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I've always found it interesting that people often lump "Humanities and Liberal Arts" together when liberal arts is a much more broad term. The Georgetown study
by adenadel 11y ago
I've always found it interesting that people often lump "Humanities and Liberal Arts" together when liberal arts is a much more broad term. The Georgetown study linked in the article does this. I majored in math. Math is a liberal art. Biology, chemistry, and physics are liberal arts. I understand that people can define liberal arts however they want, but often the natural sciences are considered liberal arts. This is from Wikipedia
"In modern times, liberal arts education is a term that can be interpreted in different ways. It can refer to certain areas of literature, languages, art history, music history, philosophy, history, mathematics, psychology, and science. It can also refer to studies on a liberal arts degree program. For example, Harvard University offers a Master of Liberal Arts degree, which covers biological and social sciences as well as the humanities. For both interpretations, the term generally refers to matters not relating to the professional, vocational, or technical curriculum."
Business, engineering, health professions, education, etc are not liberal arts, this I think we can all agree on.