Indeed. Even though the liberal arts survey classes everyone was required to sample were by their nature superficial, they did provide at least some exposure to a world wider than engineering and math.
I remember my American Literature class (at an engineering school), the first day the professor asked everyone to name the last fiction book they read. Every single person in the class, every single one, named a Tom Clancy novel. There was a benefit in pushing the horizons here.
I remember my American Literature class (at an engineering school), the first day the professor asked everyone to name the last fiction book they read. Every single person in the class, every single one, named a Tom Clancy novel. There was a benefit in pushing the horizons here.