Is UT=Ivy of Texas?

navyarf
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:13:13 +0000

Some majors are less valid than others. Fact. If you are seriously trying to argue that majors in education, sociology, communications, political science, psychology, athletic training, are equal in utility provided to society when compared with engineering, computer science, chemistry, and other math intensive majors then you are clearly deluded.

“What is important is not where students begin, it is what students learn by graduation.”

I agree with you on this part, but there is NO process or examination in place that gauges what students actually learn during their four years at University. This is something that must be created, but the political pressures NOT to implement such a process are too strong at the moment. I get a feeling that somehow many students haven’t actually learned anything by graduation…

Universities are examined, but the students aren’t.

The fact that UT has a great variety of courses that one may use to fulfill core requirements is a double edged sword. I actually took a few core classes that I hadn’t tested out of in areas of interest to me. Some of the classes were awesome, others were obviously pointless. I’m just concerned that students who need to be learning Western Civilization and other core liberal arts subjects that are significant to understanding our world today are instead opting for “The Sociology of Sex in the 1920’s”. You could possibly skate through the core requirements without learning anything of significant importance.