Besides the politicization of the Humanities, keep in mind that STEM majors are required to take humanities courses.
Meanwhile, how many university humanities majors are required to take calculus, rigorous statistical analysis, or real physics, chemistry, or biology courses as a graduation requirement?
Meanwhile, how many university humanities majors are required to take calculus, rigorous statistical analysis, or real physics, chemistry, or biology courses as a graduation requirement?
Exactly.
Are they required to read Romeo & Juliet as I saw on a syllabus at Princeton? When I was a youth, that was freshman high school. In NYC in the 60s and 70s,Chaucer, in middle English, was required of high school students. I wonder if these STEM students are reading Civilization and Its Discontents which was required when I was in college. Considered the “easiest” of Freud, lol!
I was a Music major, and I had to take an Acoustics class. It was an actual PHY Physics class, taught by a Physics professor. Lots of math, lots of formulas.