Congratulations to our nine Fall Semester Grads

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Congratulations to the following seniors for their initiation into the most important fraternity of all--University of Tennessee graduates:

Joseph Ayres - Finance (Entrepreneurship)
Alex Bullard - Psychology
Maurice Couch - Sociology
Tyler Drummer - English Literature
Gregory Grieco -Kinesiology
Daniel Hood - Management (Entrepreneurship)
Ja'Wuan James - Sociology
Byron Moore - Sociology
Michael Palardy - Communication Studies
Marlon Walls - Sociology (see UT Graduates 20 Student-Athletes - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics).
 
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I've noticed for some time now that many of the student-athletes major in sociology. Is that one of the easier majors at UT or what?
 
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SwinnVol81 said:
I've noticed for some time now that many of the student-athletes major in sociology. Is that one of the easier majors at UT or what?
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It is and one of the toughest majors to gain employment on. But, given the amount of time that football takes and the need to keep the overall grade point average up, it makes a lot of sense. Hopefully the contacts and networking opportunity these young men can take advantage of will trump the type of degree they have.

Congratulations----VFLs.
 
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SwinnVol81 said:
I've noticed for some time now that many of the student-athletes major in sociology. Is that one of the easier majors at UT or what?
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It is one of the easier majors, along with communications studies. Kudos to the business majors, Hood and Ayers.
 
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Both Psych & Soc have high unemployment rates. Most Psych & Soc majors continue on and receive a Masters. Then there doctorate to have any success. But, it is one of the easier majors that UT offers.
 
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Jeepkuntry said:
Both Psych & Soc have high unemployment rates. Most Psych & Soc majors continue on and receive a Masters. Then there doctorate to have any success. But, it is one of the easier majors that UT offers.
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I have a double major in psych and soc because I was a dual sport college athlete and they were easy peasy. I became a lawyer.
 
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What the hell is a focus in Entrepreneurship? Didn't have that when I was in school and that wasn't very long ago...
 
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Four Master's degrees were also conferred today to UT student-athletes, perhaps as "fifth-year seniors" in terms of eligibility:

Soccer:
Ashlee Burt - Master of Science, Kinesiology (Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior)

Swimming and Diving:
Jodie McGroarty - Master of Science, Communication Studies (Communication and Information)
Michael Wright - Master of Science, Kinesiology (Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior)

Track and Field:
Elizabeth Tiller Hagler - Master of Business Administration
 
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Volleycat said:
I have a double major in psych and soc because I was a dual sport college athlete and they were easy peasy. I became a lawyer.
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LOL, I was a psych major and I'm now in biotech sales. I actually think psych is a good major in that it preps you to understand human behavior if you apply yourself and take it seriously. If you can master that skill, you can do alot of things in life. JMO.
 
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Volleycat said:
It is one of the easier majors, along with communications studies. Kudos to the business majors, Hood and Ayers.
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Sort of. It depends on what divisions you take. You can take very difficult sections of sociology including statistics, theory, method, etc. and other classes that require real work or you can kind of do the easier classes. It's one of those that can be really easy or really hard depending on what you want it to be and which profs you take. There are some real hard@sses in that dept.
 
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Part of the intrinsic difficulty of any degree program, undergrad or grad, is contingent upon the specific aptitudes of a particular student. I have known highly intelligent physics majors who, as you would expect, were quite adept at higher mathematics but couldn't spell worth a flip, couldn't (or wouldn't) perform simple arithmetical functions without a calculator and had difficulty memorizing the mass of arcane details necessary to succeed in my discipline, anthropology. Conversely, I have difficulty with conceptualizing abstract spatial relations, so architecture would not be my natural "cup of tea."
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Part of the intrinsic difficulty of any degree program, undergrad or grad, is contingent upon the specific aptitudes of a particular student. I have known highly intelligent physics majors who, as you would expect, were quite adept at higher mathematics but couldn't spell worth a flip, couldn't (or wouldn't) perform simple arithmetical functions without a calculator and had difficulty memorizing the mass of arcane details necessary to succeed in my discipline, anthropology. Conversely, I have difficulty with conceptualizing abstract spatial relations, so architecture would not be my natural "cup of tea."
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One of the biggest problems is that college grads today have a lot of knowledge, but lack good communication and relational skills. Social media is partly to blame. You can be a mental genius, but if you can't relate to people, work with them, articulate emotional intelligence, then you really are limited in how ar you can go in your choice of a career.
 
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