00:00all right so I got sent this video a
00:01while back and basically it's a video by
00:04Southern Utah University trying to
00:06convince you about why an art history
00:08degree is a good idea and at first when
00:11I got the request you guys know I try to
00:13keep my content on this channel mostly
00:15educational once in a while I'll post a
00:18funny video you know making fun of
00:19useless degrees or bad Investments but
00:22typically I try to stay away from like
00:24roast videos or Drama videos but
00:26honestly let me know if you want me to
00:28make more of those types of videos
00:29because I feel like you can make it
00:31educational somewhat like you can learn
00:33from other people's mistakes basically
00:35so yeah gently tap the like button if
00:37you want me to make more videos like
00:38this so I decided you know what they put
00:40the video out there they're trying to
00:42convince me that this degree is worth it
00:43and I consider myself to be very
00:45open-minded so let's go ahead give this
00:47video a watch and see if they can make
00:49some good points and change my mind at
00:52Southern Utah University everything we
00:55do is focused on you the student
00:58we believe that our entire life's work
01:00is helping you discover your purpose in
01:04to help you find your passion your
01:07talent we've created this series on
01:10who are we spotlighting today Ellen this
01:12is Spotlight on art history with Dr
01:15Andrew marvik all right so a lot to
01:18unpack here they say they're totally
01:20focused on the students and helping the
01:22students out and showing them how to
01:23find their passion in life so if this
01:25were actually true the university would
01:26not be charging a large amount of money
01:28for a degree that statistically has been
01:30shown to not lead to good employment
01:32outcomes for most of the students who
01:34graduate with it AKA this degree is not
01:36a good Financial investment because if
01:38you go to college at 18 years old you
01:40typically spend eighty thousand dollars
01:42and go forty thousand dollars in debt on
01:43a college degree that puts you in a
01:46massive Financial hole that many people
01:47are not able to escape all throughout
01:49their 20s and even their 30s many end up
01:52working multiple menial jobs that don't
01:54even require a college degree just to
01:56get by basically when colleges do this
01:58they are ruining the first half of
02:00people's lives so if what this guy said
02:02is true then he needs to present
02:03undeniable proof that this University is
02:06having really good outcomes for their
02:08students that study art history so let's
02:10watch the video and see what he says
02:13Andy yeah tell me about your field and
02:16what you love about your field the study
02:19of art the history of arts and the
02:22making of art are all connected and it's
02:24really about responding to your world
02:27it's it's it's the process of seeing and
02:31then reacting to what you've seen
02:34or to looking at how others have done so
02:38it's the process of seeing and then
02:41reacting and then looking at how others
02:43have done so so you're saying I should
02:45spend eighty thousand dollars to learn
02:47the process of seeing and reacting and
02:50looking at how others have done so got
02:52it sounds totally reasonable so what
02:55types of personalities or what types of
02:57individuals are are really drawn to this
02:59area of study art and art history are
03:02inextricably connected yes yes you you
03:05already said that so there are really
03:08several very different personality types
03:10that stand a good chance of success in
03:14the general field of Art and art studies
03:16Define good chance of success what are
03:20we talking like a one percent chance of
03:21becoming a professor so you can teach
03:23other suckers I mean students art
03:25history maybe another one percent chance
03:27you become an art curator that helps
03:29corrupt politicians launder money and
03:30evade taxes show me the numbers man show
03:33me the proof that you're actually
03:34helping people land these unicorn
03:36non-existent jobs if if you want me to
03:39spend eighty thousand dollars in four
03:40years of my life to go to your
03:42University and get this major you need
03:44to provide me with some concrete
03:46evidence that is going to help me
03:48achieve my financial goals what types of
03:51do art historians generally go into what
03:55it really turns out to be is an
03:58excellent springboard for office work
04:01work in business work in journalism work
04:05in any area where communication is key
04:08people who go into art history as a
04:11major will be writing and we'll be
04:14making videos and responding to artworks
04:18oral presentations with other students
04:21so they'll be getting a lot of
04:24experience at doing the kind of thing
04:27for-profit not-for-profit business in
04:29America needs most which is Young
04:32professionals who can communicate well
04:34all right so this is basically another
04:35red flag you hear this with just about
04:37any useless degree out there they claim
04:40that they're going to teach you all
04:41these soft skills like communication for
04:43instance then you start working and you
04:45realize the type of communication you
04:47were taught in college is not the same
04:49type of communication you need to know
04:51for the real world and you probably
04:52would have been much better off
04:53attending an organization like
