may need to take some classes that will be relevant to your career. Take my example, for instance. I got a liberal arts degree with a major in International Business. I studied, history, theater, and literature to go with my International Business and Spanish language studies. I thought I wanted to work in International Marketing. This means that I would be studying foreign cultures, and changing products that we make here in the USA to fit the needs, wants and culture of the foreigners. There are many cases of companies wasting millions of dollars trying to sell a product overseas, but not doing the proper research, so the product never sold. I quickly found out that I didn't like it. I was going to have to start in entry level marketing, which I didn't like. So, now I am a pharmacist. But I had to go back to college to take the pre-requisites for pharmacy school, which took me three years. If you can discover something that you would be good at, that you want to do, and that will provide you with the income to support your family, before you get to far into college, then that could literally save you years and thousands of dollars. My dad, on the other hand, majored in biology (which I wish I had done, of course, because that was a pre-req for pharmacy) then flew airplanes for 40 years. Didn't have anything to do with biology. So go figure.
There are some good starter jobs in my area that require associates degrees-like driving for enterprise or something like that. I'm majoring in Liberal Arts until I get smart enough to transfer to another school that I want to go to. It's going to be the biggest waste of time-I can already feel it.
