First Draft: The liberal arts curriculum is popular among colleges and universities, especially in America. Although taught in different fashions, they all have the same concept in mind; to teach students how to think critically and become better citizens of the world. The liberal arts started with just seven subjects: “the trivium of classical antiquity, consisting of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, combined with the medieval quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. (Scheuer 1)” These seven have now been reformed into more than that, now with more STEM and Humanities disciplines involved. 

Revised: The liberal arts curriculum is popular among colleges and universities, especially in America. Although taught in different fashions, they all have the same concept in mind; to teach students how to think critically and become better citizens of the world. The liberal arts started with just seven subjects: “the trivium of classical antiquity, consisting of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, combined with the medieval quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. (Scheuer 1)” These seven have now been reformed into more than that, now with more STEM and Humanities disciplines involved. The University of New England is a liberal arts school that practices these concepts. Using texts from Scheuer will allow for a better understanding of what for of liberal arts UNE uses in their curriculum. Ungar can help develop why the liberal arts education is important and critical to today’s society. The liberal arts help people learn from more than their one disciplinary, giving them more experience. Employers are looking for people who know how to do more than one thing, and this is exactly what students get from a liberal arts education.

Explanation: In the revised introductory paragraph, I established my position in the bigger picture and how I will be using the texts to understand what UNE uses and how they implement it.