Monday, November 13, 2006

What about the Humanities?

So I ran across an interesting problem this evening while applying for a City Archivist position in San Antonio. The set-up seemed a bit strange to begin with, because instead of just sending in a cover letter and resume, like most positions request, this application was electronic and quite lengthy. Everything progressed smoothly until it came time to put in my undergraduate major. What follows is but a small sampling of the majors from which to choose:

Advertising
Building Construction
Chemistry
Dietetics
Epidermiology
Fire Administration
Golf Course Operations Management (no, I'm not making this one up!)
Home Economics
International Trade
Journalism
Library Science (thankfully)
Merchandising
Nursing
Ornamental Horticulture
Psychology
Records Management
Science
Turf Management
Urban Studies
Vocational Industrial Education

This is quite the list, no? No. I quickly discovered that "English" hadn't made the list. Okay ... "Literature"? Not there. Hmm ... "Language and Literature"? Nope. "Humanities" then ... sorry, but no. Only one choice from the vast list actually worked for my undergraduate major: "Other." A quick skim revealed that "History" and "Philosophy" also failed to find spots on the list. Can I really work in a city so utterly deviod of the humanities? Only time will tell.

1 Comments:

At 12:05 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow.....
Because San Antonio doesn't value the humanities very much ;)

 

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