| You regret that you will graduate…with a degree | | | | dissertation on the Bolshevik Revolution might be |
| in Latin. Or maybe you still have a couple more | | | | the way to go. |
| years to go and are rethinking that Music Therapy | | | | 3. Film: Whereas studies in film can be exciting, |
| major. With the current recession and | | | | most of us won't win an Oscar. Further, the |
| unemployment, undergrads have begun to | | | | average film major earns around $45,000. Job |
| reconsider their majors. Based on salary, job | | | | prospects are limited and competitive, but if |
| opportunities, and ease, here are the degrees | | | | you're lucky, you may get a job with a production |
| college students deem most worthless: | | | | company. Try interning while in college. |
| 5. English Literature: Poetry might be your first | | | | 2. Philosophy: Once again, students stress the lack |
| love, but the general consensus is that | | | | of opportunities. "Philosophy has close to zero |
| Wordsworth will not help you that much in getting | | | | prospects job wise," recalls UMBC junior Natasha |
| a job. While a B.A. in English will not leave most of | | | | Myers*, "There's not much you can do with |
| us unemployed, we probably won't land a | | | | philosophy." Also, most philosophy majors do not |
| six-figure salary the moment we toss our caps | | | | have a career in a philosophy-related field. You |
| either. Unless you're the next Seamus Heaney, | | | | might not have a job…but you'll know why. |
| further studies in graduate or law school should | | | | 1. Social Work: Unless we're psychopaths, we all |
| help. | | | | want to help people. However, according to Lynn |
| 4. History: Penn State (Altoona) senior Ashley | | | | O'Shaughnessy, financial journalist and author of |
| Kendle argues that students cannot do much with | | | | The College Solution, the starting salary for social |
| history, aside from teach. "Most of the classes | | | | work majors is around $33,400. If you want to |
| require you to read a million books, write a million | | | | fight the economic recession, consider a second |
| papers, and take a few exams. It's not very | | | | major. If not, we laud the kindness of your heart. |
| interactive and doesn't sound very enjoyable," she | | | | Of course, a lot of us with these majors will |
| says. However, if you do want to teach, a | | | | make it big in the real world. |