...Module 8 Paper Business research methods Literature Review March 8, 2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to review literature discussing the issue of liberal arts and business. In this literature review, the distinguishing factors between liberal arts and business are discussed. The paper discuses the importance of each discipline and reviews the importance of aligning these disciplines into a university curricula to widen the perspective of college graduates, and improve their overall well being as human beings and as professionals. This review has shown that greater importance should be given to the qualities that liberal arts education brings to the work place and the society in general. By blending liberal arts and business education, graduates are equipped with multiple tools to tackle adversities in their work place, think analytically, and solve problems they might encounter which are not thought in traditional classroom environment. Introduction What is liberal art? According to Bogart, 2011, it's an education that provides an overview of the arts, humanities (the study of the human condition), social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences. Traditionally, liberal art majors find it more difficult obtaining employment because it is assumed that their area of study is not specific enough or perhaps lacks the concentration needed to contribute quickly in a business organization. The advantages a liberal art education provides for a student is the ability...
Words: 3235 - Pages: 13
...Ashley DeVolder LSFY 115-01 Dr. Youngberg The Importance of Liberal Arts in Business Majors As reported by Earl Shorris, a Liberal Education is tool that is extremely beneficial. A Liberal Education teaches a person a way to think and behave, and view the world not just as a problem that has a specific way to be solved, but as something complicated that one must interpret for themselves. A person graduating from a Liberal Arts college leaves with so much more than just a degree from one field of study, but with the background knowledge of so many different areas of education. This is why I am conflicted as to why the majority of Liberal Arts colleges do not offer Business as a possible major to pursue. Wouldn’t a liberal education setting for a business major actually be more beneficial than one without? A person would still receive all the necessary requirements to receiving a degree in business and even more. As insisted by Shorris and Plato, Liberal Education is an extremely useful and is just an added bonus for business majors. In Shorris’ piece As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor, he proclaims his idea in the title itself. Shorris believed that he could change the minds and possibly lives of people living 150% below the poverty line just by supplying them with a liberal education. He conducts an experiment doing so and has unbelievable results. Some students learned to control their temper using the ideas of Socrates while others found ways to explain...
Words: 1258 - Pages: 6
...justice California State University Northridge Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Social Sciences, Psychology, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Humboldt State University Natural Resources and Conservation, Visual and Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Los Angeles Film School Film Colorado Mesa University Business/Commerce, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Psychology, and Biology/Biological Sciences Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design Art & Design University of Northern Colorado Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Social Sciences, and Communication and Media Studies Western State Colorado University Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Social Sciences, Psychology, and Visual and Performing Arts Colorado State University Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, and Social Sciences Quinnipiac University Health Professions and Related Programs, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services...
Words: 544 - Pages: 3
...University Northridge | Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Social Sciences, Psychology, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Humboldt State University | Natural Resources and Conservation, Visual and Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Los Angeles Film School | Film | Colorado Mesa University | Business/Commerce, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Psychology, and Biology/Biological Sciences | Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design | Art & Design | University of Northern Colorado | Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Social Sciences, and Communication and Media Studies | Western State Colorado University | Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Social Sciences, Psychology, and Visual and Performing Arts | Colorado State University | Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, and Social Sciences | Quinnipiac University | Health Professions and Related Programs, Business, Management, Marketing,...
Words: 547 - Pages: 3
...Liberal Arts Education Imagine the CEO of an accounting firm deciding between two people for an important new job position. His choices are between someone who went to a school specifically directed toward a business or accounting major, and someone who went to a liberal arts college directed towards a certain major, as well as general education classes. He will most likely choose the latter, because of the person’s ability to excel in business and accounting, but also to be proficient in other social and non-business related skills. The combination of receiving a good liberal arts education, attending Aquinas College, and then applying both to my life will assist me in creating a successful future with a professional career. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, liberal arts is defined as “college or university studies (as language, philosophy, literature, abstract science) intended to provide chiefly general knowledge and to develop general intellectual capacities (as reason and judgement) as opposed to professional or vocational skills” (Merriam-Webster). Students who receive a liberal arts education become knowledgable and skilled in many areas of study, rather than one specific topic. They become prepared to deal with complexity, diversity, and change. A liberal arts education does not necessarily include professional, vocational, or technical curriculum; rather, provides students with a broad knowledge of the world, as well as an in-depth study of one area...
Words: 524 - Pages: 3
...This is a summary of the article “Student of Success”, written by Lynne V. Cheney, published in Newsweek , on September 1, 1986. The article argues that young people are trying to give up on their own interests and strength, by choosing some profitable college majors in guaranteeing better job salaries. However, Cheney declared that liberal-art training has become more valuable in recent decades around the world. Studies from the university also revealed that most of the technological and business companies have increased hiring graduates with a degree in liberal arts. They need talented people who can understand complex relationships and who are capable of continually reconsidering assumptions underlying old operating practices . The article...
