{"id":9796,"date":"2021-10-14T21:59:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=9796"},"modified":"2021-10-14T21:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T16:29:49","slug":"liberal-arts-education-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/liberal-arts-education-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Liberal Arts and Why It is Worth the Hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you read or hear the words \u2018Liberal Arts\u2019, what\u2019s the first thought that registers in your brain?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another fancy word for humanities?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A non-traditional, or elitist course?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A non-vocational study that prepares you to be the \u2018Jack of All Trades but King of None\u2019?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the above?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, that\u2019s the impression of Liberal Arts a majority of students, and especially parents have in India. And yet, the number of colleges offering this program keeps on growing as does students&#8217; interest in pursuing this field of study. Caught between these strange contradictions the questions arise \u2013 What exactly is Liberal arts? Why is there a growing buzz about this program? And is this hype worth it?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>What Exactly is Liberal Arts?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a German word, \u2018Bildung\u2019 that loosely translated means \u2018Education\u2019 in English. But the actual meaning is something more profound \u2013 It\u2019s what shapes or cultivates the whole personality of a person. This is the best way to understand the philosophy behind Liberal Arts. It is meant to give students a chance to build a well-rounded outlook, broaden their minds, and give them a choice to take up a diverse learning path.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jwCoFRNFjPE\">Interested in Liberal Arts? Watch this Webinar to Understand your Career Scope<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Why is Liberal Arts Education Catching Fire?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well\u2026the reason is simple enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For too long students have been studying under a rigid <a title=\"How to Choose the Right Curriculum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/guide-to-choosing-a-board-curriculum-7-proven-judgement-pillars\/\">curriculum<\/a>. It doesn\u2019t allow them to gain some breathing space and study what interests them the most. Under the traditional curriculum structure, a student interested in science needs to be good at all sciences. A student <a title=\"5 Cool Career Choices for Humanities\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/got-a-humanities-degree-here-are-5-cool-careers-you-can-opt-for\/\">pursuing humanities<\/a> or fine arts should by default be bad at mathematics. Going down this path constricts their minds and puts them in separate impenetrable boxes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Au contraire, Liberal Arts programs encourage students to think and study outside these boxes. Modern liberal arts courses allow students to take up majors and minors from humanities, social sciences, pure sciences, fine arts, performance arts, and a myriad of interdisciplinary fields of study.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A student can combine literature with drama or theatre studies, or take up something vocational like <a title=\"Try a Virtual Internship in Marketing\" href=\"https:\/\/products.univariety.com\/product\/virtual-internship-program-in-marketing\/\">marketing<\/a>, or even mathematics (if that catches their fancy).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A student of physics can take up study photography or dance alongside their major.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A student can pursue music and mathematics at the same time. (You should probably know this trivia that most notable musicians in history have also been really good at mathematics and vice versa. Don\u2019t believe me? Check the bios of Bach, Einstein, Brian May of Queen, Johnny Buckland of Coldplay, and countless others)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it that hard to imagine a flexible program of study will appeal to students more, especially the new generation of students?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/product\/promap\/check-your-profile-score\/get-started\/\">To pursue liberal arts in college, academics is not all you need. Check non-academic your profile score now!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Is Liberal Arts Futuristic or the New Future?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As goes the saying, \u2018Don\u2019t Judge a Book by its Cover\u2019; you shouldn\u2019t judge Liberal Arts by these half-baked impressions of it being too fancy or non-traditional. The reality is &#8211; Liberal Arts education is critical to the 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-century global imagination. The education system of the west, especially in the United States has focused on Liberal Arts education to create global leaders to be &#8216;The Jack of All Trades&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quote-SJ-\u2013-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9797 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Quote-SJ-\u2013-1.png\" alt=\"Steve Jobs Liberal Arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Why Liberal Arts is Important? Because It Prepares You for a 21<\/b><b>st<\/b><b> Century Job Role.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a <\/span><a title=\"Institute for Future Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/content\/dam\/delltechnologies\/assets\/perspectives\/2030\/pdf\/SR1940_IFTFforDellTechnologies_Human-Machine_070517_readerhigh-res.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Institute for the Future and Dell Technologies \u2013 85% of the job roles that are going to be popular in 2030, hasn\u2019t yet been invented. And this is because:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automation is rapidly changing the workforce requirements. This means many of the traditional job roles are either transforming or vanishing altogether.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Job roles are getting more and more interdisciplinary. Think about it \u2013 a decade or so ago, technology and finance were two separate worlds. Today, there&#8217;s a convergence of both worlds in form of FinTech. One can&#8217;t operate without the other and there&#8217;s no going back.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel Pink, the NY Times bestselling author, has coined a concept called \u2018Conceptual Age\u2019 in his book \u2013 The Whole New Mind. According to Pink, in this post-globalization, post-internet, post-social media age, it is not enough just to have the knowledge or information to succeed in life or business. What matters is how an idea is executed so that it encompasses both information and creativity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, most companies look for employees who are not just good at their own craft but display qualities like critical and rational thinking, problem-solving, leadership, and emotional intelligence. And that is exactly what Liberal Arts education offers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen many an actuary and many an engineer who are brilliant, but they fail in their\u00a0ability to communicate\u00a0or commercialize an idea because they can\u2019t relate to the people they\u2019re dealing with. The major I\u2019m less concerned about; it\u2019s the set of skills that people come into work with.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, Inc. (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 10 June 2013)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students of Liberal Arts have a distinct advantage. Their abilities aren\u2019t limited to their focused area of study. Rather they learn how to think critically, how to resolve a crisis, how to communicate their ideas, and most important of all, how to become a leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it is high time that we get over our aversion to Liberal Arts. Because believe it or not, education in India needs this rejuvenation that only liberal arts can provide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4dqOtnglMt8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are interested in pursuing Liberal Arts and want to know how to choose the right course, college, and career, please feel free to reach out to us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:guideme@univariety.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guideme@univariety.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/products.univariety.com\/product\/book-a-session\/\">Interact with our expert counsellors to make the right career choice.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you read or hear the words \u2018Liberal Arts\u2019, what\u2019s the first thought that registers in your brain?\u00a0 Another fancy word for humanities?\u00a0 A non-traditional, or elitist course?\u00a0 A non-vocational study that prepares you to be the \u2018Jack of All Trades but King of None\u2019? 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