Another course that I take is Psychology. It is an exploration corse. It introduces “social science discipline as a way of knowing.” It also provides “an introduction to the assumptions, methods, and terminology of that discipline.” It introduces social ‘issues’ or personal/mental disabilities that would limit you from being as productive in society as you would like to be and how you, as a member in the community, can help them.

Scheuer says that “liberal arts … yoking together two words that don’t obviously belong in harness and may not be ideally suited for hauling their intellectual load into the twenty-first century.” The two words, liberal and art, usually would not be put together in a sentence because they do not sound like they should go together. To me liberal sounds more of a govnern-mental-y (I know that is not a word please excuse my creativeness) word and arts is like painting and singing. But when you combine the two and actually think about it, a liberal arts degree is teaching you how to be an important part of your community. So if we take environmental classes that teach us about issues and how people respond to them or can help, and English classes that encourage us to listen to others and speak our own opinions on articles and other classes that force us to work together with others, it helps makes sense. UNE’s curriculum does all of that. Especially with critical thinking. All of the classes and challenges that are brought up in those classes force you to think about how you feel or how you can solve the issue or how you would change something, etc.. This is important because we need to learn how to do all of those things, because when we graduate and leave the campuses and enter the real working world, we are going to have to know how to react and solve these same issues.