<p>I get the idea that Engineering is really expensive to offer, but I’d love to see if Gen Chem or Gen Bio is all that more expensive than say, Frosh Writing/English. Sure, Gen Chem has a lab, which requires a few chemical and (cheap) glassware, but Gen Chem/Bio has ONE prof teaching hundreds of kids in a lecture hall (TA’s are relatively cheap labor). In contrast, some Lit courses can be capped at a Prof/student ratio of 15:1…</p>