Thursday, November 29,1984/The Battalion/Page 9 Liberal arts &Fri (continued from page 1) ifferent university, she said. While Lutes said she considers his is a negative reason for the rowth of liberal arts, she thinks it I'ill work out in the long run. “Liberal arts is a natural home for Itudents who have been in other ma jors because we have such a wide ange of courses that meet our requi- ements,” she said. “We’re interested hat the students have a broad back- round, not that they all have the ime specific background.” Lutes said, for example, that a stu dent is more likely to transfer from business to liberal arts than to engi neering because he can apply most )f his credits to his new degree plan. Police Beat the following incidents were reported to the University Police Department through Wednes- < A NOR THEFT: • A blue AMF 10-speed bicy- UN AUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE: * A 1977 Dodge Monaco was stolen from in front of the Meat Sciences Centers. If he transferred to engineering, he would have to go back to square one. Most students who transfer into the College of Liberal Arts come from the business and engineering colleges or general studies. Sophomore Annette Smith said she enrolled in the general studies program because she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. She chose A&M because of its academic repu tation. After considering a major in geology or journalism, this semester she decided to major in English. “I think that being able to write, communicate and express yourself is important,” she said. “Most jobs to day are people oriented and, there fore, being able to communicate well with people is very important.” Lutes said traffic is in the other di rection also, with liberal arts majors switching more to business or educa tion, and with a few switching to sci ence. For example, sophomore finance major Laura Willars transferred from the journalism department. She said one of her roommates was a liberal arts major and had trouble finding a job. Willars began to worry. “I just thought it would be easier for me to get a job with a business degree than with a liberal arts de gree,” she said. Dr. Vaughn Bryant, head of the Department of Anthropology, said liberal arts is growing because com panies are beginning to hire liberal arts majors for jobs traditionally held by business majors. Liberal arts majors tend to have an ability to think of new and innovative ideas and not just “number crunch,” he said. He said that in the late 70s and early 80s business school enrollment surged, but industry has found busi ness majors stagnating. They can do the problem solving, but they have little creativity, he said. So, the com- f >anies are switching back to hiring iberal arts majors. The American Can Co., for exam ple, revised its college recruiting pol icy in the late 70s after realizing its senior officers came from a variety of educational backgrounds that were heavy in liberal arts, Judd H. Alexander, senior vice president, said in a Wall Street Journal article. While continuing to recruit engi neers, accountants and MBAs, the company set up a small recruiting program for high achievers from lib eral arts. Alexander said the performance of these liberal arts graduates was outstanding, particularly in unstruc tured projects. One economics ma jor, given the assignment of auditing entry-level hiring practices, pro duced an analysis expected to save ic company $3 Judy Vulliet, assistant director for the A&M placement center, said a liberal arts major can sign up to in terview for business, management or marketing interviews if the student has a related minor or work experi ence. Last year 40 different recruiting organizations came to interview lib eral arts majors and 21 came asking for all majors. Some of those compa nies were Republic Securities Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., Eckerd Drugs, Frito-Lay and retail stores such as K-Mart, Joskes and Dillards. Many students say they chose a liberal arts major because they re ceive a well-rounded education. Senior theater arts major Eliza beth Arnett said, “I think my main reason for being in a liberal arts ma jor instead of a pre-professional one is that you get a more rounded edu cation. You get a taste of every thing.” , Dale Poage, a freshman English major, said an English major can be used for almost any job, while an electrical engineering degree can ba sically be used for just one. “English has a lot broader base than a lot of other fields,” Poage said. “It has a lot more possibilities to offer. 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