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Liberal Arts

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  • 19-04-2010 10:39pm
    #1
    Yupp2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭


    What subjects do you study in Liberal Arts ? :)


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    #2
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,010 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Pretty much whatever you want under the "Arts" banner. There are only two core Liberal Arts modules per year, and then the usual choice of Arts streams. Basically, a degree for someone who can afford to be "educated" without having to worry about being employable afterwards.* Check UCD's website for the module details.

    * I'm kidding. I hope. In the USA, at least, "liberal arts graduate" is a long-running synonym for "low employment prospects", but some folks disagree.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



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    mloc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭mloc


    You would actually have to be crazy to do a liberal arts course in the current jobs market. The fact they are government funded is insanity.


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    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    As someone who did an arts degree (not liberal arts) I will say don't do it. It's hard enough getting anything half way decent with an arts degree, let alone a liberal arts one. To put it simply, don't do it. I know one girl that did it during the pre-recession times, she worked as a stage hand, even when there was money in the country it was still hard to get a job with this degree. She just about managed to get on one of those Aldi manager training courses about a year ago.


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    keepkeyyellow
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭keepkeyyellow


    arts is a great degree that allows you to be whatever you wanna do :) especially it's a teacher......

    but if you want a job, go do a degree that gives you a title other than a scholar at the end

    If you want to spend 3 years making a name for yourself and get a job off all your experience and extra-curricular activities do Arts


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