Joseph, you yourself was modeh that Rav elchonon Wasserman ZT”L allowed college for parnassah.
I never took Political Science. The most useless course I took was calculus, and it turned out to be incredibly useful later in life. Furthermore, a Bachelor’s degree needs 120 credits. The parnassah available with an actual degree is not the same as a junior degree from COPE. That said, one should minimize the useless courses.
Joseph, a few questions, non-hostile:
1. What is your parnassah now?
2. Did you go to college to get that job?
3. If 2. is true, Are you a. regretting it, or b. merely pointing out the alternative shitos lehagdil Torah ulehaadirah?
Some here would call you a hypocrite if the answer to 3 (assuming 2) was b., but it’s not true. Yagdil Torah Veyaadir does include all relevant shitos. And as always, everyone should ask their poseik.