I went to a small liberal arts school (Ursinus) outside of Philly, who I only mention because it was unique in that part of getting your degree required taking

I went to a small liberal arts school (Ursinus) outside of Philly, who I only mention because it was unique in that part of getting your degree required taking CIE, or "Common Intellectual Experience" classes. Freshmen were required to take CIE I and CIE II, and the classes were scheduled such that it not only tried to mix students up between different disciplines, but they were also taught by faculty from every department, just as much a requirement for them as for the students. The classes focused primarily on classic texts, literature, philosophy, all the big religious works, etc. The point, really, was to foster discussion and to get everyone on an even playing field their first two semesters in terms of intellectual discussion, and really picking apart what you're reading, preparing you for the world of research in academia. A key point here is that I don't know a single person, student or faculty, who didn't feel that CIE was extremely worthwhile set of classes, and a pivotal part of our time there. That said, after I & II, there were CIE III classes that would satisfy different electives. One of the best classes I took was CIE III - Capitalism and Democracy. It was taught by one of my math professors, a man I deeply respected and learned a ton from, and I was one of only four students in the class. The semester was basically split up into 5 or 6 chunks, where each chunk took two countries whose basis of government encompassed (even if it was stretch), capitalistic and democratic ideas. So, we'd read papers and book excerpts from economists and political theorists (think Adam Smith, Keynes, Friedman), along with summaries of the countries, and each chunk culminated in a report comparing the two countries implementations of capitalism and democracy, trying to find the intertwining of the axioms laid down by the theorists, and how those two systems of governance and economics evolved in different political spectrums. I was a math and comp sci double major, and am a firmware engineer today, and never dipped my toes anywhere near economics or anything politically related before or after that class, but it's really stuck with me after all these years.