03-08-2016, 02:40 PM
(03-08-2016, 02:27 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: A well rounded, LA education is supposed to include things to make the students think critically about their world, to face opposing viewpoints, to weigh what they are being presented with objectively.
The "well-rounded' liberal arts education is such a load of bunk. Technically my program was liberal arts, or a liberal art foundation, and most of those classes were useless and forgettable. You don't need to be mandated to take a class to "enrich" yourself when you can get pretty much the same thing for reading the book on your own.
What you want to advocate is not actual classes or majors in liberal arts, but to incorporate that "worldly" perspective and critical thinking into all courses. Many opportunities to cover largely the same material/concepts in a class focused on functional learning like econ, business, marketing, law, management, even engineering. It's even better because it's a real world application of that learning rather than some soft philosophical BS.
But why give all that to you in one class when the college can charge you for 2 or 3?
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