i'm pretty sure the idea is that arts majors have less class so they have more time for the reading and essays that science majors do not have.
also, top marks in humanities courses tend to be wayyy lower than in science courses (80s vs. mid to high 90s) so this seems like a meaningless use of "easy."
source: one science major, one humanities major
I have a master's degree in Palaeontology and currently working on one in history of art (which is not liberal arts but...) and boy is this meme false. I went from having 7hours of classes a week and nothing to do besides finals to 30-42h30 hours of classes a week + a bunch of projects ALL THE FREAKING TIME.
Science students can be sloths.
Go bust out a full canvas painting once a week and then get back to us. That was for a 101 2-D design class in my case, some of which I had to layer into 3-D by 2-D layering....
Granted, I never had to study for any science class, since I was so interested as a child, but dropping a full canvas painting once a week when you have to switch styles on each one? You're fucking nuts.... Every science class I had was less time-consuming; even physics, but I consider physics a hybrid. I mean, geology, biology, anatomy, chemistry, etc. Organic chemistry comes close... but still... no.
also, top marks in humanities courses tend to be wayyy lower than in science courses (80s vs. mid to high 90s) so this seems like a meaningless use of "easy."
source: one science major, one humanities major
Science students can be sloths.
Granted, I never had to study for any science class, since I was so interested as a child, but dropping a full canvas painting once a week when you have to switch styles on each one? You're fucking nuts.... Every science class I had was less time-consuming; even physics, but I consider physics a hybrid. I mean, geology, biology, anatomy, chemistry, etc. Organic chemistry comes close... but still... no.