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Whats funny is at my university, they are making degrees more specialized. An example of this is Applied Computer Science having several areas (Geography, Game programming, etc). In my program of IT there are four concentrations (network security, database programming, web design, and networking). Based on this, a bachelors is not as well rounded as it used to be.

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I don't see anything wrong with specialization at all - it's just that college usually appeals to this notion of "well-roundedness", and even if it doesn't, I'd say that it might be great to try taking that weird underwater basket weaving class for shits and giggles, or an English lit class (outside of your requirements, IMO - you'll get a better experience in the classroom when you don't have a ton of people in the class trying to fill basic requirements), or whatever else.

I've personally taken a couple of film and English classes when I didn't need the credits - it doesn't help me one bit in my career, but at least it had helped me think of things in a different way than what I'm used to.

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