I happen to have a degree in Computer Science AND I also happen to have a degree in “Narashkeit” History.
At the time there was only a choice to do the history in European , World or American History (Now you can specialize in Jewish History as well) and I specialized in American History.
There is no apikorsis in the American Civil War (I had to write a term paper on an aspect of the American Civil War and J.P. Morgan)
There is no apikorsis in learning about World War I and World War II (From an american point of view).
And if you want to say it was useless, I also majored in Computer Science where I mostly programmed in PASCAL, Knowing Pascal is about as useful in life as knowing about the American Civil War