Words: 381 - Pages: 2
...article, "Liberal Arts for New Millennium", of whether or not a liberal arts background should still be included in the definition of "an educated person". A half a century ago the traditional college degree was a bachelors in a liberal arts discipline. Recently a large number of degrees acquired are in a specific profession or in business, or business administration type discipline. While that worked for a long period of time, we are now in a changing world of advanced technology and globalization and reshaping and remodeling college curriculum to be up to-date needs to be evaluated. One of the issues is identifying the best way for colleges to prepare students in all facets of their life in the new millennium. There is an urgent need for a new set of guidelines, a revamping of our educational system to keep up with the times and to prepare students, as Baldwin puts it, "for life, work, and citizenship, safeguard our democratic society, and meet our obligations in the world" thus preparing students to be well rounded educated citizens. The sharp rise in tuition cost and the expectations of both students and parents have them scrutinizing whether or not they are getting the education they are paying for. Another concern is if the education they receive will enable them the ability to acquire a good job in today's marketplace. Student protesting against the educational system as well as boycotting standardized testing, emphasizing a need to integrate liberal learning...
Words: 917 - Pages: 4
...As Arthur Holmes asks questions pertaining to liberal arts education, he asks “What can it do to me?” A liberal arts college has many positive aspects with few downfalls. I believe that a liberal arts college can be very key to into shaping a person because it is beneficial for multiple reasons, it should prepare one for the future, and one gets out of it what they put into it. First, a liberal arts education is extremely beneficial to ones collegiate experience for multiple reasons. Many state colleges and universities focus on the student getting the degree the student has selected as a major in the shortest possible time with all the courses being driven solely for the degree. With fewer students in a class, the student to teacher ratio...
Words: 811 - Pages: 4
...Liberal Arts Education With the economy the way it is today, there is much more pressure for students to get a good education and be able to have a successful career. Students across the country have a few different types of high schools that they can choose to attend, including vocational and liberal arts. A vocational school focuses on training for a specific job, while liberal arts schools teach general information about many different subjects. Both liberal arts schools and vocational schools are a better fit for different types of people, but a high school that emphasizes liberal arts would better prepare students for a global economy because it teaches skills that are valuable in any career; it makes graduates more desirable to some employers and helps students to find a career that would suit them best. A liberal arts high school teaches skills that are valuable in any career, instead of just one. Newsweek magazine found that the average American changes careers eleven times before they reach age forty. People have to change careers more than ever because the job market is becoming increasingly competitive. A liberal arts education would allow students to change careers more easily because they wouldn’t have been trained in only one profession. Liberal arts not only teach students general information, but they also teach them how to think and learn. In A Talk to Teachers, James Baldwin says, “The purpose of education, finally is to create in a person the ability...
Words: 1359 - Pages: 6
...Zachary Wilson Writing 121-037 Z Hitzel Unit #1 Essay February 3, 2014 Liberal Arts: Is it Necessary? Liberal arts education has proven to be a very controversial topic to those concerned or affected by it, and it is questioned how or if it should be implemented into college curriculum. Liberal arts education is defined as “the academic course of instruction at a college intended to provide general knowledge and comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects” (“liberal arts”). Generally, American colleges allow students to choose a major and take prerequisites, however students usually aren’t able to get into the meat of their major studies until their junior year, leaving the first two years of college to liberal arts classes. So, how should it be put into practice? In Patrick N. Allitt’s essay, “Should undergraduates specialize?” and in Mark Jackson’s “The Liberal Arts: A Practical View,” both authors explain how they think such education should be implemented. Although Allitt argues that students should be able to choose whether or not they want a liberal arts education, and Jackson argues that it should be required in order to create versatile students, I believe their ideas should be combined, and that a liberal arts education should be encouraged but not required of students, because I think it is ultimately up to the students themselves what classes they want to take as well as whether...
Words: 1526 - Pages: 7
...Project: UD Marketing Video for Prospective Business Students Prepared by: Claire Holman, Josephine McGrath, Claire Holman, Megan O’Brien, and Candice Vermeulen Background/ Overview: The Business School of the University of Dallas is a Catholic institution, which provides a well-rounded education in humanities and business, with the goal of developing the student’s intellectual and moral virtues, as well as their skills both in the classroom and business world. Known mostly for the liberal arts education, this video is seeking to bring awareness to the College of Business program offered at the University of Dallas by promoting it to juniors and seniors in high school. Goals: Immediate goals include giving a fair representation of the College of Business that highlights the key features that differentiate us from other business programs. In addition we would like to reach our target audience through this video and to inform them about our strong liberal arts and ethic-based business education. A significant goal is to redefine the online presence and the identity of the business program—to promote the University of Dallas’ unique Business School approach and vision to a global audience. As well as increasing the percentage of women in the business program, in order to balance the ratio of men to women to 50/50. Target Audience: The target market for UD’s College of Business is a soon-to-graduate high school student looking for a University that is small...
