Certainly there is no degree that guarantees
one a job in and by itself however given the
current economic situation and the fast
pace of economic and technological shifts in
the continent and Nigeria in particular
there are degrees you would be better off
not investing your time and resources to
acquire as opportunities afforded in those
areas are increasingly getting eroded. If
however you have a degree in any of them
and finding it tough to make career
headway it’s time to put on your thinking
cap.
Not all degrees are created equal before
employers; some are actually becoming
obsolete and have less competitive
advantage in the labour market of today.

1. General Arts
General arts cover anything from art
history to painting/sculpture. In the
western world and developed countries
having a degree in the arts could fetch one
decent job opportunities several years ago.
After the depression however and with
many European economies still struggling to
recover it’s becoming increasingly tough to
find opportunities for majors in such areas
like archeology, painting/fine art, history
etc.
Over here in Nigeria the harsh economic
conditions mean that if you invest your time
in any of these fields you may have to try
out setting up on your own and even that is
not easy given the conditions of doing
business in Nigeria. The opportunities for
these sort of degrees are shrinking and
people with the academic credentials
thinking to get themselves a job in related
field would have to do a lot of innovative
and proactive thinking. Career Counsellors
advise those who want to study such things
as art, dance, and music to have a specific
strategy. Sometimes a way out could be
getting a higher degree (such as Masters)
and going into teaching.

2. Humanities and Liberal Arts
If you love sitting, thinking about the
intricacies of life and expounding on
theories of existence or analysing political
theories and events there may not be enough
opportunities to do that in real life with
your philosophy or political science degree
and earn good money.
Humanities and Liberal Art degree courses
like Anthropology, Political Science,
Philosophy and many more do not give the
graduates who possess them specific in-road
into the employment market. Unlike
professional courses like Engineering, and
the Business fields having a degree in any of
the Humanities may not really point one to a
specific career direction. The opportunities
are equally not clear-cut which is why many
holders of Humanities degrees find their
way into the academia. Making a career
headway with these degrees with require a
better strategy from the person concerned.

3. Education
Unless you are willing to take higher
degrees and pursue teaching opportunities
at higher levels of the education ladder
having an education degree is hardly going
to get you the best jobs. A survey of the
pay for education degree holders who teach
in secondary schools across the country
show it is hardly worth the expenses
incurred in acquiring the degree. When you
remember that non-education degree
holders also battle for teaching jobs with
those who hold education majors the reality
of the situation gets clearer.
The only way a graduate degree holder in
Education will do better is either to go for
higher qualifications and try to break into
higher level teaching or do a career switch
entirely and go for higher qualifications in a
different field that has more career
prospects.

4. Religious Studies
Given the way churches and self styled
pastors are springing up in every nook and
cranny it should appear that splurging
money on a religious studies degree will
present the holder with bright prospects.
However nothing can be further from the
truth. Except you are willing to plunge in
and open your own church down the street,
become a quran clutching preacher etc
there are hardly any existing opportunities
for you to explore if you have a religious
studies degree and wish to exploit
opportunities therein. The only ones that
come to mind is becoming a Religious
Educator, working in religious
establishments (if those even exist in the
formal way) as Chaplain, Instructors, in
Administration, Fundraising etc. The
picture is not at all appetizing

5. Mass Communication
In considering Mass Communication we had
a struggle with choosing a few other courses
ahead of mass communication but at the end
the argument was too much against mass
communication degree.
The sheer volume and number of mass
communication students and graduates in
manay higher institutions across the country
mean that anyone holding a mass
communication degree and hoping to pursue
a related career with it had better pray
and look for a superior strategy.
The increasing introduction of media
technology is eating away at the former
strongholds of mass communication
graduates. Reporters and Journalists find
the rug being gradually pulled of their feet
as bloggers and writers who hitherto knew
nothing about mass communication take over
the business of news discovery and sharing.
Newspapers and Television are no longer
holding the baton in exclusive control of the
media business. For mass communication
majors who wish to find and pursue the
right careers they need to understand the
change in mass media and communication
tools and acquire the right skills.

Are there any degrees you feel do not have
good prospects in the Nigerian Labour
market and should be in the above list? Let
us know in the comments below.

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OP, you don't know what you are saying.
This smells of copy&paste&without analyzing.

This is somewhat true

There re many factors involved A degree on its own cant be categorized as low potential wiout considering grade, location and many other factors in Conjuction

We complain about the bad educational sector, yet unreasonable people like op think studying educational courses is bad. Even universities admit the people that can't be in the 'popular' faculties into education. So abeg, wetin be the future of Nigerian kids when the dumb people are the ones studying education? hmmmm. Them go teach OUR children nonsense finish, OUR eyes go clear!


Btw, op. I keep saying this; No course is a bad course. It all depend on many factors. I've said my own.

Sorry guys, if I offended you in any way, but I just had to post this, cause there's a lot of truth in it, whether we like it or not, this is Nigeria and we all know the current situation of our dear country. Nowadays people just go to higher institutions to get a degree to make MONEY...you heard me, making money is now the main thing in this country, so what's the need of having a degree with all the big names, and yet, you cannot have a nice rich life. Period!!!

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