A fundamental question that needs an answer is this: do people study so that they can get jobs?
The imam at my son's school once commented that we should never encourage children to go to school so that they get jobs. in his view, learning is an inherent characteristic put inside every human being by God. It is the desire to learn that set's us apart from other animals.
I agree with him.
Thus, I hold that there is no course offered at the university that is irrelevant, as long as there are students interested in studying it and there are people able to teach it.
When we talk about "marketable" courses, we are not referring to courses that can get graduands jobs: NO. We are talking about courses that have enough prospective students wishing to take them.
The next question then is: how do [or, should] students decide which courses to study? Should they be guided by job prospects after graduation? I don't think so.
Every time I get a chance to give a career talk, I tell the students to choose the course they find most interesting. Forget about jobs; kabisa! Just study you you find interesting!
After all, at the time I was applying for university, we were generally advised NOT to take course that had computer science or electronics. Reason? there were no jobs in Kenya for such courses... there were only 2 computers in the country and both had operators!!!! @Guka will bear me witness.
MORE ON THIS TO FOLLOW...I have to attend an important meeting....
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.