Multidisplinary is learning through incorporating many different subjects into your education. By learning to subject through the lens at different disciples you truly understand it. A liberal arts education is multipdisplinary, it encourages to venture outside you major and make connections back to it in other fields. It is argued that a liberal arts education creates a more well-rounded student, a student who with better reasoning, communication skills and social skills. “A liberal arts education is valuable because it teaches students to ask questions that matter, to weigh conflicting evidence, to appreciate the complexity of situations, and to develop logical, convincing arguments for solutions” (Susan M. Di Biase, Why Study the Liberal
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One class started out with a simple explanation of logarithms using a baby’s steps and a mothers steps as a metaphor. Later in the class we reviewed the harmonics of jazz by watching historical greats like Art Tatum play and following the jazz harmonics pattern. In that same class we also managed to fit in a little biology, by filling out a diagram explain the different parts of the inner ear. In the next class we got a taste of physiology as we talked about sound and perception and even dabbled in a little neuroscience as we listened to firsthand accounts of people with synesthesia. My physics professor, Dr. Ruiz often likes to argue that while people don’t consider science to be creative it can be just as creative as art, I didn’t believe that in high school but I do …show more content…
I feel that I have learned things that could help me in understanding the traditions and art of other cultures. The class has also strengthened my writing skills, and I feel I have grown by having to analyze the various religious texts. Multidisplinary learning is what makes a liberal arts education important. It creates students who can think creatively and problem solve, which is a skill often needed in the workforce. Most importantly as David Shi argues in Why Study Liberal Arts “a liberal arts education fosters a thirst for lifelong learning that is the most important attribute of tomorrow’s chief executives.” (David, Shi Why Study Liberal
One class started out with a simple explanation of logarithms using a baby’s steps and a mothers steps as a metaphor. Later in the class we reviewed the harmonics of jazz by watching historical greats like Art Tatum play and following the jazz harmonics pattern. In that same class we also managed to fit in a little biology, by filling out a diagram explain the different parts of the inner ear. In the next class we got a taste of physiology as we talked about sound and perception and even dabbled in a little neuroscience as we listened to firsthand accounts of people with synesthesia. My physics professor, Dr. Ruiz often likes to argue that while people don’t consider science to be creative it can be just as creative as art, I didn’t believe that in high school but I do …show more content…
I feel that I have learned things that could help me in understanding the traditions and art of other cultures. The class has also strengthened my writing skills, and I feel I have grown by having to analyze the various religious texts. Multidisplinary learning is what makes a liberal arts education important. It creates students who can think creatively and problem solve, which is a skill often needed in the workforce. Most importantly as David Shi argues in Why Study Liberal Arts “a liberal arts education fosters a thirst for lifelong learning that is the most important attribute of tomorrow’s chief executives.” (David, Shi Why Study Liberal