“”Oh Magic Moon Over the Blue Tree” by Torley

1. The humanities prepare you to fulfill your civic and cultural responsibilities.
2. Studying the humanities allows you to become familiar with and use the creative ideas from great minds outside of science.
3. The state-of-the-art scientific knowledge and techniques you learn in college have a limited shelf life; mastering the humanities provides tools for extending it.
4. Humanities study strengthens your ability to communicate and work with others.
5. You will gain knowledge of foreign languages and foreign cultures.
6. The walls that exist among disciplines has been lowered and students can move across disciplines more freely.
7. Students can benefit from advice on which courses to take.
8. Humanities study helps you understand the impact that science, technology, and medicine has had on society and understand the future scientific needs of society.
9. Interdisciplinary learning adds value to one’s degree.
10. Humanities study teaches you that the supposedly sharp dichotomies that separate science from humanities do not really exist.