Words: 755 - Pages: 4
...College The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Degree: A maximum of thirty (30) semester units can be applied towards the Liberal Arts course requirements at the Academy of Art University. Nine (9) units of transfer level art classes that are related to Academy of Art University majors can also be transferred as art elective units. A maximum of thirty (30) units may be transferred in combination of Liberal Arts and Art Elective transfer awards. Department Directors may transfer additional units based on portfolio review. These units do not count towards the 30 unit maximum mentioned above. However, a maximum of 66 units may be transferred in total towards the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Courses must be reported on an official transcript and must have a record grade of “C” or higher to qualify for transfer credit. Transfer Guides are subject to change at the discretion of the Academy of Art University. We reserve the right to make updates/changes at any time. Student will be held to the catalog requirements and or the curriculum in effect during their first semester of matriculation at the Academy of Art University. The Academy of Art University agrees to accept the following Contra Costa College courses in lieu of the Academy of Art University Liberal Arts courses listed. This transfer guide is not reciprocal. Contra Costa College does not agree to accept Academy of Art University’s courses. Academy of Art University Contra Costa College LIBERAL ARTS CORE TO BE TAKEN BY ALL BFA MAJORS...
Words: 673 - Pages: 3
...Going into college you rarely hear anyone say ‘I want to pursue an education in the liberal arts.’ You may hear students interest in majors such as business, or nursing, or even engineering, but never liberal arts. Why is that? An education in liberal arts is just as important, if not more, as an education in any other field. Allow me to explain why. The liberal arts teaches more than just one general skill. It of course provides a general education, however, it also provides an advantage in written and oral communication, interpersonal skills, problem solving, critical and analytical thinking, and adaptability to change. When entering the job market employers are generally attracted to those with these attributes. The purpose of a liberal arts education is not to train you for a specific job, but to prepare you for the world of work with an invaluable set of skills. Earning a liberal education is very advantageous not only to one’s career, but one’s life as well. Leo Strauss described liberal education as ‘education in culture or toward culture.’ I could not help but agree. Since attending a liberal college and taking a course in liberal arts, I have been exposed to many new things. I got to hear classical music live from a world-renowned violinist, see a contemporary dance performance, read literature from writers such as Tolstoy and Machiavelli, and experience many other wonderful events. I am sure some may think ‘well what’s so important about culture...
Words: 769 - Pages: 4
...and Business Complementarity Studying business includes accounting, finance, marketing, decision making and many other subjects. Students are only majoring in one of them due to the system that ignores the cultural part of education: Humanities. Dealing with languages, literature, History and Philosophy can have a great impact on the future employees business schools are forming which also helps on creating a better business environment. The classical curriculum should change to combine business and humanities in order to get multifunctional employees that have the ability to communicate and work in different environments, the capacity of acting properly in multiple situations and the ability to deal with the complex world we are living in. Learning foreign languages, literature and making cultural studies open one’s mind not only on others’ lifestyles, but also on their traditions and daily behavior. When working in multinational companies, an employee should be ready to deal with colleagues with different cultures and others that do not speak the same language as he does. So, being able to adapt oneself to those situations requires a certain knowledge that can be retained by studying humanities in business schools. Besides the oral part, writing is a necessity in communication. “Writing well is a fundamental principle of the communications business, deeply appreciated by clients and all others we work with.” Ken Makovsky, the top business-to-business counselor...
Words: 740 - Pages: 3
...Four-year institutions in the U.S. which emphasize the liberal arts are liberal arts colleges. These colleges are entirely undergraduate institutions that are stand-alone. They traditionally emphasize interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions). They are known for being residential and for having smaller enrollment, class size, and higher teacher-student ratios than universities. These colleges also encourage a high level of teacher-student interaction at the center of which are classes taught by full-time faculty rather than graduate student teaching assistants (TAs), who do teach classes at some Research I and other universities. Most areprivate, although there are public liberal arts colleges. In addition, some offer experimental curricula, such asHampshire College, Beloit College, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Pitzer College, Sarah Lawrence College, Grinnell College, Bennington College, New College of Florida, and Reed College. Universities are research-oriented educational institutions which provide both undergraduate and graduate programs. However, for historical reasons, some universities (such as Boston College, Dartmouth College, and The College of William & Mary) have retained the term "college" as their name. Graduate programs grant a variety of master's degrees(like the Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) or Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)) in addition to doctorates such as the...
Words: 479 - Pages: 2
