What can you do with a B.A. Liberal Studies???

[CollegeStudent7]

I'm going for BA Natural Sciences/Mathematics since I have so many credits for it, but I have seen so many of you with a LS degree on here and I just wonder why you chose to do things that way and what you can actually do with it. Replies? :patriot:

[durandtheman]

One thing to note, it doesn't necessarily matter WHAT your degree is in, many times it is important that you at least HAVE a degree.

Check out a job description you are interested and and look at the Requirements, many will say "BA/BS Required". They don't say "BA/BS in our specific field necessary." Find the job YOU want and apply. Mold your resume to what they are looking for.

I work in Corporate retail. Our work is almost entirely focused on numbers, yet there is such a large variety of degrees. One of my supervisors is a Political Science major, and she manages $3million dollars for her departments. I didn't even have a degree when I got my position. I started as a Temp with no end date on my contract. My work was well received and was given an offer for Full-Time. My position is one that others with Bachelors also apply for.

Yes, a relavent degree helps in the understanding of a field and may help, but it's really how confident you are in an interview that will ultimately get you a position. Many positions have such different systems, they just want you to have a degree so they KNOW you have the ability to learn their systems.

Granted, my field of expertise is limited to mainly business and retail and some IT, but from the scope of people whom I work with, it's more how you carry yourself than it is what your degree says you know.

[burbuja0512]

One thing to note, it doesn't necessarily matter WHAT your degree is in, many times it is important that you at least HAVE a degree.

:iagree:

I totally agree but yes you will need to pick some sort of area of expertise. Most people I have worked with in sales don't have one specific degree type. Right now my closest colleagues are: a psych major, an English major, and a chemistry major. However, two out of three of these did go on to get an MBA mid-career.

If you have a liberal arts (or a natural science degree for all that goes) and switch from job field to job field, you'll only ever be qualified for entry-level positions unless you're really lucky. Employers want to see a degree and for many jobs, it may not matter what the area of study is, but they do want to see that you have interests, skills, and passion in a certain area. It sounds cheesy, but when you're applying for a job, they want to see that everything you've done in your career has prepared you exactly for that job. They always want to think that you're applying for either your dream job, or at least the company of your dreams AND that you have not only an initial goal at that company, but that you also know how you would plan to grow and contribute within that organization.

If I had the credits, I would choose the natural science degree just because a science degree makes you sound smart , however if you're still thinking about a career as an executive assistant, I'm not sure that it would matter either way.

[Potatoloco]

I'm going for BA Natural Sciences/Mathematics since I have so many credits for it, but I have seen so many of you with a LS degree on here and I just wonder why you chose to do things that way and what you can actually do with it. Replies? :patriot:

I recently switched from Business Administration to Liberal Studies, mainly because the career I'm entering requires a degree with little regard to what the degree is in, but values experience.

Plus it helps now I have 20+ credits that come back into play that I couldn't use otherwise.

[Katterina]

I switched from a Psychology major to Liberal Studies. Basically, I needed a degree faster than anticipated to "check the box" for a great job. Plus I had a pretty good idea that I would be pursuing an MS in Psychology later on. Funny, now that I have the MS, no one ever asks about my undergrad.

[CollegeStudent7]

I switched from a Psychology major to Liberal Studies. Basically, I needed a degree faster than anticipated to "check the box" for a great job. Plus I had a pretty good idea that I would be pursuing an MS in Psychology later on. Funny, now that I have the MS, no one ever asks about my undergrad.

That's kind of what I needed as well, but since I don't plan on going for my Masters, I stepped back and rethought it. :-p So literally no one asks you about your undergrad now? Cool.