Multidisciplinary/Liberal Arts
Can one obtain an excellent multidisciplinary/liberal arts education without studying science, technology, engineering, or mathematics?
Students have to be prepared for a long and prosperous career in any field they are aiming for. Therefore, two pillars are required. One is the ability to communicate and the other is deep knowledge in at least one subject. Avoiding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics destroys one pillar and limits the opportunities for the students.
But why has there been so much fear about science education?
Education in high schools plant roots in art appreciation, but science/mathematical appreciation is less common.
Vermeer, Rembrandt and many other great works can be studied at the Louvre. If you take your time, you will understand the …show more content…
Science appreciation results from the fact that our daily life is impossible without science.
Consequently, connect the dots with real life examples.
An example:
Linear programming, the ability to find the smallest or biggest possible value under some constraints, is used in a typical optimization problem. In business this method helps to optimize solutions for politics, transportation scheduling, hospital stuffing, purchasing and many other problems. In biotechnology the same equation is used to optimize cell-factories, enabling the production of drugs, plastics, or any desired products.
One more example: SixSigma is a technique for process improvement and surface response methods play a vital rule. Again, surface response methods are vital in bioprocessing.
We have mathematical equations that seem to be rather complex, but they are used every day to make complex decisions in business, natural science, archaeology, social science, and any other subject.
Can one get an excellent multidisciplinary/liberal arts education without studying science, technology, engineering, or
Students have to be prepared for a long and prosperous career in any field they are aiming for. Therefore, two pillars are required. One is the ability to communicate and the other is deep knowledge in at least one subject. Avoiding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics destroys one pillar and limits the opportunities for the students.
But why has there been so much fear about science education?
Education in high schools plant roots in art appreciation, but science/mathematical appreciation is less common.
Vermeer, Rembrandt and many other great works can be studied at the Louvre. If you take your time, you will understand the …show more content…
Science appreciation results from the fact that our daily life is impossible without science.
Consequently, connect the dots with real life examples.
An example:
Linear programming, the ability to find the smallest or biggest possible value under some constraints, is used in a typical optimization problem. In business this method helps to optimize solutions for politics, transportation scheduling, hospital stuffing, purchasing and many other problems. In biotechnology the same equation is used to optimize cell-factories, enabling the production of drugs, plastics, or any desired products.
One more example: SixSigma is a technique for process improvement and surface response methods play a vital rule. Again, surface response methods are vital in bioprocessing.
We have mathematical equations that seem to be rather complex, but they are used every day to make complex decisions in business, natural science, archaeology, social science, and any other subject.
Can one get an excellent multidisciplinary/liberal arts education without studying science, technology, engineering, or