Reply to LACs strong in STEM vs Humanities

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "LACs strong in STEM vs Humanities"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By STEM, do you mean engineering?  
Harvey mudd, Swarthmore, and sometimes people who also mention Bucknell, are very good for engineering students.

For other stem majors, I think almost all lacs provide a reasonably good education.  I like WASP, Bowdoin, Wellesley, Carleton.[/quote]
Typically stem means hard science and mathematics or computer science for LACs not engineering.[/quote]

There are many interpretations, for some it just means CS and math. It could also mean physics math and engineering.  I personally would think chemistry and biology are also stem, but many don’t agree.  That’s why I seek clarification from OP.

There is no “typically” answer for this.[/quote]

Chemistry and biology are a part of a LAC core curriculum. The liberal arts are:

Life science (biology, neuroscience)
Physical science (physics, astronomy, physical geography, chemistry, earth science)
Formal science (logic, mathematics, statistics)
Humanities (philosophy, history, english literature, the arts)
Social science (economics, political science, human geography, linguistics, anthropology, psychology, sociology)

The broad aspects of STEM that are missing from a liberal arts education are engineering and [b]technology[/b].[/quote]
According to a Hamilton site, its new computer science facility will offer "technology-equipped classrooms, high-speed computing capabilities, makerspace, drone, robotics, and electronics labs."[/quote]
Hamilton should be ashamed for not making it a shared building with physics, math, biology, chemistry, English, philosophy, and history! Optimal design![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics