can anyone explain to me exactly what is a liberal arts degree?
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>>17254184
but seriously now
>>17254175
Non-Americunt here for an answer
>>17254175
A degree in a non-technical or non-pre-career field, chosen and designed primarily for the value and pleasure of learning for its own sake, and not just as a means to a job - e.g., English, philosophy, history, etc.
Many universities and small colleges promote this approach, buy offering or requiring a wide variety of courses in various fields - i.e., everyone has to take at least one science, one arts or literature, one something else, etc. - or by having a core curriculum - i.e. great books, history of philosophy, etc - that everyone has to take along with a major.
Those who think of university solely as a road to a job sneer at this approach, since it seems "useless" to them - though, in fact, employment possibilities for liberal arts grads are not significantly lower than for STEM or business majors.
Those who suspect that it might actually be a nice thing to leave college with some education beyond career training are attracted to the approach.
>>17254175
back in the day it made you better than 90% of chumps applying for a job
in todays world, it means you graduated high school and now have 30k in debt and desperately need a job.
don't let mom convince you that communications degree is worth it. she's not wrong, in 1980 it was worth it, today it's not
A degree in the humanities. Usually involves a lot of paper writing and research, but it depends on your major.