The Benefits of an Arts Degree: The History Major
Introduction:
I was thinking today, what can I do with an Arts degree? Granted the following excerpts follow a very Western idea of thinking, but I must agree, there is worth in anything that expands your thinking.
On the Value of a Liberal Arts Degree:
No major, no academic program, is more practical than another. To approach a liberal arts education as a preparation for a particular vocation violates the spirit and integrity of the liberal arts and risks losing the very benefits that a liberal arts education brings to professional careers.
My Comment: You’re not pigeon-holed unless you think you are.
On the Justification of Why I Want to be a History Major:
Historians are specialists in change… History sharpens our hindsight, which must be clear if we expect to wisely judge current challenges and issues… [History majors] are people of curiosity…They learn to be critical and suspect the simple story, and expect to use evidence in their judgments.
My Comment: Evidence to back up your point is necessary for any argument. A skill I want to strengthen.
Conclusion:
So, dear Society, please stop telling me or giving me the impression that I’m wasting my time pursuing an Arts degree. There’s other people who can specialize in those other things they’re good in. I can pick up carpentry in my spare time.
Originally posted on April 25, 2007. Edited June 23, 2007.
