Liberal art education, natural science, engineering, computer science and social science
"A liberal arts education, as one might understandably mistake, isn’t about studying literature or history alone. As tempting as that might sound, a liberal arts education is an education created for a free citizen, for them to cultivate the wide-ranging, deeply intellectual skills that are required for being active citizens of a democracy.
You can become an engineer through a liberal arts education; you will simply be an engineer with knowledge and skills that go far beyond (broader) the technical knowledge of engineering....
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“It’s not about learning what to think or do, it’s about learning how to think or do,”..You can know the prescribed solution to thousands of problems and know the existing knowledge in your field like the back of your hand, that’s what an excellent traditional education will give you. However, ...what would happen when tomorrow you’re faced with a new problem – one that isn’t in the guidebook now? “And that’s where a liberal arts curriculum that contains a problem-solving unit, training you extensively on skills like drawing analogies, reverse-engineering abstractions, solutions and identifying the right problem will help you,” ...
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"A liberal arts education, as one might understandably mistake, isn’t about studying literature or history alone. As tempting as that might sound, a liberal arts education is an education created for a free citizen, for them to cultivate the wide-ranging, deeply intellectual skills that are required for being active citizens of a democracy.
You can become an engineer through a liberal arts education; you will simply be an engineer with knowledge and skills that go far beyond (broader) the technical knowledge of engineering....
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“It’s not about learning what to think or do, it’s about learning how to think or do,”..You can know the prescribed solution to thousands of problems and know the existing knowledge in your field like the back of your hand, that’s what an excellent traditional education will give you. However, ...what would happen when tomorrow you’re faced with a new problem – one that isn’t in the guidebook now? “And that’s where a liberal arts curriculum that contains a problem-solving unit, training you extensively on skills like drawing analogies, reverse-engineering abstractions, solutions and identifying the right problem will help you,” ...
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