Prompt 4: Study of Liberal Arts Many colleges have based their teachings off liberal arts over technical and professional training. Do you know the classes that college students have to take besides what their majoring in? They have to study a broad range of academic disciplines, literature, philosophy, history and mathematics. There is a great amount of college students who reject the liberal arts in favor of what some consider to be more practical subjects like accounting, finance and nutrition
Attending a liberal arts college is the most opportune way to go. Students will garner an overall better education by receiving a well-rounded education in all subjects, having a smaller student to facility ratio, and lastly having less competition for leadership positions. Introduction: Narrowing down where you want to go to college is a tedious task, but knowing and understanding the different types of institutions will make the process easier. There are two institutions: liberal art universities
program that suited my interests. My admiration for the arts and humanities made attending a liberals arts college greatly appealing. To me a liberal arts education means providing students with a strong knowledge of the arts, humanities, and natural sciences with an emphasis on self knowledge and social justice, to foster intellect, personal development and social responsibility. I feel these are essential
“The Liberal Arts” In this essay “The Liberal Arts”, Ungar depicts the importance of having a liberal arts degree and the misperceptions we have grown to believe. He focuses on the main points as to why liberal arts have become irrelevant to society. Liberal arts are expressed in this essay as the foundation of life, and how a liberal arts degree helps individuals grow personally and career wise. His views on this matter establish a deeper understanding to the importance of obtaining a degree in
equal, as he discusses in his article, “Liberal Arts, and the Advantages of Being Useless.” With the ever increasing price of a college education, he believes that students would be better off getting a degree in a hard subject that translates directly into a well-paying job rather than a “useless” liberal arts major with very obscure job prospects. Regardless
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Liberal Arts Any form of studying has got a scope, a time limit and must achieve some objectives at the end of the day. There are goals that the learner needs to meet as well in learning liberal arts. Based on the previous papers and projects on this subject, this discussion will focus on the achievement of the course aims, critical analysis of life problems and other issues. It is imperative for students, especially for those, who are pursuing liberal arts, to master the art of communication. This
goal of a liberal arts education is to enlighten individuals and prepare them for the complex and diverse world by requiring the study of literature, philosophy, mathematics, and sciences. As professional careers evolve into more specialized fields the argument that a liberal education is no longer needed rises. Some educators feel that future professionals would be better primed for the future by focusing specifically on subjects that deal with their intended field. However, a liberal arts education
capital societies. Today, collage standards expand and people discovered that some institutes are better than the others due to the options that each system provides. Of course liberal art school is one of them due to its philosophical base of the way that people should follow to learn. Nonetheless, nowadays, liberal art school is not economically worth the money to students because it is not providing students with what they actually need. Anything that is not providing students with what they
all the facts and passing tests rather than actually learning something new and developing students’ minds. Liberal arts schools are different because they emphasis the growth of knowledge, not just for a test that determines whether “you are smart” or “you are dumb”. This is a very important asset for anthropologists, both experts and beginners, who want to study other cultures. A liberal arts education can provide a great basis for learning about other cultures because it can helps anthropologists
The Importance of Liberal Arts in Law Enforcement Careers In discussions of law enforcement one controversial issue has been whether liberal arts courses are necessary or should be required. In “The New Liberal Arts” Sanford J. Ungar believes that liberal arts are crucial to any professional career. Mike Rose however disagrees, and suggests that a college education in general is not necessarily a must. Although both articles make a good argument, I concur with Ungar. The liberal arts are the foundation
In the article “The New Liberal Arts,” Sanford J. Ungar presents the argument of why liberal arts schools are still competitive and useful today. The beginning of the article immediately addresses the problem that Ungar is defending, “Hard economic times inevitably bring scrutiny of all accepted ideals and institutions, and this time around liberal-arts education has been especially hit hard.” The author provides credibility through his time of being a liberal arts presidents, applies statistics
will positively impact the planet and contribute to society.” College does this by providing a wide range of Liberal Arts classes. Which according to Robert Harris “teaches you how to think” and “allows you to see things whole.” Which in other words helps you to strengthen your mind, think for yourself and get a well-rounded education. A liberal arts class can help a student
Liberal Arts and Sciences education once started in the ancient Greek as the well-known artes liberales. There were seven of them, separated in the trivium and the quadrivium. The trivium contained the core liberal arts, namely grammar, logic and rhetoric. When the Church defined the education, they extended the trivium with the quadrivium subjects arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. The Greek believed that every young man, if they could afford it, should be educated in the seven liberal arts
The liberal arts are becoming increasingly rare in schools and universities. However, Saint Catherine University makes it a priority to teach its students the core benefits to the liberal arts college. It requires students to take the course “The Reflective Woman” along with “Global Search for Justice” as an introduction and conclusion to a liberal arts education. Throughout this semester I became more knowledgeable on what the liberal arts truly are, honed my reflective judgment, developed my writing
In Sanford Ungar’s essay, The New Liberal Arts, he dismisses the doubts of a liberal arts education with ease. He does this by listing out seven misconceptions of a liberal arts education, followed by his explanations of why these thoughts are exactly what he calls them: misconceptions. Misconception one claims that a liberal arts education is a luxury most people cannot afford, and instead they should focus on career education. He combats this by saying career education is a one way route, that
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
bring up discussion on liberal art colleges and their education. “Liberal Arts” can be translated in many different ways depending on perspectives. So what exactly is a liberal arts college/education? Patrick Connelly states, “A liberal arts college is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences. It aims to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capacities for students” (Pg.18). Students who attend liberal art colleges experience broad
As people try to begin to understand liberal arts from a Christian point of view, there have been many writers that have written on this topic and have many different opinions about it. Three of the most famous writers are Holmes, De Gaetano, and Cross. A Christian liberal arts education makes us better leaders, people, and followers of Christ because it helps us know right from wrong. A liberal arts education teaches us to distinctly know the difference between right and wrong, and the path that
clueless as to what the course will entail. Being in this course throughout the semester has proven those notions that the course is a waste of time to be absolutely false. One of the primary topics discussed during this course is the idea of the liberal arts education. This is an idea that an education should not only tech one the skills necessary to be successful in a given career field but provide the skills necessary for individuals to be more productive members of society. Higher education provides