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Because, although it's become so in recent years, college was never intended to be a glorified Vo-Tech.
A college degree is supposed to indicate a well-rounded education...which will necessarily entail classes that have nothing to do with your degree field.
If you were just being facetious and I gave a more serious answer than was warranted, I apologize.
I'm too literal sometimes.
My guess is some classes are woefully ignored and uninteresting, yet necessary to a small set of students. But they have to justify paying the teachers, so they make them required for everyone.
Or, as my more pessimistic side believes, they like to jerk us around. A lot.
Because who knows where you will end up in the future. I started as a chemistry major and then spent 40+ years in computer programming I had history majors, English majors, psych majors working for me over the years. You just never know where you will finally end up.
Also all too many people think they know what they will want to do for the rest of their life and then find they detest the work once they start.
I worked with people who started as engineers and ended up running human resources offices and benefit calculation and nurses who ended up as one of my best friends did as real estate office owners. I know a nurse who runs a vintage clothing and antique store when she got tired of nursing.
They have to pay all those liberal art teachers somehow.
Don't see how a gym class ever helped being an engineer, but I had to take 2 of them.
But once you have your first degree, every degree after that is just the core classes needed to take to get your degree.
To feed the professors.
Well rounded...by whose definition?
Mine would be....
With 20+ years of Navy life experiences and the rank you held on retirement would more than classify you as well rounded.
A piece of paper with a fancy name on top means nothing when the "S" hits the fan...Life experiences is what counts and you, "Sailor", definitely have that in spades.
Miss Em
Austell, Ga.
Back in my Navy days, I was told that all the BS was to strengthen your tolerance for frustration.
So the BS college classes at least manage to do that :-)
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