re: Liberal Arts Majors: Did your college courses prepare you for your jobs?

I was a mass comm and history double major.

I've worked in communications and marketing for 25 years, with no prolonged periods of unemployment.

My liberal arts education gave me the background to think abstractly and creatively, and the communication skills to inspire and lead others. There have been many times I have been in a room and the boss says "we need an idea for (x)" and the room turns and looks at me.

Liberal arts majors are capable of much more than people assume they are. Arts and humanities are where leaders are born, where great people and great ideas are studied, criticized and renewed. Only the narrow minded would close off opportunity to someone based simply on a degree.