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Poll: STEM people, how many humanities and social science courses were you *required* to take in undergrad (HSS people, please answer next poll)
  • none
    17.3%
  • 1-2
    16.3%
  • 3 or more
    40.3%
  • Not STEMmie, show results
    26%
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Huh. There was one or two per semester, so a dozen? However, there was no such concept as a "not required" course, so things might not be directly comparable to western education.
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I'm not sure if the German Abitur doesn't already cover the freshman year of USAmerican college ... in that case, there would have been plenty of mandatory humanities courses instead of none. (Then again, pure mathematics could be considered humanities for a physics student :-P )
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I went to an engineering school, and the generic requirement was something like five classes (discounting English/writing requirements): -2 courses in "ideas and cultural traditions" -2 courses in "society and human behavior" -1 course in "critical issues in a global context"
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