College of Liberal Arts to Offer Course In Convincing Peers of Employability
Last month, Texas A&M University released the full list of courses for the upcoming fall semester. The College of Liberal Arts says it expects high numbers of enrollment for its newest course, Employment for Liberal Arts Majors (EPMT 106). The course will teach liberal arts students the statistics they need in order to convince their Mays and engineering friends that their degree is worthwhile.
After many students requested that information on employability be added to the curriculum, the university decided to add an entire course to fulfill the students’ needs. Beginning in the fall of 2019, this class will be implemented as a degree requirement for all incoming liberal arts students.
“I’m really excited for this course,” said sophomore performance studies major Katie Hennington. “When I was picking my major, I decided to go with passion over practicality, but now I can have both! Or, at least, I can pretend to have both.”
“Finally,” said junior telecommunication major Bailey Harden. “I’ve spent the last three years trying to convince my nursing friends that my major is better because it offers flexibility for potential jobs while also allowing me to express myself. I read that in some article senior year of high school, which is why I picked my major in the first place.”
The curriculum will cover three main topics:
— How to use statistics to prove your major’s validity.
— How to fake a resume.
— How to win a debate when you know you’re wrong.
“I’ve spent my entire career defending my chosen field of study to mathematics and business professors, and I’m beyond excited to pass down this knowledge to a new generation of liberal arts students by teaching this course,” said Dr. Mark Everly, professor of psychology at Texas A&M. “I hope that I can equip them with the tools they need for a life of justifying their degrees to egotistical STEM majors. That is, until they become professors or high school teachers. Then, it is their duty to pass down this sacred knowledge to their own students.”
—t.u.kulele
In the basement of the MSC, there is a broom closet that holds a secret society that is lesser known to the student body: the Texas A&M Ukulele Society. t.u.kulele is the founding member, consistently playing “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Nevershoutnever,” while avoiding all academic responsibility.