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She's not talking about humanities majors. She's talking about liberal arts educations. You can get an engineering degree at a liberal arts college, they just

She's not talking about humanities majors. She's talking about liberal arts educations. You can get an engineering degree at a liberal arts college, they just make you take some philosophy/arts/&c. courses also. There is enormous value in this, because people are humans, not merely workers. Liberal arts colleges should do a better job in getting their students technical skills also, though.

hgh 11y ago
There is definitely still room on liberal arts side of most engineering degrees regardless the institution. In my engineering degree (University of Toronto), we had about 4 free electives and humanities courses over the whole degree. I believe there would have been a lot more value in having more free electives whereby students could take more courses in the humanities (or for those not so inclined, whatever other topics that interested them).
1971genocide 11y ago
Of'course humans are just not workers , but if you want to eat you need to sell something of value to buy your food from the farmers - and they most often then not really do not care about your humanities nonsense.
- panglott 11y ago
  Teachers, lawyers, and lots of other professions where you need to communicate effectively with other people provide lots of value. Many people fail to starve and even get rich this way.
- anigbrowl 11y ago
  The 1971 genocide you commemorate in your username might not have occurred if your culture was a bit more invested in that 'humanities nonsense.'
  - 1971genocide 11y ago
    ad hominem attack much ? Sure - you should have told the British to stay the fuck away from the Indian subcontinent.
    - anigbrowl 11y ago
      No, not at all. You seem unclear on the concept.
sotojuan 11y ago
I go to a liberal arts college with a Computer Science (B.S.) program. I have definitely been taught literature, history (by far my favorite class in college), and art very well. Unfortunately I have not been taught Computer Science well at all. That said, I agree with you. When I took my liberal arts courses, I felt like I was learning something or using a part of my brain that I didn't in my Computer Science courses. I could never really tell what it is, unfortunately, but I liked it.

hgh 11y ago

There is definitely still room on liberal arts side of most engineering degrees regardless the institution. In my engineering degree (University of Toronto), we had about 4 free electives and humanities courses over the whole degree. I believe there would have been a lot more value in having more free electives whereby students could take more courses in the humanities (or for those not so inclined, whatever other topics that interested them).

1971genocide 11y ago

Of'course humans are just not workers , but if you want to eat you need to sell something of value to buy your food from the farmers - and they most often then not really do not care about your humanities nonsense.

panglott 11y ago
Teachers, lawyers, and lots of other professions where you need to communicate effectively with other people provide lots of value. Many people fail to starve and even get rich this way.
anigbrowl 11y ago
The 1971 genocide you commemorate in your username might not have occurred if your culture was a bit more invested in that 'humanities nonsense.'
- 1971genocide 11y ago
  ad hominem attack much ? Sure - you should have told the British to stay the fuck away from the Indian subcontinent.
  - anigbrowl 11y ago
    No, not at all. You seem unclear on the concept.

sotojuan 11y ago

I go to a liberal arts college with a Computer Science (B.S.) program. I have definitely been taught literature, history (by far my favorite class in college), and art very well. Unfortunately I have not been taught Computer Science well at all. That said, I agree with you. When I took my liberal arts courses, I felt like I was learning something or using a part of my brain that I didn't in my Computer Science courses. I could never really tell what it is, unfortunately, but I liked it.