Texas Recruiting

[hoopmanx]

94 is right, I thought that family was a rock. No way Sed, of all the frosh, was the one who struggles in the classroom. Shows what I know

[dickey1331]

I thought it was common knowledge a history degree is pretty much worthless in the job market.

[LA_Mustang]

Maybe MK wants to coach and teach history when his playing career is over. Would that make his history degree worthless?

[StallionsModelT]

I thought it was common knowledge a history degree is pretty much worthless in the job market.

I think I'm doing pretty well thanks

[hoopmanx]

I thought it was common knowledge degrees don't matter, a year or two after entering the workforce

[smupony94]

Yeah, my anthropology degree sure has held me back

[Palmskee]

You could make a list of famous, successful people from any major. A history major doesn't prepare you to be productive in the 21st century economy; you're going to need substantial on-the-job training to do pretty much anything besides teach history or be a curator in a museum. Don't get me wrong, I love history and took some cool history classes at SMU, but if someone is going to get a college education in 2015 I'd tell them to focus on either a STEM major, Business or Econ and get a history minor (or double major if they're some try-hard).

Don't know how we got on this, but I doubled History/Finance at SMU. Can truthfully say that having History major in addition to Finance set me apart from others. Plus History is interesting.

That said, most of the History majors I finished school with either doubled in Lyle, wanted to get their PhD and teach history, or were planning on going to law school.

[hoopmanx]

Yeah, my anthropology degree sure has held me back

[StallionsModelT]

You could make a list of famous, successful people from any major. A history major doesn't prepare you to be productive in the 21st century economy; you're going to need substantial on-the-job training to do pretty much anything besides teach history or be a curator in a museum. Don't get me wrong, I love history and took some cool history classes at SMU, but if someone is going to get a college education in 2015 I'd tell them to focus on either a STEM major, Business or Econ and get a history minor (or double major if they're some try-hard).

Don't know how we got on this, but I doubled History/Finance at SMU. Can truthfully say that having History major in addition to Finance set me apart from others. Plus History is interesting.

That said, most of the History majors I finished school with either doubled in Lyle, wanted to get their PHd and teach history, or were planning on going to law school.

Yup. I was I Poly Sci/History double major and I work for one of the largest investment banks in the world. Go figure.

[mrydel]

Yeah, my anthropology degree sure has held me back

You can always find work at Ancestory.com

[PerunasHoof]

You could make a list of famous, successful people from any major. A history major doesn't prepare you to be productive in the 21st century economy; you're going to need substantial on-the-job training to do pretty much anything besides teach history or be a curator in a museum. Don't get me wrong, I love history and took some cool history classes at SMU, but if someone is going to get a college education in 2015 I'd tell them to focus on either a STEM major, Business or Econ and get a history minor (or double major if they're some try-hard).

Don't know how we got on this, but I doubled History/Finance at SMU. Can truthfully say that having History major in addition to Finance set me apart from others. Plus History is interesting.

That said, most of the History majors I finished school with either doubled in Lyle, wanted to get their PhD and teach history, or were planning on going to law school.

Same here, double majored in both. I would say that the quality of students in my history classes was higher than in my finance ones. Personal opinion though.

Definitely not a throwaway degree on a stand alone basis. Teaches you to write and be able to constructively argue. Finance taught me how to use a calculator and do journal entries. The subject matter is A LOT easier in finance.

[PonyKai]

Yeah, my anthropology degree sure has held me back

[Charleston Pony]

I've always looked at a college degree (and good grades to go with it) as an indication that individual is a capable and willing learner...figuring I was going to be responsible for training anyone I hire to do the job I'm asking them to do.

[EastStang]

A college degree is what matters, not necessarily the major. Obviously where you got the degree matters. I think there's a difference between a degree from SMU and the University of Phoenix. And between Sam Houston State and Yale.

[Rebel10]

I thought it was common knowledge degrees don't matter, a year or two after entering the workforce

I think it was where you got your degree doesn't matter 5 years after you are out of college that someone posted. Some guy that graduated from SMU was embarrassed about the school getting caught again and how it made his degree look bad or something like that even though he had been out of school for over 20 years. Someone(SMT?) then said that after 5 years you shouldn't be depending on where you got your degree from anyway. I think SMT posted that and I tend to agree,