Pretty much what was summed up above is my feeling about it too. If you know you want to either be a teacher/professor, it’s a great field to be in. You won’t find a lack of jobs when it comes to that, as EVERY major out there in every university requires around a 1/4 of your total classes to consist of liberal arts. But if you don’t want to be a teacher then more than likely things will become difficult since there’s probably an oversaturation of liberal art graduates in a field that already has a narrow demand in the real world. No doubt liberal arts graduates are the major factor in the 90% ratio of college students who end up (after 10 years) working in a completely different career than what they majored in.

On a side note I have several friends who graduated with liberal arts degrees and achieved mixed successes. One is currently in her Ph.D program since she is going to be a professor. Things look very upbeat for her. The other (a graduate of “Interdisciplinary Studies”) found a job with the Education Board Budget Deparment. Not exactly something she had set out for though. I wish counselors would stress to students the realities of some of their degrees, how some have an instant demand out there (like engineering, accounting, Finance), while others have demands too but it’ll take more dedication to get what you want.

The previous poster was fairly correct—a BA in a liberal arts field is good if you know that you will have to go to graduate/law school.

I got my BA in Political Science/S.Asian studies with the intention of teaching the social Sciences. However, I have found that if this were not the case—my University degree would be of very little *practical* use to me. The vast majority of Liberal Arts majors like myself who have decided not to go on have found themselves working in human resources, customer service and other fields that they probably did not envision themselves in nor particularly like 🙁

If you want to get a BA in a “soft subject” like Women’s Studies or Political Science do—but you may also want to pair it with something that will make you a bit more marketable.

It isn’t bad, sometimes annoying. I did enjoy getting a small sprinkling of various subjects, it certainly is helpful for student who aren’t sure what they want to do. There were times I wished I could just focus on history classes and not worry about other courses.

It’s good if you want to be a teacher or sometimes if you want to be a lawyer too.