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This is a very important point. I believe too that it is much harder to learn math and science from a textbook than it is to learn history, psychology, and the like from reading a book on that matter. </p>
<p>But this is countered with the many engineers who do learn all these tech things yet do not go into a tech field after college. Instead many go into economics or law, for instance. Or one guy I know ended up as a musician (though in his later years he started teaching high school physics)!</p>
<p>I think if one does not enjoy STEM classes, and one does not plan to work in tech, then liberal arts degrees are not pointless. Some offer a fantastic education. Some are extremely interesting. And some have way less units and workload :). </p>
<p>I actually think just one political philosophy class, with the right professor, can be extremely beneficial. You learn to question your and others’ long held beliefs on a myriad of subjects, and you learn some machinery to test the validity of many claims people around you may make. Example: when someone says they do something because it makes them happy, I can almost always shut that down in just a few minutes.</p>