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What can you do with a liberal studies degree?

If you're having trouble choosing just one discipline to study in college, then liberal studies might be the major for you. Liberal studies is a field that involves multiple areas of study, or disciplines. This interdisciplinary major allows students to dig deep into a wide variety of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. By integrating multiple disciplines, liberal studies equips students with the critical thinking and communication skills they need to succeed in nearly any career.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - What is Liberal Studies + Why study it
2:41 - Course progression + What you really study
5:00 - Who should study Liberal Studies
5:43 - Common pitfalls
8:07 - What can you do with Liberal Studies + Next steps
10:54 - Conclusion
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[alexandriai]

Most jobs just want you to have a degree to get your foot in the door. This major allows you to do just that. I got my BA in Liberal Studies. My first job was working in HR and as a legal assistant and my salary was 50K in 2019. This degree will most definitely open doors for you. You just need to know how to sell yourself during the interview.

[Pruitt]

I’ve told every high schooler I’ve ever worked with the same thing: Doesn’t matter how good/ interesting a degree sounds, if you can’t look five years into the future and find good work as an end result, pick something else. You don’t need to enter a degree program to study something you enjoy, especially in this day and age. If people thought practically about their college/ post high school choices, we wouldn’t have much of the debt crises we’re in now. High school guidance departments tend to make college seem like the only acceptable option, and I’ve seen many students go in in blind faith, having no idea what career options or financial hardships await them.

[Historybuff]

I wouldn't' recommend this degree to anyone but the privileged few that don't need to take on debt and have a career. Sorry to say, if you expect a return on investment for a degree like this: Good Luck!

[heynonnynonnie]

Man, the comments are so unimaginatively negative here. I got my BA in philosophy in 2015 and I immediately got a job in finance. I use things I learned in (formal logic and epistemology) philosophy courses every day in finance. I'm not rich by any means but I live a comfortable life. Your degree doesn’t 100% guarantee your career. College teaches you how to recognize a doorway and a degree puts your foot in that door. You have to figure out how you're gonna get all the way into the next room from there. Unless you're shooting for a job with very specific prerequisites, the only thing that matters is if you actually grow during your study. Graduating pre-med, but hating it and never feeling like you really grasped anything from your classes, doesn’t prepare you for a job and leaves you in a much worse spot than studying something that you're naturally good at/passionate about but doesn't have a straightforward career path. For a long time, I double majored in biochemistry and philosophy, and now I regret all the time and effort suffering in organic chem classes I could barely pass when I could have doubled in literature or taken music theory classes which would have helped me so much with my current hobbies and lifestyle.

[peterchung]

I will take Liberal Studies once I get to my 100th rebirth and unlock the cheat codes for life lol

[alexreid]

Honestly, if you don’t know what you want to do, just put off college. You can always go back to school later. There’s nothing wrong with interdisciplinary degrees, but it really helps to get one that gives you some kind of focus… unless you just have money to burn, just go work somewhere and get some life experience first.

[alexandereast]

At college, I liked doing liberal arts in addition to my craft - learning history, philosophy, literature etc. exposed me to a lot of new ideas and is beneficially financially and in life in general. Going all-in on liberal arts is a tougher sell.

[FrancesBaconandEggs]

I think this is a great idea if you supplement it with concrete work experience and maybe even pre-med or pre-law requisites. I majored in biology but took a huge range of liberal arts classes that gave me a diversity of skills and interests. I am so grateful that I could get this experience along with the niche molecular biology classes I took for my major.
I knew people who also took a broad variety of liberal arts classes who went on to get a law degree, MD, or an MBA.
That being said, I did get scholarships and had several jobs so that I could graduate debt-free, which is not an option for many people.

[alex]

An Exams series where you guys cover like the SAT, APs, GSCEs, etc. would be cool

[dankattack]

Stop falling for college and an eternity of debt. Get a skill and live your life with your own value at the forefront.

[rwpruot]

I think that I'm interested in Liberal Arts!

[Jake-izrp]

Getting a degree that ends with an unclear skill set that I must learn to explain to potential employers is very pricey payoff, and interestingly a great idea for a comedy sketch.

[ashleyr]

At Cal Poly SLO, liberal studies is a K-12 education major. Some people sign up for it thinking that it is what is described in this video. I'm not sure if other schools use this major for the same purpose as CPSU.

[ayodele]

Would be awesome if y’all did a series for non-traditional students

[BlaxKid]

39k salary for a liberal arts degree isn't bad tbh, just don't spend more than 10k out of pocket on it. If you go into debt for a Liberal Arts degree or any college degree I'm going to be upset with you. State College (in state) + part time job= Debt free. Ok kid, have fun at college try to make friends at places other parties. Seriously, nerds win in the end. Even the ones that studied Liberal Arts.

[mrmartywaring]

I believe if you minor or double major in something practical & flexible like business administration or plan to go to law school, you can make it work.

[kimmickal]

Bachelor's Degrees are very valuable in Japan. Any major.

[LvBard]

“Lily is passionate about a lot of things, but Lily also understands that college isn’t facilitated for her to get “higher learning” but to cascade her into debt so that she can get a piece of paper that might get her a job in the future. This in mind, she avoids a Liberal Studies degree and instead gets free second education from the infinite well of knowledge that is the internet.”

[blackmcbain]

your degree shouldn't be an obstacle 😒🤦🏾‍♂️

[wheelersway]

This will guarantee a career in unemployment. This is the highest demographic of unemployed college grads.