On 3/18/13 4:00 PM, Boating All Out wrote:

I think a liberal arts degree is a good thing, but the price has to be
right, and you have to be able to swing that way. Many people just have
no interest in literature, poetry, art, or any of the humanities.
Hopefully HS will at least expose them to that.



In modern usage, the term "liberal arts" includes course of study that
lead to degrees in many fields, including linguistics, language, math,
psychology, various fields of science and of course studies in
literature, history, philosophy, art, religion and many others.

Most who get a degree in the so-called liberal arts expect to and
actually do go on to graduate school for a master's and possibly a
doctorate. Liberal arts grads get either degrees in the "arts" or the
"sciences."

For most students, the degree sought is consider no more than an entree
into a field or profession. As an example, it's doubtful you could get
even a decent entry level job in "psychology" without a master's degree.