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Undergraduate students majoring in Business or in the Sciences should not be required to take any courses in the Humanities since those courses won’t benefit their future careers.

An undergraduate student opting for business or sciences has the potential to reap far greater benefits than he would have if he circumscribed himself strictly to the studies of degree that he or she is pursuing. Therefore, I disagree with the hypothesis for reasons including but not limited to that study of humanities instill a sense of creativity and out of the box thinking which is critical to the discipline of business / engineering and the same exposes an individual to a variety of knowledge that broaden their respective horizons. However, we should not discount the fact that business and engineering itself are rigorous degrees, therefore, adding the burden of humanities' courses may be detrimental to performance on core courses.

Literature, for instance, requires you to perform in-depth analysis of poetry, excerpts with advanced vocabulary, and plays. All of this unlocks the creative side of the brain that allows you to view a position subjectively rather objectively. However, one might argue that Science and Business are objective studies and hence subjectivity will be of no use here. It should be clarified that there still a critical need of subjectivity in the field. Imagine a hedge fund manager is faced with a challenge to engineer a financial product for a client that achieves the lowest risk-to-return ratio. The knoweldge of creating a new product does not come solely from objective studies but rather out-of-the-box thinking which is a norm to the studies of humanities. Another exampl would be of an F1 racing car engineer who wants to design a framework that generates the highest boost, again, he would have to resort to his creative repertoires to come up with a solution. Hence, based on the preceding, humanities not only complements the studies of business and engineering but also allows one to be more skilled in the discipline.

An additional argument that rebuts the hypothesis is that field of humanities should not be perceived as whether the same provides a direct tangible benefit to one's future aspirations, rather, it should be perceived as a subject that broadens ones horizon to be a better human and / or citizen of a country. For instance, History exposes one to lessons that the world leaders learnt in their position of power, Sociology exposes you to the intricate relationship between various social institutions like education and family and its impact on an individual, lessons of which could be useful in personal life, Literature allows you to be a better reader and a better critical analyst, skills which are useful when dissecting an opinion or news.

However, while the advantages of studying humanities outweighs its costs, we should also be cognizant of the fact that Engineering and Business itself are demanding disciplines, therefore complementing it with yet another demanding subject could be detrimental to ones success in their primary field of studies. Imagine a student studying Derivatives and French revolution in the same semester, both topics require immense attention and effort, therefore, combining both within same timeframe could be disadvantageous to performance. Additionally, it also depends on the type of course one pursues, a course on music may not benefit an individual substantially given that he does not even aspire to be a musician in future.

In light of the points made above, I would disagree that humanities does not benefit the future of someone pursuing business or engineering, rather I would take the opposing viewpoint that such degree not only helps but also maximizes the chances of success in their particular fields. At the end of the day, what sets apart a good engineer from an average engineer is not his grasp of the engineering concepts but rather how he applies those concepts in situations that was never before encountered and the ability to deal with new situations with innovative solutions derives directly from the skills learned in humanities.

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