Importance Of Consilience

When I first began college I was not sure what major would be best suited for my career choice, but after a few meetings with a counselor I chose chemistry, which correlates to an associates of science degree at Columbus State. As an associates of science major, I am required to complete a few general education classes along with my required science and math classes. Columbus State Community College demands the completion of one history, literature, and an elective, along with two social and behavioral science courses. I get somewhat of a mixture of courses, but they are quite disconnected to put it mildly. To say that I am being educated through the concept of consilience would not only be a far stretch but would be a complete misconception of true consilience. Learning bits and pieces about courses outside of the science or mathematics spectrum does not qualify as consilience. I would have to be taking at least half science degree based classes and half arts degree based classes if I were to be pursuing an education through consilience. Considering less than a quarter of my planned courses fall outside the science spectrum, this is not the …show more content…
Specifically, if I was studying biology and there was a cultures class that touched on the same concepts it would offer a much larger spectrum of analysis. Unfortunately, such a class does not exist and I have other requirements I have to fill before I can think about taking unnecessary classes. In addition to those required classes I am not learning anything from them because they do not have any of my attention outside of the classroom. As far as my current education goes, I would like to squeeze other categories into my schedule, but with the amount of science and math courses I am going to have to take, it just does not seem plausible. The idea of consilience is definitely captivating; it is just not obtainable when there are so many required classes in my degree