No, this is not about humanities majors, even though you may have thought so from the title.
Would the least valuable majors be those which:
* aim for a narrowly defined job and career direction, and
* are not preferred or advantageous over other more generalized majors by employers (or applicable professional schools or professional licensing exams)
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In addition, some of the targeted job and career directions may be small, or highly competitive and selective to get into. But what happens if someone with such a major does not get into the targeted job or career direction -- will employers in other areas question his/her commitment to the job in the other area, possibly thinking that s/he will leave as soon as an opportunity in the targeted area opens up?
Examples of possible candidates for this category:
* Computer game design (instead of computer science).
* Pre-med (
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