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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found the courses taken outside of my field to be very broadening, and I still find them useful today, decades later.  The world is becoming more interdisciplinary, not less.  Witness archaeology, which used to be about learning about ancient civilizations, and maybe a little geology.  Now that field uses biology, including genetic analysis, materials science, and linear algebra.

I am an economist, but I have to speak to a lot of scientists.  When I speak to European scientists, who studied one subject at university, they can't define economics, and have no clue what I do.  They also seem shocked that I know anything about their fields.  My American scientist friends all understand what an economist does, as they took economics courses in college.  In turn, I understand what they do, at least in a general sense.

I also find that when I speak to Europeans, some are having a hard time with living in a multicultural society.  Prejudice and stereotyping run rampant, as does discrimination in the job market.  We of course still have discrimination, but we have 60 years of case law to assist its victims.  I think European universities could use some of the immigration history and multicultural studies courses that all US university students have to take. [/quote]

Apparently you would have needed a couple more years of undergrad to transcend your little American bubble. Your last paragraph is hilarious in its complete lack of self-awareness and rampant stereotyping.[/quote]

Actually there's a good bit of truth in the last paragraph.  Europeans seem to preach diversity but not actually practice it.  [/quote]

+1. I've run into prejudice in Switzerland and Britain. Because I'm American, some Europeans seem to think they can whisper their prejudices to me, wink wink, nod nod. They're disappointed by my reaction.[/quote]

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