chineji: Botany and geophysics and microbiology and environmental biology and history and theology and religious studies and architecture

i bow for u oooo. that one mean say no course again for university.

majority of respondents to this thread have spoken from the sadly narrow and confused view that's popular with Nigerians youth nowadays. For anybody that knows better, it's quite easy to believe that Nigerians are actually circa 68 points on IQ rating, just from opinion on this thread. More painful and worrisome is that most are supposed to be in or have passed through one university/higher institution of learning or another.

For those who are teachable, the problem with those courses is not themselves, but the national plan(lessness) in place. they are all vital ingredients in national development programmes, both on micro and macro scale. i know this view is still foreign to many of you, bout for a start, i will refer you to major national development projects like Project Paper Clip and Project Manhattan amongst many others for and from other nations, then you will see how these knowledges fit together to solve the very giant puzzle of projects/programmes. It is just like calling the salt or maggi cube in your kitchen a waste when it is solitary, but when you bring it together with other ingredients they make a very great meal. Even the supposedly choice courses are only part of the big circle that is ever dependent on those "smaller" ones.

I cant type for long on this. To educate undergraduates/graduates on importance of other courses is a big re-education task that shouldn't come free of charge on blogspots, if the so called graduates/undergraduate is not intelligent enough to have deciphered this in course of his/her study.

Bottom line is that it is a big circle of life there, there's a place for everybody to fit in and play his/her role. If some people are not fitting in, the the circle of life will start dying gradually because it becomes deficient from their needed contributions.

rafhell: Islamic studies

omo ale

Idriswhite: People go to university to study a course in hope of future amelioration. However,most of the many courses that used to be hot cake in time past are whitewashed with the influx of many people who just learn the course outside university in a matter of months.Going to university to study the following courses many deem to be a waste of time.The courses are:
Computer Science-countless number of people are in the known in this field.
Theatre Arts/Music- Theatre arts is a free entry and exit field.Most people in the industry have no degree in the field.
Animal Science-The course isn't marketable in a country like ours where people give no value to the life of animals.
Philosophy-This course is more valuable in the olden days where people appreciate the thinkers not in our present time.The situation of the country makes everybody a thinker to survive in this country.
Political Science:Spending years studying this course is a waste of time and resources.People are procedure conscious when it comes to politics.how many political scientists are in position of power to regulate the politics of our country.

Which course do you also think is a waste of time that you can not study as well as your family?

I have only one question for the poster:

Did Goodluck Jonathan study Government or political Science to be where he is?

chineji: Botany and geophysics and microbiology and environmental biology and history and theology and religious studies and architecture

I studied Microbiology in the University and it got me my wonderful job. So, abeg, remove Microbiology from the list.

The way Naija people view education and knowledge baffles me. An average Nigerian will assess the value of your education by the number of cars you ride, the number of mansions you build and the number of strings you pull. That is why an Ijebu man or an Ibo man will not allow his son to waste his time going to school. At age 7, the boy is shipped off to learn how to sell, hawk or 'hussle'. That way, he will "make it" faster.But the purpose of education is to prepare the individual for any situation, to liberate the mind, to have an idea about things beyond the individual and many more. And so an educated mind will always be different from an uneducated one. We all need to get an education whether it is in Nuclear Science or Sociology or even Psychology I don't care. If you can afford it, it's no waste of time. Actually, it is the best gift parents can bequeath to their children.

chineji: And besides not all engineering degree are equal civil engineers are not in demand

oh! Sorry dear. you are the most uninformed fellow here.

sociology/anthropology

jibol28: Mathematics alsm a waste of time

Did you go to a university?
Very ignorant post.

@ OP, To you it might be a waste of time, but to them it is not.

Gentle Naaz: Waste courses r
1. Animal n environmntal biology(AEB)
2. Plants science n botany (PSB)
3. Zoology
4. Animal sciene
5. Crop science
6. Animal production, etc
d problem is dat pepl wt d above qualifications want 2 compete wt Engineers in search of jobs in companies like NB, NBC, NNPC, Dangote cement plant, etc.
Cnt imagn my sibling studyn any of those courses

do u know wat u mentioned?professional courses,eiyah,anyway,no well known animal scientist will look 4 job in ur so kalled dangote,am an animal scientist n am a big boi,courtesy,bin an animal scientist,so sowi u will kip bin an applicant,I mean job seeker 4 d rest of ur life,u guys will jes kum 2 nairaland 2 talk n write gubberish,hw on earth will u fink any agricultural course is a waste,brother,tink again o

Idriswhite: People go to university to study a course in hope of future amelioration. However,most of the many courses that used to be hot cake in time past are whitewashed with the influx of many people who just learn the course outside university in a matter of months.Going to university to study the following courses many deem to be a waste of time.The courses are:
Computer Science-countless number of people are in the known in this field.
Theatre Arts/Music- Theatre arts is a free entry and exit field.Most people in the industry have no degree in the field.
Animal Science-The course isn't marketable in a country like ours where people give no value to the life of animals.
Philosophy-This course is more valuable in the olden days where people appreciate the thinkers not in our present time.The situation of the country makes everybody a thinker to survive in this country.
Political Science:Spending years studying this course is a waste of time and resources.People are procedure conscious when it comes to politics.how many political scientists are in position of power to regulate the politics of our country.

