> the liberal arts classes I took - those seemed to focus on regurgitating facts or the professor's viewpoint. You had bad professors and/or were skating throu

> the liberal arts classes I took - those seemed to focus on regurgitating facts or the professor's viewpoint. You had bad professors and/or were skating through. To a degree, you will get out what you put in. Perhaps in STEM fields good work product often is more defined (e.g., the number either is right or wrong) and therefore more efficient for professors to evaluate than in, for example, a history class where you analyze the primary documentary sources for and the causes of the Meiji Restoration.