Post #1465547 · Elektrine

@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works

2026-04-20 20:54 UTC

The "well rounded person" shit is only ever given as a justification for forcing STEM majors to pay for liberal arts courses. I've never seen it go the other way, and it should. For every credit hour a STEM major spends in a humanities course, a liberal arts major should have to spend in a technical course. Because guess what? That "just technical stuff" is the society we live in. Your ability to put current events into context because you studied the collapse of the Roman Empire won't stop you from bleeding to death from multiple puncture wounds to the face, throat and chest caused by the rhinestones you glued to the hub of your steering wheel, turning your airbag into a claymore mine. You might not have crashed at all if you'd have taken your car to the shop when it started squealing every time you stepped on the brake pedal, you were relieved when it stopped that on its own. The amount of staggering stupidity I've seen out of allegedly educated people...

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@astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 2026-04-20 21:49

> The “well rounded person” shit is only ever given as a justification for forcing STEM majors to pay for liberal arts courses. I’ve never seen it go the other way, and it should. For every credit hour a STEM major spends in a humanities course, a liberal arts major should have to spend in a technical course. Absolutely! I say this as a Comp Sci major who loves the humanities (and almost studied History). General education should encompass introductions to both the STEM and humanities areas. It is equally frustrating when I can't walk through a 7th grade level algebraic function with someone with a Master's degree in International Relations and when I can't reference a fairly common part of mythology with a software engineer.

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@dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 2026-04-20 21:31

> For every credit hour a STEM major spends in a humanities course, a liberal arts major should have to spend in a technical course. You mean like how a History major at Purdue is required to take 5 Science courses, while an Engineering student is required to take 5 Gen Ed courses (only 3 of which need to be in Humanities)?

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