Which course do you also think is a waste of time that you can not study as well as your family?

....wen admission is a big problem inna we nation,Y ppl no go study anytn wey d skool gv dem...

This post represent what is wrong with Nigeria and how the mindset of Nigerians have been nutured wrongly.

No study endeavour of humans to better understand their world is useless. Every degree has something to offer to the individual if S/he applies the knowledge gain rightly.

Just yesterday, crytographers made headlines by revealing how Obama's nominee for Treasury has a signature that shows the kind of person He is, somewhat imbalanced but of independent mind and what effect that would have when He uses His signature on the Dollars.

Whilst listeninng to the new article on BBC, I said to myself, if this person was to be in Nigeria She will be seen as relevant at all?

No course can be a waste of time even make u study enzymology,botany fishry,forestry,metreology,soil science e.t.c if u go make am u go still make am.watin make ppl wey no go school atal atal dey make am,why u no go make am.acquiring a degree is just d foundation on preparedness to face challenges also, to be able to think reversibly on approching any matter and to initiate new ideas and design methodology

No knowledge is a waste.I study computer science yet am a jack of all trades.Higher institution is just to prepare us for future and make us men.

homerac7: majority of respondents to this thread have spoken from the sadly narrow and confused view that's popular with Nigerians youth nowadays. For anybody that knows better, it's quite easy to believe that Nigerians are actually circa 68 points on IQ rating, just from opinion on this thread. More painful and worrisome is that most are supposed to be in or have passed through one university/higher institution of learning or another.

For those who are teachable, the problem with those courses is not themselves, but the national plan(lessness) in place. they are all vital ingredients in national development programmes, both on micro and macro scale. i know this view is still foreign to many of you, bout for a start, i will refer you to major national development projects like Project Paper Clip and Project Manhattan amongst many others for and from other nations, then you will see how these knowledges fit together to solve the very giant puzzle of projects/programmes. It is just like calling the salt or maggi cube in your kitchen a waste when it is solitary, but when you bring it together with other ingredients they make a very great meal. Even the supposedly choice courses are only part of the big circle that is ever dependent on those "smaller" ones.

I cant type for long on this. To educate undergraduates/graduates on importance of other courses is a big re-education task that shouldn't come free of charge on blogspots, if the so called graduates/undergraduate is not intelligent enough to have deciphered this in course of his/her study.

Bottom line is that it is a big circle of life there, there's a place for everybody to fit in and play his/her role. If some people are not fitting in, the the circle of life will start dying gradually because it becomes deficient from their needed contributions.

Thank you for putting on your thinking cap to educate these folks rightly.

A graduate of Religious Studies from OAU ile-ife.most of what I learnt I do not remember but I have learnt to think objectively and critically analyse issues.I learnt to look for information and filter the relevant ones for the task at hand.I learnt to make ethical decisions after cosidering the merits and demerits of all the available options.I learnt to express my ideas clearly, argue persuasively and relate to any one easily based on my knowledge of his religious belief system.This helped me a lot when I was selling retail financial products. I learnt to be receptive to new ideas a vital skill required in the dynamic industry where I am currently employed. Poster tell me which one of these skills is a waste? Any university Education trains your mind. What you chose to do with your trained mind is your choice.

am a livestock producer earning much more than most nairalanders..proud to be an environmental n animal biologist and this jux d begining.

4me, no blame 4him, I tink he shud hav added in nigerian perspctv. Here a zoologist is an engineer. An architect is a banker. No body talks about specialization. Just hav d connectn. Notin is workin here n nobody cares. Unlike outside nigeria.

agabasam: Whenever i c d quote "no knowledge is wasted" i wonder who z decieving who....a knowledge u cant apply is wasted.............like going to d university to study dancing,really makes no sense to me...thats a natural talent...u develop it by joining groups....check all the top artist..hw many of dem attended a higher institution...and among d few dat attended,hw many studied theatre art or music......anoda of such study field is human kinetics, everydy u c dem playin futball as a form of lecture, or tennis...really funny....abeg jor.....

You got it wrong there dear, I mean at the boldened. Who told you human kinetics is all about dancing? Infact, it is actually called 'human kinetics and health education'. Wait until you have the brake out of epidemic in your area before you know their relevance. Apply to the UN with your degree in HKEE and check the outcome. (I'm not saying you'll get instant job though)

You may as well want to say Epidemiology is also a waste of time.

