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Just a reminder but Hard Science degrees also make you take some general education requirements, for instance my Computer Science degree came with courses such
by djb_hackernews 16y ago
Just a reminder but Hard Science degrees also make you take some general education requirements, for instance my Computer Science degree came with courses such as:
* 4 Semesters of Latin
* Chinese Mythology
* History
* Linguistics
* Entomology
* Sociology
* Macro Economics
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- potatolicious 16y agoNot always. I went through an engineering degree and took exactly two non-engineering courses in my 4.5 years - and that was only because I loaded one of them on as an extra credit (damn near killed myself doing it too). The way the college system works today, the "well roundedness" aspects are disappearing, and quickly. Don't blame the schools, blame ourselves - we're the ones balking at paying top-dollar for a hard science degree and then being forced to take "useless" liberal arts courses.
- djb_hackernews 16y agoWhoa! really? Which school?
- potatolicious 16y agoUniversity of Waterloo, in Canada.
- WingForward 16y agoBrown?
- stewiecat 16y agoSame here, we had to take eight 3-credit humanities courses to graduate. I ended up taking history, literature, and some sociology. We even had to take physical education for 4 or 6 (I forget) semesters at 1 credit a pop.
- jwhitlark 16y agoheh. One of the things I found most amusing on applying to college was how my military service filled all my physical education requirements.