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i think those classes should be taken, but at the high school level, community college lever, night school, summer school. it be nice to knock off two years
In a world where becoming an influencer or a blogger are actual career paths (whether they are sustainable remains to be seen), I think we need to exercise caution before lowering the bar even further by eliminating general education in college degrees. Look I hated college English, but I at the same time I understood the need for it. I really hated political science, but again, there is a genuine need for that too. Ever watch Jay Leno's street questions?
I agree that some courses are fluff or cash cows. But in a broader sense, general education courses are meant to complement your narrowly focused major. For most people, this makes you more adaptable and flexible because life will throw you a lot of curve balls. If you can't see this bigger picture, then I don't know what to tell you.
provide credible research that claim the benefits of gen ed courses
A college degree is typically 128 units, 40 of the major (say History), maybe 40 of general ed, and the rest electives.
Engineering is 99 units of math, physics, chemistry, and engineering - basically all your electives and some of your general ed are required.
No. Everyone should have an understanding of psychology.
Most of it is junk science, half the so called studies published in the field cannot even be reproduced. The whole notion of that you can treat the human mind like a simple computer program and predict behavior is arrogant. I could never stand the subject and never took it. I dropped the one class I tried to take after the second class, it hurt my mind as a scientist.
Yea I think consumers and the businesses hiring should have a greater say in what is being taught in colleges and who should be forced to learn what. Otherwise I remember Jr. High where some F-tard administrators decided to force everyone in gym class to learn the Macarena and square dancing which made everyone miserable and resentful.
I think that if the college requires classes not pertaining to the degree being sought they should charge 1/2 or less the normal cost.
If you don't think that general education requirements pertain very specifically to a bachelor's degree, then you fail to understand the nature of a bachelor's degree.
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