MONTREAL GAZETTE | Are Arts grads unemployable? No, that's a myth
"More and more evidence shows that studying the humanities trains you in what we now call 'transferable skills' of analysis and communication, abilities useful in any field, and which in fact may be even more necessary in the coming years," writes Maggie Kilgour, Molson Professor of English Language and Literature at McGill University.
It is understandable that many concerned parents and teachers today urge bright students to study the STEM subjects that are conventionally assumed to lead to good, steady jobs. The myth that the arts and humanities are a career dead-end has become deeply entrenched. This is partly of course because such disciplines as philosophy do not translate into tidily identifiable career categories (which is too bad: it would be wonderful to see an ad that read: “Wanted: Philosopher”). This makes it hard to explain easily to outsiders what a student might do with a humanities BA.
