That&#x27;s a bit of a mischaracterization, my understanding of that position isn&#x27;t that the arts don&#x27;t have value, but that the &quot;general Ed&quot; requirements tack an extra year onto an undergrad degree, and have little more purpose than to enrich the university. There are many countries, without extensive general Ed requirements, where the norm is three years for a Bachelors degree.<p>My experience was; returning to undergrad to get a cs degree, and completing the course work for q double major in math. Then being denied the bs in math due to unsatisfied gen Ed requirements. I appealed asking to use previous courses from a previous degree as substitutes, but was denied. So I got a minor instead. The decision to not allow the subs was completely arbitrary and buracratic.