Idriswhite: I'm sorry for the post if it offends viewers.it's only an assumption a pal brought up for debate.with the opinions garnered here,it's obvious that no knowledge is a waste.

..Good to get the apology from you,Your sins are forgiven go and sin no more

Excuse me!!!
@ OP what were you thinking?

University Degree witout a Delivery is nothng but a decoration, disgrace and disappiontment.

The following courses are listed in order of relative uselessness:
-Local Government Studies
-History
-Anthropology
-Sociology
-Philosophy
-Forestry
-Music
-Theatre Arts
-Political science
-Igbo language
-Yoruba Language
....

Oh God my people perish for lack of knowledege op you have said the bitter truth it is left for them to accept it or not why are you apologising you have fallen my hands there is no day I do not see articles like this on yahoo and people respond positively take it or leave it some courses are just irrelevant in the countrys economy that is the bitter truth

Akinlawson: University Degree witout a Delivery is nothng but a decoration, disgrace and disappiontment.

Disgrace and disappointment in terms of what? - Not being able to defend d degree or having no opportunity to do such?

@OP, why d heck do u need to apologise? This is d bitter truth bros...unless viewers and dislikers are living in another planet, otherwise, in reality, some courses are just as useless as houseflies. If i could remember clearly, Dele Momodu studied Yoruba Language, now, he is a journalist...I just wonder whether Wizkid studied Music at school yet those who have spent ageless years studying music at school still cannot even compose two lines of melodiuos songs...see, send ur pikin go study Igbo language for four years n thousands of dollars (or milions of naira), PERFECT INVESTMENT

Fisheries... Why should you spend 5 years in the university studying fisheries?....in Nigeria?...oh you want to manage a fish pond? Okay!

So like say we nor tell you now, na so you go de look all the people struggling hard to study any of those courses with bad eye! Mtscheeeeeeew. Anyway what course you study sef? If you had enough time to be discussing marketable course and non-marketable course .....I doubt you're working ...probably you're regreting having studied some course

Idriswhite: I'm sorry for the post if it offends viewers.it's only an assumption a pal brought up for debate.with the opinions garnered here,it's obvious that no knowledge is a waste.

Idriswhite: I publicly apologise for the post that rile up many viewers.It's a debate a friend brought up for deliberation.Am very sorry for whatever thing this post might have caused.Pls accept my sincere apology.I love you all

it's ok Idris. Go and sin no more

but beyond d sentimental side of it, i think u need to read broad in order to see things from their broader view, and not those twisted and nincompoopish way of average Naija undergraduate that sees nothing good in what he/she is learning, not to mention others'. i have been there, so i know

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.

These 2 courses r the wost they don't require jamb,no pen,no exam and u cannot graduate 4rm them.mass fornication and cultism.

slumbee: I agree that this is the dumbest post ever. I mean there should be a way to regulate post. A persob like this op should be on suspension. First of all what course did you study? Are you making six figure salary? Nigga how dare you say political science is a waste of time to study. i m going to refrain from calling you names, but nigga u re one dumb nigga. Where did you get the notion that the face you read political science you have to be a politician. To go ahead and study Yoruba in the university is not a waste of time either. You don't have the slightiest idea of the advantage of a university degree.
Nigga you so dumb, soo dumb. I mean what were you thinking?

I am sure you most have read one of the courses mentioned by the poster, or why this so much rage?

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it's ok Idris. Go and sin no more

but beyond d sentimental side of it, i think u need to read broad in order to see things from their broader view, and not those twisted and nincompoopish way of average Naija undergraduate that sees nothing good in what he/she is learning, not to mention others'. i have been there, so i know

This guy *smh* ur just a miserable low life.....where have u been? even those of us who have gone abroad for PG degrees can attest to the fact that we do even better than our comtemporaries...so stop disgracing urself as an undisputed champion in the land of morons!

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?

Computer science is not a course everybody can enter as u errorneously said. If you went to NIIT or Aptech and did 2 years and you think that makes you a computer specialist then why not use that certificate to look for work in the public sector or multinationals? Go to chevron, Agip, USAID, British Council with an NIIT 'masters in whatever'. Lastly go try and register with the the Computer Professionals Registration Council (CPN) with that NIIT crap.

Lmao nau I see y we were ranked the 20th saddest nation hahaha omo see angry pple sha lmao!!!

All course is good but its only medicine and surgery that can give you job sharp sharp with average good pay.

No course counts in 9ja if u dont have connections.

Techwriter: Note well
1. There is no course that is a waste to any one who has a vision but a man who has no vision, even after studying medicine has wasted his time. The word course simply means a path. So the wquestion is your destination(goal) first before the path(course)
“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.” Penney, J. C.

