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The BS Chemistry Curriculum and Liberal Education

Luzvisminda U. Rivero

 

Abstract:

To study such that "nothing human is foreign to me" is really the aim of liberal education in a university - or the closer approximation to this: the development of the whole man. To use popular terms, a well-rounded personality and education is the aim. In the university, this is attainable to the utmost only by the liberal arts students who are given an array of subjects, ranging from philosophy to theology, arts, languages, social and natural sciences. For the science majors who have to complete a minimum of major subjects, to have a preliminary taste of the different aspects of human endeavor is the most that can be offered. What to offer and how much of it is the most difficult question in revising or designing a science-major curriculum. This article attempts to discuss the course offerings of the BS Chemistry curriculum on subjects other than mathematics and natural sciences.