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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I know I should be more worked up about the loss of humanities than I am. I was an English major! But it's hard to see how merging a few obscure language departments is that big a loss. Separate departments = more highly paid deans who don't do all that much.[/quote]

Looking at several peer schools in a deep dive for my future likely humanities-majoring high schooler, the merges UofC is discussing have already happened at many if not most peer schools. It is just a few languages departments being combined, not the merger of all humanities nor the end of any significant ones like English or History or Anthropology or Philosophy. The plan is fiscally responsible. DCUM loves to rant against UofC and humanities in general. It is misguided ranting. There have been a large number of new or expanded CS and data science majors at many colleges that will end up downsizing or combining in a few years once the bubble is burst. Same with the popular Neuroscience major that was added to many schools 10 yrs ago after being a subfield of biology forever. It is already waning in popularity and the premeds will soon favor something else. Germanic languages and the like never had popularity that anyone remembers, but students with interests in those realms at Uof C will still have similar majors to pursue if they so desire.[/quote]

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