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re: Alabama Caves and produces Football Players Majors..
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:00 am to allin2010
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:00 am to allin2010
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As we reported earlier, when athletes pursue the same major, something known as clustering, it raises questions whether they are taking the classes they need for an education, or being steered to easy (or in the case of UNC-Chapel Hill, fake) classes that help keep them eligible.
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Auburn had 35 different types of majors listed on its roster, making the Tigers second behind Virginia Tech for the most among the power programs.
This is a big part of what you wanted to say, so you should have led with it. You wanted the message to be "we aren't possibly skewing in favor of our players, we're doing it the right way b/c we are Auburn men".
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Thursday, he sent a list of majors for the team. It shows the top four are Business, Exercise and Sport Science, Communications Studies and Criminal Justice, with 19, 17, 10 and 9 athletes respectively.
Great. Now look at the general student population at Alabama. Business, Communication Studies, and Criminal Justice are going to be among the top 5-7 majors on campus in general (Business & Comm Studies are both in top 5). And are you surprised that athletes want to major in Exercise & Sport Science? It's what they do and likely what some would like to do professionally when their playing days are over.
This is your M.O. Shite comes out against AU. No one really cares or thinks it's a big deal, but people mess with AU fans over it b/c they know someone like you will get riled up. Then you predictably come to the rescue of your team. When tRant smells blood in the water they swarm around you and mock your team harder. You deflect by finding whatever you can on Bama. It's a tired, predictable process with you. Have fun though.
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Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:00 am to narddogg81
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(which the faculty had voted to disband because it was not a real major
So this is how the story is twisted now?
Bama fans 
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:16 am to allin2010
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Alabama: Business
Arkansas: Recreation and sport management
Auburn: Business
Florida: African-American studies
Georgia: Business
Kentucky: Undergraduate studies
LSU: Sport administration
Mississippi State: Human science
Missouri: Business
Ole Miss: General studies
South Carolina: Sports and entertainment management
Tennessee: Recreation and sport management
Texas A&M: Agricultural leadership and development
Vanderbilt: Communication studies
We all know this is a response thread, but you've found some real gems.
Ole Miss: General studies
Straight from the Ole Miss website
The Bachelor of General Studies is a cross-disciplinary degree program offered to maximize opportunities for individuals to reach personal goals, meet job requirements, and advance their careers.
The degree was created in 2011 to meet the needs of undergraduates who wish to tailor their own degree program to meet their specific educational and career needs; non-traditional students whose work and family responsibilities constrain their ability to complete the requirements of other undergraduate degree programs offered by the University; and students who have accumulated many college credits, but discontinued their studies without completing a degree.
Well SOMEBODY has to be shift manager at McDonalds.
Florida: African-American studies
If you click on the "Careers for Graduates with Degrees in African American Studies" link on the University website, you're redirected to Yahoo's search page. Nothing else really needs to be said.
Kentucky: Undergraduate studies
Though you guys were in there too, but it looks like this is where they put students that haven't declared a major, which they must do before they exceed 60 hours. In other words, this is where Cal parks his one and dones.
Mississippi State: Human science
Ok, so it is legit but you really went and lumped your Childhood Development & Counseling program in the same school as your Agricultural Science? Really?
This post was edited on 8/28/15 at 10:21 am
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:22 am to allin2010
NtY
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:41 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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I wouldn't call that caving. That's the Hillary Clinton approach...give as little and be as murky as possible.
Or scared to death of violating FERPA rules. I have had to work with it and universities are terrified of violating it so the default course of action is to release as little as possible. Majors are allowed to be released if they are listed as "directory" type information. I do think universities have the discretion to decide if they want to release student majors. The law is designed to favor keeping as much info private as possible
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:43 am to allin2010
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Florida: African-American studies
Careful now.
-UNC
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:48 am to Stonehog
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Kentucky: Undergraduate studies
Not sure why everyone is surprised by this. Sure it's the same as a general studies degree.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 10:52 am to allin2010
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Florida: African-American studies
What in the Hell is this?
What is the curriculum?
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:00 am to SavageOrangeJug
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What is the curriculum?
How the white man keeps you down 101,102,201,202,301 (elective),375, 450, 525 (statistics requirement), 490, 500 (internship at the NAACP requirement), and a dissertation on the ramifications of "Uncle Tom" backstabbing, and miscegenation theorem.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:08 am to allin2010
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Kentucky: Undergraduate studies
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Ole Miss: General studies
truly pathetic. Doesn't even pretend to prepare you for a career or actual academic pursuit
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:20 am to Swoopin
quote:Doesn't mean they aren't learning something while playing a sport.
truly pathetic. Doesn't even pretend to prepare you for a career or actual academic pursuit
Hell, a large percentage of players would never have the opportunity to darken a college classroom if they weren't a physically skilled athlete.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:27 am to allin2010
Florida 
This post was edited on 8/28/15 at 11:28 am
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:27 am to RT1941
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players would never have the opportunity to darken a college classroom if they weren't a physically skilled athlete.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:28 am to narddogg81
You do realize that they have that same not major at Kentucky, duke, penn state along with many many other colleges
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:30 am to gstiger2233
and I still don't give a shite
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:31 am to pvilleguru
is there a North American Caucasian Studies at LSU?
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:34 am to RichardCranium
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is there a North American Caucasian Studies at LSU?
yes there are studies that focus on european history and immigration to the united states
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:37 am to allin2010
Bama, Georgia, Auburn, Missouri
Posted on 8/28/15 at 11:45 am to flyAU
Why are people so concerned about degrees? I went to medical school with a guy who has a kinesiology degree. And one really good friend has a general studies bachelor's. Completed his residency at md anderson and is practicing rad oncology now.
Posted on 8/28/15 at 12:08 pm to allin2010
Yeah, not rustled at all...
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