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From: MXD118@psuvm.psu.edu (Spiro the Spiny Goldfish)
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Subject: Re: SAT scores - sexist?
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Date: 13 Apr 91 02:19:38 GMT
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In article <1334@ai.cs.utexas.edu>, bradley@cs.utexas.edu (Bradley L. Richards)
says:

>I have to ask: did you ever take any upper-level liberal arts courses
>that weren't intended for a general audience?  The basic LA courses
>taken by hundreds to fulfill their college requirements are, generally
>speaking, pretty easy.  So are the basic science courses aimed at a
>general audience.

This is a fallacy.  The "basic" science courses that every science
major has to take (for example - the Physics courses that I have to
take as a Compsci major) are very different from the "science for
liberal arts majors" courses.  The courses both cover the same range
of topics.  There is NO functional equivalent in the liberal arts.  I
had to take the same introductory English courses as did my next-door
neighbor who is an English major.

This is true for Penn State and every college at whch I have friends.
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