<p>I plan to major in mechanical engineering in college and I'm wondering what type of humanities classes engineering students are required to take and how many are you forced to take. Humanities classes are a nice break from hardcore math and science, but I really dislike reading long novels and writing literary papers. A lot of the stuff I'm forced to read now, like ancient poetry and plays, will have almost no value to me as an adult. I've done enough of it in high school, and I really don't want to do anymore in college.</p>
<p>Depends on the school.</p>
<p>I had a core for 4 semesters (4 courses) and the other 4 were electives in the humanities OR social sciences. Some schools will have a core of 8 courses. It depends.</p>
<p>lol you should see Columbia’s Core req it is massive…but i love it nonetheless.</p>
<p>You can take Economics, Business, Accounting and Finance courses–they count as Humanities/Social Sciences distribution!</p>
<p>^Really vader? That’s great. Those are actually useful courses.</p>
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<p>I’m a BME at Johns Hopkins, and at Hopkins all of those classes are coded H/S, some Entrepreneurship and Management classes, though in the Engineering Dept., are still coded as H/S. I’d imagine its the same where ever you go too.</p>
<p>Word of advice: if possible, take business classes over philosophy or english to satsify the requirements. You don’t want to be stuck figuring out Plato’s Republic or the Odyssey, or trying to understand Shakespearian english (unless you enjoy that sort of thing). Try to take management, business psych, or business communications, IMHO those courses should be less difficult.</p>
<p>My university does not classify business courses as part of the humanities, but yours might.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the subjects above, but studied through a university course it can be brutal.</p>
<p>Take humanities classes pass/fail if they are hard at your school so that you can so you won’t have to work hard at them.</p>
<p>Taking business classes to fulfill general requirements seems a little lame to me. It also is arguable about whether courses in business are useful or not.</p>