Political and social media commentator Reno Omokri has outlined the courses that will continue to hold significance in the global job market.
In a post on X, Omokri explained that STEM courses, along with disciplines that require empathy and human-to-human interaction—such as education, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, and sports medicine—will remain relevant worldwide.
According to him, accountancy, which has been losing relevance in developed countries over the years, is being overtaken by AI.
"Please fact-check me: In 2022, America lost 300,000 out of its 1.6 million accountants, whereas only 47,000 new accountants joined the profession. That ought to tell you that accountancy is on its way to becoming like Latin, a dead language.
As a human accountant, there is nothing you can do that AI cannot do better. Meanwhile, AI is getting better and smarter," excerpts of his post read.
The former presidential aide also pointed out that International Relations has been considered obsolete since as far back as 1991 and no longer holds much relevance on the global stage.
"International Relations. Again, I encourage you to cross-check me. Major universities began labeling this course as obsolete as far back as 1991. Why would anyone devote four years of their life to studying a degree that has been obsolete for thirty-four years?" he questioned.
Omokri listed Agriculture, Anatomy, Banking and Finance, Business, Cybersecurity, Dentistry, and Economics as courses that will remain valuable in universities.
Read his post below
What are the best courses to read at university that will not end up as curses for you? The no-brainer answer is STEM courses. Also, disciplines that are very reliant on empathy and a human-to-human connection. I'm talking about education, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, sports medicine, etc. Then, you want to hop on emerging technologies with a long shelf life, including Blockchain, cybersecurity, machine learning, cloud computing, etc.
But when you read a course like accountancy, you need to understand that more people are leaving the profession every year than entering it.
Please fact-check me: In 2022, America lost 300,000 out of its 1.6 million accountants, whereas only 47,000 new accountants joined the profession. That ought to tell you that accountancy is on its way to becoming like Latin, a dead language.
As a human accountant, there is nothing you can do that an AI cannot do better. Meanwhile, AI is getting better and smarter.
Yesterday, someone asked me about International Relations. Again, I encourage you to cross-check me. Major universities began labelling this course as obsolete as far back as 1991. Why would anyone devote four years of their life to studying a degree that has been obsolete for thirty-four years?
In 2016, I gave a Keynote Lecture at Cal State University, Sacramento. During the question-and-answer session, I asked if there was a linguistic student in the room who could teach me how Americans pronounce epitome because, having been schooled in England, I pronounce it in British English.
To my shock, and you can again fact-check me, I discovered that Cal State University declared Languages and Linguistics an obsolete course in 1996.
I was stunned, so questions were asked. It turns out there is nothing you can learn about Languages and Linguistics for four years that you can't get from an AI in a few seconds.
You do not have to like or even understand AI to know that it is perhaps the most critical human discovery after fire, penicillin, DNA and the Internet. If you want to summarise AI in one word, that term would be disruptor.
Almost any course of study involving agriculture is very relevant and will continue to be relevant way into the future. AI can only make agriculture better. It can't replace it. So, study agriculture and disciplines up and down the agricultural value chain.
I am not sure about architecture. Criminology as a discipline is fairly okay. But when thousands of people graduate in that area annually, you don't need AI to make it unviable. That course is so specialised that once people read it in large numbers, the competition outweighs the competency.
If my child comes to inform me that they want to study philosophy, I suspect I may start shedding tears. Tufiakwa! Bricklaying is more relevant today than philosophy.
Courses like political science, sociology, philosophy, religious studies, conflict resolution, library science, public administration, classics, religious studies, and anthropology are not skills. They are just academic information that is becoming less relevant to the world of 2025 and beyond, where AI exists and is getting better.
The four or more years you would have spent on these courses is 6% of your life. That is too much time to devote to a discipline time is leaving behind.
Go to university to read
1) Agriculture
2) Anatomy
3) Banking and Finance
4) Business
5) Cybersecurity
6) Dentistry
7) Economics
8) Education
9) Engineering (all kinds)
10) Geology
11) Geophysics
12) Marketing
13) Mathematics
14) Nursing
15) Optometry
16) Pharmacy
17) Psychology/Psychiatry
18) And STEM degrees.
While this is not an exhaustive list, these are nonetheless relevant degree courses which are up to tomorrow. From a cost-benefit analysis point of view, they offer the best successful outcomes against time and money spent.
If I have ruffled your feathers, do not be too upset. That's what I do. I ruffle people with the inconvenient truth.
The Best and Worst Courses To Study At University in 2025 and Beyond.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) February 4, 2025
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