Interesting point. I am not academically inclined. I got a BS in Physics at UCSB 50 years ago. I was in a special research project (10% of my incoming Freshman

Interesting point. I am not academically inclined. I got a BS in Physics at UCSB 50 years ago. I was in a special research project (10% of my incoming Freshman class) where we had no course requirements to graduate except for our major. I ended up taking a calculus class every term for four years. I was amazed the Math department offered so many different calculates classes. So, I took all my units in physics and math/calculus classes except for a few required chemistry and biology classes, and for fun I took a philosophy class and three anthropology classes. I feel really sorry for the young woman mentioned in the article having to take what was for her an unnecessary class. As a non-academic, my casual four years to get a BS was probably really good for me.