Art for art's sake

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<p>Here is an interesting blog entry by someone who is well known in software engineering world.</p>

<p>[Ars</a> Gratia Artis](<a href=“http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/blog/-/blogs/ars-gratia-artis?_33_redirect=/portal/web/buildyourcareer/blog#_33_messageScroll0]Ars”>http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/blog/-/blogs/ars-gratia-artis?_33_redirect=/portal/web/buildyourcareer/blog#_33_messageScroll0)</p>

<p>if you try to get a good liberal education at the same time as a good engineering education, you’ll be in school for 8 years</p>

<p>You don’t need a degree in art to be an artist, but you do need a degree in science to be a scientist (unless your name is Ramanujan).</p>

<p>Most engineering majors do specify more than 50% of the course work for the major (though 15-20% is also reserved for humanities and social studies breadth).</p>

<p>However, many humanities and social studies majors take no more than 10-20% of their courses in math or science.</p>

<p>Define art.</p>