Universities with tuitions typically throw a lot of fluff into their curriculums. If you want a computer science degree, most of your classes will include things like theatre, dance, art, literature, sociology, etc. What employer is going to look at your resume and say “Oh, you’ve read Shakespeare! Well, I think we’ve found our new network administrator”. It’s just the universtity sucking money out of its students. Suppose you have to take a finger painting class in order to get a degree. Then of course you must buy a textbook (written by the teacher and only available in their book store), 400 hues of paint, and canvas made of a particular reed that grows only a few days a year in Borneo. It’s all a scam.
Suppose you have to take a finger painting class in order to get a degree. Then of course you must buy a textbook (written by the teacher and only available in their book store), 400 hues of paint, and canvas made of a particular reed that grows only a few days a year in Borneo. It’s all a scam.
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there is another reason, all the different humanities departments live and die on numbers of students enrolled in their courses. So of course you have to take mandatory art, women studies, philosophy etc.
I assume the University of Arizona is fully accredited.
University of Arizona class requires students to participate in ‘Condom Olympics’
“Sex, Health, and AIDS” is a three-credit undergraduate course.
Professor William Simmons says he prefers an “action learning assignment” over papers and exams.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5437