Mollie Young is an adjunct professor of theater and theater education. 

“I would say that the most underrated class is the one that students want to take and don’t,” Young said.   

She said this especially applies to classes that catch students’ interest outside of their major. “This is the time to do it and the place to do it,” Young said. 

Teresa Morales is a professor of communication studies.  

“Argumentation,” Morales said. “It is scary sounding. Most people go, ‘no, I don’t want to do that.’ But if you ask most students who take the course, although they had that opinion going in, they were a little bit scared, when they left, they were very proud of themselves. They understood the art of argumentation, the need for critical analysis and research, the ability to communicate thoughts and ideas so much better, and not only that, but to be able to take apart other people’s arguments and to think through them, to lift back the layers to analyze what is beneath and what is being said.” 

“All students should be taking it,” she said. “Most students when they’re in there they go ‘Whoa, everybody should be taking this course.’ They make that discovery on their own because it ends up being that valuable.” 

Carol Erwin is a professor of family and consumer sciences. 

“I think, honestly, the most applicable to like anyone on campus is the class FCS 306, and it’s called Family Resource Management,” Erwin said. 

She said this class covers not only money, but anything a family uses. That includes goal setting, decision making and stress management. 

“That would be my favorite class and my recommendation. It’s underrated, but it would be really beneficial,” Erwin said. “I’ve had lots of different students take it and they’ll say everybody on campus should take this class.” 

Kelly Legler is an instructor in the business department. 

“I think Introduction to Accounting, which is financial accounting, is underrated because it is the language of business,” Legler said. “Learning accounting is such a deep level of understanding of business that it kind of helps you to understand, you know, why each person’s role is important and how that plays into the whole big picture of an organization and its success or failure.”