You were a science major, right? Liberal arts doesn't require all the courses you mentioned.... so I'm not sure what your point was... :)
If you had chosen a "liberal arts" major at Revelle College, you would still have to take physics, chemistry, biology, calculus, pass oral and written proficiency in a foreign language, take 6 quarters of humanities covering literature from ancient Greece forward to the 19th century, take a couple fine arts classes, some political science and sociology. That's just the basic undergraduate requirements. Your feet really get held to the fire when you dive into the junior and senior sequences specialized to your major. Your fellow students tend to be a bit "cut throat" about doing well in the class. Especially those who have med school aspirations. Revelle requires a "non contigous" minor. I paired my molecular biology major with a psychology minor.
One thing is certain...all 4 year degrees are not of equivalent value. The school, student population and academic standards make a very big difference in the end results. It's more than just a piece of paper when you examine the issue carefully.