<p>*Frankly, students just take the gen ed classes because they are required and have no intention of remembering the material or pursuing it in further depth after the class. *</p>
<p>Disagree. Daughter was a stem major, her school has strict distribution requirements as well as a high bar for graduation ( exam to go on to senior yr & publishing & defending thesis to graduate)
She is now an editor.</p>
<p>*Some * students are perhaps so narrowly focused they do not see the benefits of seeing the connections between fields, not all.</p>