What Does It Mean To Study Liberal Arts or Humanities?

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A liberal arts education helps develop skills like critical thinking and effective communication, with exposure to related fields in the arts and sciences.

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  • "The liberal arts and sciences major provides you with a well-rounded education in the sciences, humanities, mathematics, and languages. This generalist background prepares you for a wide range of endeavors rather than for a specific career."

    • - College Board Book of Majors, 2nd edition

  • "According to the 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, "The term 'humanities' includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.""

    • - National Endowment for the Humanities

  • "The term liberal arts came to mean studies that are intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills, rather than more specialized occupational, scientific, or artistic skills. In modern academia, the Arts are usually grouped with or a subset of the Humanities. Some subjects in the Humanities are history, linguistics, literature, and philosophy."

    • - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, “Liberal Arts”

  • "The humanities provide a kind of cross training for the mind that can prepare you for more specialized studies and career development later. Knowing how to know may be one of the most sough-after abilities in the workplace of the future. Many humanities students go on to advanced degrees and pursue careers in law, medicine, business, and teaching. Some humanities, such as liberal arts, allow students to find themselves academically."

    • - The Princeton Review Online

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