2. Nuture by Nature: build your career according to what u do naturally without effort, apart from the fact that you will enjoy the course and your eventual career, you will live longer following your passion than trying to satisfy society by living a fake life. Life is not all about money. There are six ingredients of success and 'financial freedom' is only one of them. Did you consider peace of mind, personal fulfillment, etc.

*PDude that is about to comment after me is a medical doctor for instance but spends all his time on Nairaland-that is career misfit. *

3. Your degree is not just to get a job: I understand that many of us go to school in other to get a better job, but that is the goal of a man with no vision. JOB simply means Just Over Broke. The richest and happiest ones are not following the norm,they follow a place where there seems to be no road and leave a path

Anyway watch out for my soon to be launched 3 volume-book, "Courses & Careers-An Encyclopaedic Approach" it will answer most career challenges in Africa

Don't be silly bruv. I spend only my off days and free periods on nairaland.

Shey I resemble 190?

I would like to say no course is a waste of time as no knowledge is a waste, if u doubt it then we all ve to go professional

Jarus:

You guys should stop harping on connection. Stop instilling pessimism in people. More than half of jobs in Nigeria are still merit-driven. People still get jobs without connection. I got my current job from Guardian advert

Sorry bruv, but that's the reality of things.

In this country u can make do with any course as long as u graduated at the end of d day n have ur cert. Edu igbo graduate working in bank and a banking n finance graduate working at a broadcast station, what do u call that? Na 9ja we dey, i am a mass communication graduate n hope to work any where including in my field

This argument has dragged on for too long. Here is how to know if your degree is a waste of time:

Take a trip overseas, then whenever or wherever there is a recruitment going on, present your Nigerian certificate. Let's see if anyone will hire you with that "piece of paper".

Tell the result of this experiment

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

are u still in secondary school? It's very obvious dat one of your uncles from d village told u dat studyin microbiology is a waste of time....

Adamsdelrio:
are u still in secondary school? It's very obvious dat one of your uncles from d village told u dat studyin microbiology is a waste of time....

Hehehehehehehe! Don't blame him bro . Back then in UI, all the failures and ne'er-do-wells from both the medical sciences and pure sciences dept were usually thrown down to the microbiology and botany departments . Both depts were full of "failures of the science departments".

Even in advanced countries, certain courses do not fair well as much the technical and professional courses. We will always need doctors,engineers, nurses, lawyers, accountants etc and such professions are highly regulated to limit entry and maintain exclusivity. This happens even in advanced countries. For example, someone with a degree in music doesnt necessarily become a succesful musician or the next May-D or D'banj. Music is based on talent. There are some courses that should be taken as hobbies especially in the Nigerian environment. Also, an individual who studies political science, what are your opportunities for employment. Remember that not only those who study political science can venture into politics but only Engineers that study 4 or 5 years in the university will be allowed to design buildings (moreso in a state like Lagos) and only doctors that studied in the teaching hospital would be allow to treat patients. The key is exclusivity of some professions.

can someone please tell me what the situation will look like if everyone was at least a university graduate? do you think you would see anyone to sell market to you or an Aboki to sell suya to you coz by then everyone( now graduate) will only think white collar(office) work. just thinking!

Laugh wan kill me here! See course defense here o! @ OP you fall hand o. Why u apologize na! I dey enjoy the tirade.

Natudu: Laugh wan kill me here! See course defense here o! @ OP you fall hand o. Why u apologize na! I dey enjoy the tirade.

lol pple dy defend they course o.who 1 hear say e course useless.

Abeg carry dis ur 2go matter go one side jare does this look like 2go customer care agent thread,hw many matured peeps spend their whole time 2going. If I hear any more 2go word from you again, I would personally ban you!!!

Smithy cool: nbdy wan ansa me baaa? We jst lv ds topic nw begin mourn corpse wey i go kill here nw

Abeg carry dis ur 2go matter go one side jare does this look like 2go customer care agent thread,hw many matured peeps spend their whole time 2going. If I hear any more 2go word from you again, I would personally ban you!!!

Smithy cool: nbdy wan ansa me baaa? We jst lv ds topic nw begin mourn corpse wey i go kill here nw

The person who posted dis is visibly a computer illiterate, i wonder how u typed this on ur system. How can you say studying computer science is a waste of time (ar u alright?). in this ccomputer age we are in. Guy go rest abeg

Every course is important, all you need is a good grade... and don't forget that your president Jonathan holds a degree in Zoology

Idriswhite: I publicly apologise for the post that rile up many viewers.It's a debate a friend brought up for deliberation.Am very sorry for whatever thing this post might have caused.Pls accept my sincere apology.I love you all

Brother no hard feelings. Despise not the day of little beginnings is my own mantra.If God wan bless man sef he would ask u " what is in your hand?" The universe is just too vast to say one body of knowledge is irrelevant economically.after all what does a banker do?... Takes care of and invest other people's money.Is that all there is to life?
Cheers man!!!