What are the Career Opportunities for Humanities Graduates?
Graduates of the Humanities enter a wide-range of professions and find employment in many diverse areas such as in education, secondary and primary school teaching; journalism, radio, television and media in general; civil service and community based employment schemes. Graduates of the Humanities may wish to develop their Computer and I.T. skills that would make them good administrators of work related to the Arts and Technology. Today, large corporations are increasingly valuing Humanities students for their quick intelligence, their comprehensive perspective on tackling problems, their ability to articulate viewpoints and ideas, and their capacity to reason clearly and independently. Some graduates may wish to continue their academic studies at post-graduate degree level by doing Masters of Arts degree courses in Philosophy, Theology, English and other cognate disciplines. The Registration Council of the Post Primary Teachers’ Section of the Department of Education and the Register
