re: What is the easiest Major?

Nursing is one of the hardest undergrad majors. Education on the other hand is historically the easiest. But of the choices on that list I would have to go with Marketing.

Sport management is definitely easier and possibly easiest but that wasn't an option in the OP

Education... basically general studies

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Is tough to judge, because it's largely student-driven in terms of subject matter/difficulty, and sub-standard departments are plentiful. In many cases, it can be harder than most people give it credit for. There's too much freedom in English to judge it as a single entity. Difficulty varies - Can be soul crushingly difficult (some undergrad programs will see Seniors writing 250+ pages of content their final 2 semesters, that's a lot), or lazy and easy. When taught correctly, it's Above Average Difficulty. And possibly high difficulty.

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Yes

Half the english department at most schools probably doubles as SJW training, so obviously if you're of the correct mind it'll take no effort.

But I suspect there is still some academic rigor left in plenty of english programs.

Hotel Management

Had a buddy who knew he wanted to be an Naval Aviator. Took the easiest major he could find and then applied to OCS-Flight Officer Training once he graduated.

Dude flies EF-18's and is living a hell of a life.

Marketing hands down.

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That part where you stick the syringe in the orange is intense

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I think doctors give the medical profession such an inferiority complex that some tend to oversell how hard their respective discplines are.

A lot of you guys keep mentioning English as an easy major.

I would hardly interpreting poetry and writing multiple 15 page term papers each semester as an easy major.

If I want an easy major, I wouldn't choose one as time consuming as English

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That might depend on the university. Biology after the initial core (Calc 1 and 2, Chem, Bio, Stats) takes a hell of a lot of critical thinking. You aren't passing org chem, genetics, cell bio, biochem, ecology, virology, etc., etc. without a hell of a lot of critical thinking - not to mention all the labs at those levels.

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I would concede some of those points for later courses, but early bio is a breeze really, that's why it kind of averages out.

If you're looking at Overall Difficulty - Physics (and it's relatives - Astronomy, Cosmology, etc.), Math, Chemistry, Econ, Philosophy are all Top Tier. The next group would probably be English, History, Biology, Computer Science, etc.

If you notice, most of these are more classic areas of study (sans Comp Sci), the problem with the rest is that they mostly came post-1960 with the need of hippy snowflakes where everyone needed to be their own thing. Business and Engineering were both vocational up to that point, not University, or Theoretical, in nature. They did/do not require that level of understanding or knowledge. And they still don't in general. That's why after these two tiers (plus a few missing majors), it's everything else in a giant barrel of "meh, not that hard at all."

Most people saying Education are right, because Education shouldn't be a college major, no offense to any Education majors. People should have broader degrees in their subject areas, even for Elementary Ed. The amount of superfluous degrees at most institutions is mind-blowing. Heck, even Physics should just be a part of Math, there's almost no need for a separate classification.


Gaps become much more prevalent post-Undergrad as MDs, Physicists, JDs, Chemists significantly separate themselves from the pack in most cases.