04:55Toastmasters once a week for free and
04:57even if they do teach you communication
04:58skills you have to ask yourself is that
05:01worth eighty thousand dollars in four
05:03years of your life the answer is no of
05:05course it's not there are many other
05:06ways of learning these types of skills
05:08other than going to college and getting
05:09a useless or semi-useless degree also
05:12when you hear people making these
05:13wishy-washy type claims like it teaches
05:15you communication skills or critical
05:17thinking skills and all these other
05:19things that can't be measured this
05:21should set the alarm Bells off for you
05:23because anybody out there could say they
05:25taught their students communication
05:26skills or or critical thinking skills
05:28but how in the world would you ever be
05:30able to prove that that's either right
05:31or wrong they can't so I'm still not
05:34convinced that it's worth my time or my
05:35money I still haven't heard any concrete
05:37facts or numbers she tossed him a
05:39softball question and he totally missed
05:42on it is there anything else that you
05:44think that we need to know about
05:47um all right perfect there we go she's
05:49giving him yet another chance to provide
05:51proof of his claims let's see what he
05:54says well I mean perhaps you might want
05:57to know that at the general education
05:58level and here we're talking about say
06:00the 1010 intro to visual art course
06:05um we're now reworking that retooling it
06:09in phenomenal new ways I think the most
06:12important thing we're trying to do is
06:13reintegrate creative projects into what
06:17has for the last 20 or 30 years around
06:19the country generally uh been confined
06:23to art history lecture environment
06:26and I think one of the wonderful things
06:29about our new program in general
06:31education at suu is that we're enabling
06:35students from various backgrounds with
06:38various interests to find a way into Art
06:40and Design through doing not just
06:43through Reading and listening so
06:45basically what he's saying here is that
06:47students that go into art history are
06:48also going to be doing art itself so
06:51isn't that just an art degree
06:54what I still have no idea how that is a
06:58selling proposition that's going to
07:00convince me to do this degree that's
07:02fantastic that's great sounds like you
07:04have a real passion for what you do I
07:05have a feeling that this lady senses
07:07that she's in the presence of a bullet
07:09artist uh no pun intended uh she knows
07:12the degree is BS for like 99 of people
07:15at least that's that's the vibe I'm
07:16getting from her all right so I'm gonna
07:18make a flow chart here for you to decide
07:20if art history is a good degree for you
07:22so should you major in art history first
07:25question are you a trust fund baby the
07:27answer is no don't major in art history
07:29the answer is yes sure go ahead and
07:31major in it the end all right so if
07:33you're one of those Unfortunate Souls
07:35that did major in art history and you
07:36can't get a job and you don't know what
07:38to do maybe you're thinking about going
07:39back to school spending more time or
07:40money on another useless degree or maybe
07:42you don't want to go to college I do
07:44have a solution for you because this is
07:46something that I get all the time on
07:47this channel people when they're 22 23
07:5024 years old they went they got a
07:52useless degree or a semi-useless agree
07:54they finally realize that they're wrong
07:56and they want to see what their options
07:58out there are there are certain careers
07:59out there that don't care that you got a
08:01useless degree in many cases they don't
08:03even require a degree at all yet they
08:06have a ton of demand and they're high
08:07paying right here's a video of a girl I
08:09interviewed that got into a 100 000 plus
08:12remote job in about one and a half
08:14months here's a bunch of other
08:15interviews that I did I have an entire
08:17playlist for instance digital marketing
08:19is a great career for artistic types I
08:21did an interview with an artist who
08:23regretted getting her art degree but she
08:24managed to transition into digital
08:26marketing I did another interview with
08:27an actor in La who used digital
08:29marketing to increase his chances of
08:31success as an actor so if you want to
08:33skip all the pain of getting a useless
08:34or semi-useless degree or if you already
08:36got a useless degree and you really
08:38regret it check these out and I will put
08:40a link to a free digital marketing
08:42masterclass from the company who
08:43actually trained all of these people and
08:45got all of them their jobs I'll put that
08:46down in the description as well as the
08:48pinned comment below so this was the
08:50video in case you want to go look at it
08:51be nice right don't be too mean to them
08:53or anything like that but yeah suffice
08:56it to say they certainly did not
08:57convince me to get this degree I did not
09:00hear any convincing arguments or any
09:02proof whatsoever that people are getting
09:04a good return on their investment from
09:06this incredibly expensive degree so yeah
09:08check out this video of the artist who
09:09is able to transition into digital
09:11marketing right here I think you'll
09:13really enjoy it especially if you're an
09:14artistic type person and I will see you
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