On 3/18/13 5:49 PM, J Herring wrote:
On 18 Mar 2013 21:31:05 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

J Herring wrote:
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:52:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

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.

If he's going for a degree in math, he's got to start with math - or add
a few semesters for wasting
his time.


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Math is considered one of the liberal arts.

A BA in Math? Never heard of it. But, I don't get around near as much as some folks.


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The initialism of the degree doesn't determine whether it is a liberal
arts degree. There are liberal arts degrees where the initialism is B.S.
and M.S. Math would be one of those. My wife has a B.S. and an M.S., in
addition to her Ph.D., and her field falls into the purview of liberal
arts.

The traditional sciences -biology, math, et cetera. are all considered
liberal arts.

I get such a chuckle when the semi-literates knock liberal arts degrees.
Many courses of study fall under the purview of liberal arts.

Oh, here's something from the Tufts' school of architectu

"Tufts' architectural studies program, representing a liberal arts
approach to architecture and distinguished by the concentration's
requirement that students take classes in multiple disciplines from
architectural history and studio design to engineering, the humanities,
and social sciences. This multidisciplinary curriculum takes full
advantage of Tufts' unique assets for a liberal arts college, including
the university's engineering school, its graduate department in urban
and environmental planning and policy, and its affiliation with the
School of the Museum of Fine Arts. As a capstone senior majors in their
final semester complete a senior integrative project, either as an
independent research project or an internship in a professional office."

http://tinyurl.com/czdspdq

I get such a chuckle when the semi-literates knock liberal arts degrees.
Many courses of study fall under the purview of liberal arts.