You see, my take on this discussion is that there is no course that is a waste of time, it is you that determines what you make of your knowledge

But the OP is somehow right tho. Not all Litterate make it as educated.

fact:::: no course is exactly a waste of time but the condition nja economy has made tins go gaga to be worst:
but come to tink of it abt 65% of nja pple will hardly sent thier family to study a cos like
language cos
Animal cos
religious cos
but rather prefer
Engineer cos
management cos
science cos
but the fact still remain wit all this it all depend on your human developmt and capacity to focus in lifetime

CohenJane:

You got it wrong there dear, I mean at the boldened. Who told you human kinetics is all about dancing? Infact, it is actually called 'human kinetics and health education'. Wait until you have the brake out of epidemic in your area before you know their relevance. Apply to the UN with your degree in HKEE and check the outcome. (I'm not saying you'll get instant job though)

You may as well want to say Epidemiology is also a waste of time.

You see, my take on this discussion is that there is no course that is a waste of time, it is you that determines what you make of your knowledge

And how is epidemiology related to human kinetics?

Yoruba/any other Nigerian language tops the list.

Am amazed by the way people call themselves names in here. So many of you here are educated yet you lack manners. If you don't agree with someone must you use abusive words? Anyway, i think the situation of the nigerian economy has made some courses obsolete. There is no course that is a waste of time. I have seen a yoruba graduate with a 2.2 making it in the banking industry and a mechanical engineering graduate with a 2.1 walking the streets.

VETERINARY MEDICINE

You dnt knw wat u are saying. Architecture a waste of time? Can't just believe this.

chineji: Botany and geophysics and microbiology and environmental biology and history and theology and religious studies and architecture

homerac7: majority of respondents to this thread have spoken from the sadly narrow and confused view that's popular with Nigerians youth nowadays. For anybody that knows better, it's quite easy to believe that Nigerians are actually circa 68 points on IQ rating, just from opinion on this thread. More painful and worrisome is that most are supposed to be in or have passed through one university/higher institution of learning or another.

For those who are teachable, the problem with those courses is not themselves, but the national plan(lessness) in place. they are all vital ingredients in national development programmes, both on micro and macro scale. i know this view is still foreign to many of you, bout for a start, i will refer you to major national development projects like Project Paper Clip and Project Manhattan amongst many others for and from other nations, then you will see how these knowledges fit together to solve the very giant puzzle of projects/programmes. It is just like calling the salt or maggi cube in your kitchen a waste when it is solitary, but when you bring it together with other ingredients they make a very great meal. Even the supposedly choice courses are only part of the big circle that is ever dependent on those "smaller" ones.

I cant type for long on this. To educate undergraduates/graduates on importance of other courses is a big re-education task that shouldn't come free of charge on blogspots, if the so called graduates/undergraduate is not intelligent enough to have deciphered this in course of his/her study.
Bottom line is that it is a big circle of life there, there's a place for everybody to fit in and play his/her role. If some people are not fitting in, the the circle of life will start dying gradually because it becomes deficient from their needed contributions.

its either u dont know how to communicate ur point or u dont have one! After spewing ur rubbish and condeming others u still admitted there is a problem with those courses.....come who dash u visa to Uganda wey dey feel like......

I hate kallin ppl names buh I fink I will kall u names,u r a big foool,an slowpoke,u mentioned animal science in ur article,'wif no disrespect 2 oda courses d pig mentioned' would I say it's cos of ur ignorance or wat,can u define d word'WASTE',am a proud animal scientist,so I don't tek it easy wif any fool hu talks gibberish,am sowi wifout agriculture u will not b alive naw,so beta rephrase or d wrath of d land wich agriculture is based on will fall upon u,I rest ma case 4 now

homerac7: majority of respondents to this thread have spoken from the sadly narrow and confused view that's popular with Nigerians youth nowadays. For anybody that knows better, it's quite easy to believe that Nigerians are actually circa 68 points on IQ rating, just from opinion on this thread. More painful and worrisome is that most are supposed to be in or have passed through one university/higher institution of learning or another.

For those who are teachable, the problem with those courses is not themselves, but the national plan(lessness) in place. they are all vital ingredients in national development programmes, both on micro and macro scale. i know this view is still foreign to many of you, bout for a start, i will refer you to major national development projects like Project Paper Clip and Project Manhattan amongst many others for and from other nations, then you will see how these knowledges fit together to solve the very giant puzzle of projects/programmes. It is just like calling the salt or maggi cube in your kitchen a waste when it is solitary, but when you bring it together with other ingredients they make a very great meal. Even the supposedly choice courses are only part of the big circle that is ever dependent on those "smaller" ones.

I cant type for long on this. To educate undergraduates/graduates on importance of other courses is a big re-education task that shouldn't come free of charge on blogspots, if the so called graduates/undergraduate is not intelligent enough to have deciphered this in course of his/her study.

Bottom line is that it is a big circle of life there, there's a place for everybody to fit in and play his/her role. If some people are not fitting in, the the circle of life will start dying gradually because it becomes deficient from their needed contributions.

Thank you, my brother. The Nigerian society is in a dysfunctional mess, one without an appropriate environment necessary for the edification of many disciplines at the tertiary institutions. A course like Archaeology, for instance, spins a lot of cash inflow in a sane country. Personally, I think this OP is a confirmed wa.nker and re.tard. He seems to be suffering from gross under-achievement and inferiority complex!