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Which degree is the most useless?

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  • #62
    [Deleted User]
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    Batchelor of Circus Arts at the National Institute of Circus Arts, Australia (NICA), accredited by Swinburne University of Technology.
    Academic Integrity

    Throughout the Bachelor Degree, student assessment is continuous and includes academic units such as circus history, music and theatre technology, arts business management and anatomy. Students participate in two speciality apparatus activities, a group act and strength, fitness and conditioning classes, developing professionalism and safe performance practice. The aim is a viable and sustainable career future in the performing arts.

    My specialty apparatus would be the clown car.


  • #63
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    A PhD in many STEM fields doesn't get you more pay than a Masters


  • #64
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Candie wrote: »
    Batchelor of Circus Arts at the National Institute of Circus Arts, Australia (NICA), accredited by Swinburne University of Technology.



    My specialty apparatus would be the clown car.


    THAT IS THE BEST DEGREE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!


  • #65
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,123 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Arts. You can’t do anything with it until you do some sort of postgraduate study


  • #66
    [Deleted User]
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    THAT IS THE BEST DEGREE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!

    No need to shout. :)


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  • #67
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Candie wrote: »
    No need to shout. :)


    *whispers*

    I'm sorry. I just got really excited. :o


  • #68
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The degree not used. I only used mine for two years in work and then for work permits in Asia since, which any degree is ok for. That is more useless than anyone's who led them to decent long-term employment either directly or through a Masters.


  • #69
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    The PPE program at Oxford (Politics, Philosophy and Economics - and it's the history of economics at that, not the mathematical orientated stuff) if boards is to be believed, is among the most useless degrees; yet, it churns out the most influential people in business, politics, diplomacy, banking year after year.


  • #70
    Dr Strange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭Dr Strange


    Candie wrote: »
    Batchelor of Circus Arts at the National Institute of Circus Arts, Australia (NICA), accredited by Swinburne University of Technology.



    My specialty apparatus would be the clown car.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibrIc4ZZTs


  • #71
    LirW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Candie wrote: »
    Batchelor of Circus Arts at the National Institute of Circus Arts, Australia (NICA), accredited by Swinburne University of Technology.



    My specialty apparatus would be the clown car.

    Jokes on you, that industry is quite significant. Cirque du Soleil has the biggest casting department in the world in the entertainment industry.
    Other entertainment franchises are constantly on the look out for amazing and well-trained performers, entertainer and athletes.
    Know a guy who went to circus school. Animal of a man who now has a permanent theatre gig in Germany.

    It's usually quite difficult to get into circus and performance courses in the first place and it's really physically demanding. You spend years to put together a handful of performances. Most graduates are nothing short of athletes and some working in that field have previously been athletes on national level.


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  • #72
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,886 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Yurt! wrote:
    The PPE program at Oxford (Politics, Philosophy and Economics - and it's the history of economics at that, not the mathematical orientated stuff) if boards is to be believed, is among the most useless degrees; yet, it churns out the most influential people in business, politics, diplomacy, banking year after year.


    Sounds like something I'd be into, but the thoughts of college again gives me shivers


  • #73
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Arts. You can’t do anything with it until you do some sort of postgraduate study
    An arts degree in maths and philosophy is very useful for the finance corporations.


  • #74
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Arts. You can’t do anything with it until you do some sort of postgraduate study

    I, among several others in my cohort, got into a high-caliber graduate program off the back of an arts degree. Never looked back.


  • #75
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Film studies.


  • #76
    Bobblehats
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    Play us a tune!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ6Af1HiSU8


  • #77
    roroliam
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭roroliam


    I should have a degree in After Hours


  • #78
    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Sounds like you couldn't hack college!

    Agree, sounds like someone dropped out and is now trying to justify how worthless they think degrees are in order to feel a bit better about dropping out. Degrees in any subject can help get people jobs as they show a level of dedication and application in an interview candidate. It's better to have one then to not have one.


  • #79
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Whenever I do the totally pointless thing of "what should I have done differently", I always end up being glad I did arts. English and geography. I did a couple of certs too, which definitely had more practical value but so many companies expect a degree.

    What I think is more useless is a masters in arts, but a bachelor's - definitely worth having.


  • #80
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Hal3000 wrote: »
    Agree, sounds like someone dropped out and is now trying to justify how worthless they think degrees are in order to feel a bit better about dropping out. Degrees in any subject can help get people jobs as they show a level of dedication and application in an interview candidate. It's better to have one then to not have one.

    The problem with degrees like sociology is you need to attend a good university not some 3rd-rate one.


  • #81
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    vriesmays wrote: »
    The problem with degrees like sociology is you need to attend a good university not some 3rd-rate one.

    Unless you attend Stanford or Oxford, where you will be taught by genuinely world-class lecturers, most universities are much of a muchness - it's mostly self directed learning and the curricula will be fairly uniform across institutions. Despite half-hearted attempts at snobbery, all Irish universities are of more or less the same quality, not too good, not too bad. Some places excell in certain subject areas, but nothing particularly world-beating.


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  • #82
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Hamburgerology degree ?

    https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-hamburger-university-3-30?r=US&IR=T


  • #83
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Not a degree but ...
    https://asset-2.soup.io/asset/14440/7584_2f0b_500.jpeg


  • #84
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,886 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Has trump uni been mentioned yet?


  • #85
    [Deleted User]
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    Fat Studies. Its really a thing.


  • #86
    [Deleted User]
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    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    Has trump uni been mentioned yet?

    I'd say you would get a job out of that


  • #87
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Most degrees themselves are useful, if there is a demand. But its the amount of ****e courses and departments hoovering up public funds, for sinecures for niche "experts" to churn out bullshît papers/research.

    Public funding should follow labour demand.
    Or else fund your hobby degree in pre Christian intersectionalist mime yourself.


  • #88
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭NSAman


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Arts degrees are an incredible waste of time for anyone not looking to become a teacher or someone who’s retired.

    Funny thing about an Arts degree, I have one, yes got the HDip also. It is a great stepping stone to other things. With other degrees, I have found them all to be useful in some way.

    As the first kid to go to university in my family (fully funded by myself) education is something I have found to be the most useful thing to open doors. Be it in gaining visa’s for different countries etc. Having experience plus a degree gives you far more options in life than not having a degree.


  • #89
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,886 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Deleted User wrote:
    I'd say you would get a job out of that


    The best job in the world, I'd imagine


  • #90
    the dark phantom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭the dark phantom


    YFlyer wrote: »
    Back in the day in UL it was Public Administration and European Studies.

    European Studies is still going and just as useless as ever.


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  • #91
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Ah whatever about European Studies, public admin would be a good number to get into the civil/public service.

    There is a course in retail management. Now that's ridiculous.


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