The Importance Of Liberal Arts Education

After experiencing my first semester at a liberal arts university, and learning the significance of it, I have realized how important having a liberal arts education is. I believe it is beneficial to have a liberal arts education contrary to a school in which you only study courses for your major. Whether you majoring in business, education, history, or any other field, a liberal arts education will impact your ability to take on any of these careers. Experiencing a liberal arts college or university will allow students to acquire life needed work skills. Here at Niagara University, we are required to take religion. Studying religion I something we all as members of a society can benefit from. In “Worshiping in Ignorance”, Stephen Prothero

When we take classes like philosophy, and religion, it allows our beliefs and narratives in our head to expand. In “The Duke Rape Fiasco and our beliefs”, Leonard Pitts Jr says, “We all have our personal narratives. And if were not careful, we end up trapped by them” (1). This is a great example of why we need to take a variety of different classes is a better preparation for a lifetime of employment than a narrow pre-professional education. In “Why Study Liberal Arts” Bradly Bateman states that “The reason people with traditional liberal-arts educations are fare well over a lifetime of employment is simple: They can have exactly the skills that employers say they want in new college graduates” (1). Students graduating from a four-year liberal-arts college will acquire skills like being able to solve problems, and work with groups of people. Career-oriented college’s help you get a job more easily, but will not give the students skills that employers pursue

Urgo contends that “Yes, practical matters are pressing, and they need to get done, and the work they entail is honorable, necessary, and contributes to our collective purpose. At the same time, we need to staff our collective brain trust, to encourage young people with both the capacity and the will to delay immediate material reward so that we may direct them through an arduous and extended period of intellectual training and preparation” (1). I feel that this is extremely important to realize for those questioning “why a liberal arts education?” rather than a school which they only study courses in their major. While there may be high competition in a certain career field, having a variety of skills and knowledge on top of the knowledge in your field, will get you a job over someone with only specific knowledge in that field. Ultimately, you will stand out as a job