Is Business the new Liberal Arts?

[CrazyKell]

Originally Posted by sherri_chickie

My husband has a business degree and he has never used it, at least I used my liberal arts degree, well maybe my liberal arts degree was just a stepping point for my Ed. Degree ( to be totally honest) and the main reason he hasn't used his business degree is that he got his pilots license while in University and is a commercial pilot..

But from what he says, his business degree is pretty useless.

Wrong on a lot of levels. Saying you never used your degree is like saying you never used your elementary school education.

Education teaches you something. That "something" might be different for everyone. But it taught you things, or rather you learned from it, and those experiences are of value.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

But I don't actually believe your chances are better with business. I think a lot of employers just want to see A degree and don't actually care too much what it is. Obviously there are going to be exceptions to that rule.

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i disagree, a bach of business admin/mgmt looks alot better then bach of theatre.

esp. for any job outside of the entertainment industry.

[CrazyKell]

Originally Posted by RACER X

i disagree, a bach of business admin/mgmt looks alot better then bach of theatre.

esp. for any job outside of the entertainment industry.

I used to think that too. But to be honest.....getting jobs is less about that than you think. It sucks but it's the truth.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

I used to think that too. But to be honest.....getting jobs is less about that than you think. It sucks but it's the truth.

i guess thats your opinion. mines diff.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by RACER X

i disagree, a bach of business admin/mgmt looks alot better then bach of theatre.

esp. for any job outside of the entertainment industry.

Depends what school you go to..........A top-notch liberal arts school attracts recruiters from all over.

[sherri_chickie]

I guess what I meant was not so much that we didn't " use" our degrees, because of course we have, they really teach a person how to think critically, but more so that the degrees were not instrumental in my husband getting a job as a pilot nor so much my b.a in psych getting me my teaching job.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Trip

Business was the party degree at UT when I was there. People who couldn't hack it in engineering transferred to the Business school.

Hey, I resemble that remark!

For the most part a business degree is more useful than a LA degree if 1) you are trying to get a job in business and 2) you have no experience. There are other times when it can give you an advantage but they are limited. Concerning the utility of the degree, even excluding work I use what I learned pretty often.

[karl_1052]

When I was in my early 20s, all the partiers who didn't know what they wanted all became psych majors.

I imagine it does go in cycles, but I can see business being the new english lit majors.

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

When I was in my early 20s, all the partiers who didn't know what they wanted all became psych majors.

I imagine it does go in cycles, but I can see business being the new english lit majors.

Psych is for the people who dont know what they want to do. Business is for the people just know they want to get a job.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Depends what school you go to..........A top-notch liberal arts school attracts recruiters from all over.

we're talking degree's not type of schools.