You shouldn ' t be forced to remain in a program that you cannot stand to be in . That doesn ' t benefit you or anyone else . Do you believe that your dad never forgave your brother because he didn ' t continue in Computer Science or was it because he dropped out of university altogether ? If you wanted to get into policing , are there any other potential degree options that you could explore while remaining at university ? <| sep |> I mean , the comment was mostly tongue in cheek , but I think the general thought I ' ve heard behind this is , yes you can get interesting jobs with an art history major , but generally speaking , the cost of the degree isn ' t worth it , as many of those jobs are attainable without an art history degree . As an example , I just looked at a list put out by the University of Minnesota that compiled job titles of various art history alumni . Some examplesExecutive director , YMCA completely unrelated fieldLibrarian totally attainable without said degreePublic school teacher sameDirector of Digital Marketing sameAntiques dealer you could do this without going to school at allObviously that list is cherry picked , but it seems like unless you specifically want to be like an archivist , gallerymuseum curator , exhibit designer , etc , then there are probably plenty of more practical degrees to spend your money on . The very fact that about half of the alumni listed had jobs in fields completely unrelated to art indicates to me that the demand for jobs definitely outweighs the supply . But again , I was just kinda being glib .