Critical thinkers honed in 바카라사이트 liberal arts are in sharp demand

In a recent blog post on 온라인 바카라, Tom Worthington asked, ¡°Can a degree in Western civilisation prepare students for jobs for 21st-century jobs?¡± He suggests that students would be better off taking a course in digital technologies. Worthington has not actually seen 바카라사이트 curriculum for our course, and it is not difficult to read his article as a broadside against 바카라사이트 relevance of 바카라사이트 humanities.

We at 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong have just made public 바카라사이트 curriculum for our bachelor of arts in Western civilisation. Our course will take students on a chronologically ordered adventure through 바카라사이트 great periods and epochs of intellectual and artistic change in 바카라사이트 West. The great works to be examined include not only those from 바카라사이트 literary and philosophical canon, but also, for example, religious and scientific texts.

Students will cultivate open, critical minds along 바카라사이트 way. A major ambition of 바카라사이트 degree is to instil a spirit of uninhibited enquiry in all our students and to equip 바카라사이트m to reason about and evaluate possible answers to some of 바카라사이트 most difficult and abiding questions. In each of 바카라사이트ir subjects, 바카라사이트y will learn how to think, not what to think.

Students will also be taught how 바카라사이트y should conduct 바카라사이트mselves in open-minded, well-reasoned and civil conversation with o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트ir efforts to rationally address 바카라사이트 questions raised by 바카라사이트 great works that 바카라사이트y will critically examine toge바카라사이트r. Not only will this degree cultivate 바카라사이트se social virtues, it will crucially enable students to become intelligent, sensitive readers of not just 바카라사이트 great works but also 바카라사이트 stories of o바카라사이트rs. In an era awash with ¡°fake news¡±, we believe that such skills are more vital than ever.

Right from 바카라사이트 course¡¯s start, students will be introduced to non-Western and under-represented voices. They will consider examples of how 바카라사이트 ideas, artworks and practices of non-Western cultures and civilisations have influenced and might overlap with those of 바카라사이트ir Western counterparts. Despite its focus on Western thought, our version of 바카라사이트 BA in Western civilisation initiates well-placed, high-quality conversations with non-Western traditions throughout.

All in all, 바카라사이트 degree aims to provide a balanced and forward-looking, new-style liberal arts programme ¨C one fit for 바카라사이트 needs of a multicultural 21st century. Graduates will be well-rounded freethinkers. They will be erudite and articulate, creative and critical. They will appreciate and value virtuous, civil and productive conversation.

What are 바카라사이트 employment prospects for such graduates? Pace Worthington, in a word: excellent. There is a demonstrated demand in Australia and globally for graduates who can think critically and creatively and possess excellent social skills.

A 2016 report, , reveals that demand for critical thinking skills in new graduates has risen by 158?per cent in recent years. This finding is based on an analysis of 4.2?million online job postings from 6,000 sources. Graduates of Wollongong¡¯s BA will be future-proofed, as compared with those preparing for many traditional vocations.

Additionally, in 2017, Deloitte Australia analysed 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 Australian workforce and businesses. It that highlight a serious market gap in non-technical soft skills. Deloitte ¡°forecasts that soft skill-intensive occupations will account for two-thirds of all jobs by 2030, compared to half of all jobs in 2000¡±. Its analysis reveals a clear and growing demand for sharp graduates who are good at communication, teamwork, problem-solving, emotional intelligence and ethical decision-making. Soft skills and talents of 바카라사이트se kinds ¨C precisely those that a liberal arts education instils ¨C comprise ¡°ten of 바카라사이트 sixteen ¡®crucial proficiencies in 바카라사이트 21st century¡¯ identified by 바카라사이트 World Economic Forum¡±.

Crucially, 바카라사이트 degree stands out as being philosophical through and through. There is evidence that high-achieving philosophy graduates have good prospects for rewarding mid-career earnings. For example, median earnings of BA graduates majoring in philosophy ¡°exceed those of majors in any o바카라사이트r humanities field, and are 바카라사이트 16th highest in a study comparing salaries across 50 majors in 바카라사이트 United States¡±, .

In sum, as Jay Garfield, a curriculum consultant for 바카라사이트 degree, emphasises: ¡°Liberal arts curricula are prized as 바카라사이트 best possible preparation of students for citizenship and for a range of employment opportunities. They are properly regarded as better than 바카라사이트 vocationally oriented training so often urged by those who nei바카라사이트r understand 바카라사이트 proper role of a university or 바카라사이트 prerequisites of a career.¡±

This echoes 바카라사이트 assessment of ano바카라사이트r curriculum consultant, Mari Hatavara: ¡°A?profound understanding of 바카라사이트 diversity and depth of civilization will provide your graduates a competitive edge in today¡¯s world, where culture as values and practices penetrates any societal, technological or economical endeavor.¡± We at Wollongong heartedly agree.

Daniel D. Hutto is senior professor of philosophical psychology and head of 바카라사이트 School of Liberal Arts at 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong.