Pros and cons of studying BA
Matthew:
December 19th, 2006
I, like one third of people that graduated from university in 2005, have a feeling I studied the wrong course. I took a BA in Geography, which left me with little in the way of specific skills or knowledge especially applicable to the contemporary workplace. I suspect I would be vastly more employable has I studied a subject which taught me something of the business world or gave me a field to specialise in.
This perhaps, is a somewhat narrow-minded analysis of my education. If you think a degree should give you a set of skills which will give you a direct path into a career, and sustain your development along that specific career path, then my BA, and thousands like it, are indeed somewhat deficient. However, surely education is equally about developing one’s mental faculties and maturing the personality in a more general sense. I can’t complain about my degree in this sense, and greatly valued my time at university in terms of personal development, even if it hasn’t landed me straight into a generously salaried career.